KENTUCKY BASKETBALL RECEIVES ITS SECOND VERBAL COMMITMENT FOR 2012.  WILLIE CAULEY--A SEVEN FOOT CENTER FROM OLATHE, KANSAS NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL--PICKED U-K TODAY OVER KANSAS STATE, ALABAMA AND FLORIDA.  CAULEY IS THE 39TH RANKED PLAYER IN THE COUNTRY BY RIVALS. COM, 32ND BY ESPN AND 28TH BEST BY SCOUT.COM.   CAULEY JOINS GUARD ARCHIE GOODWIN AS THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE 2012 CLASS.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE STARTING STRONG SAFETY BRENT BREWER HAS TORN CARTLIAGE IN HIS LEFT KNEE AND WILL MISS THE REMAINDER OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON.  THE SOPHOMORE FROM TYRONE, GEORGIA IS THE THIRD VOL TO SUFFER A MAJOR INJURY THIS SEASON JOINING TOP WIDE RECEIVER JUSTIN HUNTER, OUT WITH A TORN A-C-L AND QUARTERBACK TYLER BRAY, WHO HAS A BROKEN THUMB.  THE VOLS RETURN TO ACTION SATURDAY HOSTING MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WILL HAVE A NEW MANAGER IN THE 2012 SEASON.  THREE DAYS AFTER WINNING THE WORLD SERIES, SKIPPER TONY LA RUSSA IS ENDING HIS 16 YEAR RUN WITH THE REDBIRDS.  LA RUSSA IS ONE OF ONLY TWO MANAGERS TO WIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BOTH LEAGUES AND IS SECOND IN CAREER WINS BEHIND LEGENDARY MANAGER CONNIE MACK.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

WEEKEND WRAP

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ENDED A PERFECT VOLLEYBALL SEASON WITH A K-C-A-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OVER THE WEEKEND. THE LADY WARRIORS FINISHED THE SEASON 31-0 AFTER WINNING OVER NORTH HARDIN IN TWO SETS ON SATURDAY.  SENIOR RAY DECOURSEY WAS NAMED THE TOURNAMENT’S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, WHILE TEAMMATES ABBY WEATHERFORD AND GRACE WALDRON WERE NAMED TO THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM. WALDRON AND DECOURSEY WERE ALSO NAMED K-C-A-A ALL STATE.

THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS TWO LOCAL RUNNERS WON CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE MEET OF CHAMPIONS SATURDAY IN LEXINGTON. SS. PETER AND PAUL CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER TOMAS DUNCAN—A THIRD GRADER—WON THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL’S RHYNE HOWARD—A 6^TH GRADER—WON THE GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL THREE K RACE.

WHILE WE’RE ON CROSS COUNTRY, FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT SEAN HURD HELPED WESTERN KENTUCKY WIN THE SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY IN BOWLING GREEN. HURD FINISHED 16^TH IN THE RACE WITH A TIME OF 26:08.

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POST SEASON PLAY GETS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

CLASS 5-A: CHRISTIAN COUNTY ENTERTAINS BARREN COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:00 IN THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS, WITH THE WINNER TO PLAY EITHER WARREN CENTRAL OR GRAVES COUNTY NOVEMBER 11^TH. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

OTHER FIRST ROUND 5-A GAMES INCLUDE BOWLING GREEN HOSTING APOLLO AND OHIO COUNTY HOSTS GREENWOOD.

CLASS 4-A: LONE OAK HOSTS BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, CALLOWAY COUNTY WELCOMES FRANKLIN SIMPSON AND WARREN EAST HOSTS OWENSBORO.

CLASS 3-A: FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS SOUTH WARREN, WHILE TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO MONROE COUNTY, HEATH TRAVELS TO EDMONSON COUNTY AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN HOSTS HART COUNTY.

CLASS 2-A: CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY, MURRAY HIGH HOST UNION COUNTY, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC WELCOMES REIDLAND AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY TRAVELS TO HANCOCK COUNTY.

CLASS A: MAYFIELD HOSTS CAVERNA AND RUSSELLVILLE WELCOMES BETHLEHEM.

CLASS 6-A: HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS SOUTHERN, MARSHALL COUNTY HOSTS SENECA, DAVIESS COUNTY TRAVELS TO PLEASURE RIDGE PARK AND MUHLENBERG COUNTY GOES TO BUTLER.

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KENTUCKY FOOTBALL COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW AT FIVE, WITH SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX THIS EVENING ON LITE 98.7. THE WILDCATS ARE IN ACTION SATURDAY HOSTING OLE MISS.

MEANWHILE, COACH PHILLIPS SAID SUNDAY BOTH MORGAN NEWTON AND MAX SMITH WILL BATTLE THIS WEEK TO SEE WHO THE STARTING QUARTERBACK WILL BE AGAINST OLE MISS ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL. BOTH QUARTERBACKS WERE BANGED UP IN SATURDAY NIGHT’S LOSS TO MISSISSIPPI STATE.

TENNESSEE COACH DEREK DOOLEY SAYS THE PROBLEMS WITH THE VOLS OFFENSE ARE NOT REAL COMPLEX. DOOLEY SAID FOLLOWING THE VOLS LOSS TO SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY THE OFFENSIVE EXECUTION IS BAD, PASSING AND CATCHING THE BALL HAS BEEN BAD FOR THREE WEEKS AND THE VOLS HAVE TO FIND SOME ANSWERS. TENNESSEE TAKES ON MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS SATURDAY.

WESTERN KENTUCKY GETS A BIG OVERTIME WIN AT LOUISIANA MONROE SATURDAY TO WIN ITS FOURTH GAME IN A ROW. THE HILLTOPPERS RETURN TO L-T SMITH STADIUM SATURDAY TO HOST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL.

MURRAY STATE’S QUA HUZZIE—WHO TRANSFERRED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY—WAS NAMED THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER AND NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK. HUZZIE HAD 13 TACKLES, TWO SACKS, TWO FORCED FUMBLES AND A PASS BREAKUP IN MURRAY STATE’S 34-33 LOSS TO EASTERN KENTUCKY SATURDAY.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOUND A SCORER IT WAS LOOKING FOR IN THE 2012 CLASS. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS SIX-SIX D’ MONTRE EDWARDS FROM BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMITTED TO THE VOLS DURING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT SATURDAY NIGHT.

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MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS AN A-F-C WEST SHOWDOWN BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND KANSAS CITY TONIGHT AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE BACK ON THE ICE THIS EVENING IN CHICAGO AGAINST THE BLACKHAWKS. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS FORWARD MIKE FISHER DID NOT MAKE THE TRIP AFTER SUFFERING AN UPPER BODY INJURY IN SATURDAY NIGHT’S WIN OVER ANAHEIM.

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IT’S THE FINAL WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON---AND BOTH CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE ARE IN ACTION THIS EVENING.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY TAKES ITS 9-0 MARK TO THE ROAD FOR THE LAST TIME THIS SEASON AGAINST SOUTHWESTERN IN THE SECOND GAME OF THE DON FRANKLIN BOWL IN SOMERSET.  THE OPENING GAME IN THE DON FRANKLIN BOWL AT FIVE HOPKINSVILLE TIME HAS WARREN CENTRAL TAKING ON PULASKI COUNTY. KICKOFF IS SLATED FOR 7:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS CLOSE OUT THE SEASON THIS EVENING AT FORT CAMPBELL, WHERE FALCONS COACH SHAWN BERNER GOES FOR HIS 100^TH CAREER WIN. KICKOFF AT SEVEN FROM FRYAR STADIUM, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: TRIGG COUNTY AT CALLOWAY COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO SOUTH WARREN, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT MAYFIELD, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT UNION COUNTY, MADISONVILLE AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, GRAVES COUNTY AT MARSHALL COUNTY, OWENSBORO HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, LONE OAK AT HEATH, FRANKLIN SIMPSON WELCOMES APOLLO, OHIO COUNTY AT DAVIESS COUNTY, MURRAY AT FULTON COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY TRAVELS TO BARREN COUNTY, WEBSTER COUNTY AT BALLARD MEMORIAL, BOWLING GREEN AT LEXINGTON CATHOLIC.

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THE K-H-S-A-A STATE TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY IN KNIGHTS HALL AT BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISVILLE. 2^ND REGION CHAMPION CALDWELL COUNTY MEETS NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT FIVE HOPKINSVILLE TIME TODAY, WITH 1^ST REGION CHAMP LONE OAK GOING AGAINST 4^TH REGION CHAMP GREENWOOD AT NOON HOPKINSVILLE TIME, AND 3^RD REGION WINNER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC MEETS ASSUMPTION AT 3:45 HOPKINSVILLE TIME THIS AFTERNOON. THE TOURNAMENT CONCLUDES TOMORROW.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PLAYS IN THE K-C-A-A STATE TOURNAMENT TODAY IN LOUISVILLE. THE UNDEFEATED LADY WARRIORS WILL MEET HOST ACADEMY IN LOUISVILLE AT THREE HOPKINSVILLE TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PLAY IN THE QUARTERFINALS AT SEVEN THIS EVENING IF THEY WIN THEIR FIRST MATCH TODAY.

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THE DEBUT OF THE BLACK UNIFORMS FOR KENTUCKY TAKES PLACE SATURDAY EVENING WHEN THE WILDCATS HOST MISSISSIPPI STATE. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF BEGINS AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE TOMORROW IN THE S-E-C: TENNESSEE TAKES ON SOUTH CAROLINA IN KNOXVILLE, WHILE VANDERBILT HOSTS ARKANSAS.

IN THE O-V-C: AUSTIN PEAY CELEBRATES HOMECOMING AGAINST EASTERN ILLINOIS AND MURRAY STATE ENTERTAINS EASTERN KENTUCKY.

WESTERN KENTUCKY PLAYS AT LOUISIANA MONROE LOOKING FOR ITS FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN, WHILE LOUISVILLE PLAYS AT SYRACUSE.

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THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE HAD ITS BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY IN BIRMINGHAM THURSDAY. KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI TOLD THOSE IN ATTENDANCE HE FEELS THE WILDCATS ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE PICKED TO WIN THE LEAGUE.

MEANWHILE, TENNESSEE LADY VOLS COACH PAT SUMMITT SAYS SHE INTENDS TO CUT DOWN THE NETS WITH HER TEAM THIS SEASON. SUMMITT WAS DIAGNOSED OVER THE SUMMER WITH EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA. THE 59-YEAR-OLD SUMMITT SAID SHE TOLD HER TEAM RECENTLY SHE COULD STILL REMEMBER THEIR NAMES AND COULD STILL YELL AT THEM. THE 59-YEAR-OLD SUMMITT IS IN HER 38^TH SEASON AS LADY VOLS COACH.

FORMER MURRAY STATE AND CURRENT TEXAS A AND M HEAD COACH BILLY KENNEDY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY STAGES OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE. THE 47-YEAR-OLD KENNEDY SAYS DOCTORS SHOULD TELL HIM SOON WHEN HE WILL BE ABLE TO REJOIN THE TEAM. KENNEDY LEFT MURRAY STATE AFTER FIVE SEASONS IN MAY TO BECOME THE HEAD MAN AT A AND M.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS GOT A 5-3 WIN OVER TAMPA BAY THURSDAY NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. THE PREDS MEET ANAHEIM TOMORROW NIGHT AT SEVEN AND YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS RUN IN THE K-H-S-A-A BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT CAME TO AN END WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN HENDERSON. HENDERSON COUNTY SHUT OUT THE BLAZERS 5-0 TO ADVANCE TO NEXT WEEK’S SEMI FINAL ROUND AGAINST RYLE AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON. THE BLAZERS FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A 16-5-1 RECORD.

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TWO MEMBERS OF THE 27-0 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY LADY WARRIOR TEAM WERE NAMED TO THE KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ALL REGION ONE TEAM. MORGANNE MULLEN AND ABBY WEATHERFORD WERE SELECTED ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA. H-C-A PLAYS IN THE KC-AA STATE TOURNAMENT FRIDAY IN LOUISVILLE.

CALDWELL COUNTY PLAYS ITS FIRST MATCH IN THE K-H-S-A-A STATE TOURNAMENT TOMORROW IN KNIGHTS HALL AT BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISVILLE. THE LADY TIGERS FACE NUMBER 13 NEWPORT CATHOLIC AT FIVE P-M HOPKINSVILLE TIME. FIRST REGION WINNER LONE OAK PLAYS 4^TH REGION WINNER GREENWOOD AT NOON HOPKINSVILLE TIME, WITH 3^RD REGION WINNER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC FACING 7^TH REGION CHAMP ASSUMPTION AT 3:45 P-M.

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THE FINAL WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON TAKES PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH BOTH CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE IN ACTION. THE 9-0 COLONELS PLAY SOUTHWESTERN IN THE DON FRANKLIN BOWL IN SOMERSET AT 7:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

HOPKINSVILLE CLOSES OUT THE SEASON AT FORT CAMPBELL, WHERE FALCONS COACH SHAWN BERNER IS LOOKING FOR HIS 100^TH VICTORY AS COACH. KICKOFF AT SEVEN FROM FRYAR STADIUM, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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KENTUCKY’S TERRENCE JONES SCORED A RECORD 52 POINTS IN THE BLUE TEAM’S 126-104 WIN OVER THE WHITE TEAM WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN RUPP ARENA. JONES SCORING MARK TOPPED THE 37 POINT PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR BY BRANDON KNIGHT.  DORON LAMB ADDED 31 FOR THE BLUE TEAM, AND MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST PITCHED IN 21. THE WHITE TEAM HAD FOUR PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES LED BY ANTHONY DAVIS AND KYLE WILTJER EACH WITH 27, DARIUS MILLER WITH 24 AND MARQUIS TEAGUE WITH 19. KENTUCKY PLAYS ITS FIRST EXHIBITION GAME NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOSTING TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY.

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ROLLED TO AN EASY WIN IN ITS EXHIBITION OPENER OVER DEFENDING N-A-I-A CHAMPION PIKEVILLE 74-55 AT THE K-F-C YUM CENTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FORMER BOWLING GREEN HIGH STANDOUT CHANE BEHANAN HAD 16 POINTS IN THE WIN FOR THE CARDS.

AUSTIN PEAY HAD ITS FIRST BLACK-WHITE SCRIMMAGE WEDNESDAY AT DAVE AARON ARENA. FORMER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN STANDOUT JOHN FRALEY HAD 29 POINTS TO LEAD THE WHITE TEAM WHO LOST BOTH HALVES TO THE BLACK TEAM 51-38 AND 39-38. FORMER U-H-A STANDOUT AND ALL O-V-C PRE SEASON FIRST TEAM MEMBER TYSHWAN EDMONDSON HAD NINE POINTS. THE SECOND SCRIMMAGE IS SET FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THREE P-M.

WESTERN KENTUCKY WAS PICKED TO FINISH THIRD IN THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE’S EAST DIVISION DURING THE MEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY WEDNESDAY. FLORIDA ATLANTIC WAS PICKED TO WIN THE EAST, WHILE ARKANSAS STATE WAS PICKED TO WIN THE WEST.

IT APPEARS THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE IS STILL BEING CONSIDERED FOR AN INVITATION TO THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS U OF L ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TOM JURICH WOULD NOT COMMENT ON MULTIPLE REPORTS WHICH INDICATE U OF L HAS MADE A LATE PUSH TO JOIN THE LEAGUE.   THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS KENTUCKY SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL AND OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DAVID BOREN ARE LOBBYING THE BIG 12 TO LET LOUISVILLE INTO THE LEAGUE.

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FOLLOWING A LOSS TO SAN JOSE TUESDAY NIGHT, THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS LOOK TO GET BACK ON THE WINNING WAYS THIS EVENING AS THEY HOST TAMPA BAY AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE AIRS THIS EVENING AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TODD HAMILTON WILL HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHES WHO WERE AT THE HOPKINSVILLE ROTARY CLUB TUESDAY AND WEEKLY VISITS WITH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES.

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HOPKINSVILLE’S LADY TIGERS FELL IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE K-H-S-A-A GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS 3-1 TO BOWLING GREEN. THE LADY PURPLES SCORED ALL THEIR GOALS IN THE SECOND HALF. HOPKINSVILLE’S LONE GOAL CAME FROM KELSEY HUMPHRIES. HOPKINSVILLE FINISHES THE SEASON 16-4-4, WHILE BOWLING GREEN MOVES ON TO HOST DAVIESS COUNTY THURSDAY EVENING.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS BOYS SOCCER TEAM PLAYS ITS SECOND ROUND GAME THIS EVENING IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT AT HENDERSON COUNTY. THE TEAMS HAVE NOT PLAYED THIS SEASON. THE WINNER WILL MOVE TO THE STATE SEMI-FINALS AT PAUL DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON NEXT WEDNESDAY.

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THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS TAKE TO THE COURT FOR A BLUE-WHITE SCRIMMAGE THIS EVENING AT RUPP ARENA. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ALSO PLAY THEIR FIRST EXHIBITION GAME THIS EVENING, TAKING ON DEFENDING N-A-I-A CHAMPION PIKEVILLE COLLEGE.

THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE HAD ITS BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY TUESDAY IN NASHVILLE. AUSTIN PEAY WAS THE PICK OF THE MEN’S COACHES AND SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS TO WIN THIS SEASON. MURRAY STATE WAS PICKED THIRD. AUSTIN PEAY’S TYSHWAN EDMONDSON AND ANTHONY CAMPBELL WERE NAMED TO THE PRE SEASON ALL O-V-C TEAM, ALONG WITH MURRAY STATE’S IVAN ASKA AND ISAIAH CANNAN.

TENNESSEE TECH WAS THE PICK OF THE WOMEN’S COACHES AND SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS TO WIN THE LEAGUE THIS SEASON. AUSTIN PEAY WAS PICKED 4^TH AND MURRAY STATE 6^TH. AUSTIN PEAY’S WHITNEY HANLEY WAS PICKED TO THE PRE SEASON ALL O-V-C TEAM, ALONG WITH MURRAY STATE’S MARIAH ROBINSON AND JESSICA WINFREY.

TENNESSEE’S LADY VOLS WERE A UNAMINOUS PICK BY MEDIA MEMBERS TO WIN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE. THE POLL RESULTS ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HAD KENTUCKY RANKED THIRD.

 THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE RELEASED ITS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL TUESDAY. WESTERN KENTUCKY WAS PICKED THIRD IN THE EAST DIVISION, WITH MIDDLE TENNESSEE PICKED TO WIN, WHILE DENVER WAS PICKED TO WIN IN THE WEST DIVISION.

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WHEN THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS TAKE THE FIELD AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY WILL DO SO IN NEW UNIFORMS. THEY WERE REVEALED TUESDAY AND WILL BE BLACK, WITH ROYAL BLUE TRIM ON THE JERSEY AND BLACK PANTS. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF AIRS AT 4:30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON LITE 98.7.

AUSTIN PEAY WILL BE WITHOUT QUARTERBACK JAKE RYAN WHEN THE GOVERNORS HOST EASTERN ILLINOIS FOR HOMECOMING THIS WEEKEND. A NEWS RELEASE SAYS RYAN SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY IN LAST SATURDAY’S LOSS AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. RYAN—WHO SUSTAINED A SPRAINED M-C-L—IS LISTED AS WEEK TO WEEK. HE WILL BE REPLACED BY FRESHMAN LANDON CURTIS.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS OPENED A THREE GAME HOMESTAND WITH A 3-1 LOSS TO SAN JOSE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PREDATORS ARE BACK IN ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT HOSTING TAMPA BAY, WITH THE BROADCAST FROM BRIDGESTONE ARENA AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.