2ND REGION VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY 2  (25-21, 25-15)

HENDERSON COUNTY 1 (26-28)

CALDWELL COUNTY 2 (25-14, 25-9)

LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 0

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT AT 7PM AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH- CHRISTIAN COUNTY VS. CALDWELL COUNTY

2ND REGION BOYS SOCCER TOURNAMENT AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS

HOPKINSVILLE 10    CALDWELL COUNTY 0

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 5  TRIGG COUNTY 2

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TONIGHT AT 8PM AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS- HOPKINSVILLE VS. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS

2ND REGION GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT AT CALDWELL COUNTY

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT 5:30PM- HOPKINSVILLE VS. CALDWELL COUNTY

THE HOPKINSVILLE FOOTBALL TIGERS WILL BE ON THE ROAD FRIDAY NIGHT AT GRAVES COUNTY. KICKOFF IS SCHEDULED FOR 7:30PM, PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 7:00PM ON NEWS/TALK 95.3 FM AND 1230 AM WHOP AND ONLINE AT WHOPAM.COM. CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS IDLE THIS WEEK.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS HOST JACKSONVILLE STATE THIS SATURDAY. PRE-GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 9:30AM, KICKOFF IS SCHEDULE FOR 11:00AM ON LITE 98.7 WHOP-FM.

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS TAKE ON THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS TONIGHT. PUCK DROPS JUST AFTER 9:00PM. OUR COVERAGE BEGINS AT 9PM ON NEWS/TALK 95.3 FM AND 1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM

CALDWELL COUNTY HIGH SENIOR EMMA TALLEY HAS BEEN NAMED FIRST TEAM ROLEX ALL AMERICAN BY THE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION.  A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE A-J-G-A SAYS IT’S THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TIME TALLEY HAS BEEN NAMED A ROLEX JUNIOR ALL AMERICAN, BUT THE FIRST TIME TALLEY HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM.

TALLEY WON 10 A-J-G-A EVENTS IN HER CAREER, INCLUDING FOUR THIS YEAR. SHE ALSO PLAYED IN THIS YEAR’S U-S WOMEN’S OPEN AND WAS ON THE WINNING AMERICAN JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP TEAM.  TALLEY ALSO WON HER THIRD KENTUCKY STATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP RECENTLY. TALLEY WILL PLAY HER COLLEGIATE GOLF BEGINNING NEXT FALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE AIRS AT 5:08 THIS EVENING ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TODD HAMILTON’S GUESTS WILL INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOL GOLFERS JACK GARDNER OF HOPKINSVILLE HIGH AND ANNA MOORE OF UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY, ALONG WITH THE WEEKLY COMMENTS OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

2^ND REGION VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT: LIVINGSTON CENTRAL ENDED HOPKINSVILLE’S SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE VICTORY AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. CALDWELL COUNTY WAS ALSO AN EASY WINNER OVER UNION COUNTY IN THE SECOND QUARTERFINAL GAME.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S LADY WARRIORS VOLLEYBALL TEAM COMPLETED A PERFECT SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER VICTORY CHRISTIAN TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LADY WARRIORS FINISH THE REGULAR SEASON 26-0 AND HAVE THE TOP SEED IN THE KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. THEY WILL PLAY THE GLASGOW CHRISTIAN-VICTORY CHRISTIAN MATCH FOR THE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY IN GLASGOW.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

2^ND REGION VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY AND LIVINGSTON CENTRAL MEETS CALDWELL COUNTY BEGINNING AT SIX THIS EVENING AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

BOYS 2^ND REGION SOCCER: GAMES WERE RAINED OUT TUESDAY AND ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETS TRIGG COUNTY AT 5:30, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE FACES CALDWELL COUNTY IN THE NIGHTCAP.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HAS GIVEN COACH CHARLIE STRONG A LUCRATIVE SEVEN YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION. STRONG—IN HIS SECOND YEAR AT LOUISVILLE—WILL SEE HIS BASE SALARY INCREASE FROM ONE POINT THREE MILLION TO TWO POINT THREE MILLION ANNUALLY THROUGH JUNE 30^TH, 2018.  U OF L ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TOM JURICH SAYS THE EXTENSION HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS SINCE LAST YEAR WHEN STRONG LED THE CARDINALS TO A 7-6 RECORD AND AN APPEARANCE IN THE BEEF O BRADY’S BOWL.

AFTER U-S-A TODAY LISTED JACKSONVILLE STATE AS A NINE POINT FAVORITE OVER KENTUCKY MONDAY NIGHT, THE LINE HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED TO NO LINE FOR SATURDAY’S GAME. U-S-A TODAY ODDSMAKER DANNY SHERIDAN SAID THERE WAS A SNAFU BECAUSE LAS VEGAS ODDSMAKERS DO NOT MAKE LINES WHEN F-C-S AND F-B-S TEAMS PLAY EACH OTHER.

MEANWHILE, SOME KENTUCKY PLAYERS HAVE USED THAT AS MOTIVATION FOR THIS WEEK’S GAME. IF YOU REMEMBER JACKSONVILLE STATE—THE 8^TH RANKED TEAM IN F-C-S—DEFEATED OLE MISS IN DOUBLE OVERTIME LAST SEASON. COVERAGE OF SATURDAY’S GAME BEGINS AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THREE MEMBERS OF KENTUCKY’S FRESHMAN CLASS HAVE JOINED UPPERCLASSMEN ON THE CBS SPORTS.COM TOP 100 PLAYERS IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL. FRESHMAN ANTHONY DAVIS IS RANKED 7^TH BEST IN THE LAND, WITH SOPHOMORE TERRENCE JONES RANKED 11^TH, FRESHMAN MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST IS 15^TH, ROOKIE MARQUIS TEAGUE IS 48^TH AND SOPHOMORE DORON LAMB IS 69^TH.

COLLEGE GOLF

AUSTIN PEAY WON THE F AND M/A-P-S-U INTERCOLLEGIATE WHICH CONCLUDED TUESDAY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. THE GOVERNORS WERE A NINE STROKE WINNER OVER FELLOW O-V-C MEMBER JACKSONVILLE STATE.

THE GAMES IN THE BOYS 2ND REGION SOCCER TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER.  THE GAMES WERE TO FEATURE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AGAINST TRIGG COUNTY AT 5:30, TO BE FOLLOWED BY HOPKINSVILLE AND CALDWELL COUNTY.  THE GAMES HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED WEDNESDAY EVENING AT THE SAME TIMES AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

2^ND REGION VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED MADISONVILLE TWO SETS TO NONE AND HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE. CHRISTIAN AND HENDERSON COUNTIES WILL PLAY IN THE FIRST SEMI FINAL GAME WEDNESDAY EVENING AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

2^ND REGION GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY 7-1 TO MOVE TO THE FINALS THURSDAY EVENING TO FACE CALDWELL COUNTY WHO EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 2-1.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IMPROVED TO 25-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER GLASGOW CHRISTIAN. THE LADY WARRIORS CLOSE OUT THE SEASON THIS EVENING HOSTING VICTORY BAPTIST.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

2^ND REGION BOYS SOCCER: THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS WILL SERVE AS HOST OF ACTION THIS EVENING AS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETS TRIGG COUNTY AT 5:30, WITH HOPKINSVILLE AND CALDWELL COUNTY TO PLAY THE NIGHTCAP AT 7:15. THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY EVENING.

2^ND REGION VOLLEYBALL: HOPKINSVILLE MEETS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL AT SIX, WITH CALDWELL COUNTY TO MEET UNION COUNTY AT 7:15 AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS RELEASED ITS WEEKLY POLLS.

CLASS 5-A: CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS RANKED FOURTH AGAIN THIS WEEK, WITH BOWLING GREEN FIRST, WARREN CENTRAL 5^TH AND OHIO COUNTY 8^TH.

CLASS 4-A: MADISONVILLE IS 6^TH AND FRANKLIN SIMPSON 7^TH, WITH HIGHLANDS NUMBER ONE.

CLASS 3-A: PADUCAH TILGHMAN IS 5^TH, FORT CAMPBELL 8^TH WITH LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST THIS WEEK.

CLASS 2-A: NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC REMAINS NUMBER ONE, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 2^ND AND MURRAY HIGH 4^TH.

CLASS A: MAYFIELD IS FIRST, WITH RUSSELLVILLE RECEIVING VOTES.

CLASS 6-A: TRINITY IS FIRST, WITH HENDERSON COUNTY RECEIVING VOTES.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAYS THE OFF WEEK FOR THE WILDCATS WAS GOOD FOR THEM. PHILLIPS SAYS THE OPEN DATE HELPED THE TEAM GET ITS MENTAL FOCUS BACK AFTER FOUR STRAIGHT LOSSES. KENTUCKY ENTERTAINS JACKSONVILLE STATE SATURDAY, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE QUARTERBACK TYLER BRAY HAS HAD A METAL PLATE INSERTED INTO HIS RIGHT HAND TO AID THE HEALING PROCESS OF HIS BROKEN THUMB. THE INSERT IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE BONE FROM HEALING CROOKEDLY. BRAY—WHO IS EXPECTED TO MISS SIX WEEKS—BROKE THE THUMB IN THE VOLS LOSS TO GEORGIA OCTOBER 8^TH.

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG ANNOUNCED MONDAY THE SCHOOL HAS MUTUALLY PARTED WAYS WITH OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE SANFORD. SANFORD’S FUTURE HAD BEEN IN DOUBT SINCE EARLIER THIS MONTH WHEN HE DID NOT TRAVEL WITH THE TEAM TO NORTH CAROLINA. SANFORD DID NOT COACH SATURDAY IN THE CARDS LOSS AT CINCINNATI.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS VANDERBILT CENTER FESTUS EZELI HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THE FIRST SIX GAMES OF THE SEASON BY THE NC-AA. THE UNIVERSITY RELEASED A STATEMENT MONDAY SAYING EZELI ACCEPTED A PAID MEAL AND HOTEL ROOM FROM AN ALUMNUS WHILE VISITING FRIENDS THIS SUMMER. EZELI APOLOGIZED FOR HIS ACTIONS.

KENTUCKY SPORTS RADIO REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE FORMER MURRAY STATE BASKETBALL COACH BILLY KENNEDY HAS TAKEN A MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM TEXAS A AND M.  KENNEDY--WHO IS IN HIS FIRST SEASON AT A AND M AFTER FIVE SEASONS AT MURRAY--IS BEING TREATED FOR AN UNDISCLOSED MEDICAL CONDITION.  FORMER U-K AND WESTERN KENTUCKY ASSISTANT GLYNN CYPRIEN IS SERVING AS HEAD COACH UNTIL KENNEDY RETURNS.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS LOST THEIR THIRD GAME IN A ROW AND TOOK ONLY 12 SHOTS IN A 3-1 LOSS TO THE EDMONTON OILERS MONDAY NIGHT. THE PREDS ARE BACK IN ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT AT VANCOUVER. YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME AT NINE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

GOLF

AUSTIN PEAY LEADS AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF THE F AND M BANK/A-P-S-U INTERCOLLEGIATE AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. THE GOVERNORS FIRED AN OPENING DAY 560, WHICH LEADS SAMFORD UNIVERSITY BY ONE STROKE. THE FINAL ROUND TAKES PLACE TODAY.