CHRISTIAN COUNTY 19 GRAVES COUNTY 18 IN OVERTIME. CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS IDLE THIS WEEK.

OHIO COUNTY 50 HOPKINSVILLE 20. HOPKINSVILLE WILL BE AT GRAVES COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE ARE BOTH IN CLASS FIVE A DISTRICT ACTION THIS EVENING.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO GRAVES COUNTY WITH THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE. THE UNDEFEATED COLONELS TAKE ON A GRAVES COUNTY EAGLE CLUB WHO LOST A HEARTBREAKER TO OHIO COUNTY LAST WEEK. KICKOFF IN MAYFIELD AT 7:30 THIS EVENING, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE'S BROADCAST BOOTH AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS PLAY THEIR FINAL HOME DISTRICT GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST UPSTART OHIO COUNTY. KICKOFF FROM THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS AT SEVEN THIS EVENING, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE'S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: FORT CAMPBELL WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY ENTERTAINS HEATH, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS HANCOCK COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY TAKES ON MURRAY, RUSSELLVILLE PLAYS AT FULTON CITY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS BARREN COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY WELCOMES MARSHALL COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS LONE OAK, MADISONVILLE ENTERTAINS CALLOWAY COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT CLARKSVILLE NORTHEAST, BOWLING GREEN HOSTS WARREN CENTRAL, APOLLO ENTERTAINS GREENWOOD, WARREN EAST HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE AND FRANKLIN SIMPSON AT BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY.

CATCH UP ON ALL THE SCORES FROM ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT ON THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD SHOW FOLLOWING HOPKINSVILLE FOOTBALL ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. 

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY

HOPKINSVILLE’S SOCCER TEAMS BOTH CLAIMED DISTRICT THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS THURSDAY EVENING. THE LADY TIGERS CRUSHED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 7-1. HOPKINSVILLE WILL MEET TRIGG COUNTY IN NEXT WEEK’S 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT IN PRINCETON, WHILE U-H-A MEETS CALDWELL COUNTY.  MEANWHILE, THE TIGERS EDGED U-H-A 1-0 IN THE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THE TIGERS WILL MEET CALDWELL COUNTY IN THE 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT NEXT THURSDAY IN PRINCETON, WHILE U-H-A FACES TRIGG COUNTY.

IN THE 4^TH DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS: TRIGG COUNTY UPSET CALDWELL COUNTY 5-3 IN THE BOYS GAME, WHILE CALDWELL COUNTY DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY 1-0 IN THE GIRLS TITLE GAME.

PAIRINGS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2^ND REGION VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT WHICH TAKES PLACE NEXT WEEK AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

MONDAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS MADISONVILLE AT SIX P-M, FOLLOWED BY HENDERSON COUNTY AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY AT 7:15 P-M.

TUESDAY’S GAMES: LIVINGSTON CENTRAL MEETS HOPKINSVILLE AT SIX P-M, WITH REGION FAVORITE CALDWELL COUNTY MEETING UNION COUNTY AT 7:15 P-M.

WEDNESDAY’S SEMI FINAL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT SIX P-M AND 7:15 P-M, WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THURSDAY AT SEVEN P-M. TICKETS ARE FIVE DOLLARS EACH EVENING.

CALDWELL COUNTY HIGH SENIOR EMMA TALLEY FINISHED RUNNER UP IN THE VOTING FOR KENTUCKY MISS GOLF. TALLEY FINISHED BEHIND WINNER LYDIA GUMM OF NORTH HARDIN, WHO WON THE MISS GOLF AWARD FOR THE FOURTH TIME. TALLEY WON HER THIRD STATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP LAST WEEK AND WILL PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA NEXT SEASON.

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THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS ARE OFF THIS WEEK, BUT THEIR OPPONENT NEXT WEEK WILL BE JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN CLARKSVILLE SATURDAY. JACKSONVILLE STATE—RANKED IN THE TOP TEN IN THE F-C-S POLLS—WILL PLAY AT AUSTIN PEAY SATURDAY EVENING.

MURRAY STATE IS ALSO IN ACTION TOMORROW, AS THE RACERS HOST EASTERN ILLINOIS AT THREE P-M AT STEWART STADIUM.

WESTERN KENTUCKY—MINUS FORMER FORT CAMPBELL STANDOUT ANTONIO ANDREWS—PLAYS AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC, LOUISVILLE TAKES ON CINCINNATI IN ITS BIG EAST OPENER.

IN THE S-E-C: VANDERBILT ENTERTAINS GEORGIA, WHILE TENNESSEE TAKES ON L-S-U. FLORIDA TAKES ON AUBURN IN A GAME YOU CAN HEAR BEGININNG AT SIX P-M ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ARE HAVING ACTIVITIES TO MARK THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE. KENTUCKY WILL HAVE ITS BIG BLUE MADNESS IN LEXINGTON, WESTERN KENTUCKY IS HAVING ACTIVITIES AT DIDDLE ARENA AND AUSTIN PEAY IS HOSTING REIGNING RED AT EIGHT THIS EVENING AT THE DUNN CENTER. THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS WILL HAVE A RED-WHITE GAME AT THE K-F-C/YUM CENTER THIS EVENING.  

THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE WILL BEGIN AN IMMEDIATE SEARCH FOR A NEW COMMISSIONER. WRIGHT WATERS—WHO HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER SINCE 1998—IS RETIRING EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST OF NEXT YEAR. THE 62-YEAR-OLD WATERS IS THE FOURTH COMMISSIONER IN THE LEAGUE AND LED THE SUN BELT INTO FOOTBALL IN 2001. THE SUN BELT CURRENTLY HAS NINE FOOTBALL PLAYING SCHOOLS, WITH SOUTH ALABAMA TO BECOME THE 10^TH NEXT YEAR.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS LOSE THEIR HOME OPENER THURSDAY NIGHT TO PHOENIX 5-2. COLIN WILSON AND RYAN SUTER HAD GOALS IN THE LOSS FOR THE PREDS, WHO HOST THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS AT SEVEN P-M SATURDAY EVENING IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

HIGH SCHOOL SCORES FROM WEDNESDAY

3^RD DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER: U-H-A FOUGHT THROUGH REGULATION, TWO OVERTIME PERIODS AND A PENALTY KICK SHOOTOUT TO DEFEAT CHRISTIAN COUNTY 1-0. THE LADY BLAZERS FACE HOPKINSVILLE IN THE 3^RD DISTRICT FINAL AT 7:30 THIS EVENING AT TODD CENTRAL.

3^RD DISTRICT BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS GOT A LATE GOAL WITH ABOUT A MINUTE TO PLAY IN REGULATION TO DEFEAT FORT CAMPBELL 1-0. THE BLAZERS FACE HOPKINSVILLE IN THE 3^RD DISTRICT FINAL THIS EVENING AT 5:30 AT TODD CENTRAL.

ELSEWHERE: HENDERSON COUNTY WON THE 5^TH DISTRICT BOYS SOCCER TITLE WITH A 3-0 WIN OVER MADISONVILLE.

THURSDAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE

4^TH DISTRICT BOYS SOCCER FINAL: TRIGG COUNTY PLAYS AT CALDWELL COUNTY AT 5:30.

4^TH DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER FINAL: TRIGG COUNTY PLAYS AT CALDWELL COUNTY AT 7:30.

5^TH DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER FINAL: HENDERSON COUNTY PLAYS AT MADISONVILLE.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE ARE MAKING FINAL PREPARATIONS TODAY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT ACTION. CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO GRAVES COUNTY TO PLAY FOR THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP AT 7:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT SEVEN FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH ON LITE 98.7.  HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS ITS FINAL HOME DISTRICT GAME OF THE SEASON HOSTING OHIO COUNTY. KICKOFF AT SEVEN, 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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EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT IN ACTION THIS WEEK, THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WERE ON THE PRACTICE FIELD WEDNESDAY. COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAID FOLLOWING PRACTICE THE TEAM HAS HAD TWO REALLY GOOD PRACTICES THIS WEEK WITH LOTS OF EFFORT AND ENTHUSIASM. THE WILDCATS HOST JACKSONVILLE STATE OF THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE OCTOBER 22^ND.

VANDERBILT FOOTBALL COACH JAMES FRANKLIN STILL HAS NOT DECIDED WHO WILL START AT QUARTERBACK FOR THE COMMODORES WHEN THEY FACE GEORGIA SATURDAY IN NASHVILLE. FRANKLIN DID TELL THE TENNESSEAN WEDNESDAY A HEALTH LARRY SMITH WAS STILL THE NUMBER ONE OPTION. SMITH AND JORDAN RODGERS BOTH PLAYED IN LAST WEEK’S LOSS AT ALABAMA.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI WAS IN LOUISVILLE WEDNESDAY FOR THE ANNUAL U-K TIPOFF LUNCHEON. CALIPARI TOLD THE AUDIENCE HE EXPECTS HIS TEAM TO BE EXCITING AND CONTENDING FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS SEASON.  BIG BLUE MADNESS WILL BE HELD FRIDAY EVENING IN LEXINGTON. THE WILDCATS MEET TRANSYLVANIA IN AN EXHIBITION GAME NOVEMBER SECOND.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WILL ALSO BEGIN BASKETBALL PRACTICE FRIDAY. COACH CUONZO MARTIN TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL THE VOLS WILL BEGIN WORK ON THE MOTION OFFENSE HE USED AT MISSOURI STATE. MARTIN ALSO SAYS TOUGH SUMMER WORKOUTS HAVE MADE THE VOLS MORE DISCIPLINED AND GIVEN THEM MORE CHEMISTRY AS A TEAM.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WILL BE WITHOUT FORWARD MARTIN ERAT WHEN THEY HOST THE PHOENIX COYOTES IN THE HOME OPENER THIS EVENING. ERAT HAS NOT WORKED OUT SINCE SUFFERING AN UPPER BODY INJURY IN THE SEASON OPENER AT COLUMBUS. FIRST PUCK DROPS AT SEVEN IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA, WITH THE GAME TO BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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THE HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION HELD ITS 21^ST ANNUAL MIKE FOSTER GOLF SCRAMBLE LAST FRIDAY AT WESTERN HILLS. THE TEAM FROM HENDERSON REALTY INVESTORS WON THE TOURNAMENT. THE BIG WINNER THOUGH WAS THE TEXTBOOK SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT OF THE H-C-C FOUNDATION, WHICH WILL RECEIVE ANTICIPATED PROCEEDS OF OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

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 INCLUDE CALDWELL COUNTY SENIOR AND 2011 GIRLS STATE HIGH SCHOOL GOLF CHAMPION EMMA TALLEY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY FOOTBALL COACH STEVE LOVELACE WILL PREVIEW THIS WEEK’S GAME AT GRAVES COUNTY AND TOM CALLAHAN, THE RADIO VOICE OF THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WILL PREVIEW THE PREDS HOME OPENER AGAINST PHOENIX THURSDAY EVENING.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

3^RD DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 7-0 TO MOVE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH THURSDAY EVENING.

4^TH DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER: CALDWELL COUNTY DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 10-0.

5TH DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER: MADISONVILLE OVER UNION COUNTY 11-1 AND HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED WEBSTER COUNTY 8-0.

BOYS 3^RD DISTRICT SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUT OUT TODD CENTRAL 5-0.

BOYS 7^TH DISTRICT SOCCER: SOUTH WARREN SHUT OUT LOGAN COUNTY 6-0.

8^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE IN STRAIGHT SETS TO CLAIM ITS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE DISTRICT TITLE. THE LADY COLONELS WILL HOST NEXT WEEK’S REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.

6^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: UNION COUNTY DEFEATED WEBSTER COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE IN SEMI FINAL PLAY, AND LOST TO HENDERSON COUNTY IN THE FINALS TWO SETS TO NONE.

7^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: MADISONVILLE DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL TWO SETS TO NONE IN SEMI FINAL ACTION, AND LOST TO CALDWELL COUNTY IN THE FINALS TWO SETS TO NONE.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

GIRLS 3^RD DISTRICT SOCCER AT TODD CENTRAL: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETS CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT 5:30.

BOYS 3^RD DISTRICT SOCCER AT TODD CENTRAL: FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT 7:30.

BOYS 5^TH DISTRICT SOCCER AT HOPKINS CENTRAL: HENDERSON COUNTY MEETS MADISONVILLE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT SIX P-M.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY WILL BE WITHOUT RUNNING BACK JOSH CLEMONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE FRESHMAN HAD SURGERY TUESDAY TO REPAIR A TORN MENISCUS, SUFFERED IN SATURDAY’S LOSS AT SOUTH CAROLINA. THE WILDCATS ARE OFF THIS WEEK, BEFORE HOSTING JACKSONVILLE STATE OF THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK.

LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG HAS SENT A MOTIVATIONAL MESSAGE TO HIS TEAM: PRACTICE HARD. ONLY EIGHT PLAYERS—FOUR ON OFFENSE, FOUR ON DEFENSE—HAVE PLAYED EVERY GAME FOR THE CARDINALS THIS SEASON. STRONG TOLD REPORTERS TUESDAY IF HIS PLAYERS DO NOT PRACTICE HARD, THEN THEY DO NOT PLAY. LOUISVILLE OPENS BIG EAST PLAY SATURDAY AT CINCINNATI.

MEANWHILE, LOUISVILLE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE SANFORD WAS NOT AT PRACTICE AGAIN TUESDAY—DESPITE COMMENTS FROM COACH CHARLIE STRONG THAT HE WAS STILL A MEMBER OF THE STAFF. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS SANFORD DID NOT GO WITH THE TEAM TO NORTH CAROLINA LAST SATURDAY, WHERE THE CARDS LOST 14-7. SANFORD WAS REPORTEDLY REASSIGNED LAST WEEK.

TENNESSEE QUARTERBACK MATT SIMMS SAYS HE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO FACING TOP RANKED L-S-U ON SATURDAY. SIMMS—IN REPLACING TYLER BRAY WHO IS LOST FOR THE SEASON DUE TO A BROKEN THUMB ON HIS THROWING HAND—SAYS THE FOCUS FOR THE VOLS IS TO WIN THEIR FIRST S-E-C GAME OF THE SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS BULLITT EAST JUNIOR DEREK WILLIS HAS BEEN OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. THE SIX-NINE WILLIS WORKED OUT IN FRONT OF COACH JOHN CALIPARI TUESDAY AND WAS OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP LATER IN THE EVENING. WILLIS IS AMONG THE TOP 30 RECRUITS IN THE CLASS OF 2014 AND WAS A FORMER COMMITMENT TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY.

COLLEGE GOLF

MURRAY STATE’S LADY RACERS WON THE F AND M/A-P-S-U INTERCOLLEGIATE WHICH CONCLUDED TUESDAY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. THE LADY RACERS FIRED 584—20 STROKES BETTER THAN THE RECORD LOW SCORE THEY HAD IN LAST YEAR’S TOURNAMENT. AUSTIN PEAY FINISHED FOURTH WITH A 603 TOTAL.

MEANWHILE, AUSTIN PEAY’S MEN’S TEAM RALLIED FROM EIGHT STROKES DOWN TO WIN THE U-C BEARCAT INVITATIONAL TUESDAY. AUSTIN PEAY’S 868 SCORE WAS ONE STROKE BETTER THAN KENTUCKY AND TWO STROKES BETTER THAN THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON.   MURRAY STATE’S MEN’S GOLF TEAM FINISHED FIFTH WITH AN 882 SCORE AT THE SKYHAWK CLASSIC HOSTED BY UT-MARTIN AT PARIS LANDING. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WON THE EVENT WITH A 860 TEAM SCORE.

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS FORWARD MARTIN ERAT MAY MISS THE PREDS HOME OPENER AGAINST PHOENIX THURSDAY NIGHT. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS ERAT WAS NOT ON THE ICE FOR PRACTICE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTER SUFFERING AN UPPER BODY INJURY AGAINST COLUMBUS IN THE SEASON OPENER LAST FRIDAY. COACH BARRY TROTZ SAYS IF ERAT DOES NOT SKATE TODAY, HE PROBABLY WILL NOT PLAY THURSDAY. COVERAGE OF THE GAME AIRS AT SEVEN P-M ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

3^RD DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER: FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED TODD CENTRAL 3-1.

4^TH DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER: CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 2-1 ON PENALTY KICKS.

5^TH DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER: UNION COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0.

3^RD DISTRICT BOYS SOCCER: TODD CENTRAL EDGED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 2-1.

4^TH DISTRICT BOYS SOCCER: CALDWELL COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 9-0, TRIGG COUNTY EDGED LYON COUNTY 3-2.

5^TH DISTRICT BOYS SOCCER: HENDERSON COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 8-1, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED UNION COUNTY 11-1.

8^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TWO SETS TO NONE AND HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO ONE.

5^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: LIVINGSTON CENTRAL DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY TWO SETS TO ONE EACH TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

13^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL: LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATED FRANKLIN SIMPSON TWO SETS TO NONE, RUSSELLVILLE OVER TODD CENTRAL TWO SETS TO ONE, WITH LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATING RUSSELLVILLE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH TWO SETS TO NONE.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

3^RD DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER AT TODD CENTRAL: FORT CAMPBELL MEETS HOPKINSVILLE AT SEVEN P-M.

4^TH DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER AT CALDWELL COUNTY: TRIGG COUNTY MEETS LYON COUNTY AT 5:30, WITH CRITTENDEN COUNTY AND CALDWELL COUNTY TO FOLLOW.

5^TH DISTRICT GIRLS SOCCER AT MADISONVILLE: MADISONVILLE PLAYS UNION COUNTY AT 5:30, WITH HENDERSON COUNTY AND WEBSTER COUNTY TO FOLLOW.

3^RD DISTRICT BOYS SOCCER AT TODD CENTRAL: HOPKINSVILLE MEETS TODD CENTRAL AT 5:30.

8^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL AT HOPKINSVILLE: CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS HOPKINSVILLE AT 7 P-M.

7^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL AT HOPKINS CENTRAL: MADISONVILLE MEETS HOPKINS CENTRAL AT SIX P-M, WITH CALDWELL COUNTY TO PLAY THE WINNER AT 7:15 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

6^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL AT HENDERSON COUNTY: UNION COUNTY PLAYS WEBSTER COUNTY AT SIX, WITH HENDERSON COUNTY TO MEET THE WINNER IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT 7:15.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEEKLY POLLS ARE OUT TODAY.

CLASS 5-A: BOWLING GREEN STILL NUMBER ONE, WARREN CENTRAL 3^RD, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 4^TH AND OHIO COUNTY 9^TH.

CLASS 3-A: LOUISVILLE CENTRAL AND BELFRY ARE TIED FOR THE TOP SPOT, PADUCAH TILGHMAN 5^TH, FORT CAMPBELL 8^TH.

CLASS 4-A: HIGHLANDS STILL NUMBER ONE, MADISONVILLE 7^TH, FRANKLIN SIMPSON 9^TH.

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

CLASS A: MAYFIELD IS NUMBER ONE.   CLASS 6-A: TRINITY IS NUMBER ONE THIS WEEK.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY KICK RETURNER/WIDE RECEIVER ANTONIO ANDREWS HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR A GAME FOR MAKING DISPARAGING REMARKS ABOUT HILLTOPPER FANS ON TWITTER OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE FORMER FORT CAMPBELL STANDOUT QUESTIONED WESTERN’S FANS LOYALTY AS OPPOSED TO UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FANS. ANDREWS LATER DELETED THE TWEETS AND APOLOGIZED TO HIS SOME 500 FOLLOWERS. THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC SATURDAY.

VANDERBILT COACH JAMES FRANKLIN TELLS THE TENNESSEAN PRACTICE PERFORMANCE THIS WEEK WILL DETERMINE WHETHER LARRY SMITH OR JORDAN RODGERS WILL GET THE START FOR THE COMMODORES WHEN THEY HOST GEORGIA SATURDAY.

TENNESSEE WILL HAVE FRESHMAN JUSTIN WORLEY AS MATT SIMMS BACKUP WHEN THE VOLS PLAY NUMBER ONE L-S-U SATURDAY, ACCORDING TO THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL. SIMMS IS REPLACING TYLER BRAY, WHO BROKE THE THUMB ON HIS THROWING HAND IN LAST SATURDAY’S LOSS TO GEORGIA.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS NASHVILLE PREDATORS FORWARD MARTIN ERAT SAT OUT OF PRACTICE MONDAY DUE TO A UPPER BODY INJURY SUFFERED IN FRIDAY’S WIN AT COLUMBUS. ERAT’S STATUS IS DAY TO DAY AS THE PREDS PREPARE TO HOST PHOENIX THURSDAY NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. COVERAGE OF THE GAME AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

COLLEGE GOLF

MURRAY STATE BROKE ITS OWN RECORD IN TAKING THE FIRST ROUND LEAD AT THE F AND M/A-P-S-U INTERCOLLEGIATE MONDAY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. THE LADY RACERS FIRED A 293 SCORE, BREAKING THE RECORD THEY SET A YEAR EARLIER AT CLARSKVILLE COUNTRY CLUB. AUSTIN PEAY IS 4^TH WITH A 300 SCORE AND WESTERN KENTUCKY IS 7^TH AT 312. THE FINAL ROUND TAKES PLACE AT 8:30 THIS MORNING.

AUSTIN PEAY’S MEN SIT IN THIRD PLACE AT THE U-C INVITATIONAL HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI. MURRAY STATE’S MEN’S TEAM IS IN FOURTH PLACE AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SKYHAWK CLASSIC HOSTED BY UT-MARTIN.