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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS RETURN TO ACTION THIS EVENING ON THE ROAD AT APOLLO. THE 7-0 COLONELS ARE 2-0 IN DISTRICT ACTION, WHILE THE EAGLES ARE 2-4 AND 1-1 IN DISTRICT PLAY.  KICKOFF AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.   THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS ARE IDLE THIS WEEK AND WILL HOST OHIO COUNTY NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.

OTHER GAMES THIS EVENING: TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO PADUCAH TILGHMAN, TODD CENTRAL GOES TO BUTLER COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MADISONVILLE, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS DAVIESS COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY TRAVELS TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS HEATH, OWENSBORO MEETS CALLOWAY COUNTY, MURRAY ENTERTAINS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, UNION COUNTY HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, GRAVES COUNTY AT OHIO COUNTY.

CATCH UP ON ALL THE SCORES AND INTERVIEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ON THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD SHOW AFTER THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY BROADCAST THIS EVENING ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

LAST NIGHT: MONROE COUNTY OVER SOUTH WARREN 42-10.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SHUTOUT GRAYSON COUNTY 4-0, CHRISTIAN COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 2-1, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL 3-2, TRIGG COUNTY OVER COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 3-1.

GIRLS SOCCER: CHRISTIAN COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 6-0, TODD CENTRAL SHUTOUT CRITTENDEN COUNTY 7-0, TRIGG COUNTY EDGED WEBSTER COUNTY 3-2, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER LYON COUNTY 2-0, HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATS OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 1-0, GRAVES COUNTY OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 2-0.

VOLLEYBALL: TRIGG COUNTY OVER HOPKINSVILLE TWO SETS TO ONE, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 2-0, LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 2-0, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IMPROVED TO 22-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER TENNESSEE HEAT.

THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA GIRLS STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB. CALDWELL COUNTY SENIOR EMMA TALLEY IS THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION AND WILL PLAY JUST AFTER ONE THIS AFTERNOON. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ANNA MOORE WILL PLAY JUST BEFORE 8:30 THIS MORNING.  OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND HENDERSON COUNTY ARE REPRESENTING REGION TWO IN THE TEAM COMPETITION, WHILE CALLOWAY COUNTY AND MARSHALL COUNTY REPRESENT THE FIRST REGION.

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IT TOOK TWO OVERTIMES FOR THE WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS TO GET THEIR FIRST WIN OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN MURFREESBORO LAST NIGHT SINCE 1980. THE HILLTOPPERS EDGED THE BLUE RAIDERS 36-33. BOBBY RAINEY CAUGHT A SEVEN YARD PASS FROM KAWUAN JAKES IN THE SECOND EXTRA PERION FOR THE WIN.  RAINEY ALSO RAN FOR 146 YARDS FOR THE HILLTOPPERS, NOW 1-4 ON THE SEASON AND 1-1 IN SUN BELT PLAY. WESTERN RETURNS TO ACTION OCTOBER 15^TH AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS LOOK TO GET A ROAD WIN TOMORROW AT SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF BEGINS PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 AM ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE IN THE S-E-C: GEORGIA GOES TO KNOXVILLE TO MEET TENNESSEE, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT SIX P-M ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. FOLLOWING AN OFF WEEK, VANDERBILT TAKES ON ALABAMA.

IN THE O-V-C: AUSTIN PEAY LOOKS TO GO 3-0 IN LEAGUE PLAY AS THEY FACE UT MARTIN TOMORROW, WHILE MURRAY STATE STEPS OUT OF THE LEAGUE TO MEET GEORGIA STATE.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS HEAD EAST TO MEET AN ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT AS THEY PLAY AT NORTH CAROLINA.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS OPEN THE SEASON THIS EVENING IN COLUMBUS AGAINST THE BLUE JACKETS. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS GOALIE PEKKA RINNE HAS THE FLU, BUT IS EXPECTED TO PLAY THIS EVENING. FIRST PUCK DROPS JUST AFTER SIX P-M. THE PREDS WILL PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE ROAD AT ST. LOUIS.

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THE TENNESSEEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE TITANS DEFENSIVE BACK CHRIS HOPE HAS HAD SURGERY ON HIS FRACTURED FOREARM. COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAYS HOPE WILL BE OUT 4-6 WEEKS. MEANWHILE, WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT IS PREPARING FOR KNEE SURGERY. BRITT—WHO WILL BE OUT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON—WILL UNDERGO THE PROCEDURE NEXT WEEK.   THE TITANS ARE BACK IN ACTION SUNDAY AT PITTSBURGH.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT DAWSON SPRINGS, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS GRAYSON COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN, CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES MAYFIELD, HOPKINS CENTRAL TRAVELS TO LYON COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER:   UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT MADISONVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT DAWSON SPRINGS, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO WEBSTER COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS MAYFIELD.

VOLLEYBALL: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS MADISONVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO LOGAN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT APOLLO, CRITTENDEN COUNTY AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY.

GOLF: THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT BEGINS TOMORROW AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB. DEFENDING STATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION EMMA TALLEY OF CALDWELL COUNTY IS FAVORED AGAIN THIS YEAR. ALSO IN THE FIELD IS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS GOLFER ANNA MOORE. MARSHALL COUNTY AND CALLOWAY COUNTY ARE REPRESENTING REGION ONE, WHILE OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND HENDERSON COUNTY ARE REPRESENTING REGION TWO IN THE TEAM COMPETITION.

LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN WON THE BOYS TOURNAMENT WHICH CONCLUDED WEDNESDAY. L-C-A IN WINNING THE STATE TITLE FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR SCORED 614, WHICH WAS TWO STROKES BETTER THAN ST. MARY OF THE FIRST REGION. DAVIESS COUNTY REPRESENTING REGION TWO TIED FOR 11^TH. STEPHEN STALLINGS OF ST.X WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WINNER, WITH DUNCAN MCCORMICK OF UNION COUNTY TIED FOR NINTH.

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WESTERN KENTUCKY LOOKS FOR A MUCH NEEDED WIN AS THE HILLTOPPERS FACE MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN SUN BELT CONFERENCE ACTION THIS EVENING IN MURFREESBORO. BOTH TEAMS ARE COMING OFF LOSSES LAST WEEK--WESTERN TO ARKANSAS STATE, WHILE MIDDLE TENNESSEE FELL TO MEMPHIS. BOTH TEAMS WERE RIVALS FOR YEARS IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE, WITH WESTERN HAVING NOT WON IN MURFREESBORO SINCE 1980 WHEN JIMMY FEIX COACHED THE HILLTOPPERS.

AUSTIN PEAY COACH RICK CHRISTOPHEL SAYS THE GOVERNORS DEFENSE NEEDS TO CONTINUE FORCING TURNOVERS. LAST WEEK AGAINST TENNESSEE STATE, THE GOVERNORS FORCED A COUPLE OF CRUICIAL TURNOVERS WHICH LED TO 10 POINTS IN THE GOVERNORS 37-34 WIN OVER TENNESSEE STATE. AUSTIN PEAY PLAYS AT UT MARTIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

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THREE AUSTIN PEAY BASKETBALL PLAYERS HAVE RECEIVED PRE SEASON HONORS FROM COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS. FORMER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS STANDOUT TYSHWAN EDMONDSON WAS NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM PRESEASON ALL O-V-C. JOHN FRALEY—WHO PLAYED FOR HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY—WAS NAMED THIRD TEAM PRE SEASON ALL O-V-C, WHILE ANTHONY CAMPBELL—WHO MISSED MOST OF LAST SEASON DUE TO A KNEE INJURY WAS SELECTED SECOND TEAM ALL O-V-C. AUSTIN PEAY COACH DAVE LOOS WAS NAMED PRESEASON COACH OF THE YEAR.

AUSTIN PEAY HAS ALSO LEARNED THEY WILL BE GUARANTEED AT LEAST TWO TELEVISION APPEARANCES ON ESPN U THIS BASKETBALL SEASON. THE GOVERNORS GAME AT MOREHEAD STATE DECEMBER 31^ST AND THE MURRAY STATE GAME IN CLARKSVILLE JANUARY 7^TH WILL AIR ON THE U.   MURRAY STATE’S GAME WITH TENNESSEE TECH AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER JANUARY 14^TH WILL ALSO BE TELEVISED BY ESPN U.

ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MET IN BIRMINGHAM WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS SCHEDULING FOR NEXT YEAR WITH TEXAS A AND M JOINING THE LEAGUE. AN S-E-C SPOKESMAN SAYS THE TALKS HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND THERE WERE NO DISCUSSIONS OF ADDING A 14^TH TEAM TO THE LEAGUE.

MEANWHILE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WHO IS LEAVING THE BIG 12, IS HOPING THE S-E-C WILL EXTEND THE SCHOOL AN INVITATION. PUBLISHED REPORTS WEDNESDAY INDICATED THE TIGERS WOULD HAVE RATHER PLAYED IN THE BIG 10, BUT A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE SITUATION SAYS UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS WOULD RATHER PLAY IN THE BIG 10 AS OPPOSED TO THE S-E-C, BUT THE BIG 10 HAS NO INTEREST.

THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO LEXINGTON IS STEPPING ASIDE. ALAN STEIN—WHO BROUGHT THE LEXINGTON LEGENDS INTO BEING IN 2001—ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY HE IS RETIRING AS PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF THE LEGENDS. THE 59-YEAR-OLD TOLD THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER HE HAS BEEN CONSIDERING RETIREMENT FOR A YEAR. HE SAYS HE WILL TAKE SOME TIME OFF BEFORE BEGINNING ONE LAST ADVENTURE IN HIS BUSINESS CAREER.

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE THIS EVENING AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TODD HAMILTON’S GUESTS WILL INCLUDE GRAVES COUNTY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DOUG GLOYD—WHO WILL TALK ABOUT AN U-K BARNSTORMING TOUR BASKETBALL GAME COMING TO GRAVES COUNTY OCTOBER 13^TH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BOYS SOCCER COACH CLINT WILLIS AND HOPKINSVILLE COACH TYLER STALLONS WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR TEAMS, CHRISTIAN COUNTY VOLLEYBALL COACH RICK ERICKSON WILL ALSO STOP BY AND WEEKLY VISITS FROM THE LOCAL FOOTBALL COACHES.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 3-1, HOPKINSVILLE EDGED OHIO COUNTY 2-1, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED BALLARD MEMORIAL 9-0, DAWSON SPRINGS AND UNION COUNTY PLAYED TO A SCORELESS TIE, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 5-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER FRANKLIN SIMPSON 6-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 4-1, CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHUTOUT BALLARD MEMORIAL 8-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AND TRIGG COUNTY PLAYED TO A 1-1 TIE, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 3-1, UNION COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 7-1, HEATH OVER LYON COUNTY 6-1, OWENSBORO OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 6-0.

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY LOST TO MADISONVILLE TWO SETS TO ONE, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER U-H-A TWO SETS TO NONE, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO NONE, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 2-1, GRAYSON COUNTY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 2-1.

GOLF: HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER FIRED AN 85, BUT DID NOT MAKE THE CUT FOR THE FINAL ROUND OF THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB.  LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN LEADS THE TEAM COMPETITION WITH A 306 SCORE, SIX STROKES BETTER THAN ST. MARY OF REGION ONE. DAVIESS COUNTY SCORED 334 WHICH IS GOOD FOR 12^TH PLACE AND THEY WILL PLAY THE FINAL ROUND TODAY. HENDERSON COUNTY SCORED 352 AND DID NOT MAKE THE CUT NOR DID THE OTHER FIRST REGION REPRESENTATIVE CALLOWAY COUNTY.

CROSS COUNTRY: CHRISTIAN COUNTY FINISHED SECOND IN THE FENTON DAWSON INVITATIONAL AT LAKE BARKLEY STATE PARK TUESDAY ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA. GRAVES COUNTY WON THE EVENT, WITH TRIGG COUNTY FINISHING FIFTH AND HOPKINSVILLE FINISHING SEVENTH.  GRAVES COUNTY ALSO WON THE GIRLS RACE, HOPKINSVILLE SECOND, FORT CAMPBELL THIRD, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 15^TH AND TRIGG COUNTY 19^TH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM FINISHED FOURTH IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND IN OWENSBORO. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS GRAVES COUNTY WON THE STATE TITLE, REIDLAND WAS SECOND, WITH OWENSBORO CATHOLIC THIRD.

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KENTUCKY RUNNING BACK RAYMOND SANDERS WAS BACK IN PRACTICE TUESDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ARTHOSCOPIC SURGERY ON HIS RIGHT KNEE SEPTEMBER 15^TH. COACH JOKER PHILLIPS TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL IF SANDERS HAS NO SWELLING IN THE KNEE, HE WILL SEE SOME PLAYING TIME SATURDAY AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA. PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 SATURDAY MORNING ON LITE 98.7.

LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG WAS NOT HAPPY WITH PRACTICES LAST WEEK LEADING TO THE MARSHALL GAME. HOWEVER, PLAYERS SAID FOLLOWING PRACTICE TUESDAY THE TEMPO WAS MUCH BETTER. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS CARDS QUARTERBACK WILL STEIN AS SAYING HIS INJURED SHOULDER WAS MUCH BETTER AND HE’S READY TO PLAY AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTS FORMER FORT CAMPBELL STANDOUT ANTONIO ANDREWS HAS AN INJURED RIGHT ANKLE AND IS LISTED AS DAY TO DAY FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY. ANDREWS INJURED THE ANKLE IN SATURDAY’S LOSS TO ARKANSAS STATE. THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS AUSTIN PEAY PLAYERS LIKE BEING 2-0 IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE, BUT KNOW THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO DO. THE GOVERNORS WILL LOOK TO GO 3-0 IN THE LEAGUE FOR ONLY THE THIRD TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO UT-MARTIN SATURDAY.

FOLLOWING A MEETING IN ST. LOUIS, CURATORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HAVE AUTHORIZED CHANCELLOR BRADY DEATON THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL’S CONFERENCE AFFILIATION. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, DEATON RESIGNED AS CHAIR OF THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A POSITION HE HELD TO KEEP THE CONFERENCE TOGETHER FOR THE LAST MONTH AS OTHER SCHOOLS EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF LEAVING.

IT’S BEEN WIDELY RUMORED MISSOURI WOULD BECOME THE 14^TH MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE, JOINING TEXAS A AND M WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD PLAY IN THE S-E-C NEXT YEAR.

TENNESSEE TITANS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAYS SAFETY CHRIS HOPE WILL HAVE SURGERY THIS WEEK ON HIS BROKEN LEFT FOREARM AND WILL BE OUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.  HOPE SUFFERED THE INJURY IN THE TITANS 31-14 WIN AT CLEVELAND SUNDAY.  THE TITANS PLAY AT PITTSBURGH THIS SUNDAY.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT LYON COUNTY 10-0, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED FRANKLIN SIMPSON 3-0, FORT CAMPBELL OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 5-1, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 7-0, GRAVES COUNTY AND LONE OAK PLAYED TO A 4-4 TIE.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE AND 8^TH RANKED MURRAY PLAYED TO A 2-2 TIE, TODD CENTRAL SHUTOUT MONROE COUNTY 6-0, HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED APOLLO 3-2, OHIO COUNTY OVER GREENWOOD 2-1, REIDLAND AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY PLAYED TO A 1-1 TIE.

VOLLEYBALL: FORT CAMPBELL FALLS TO MADISONVILLE TWO SETS TO NONE, HOPKINSVILLE LOSES TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE, RUSSELLVILLE LOSES TO WARREN CENTRAL 2-0.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

BOYS SOCCER: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS BALLARD MEMORIAL, HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO OHIO COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, DAWSON SPRINGS TRAVELS TO UNION COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS BALLARD MEMORIAL, HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO GRAVES COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS AT UNION COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS CALLOWAY COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS OWENSBORO, LYON COUNTY HOSTS HEATH.

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS MADISONVILLE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WELCOMES CRITTENDEN COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL PLAYS AT TRIGG COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, MUHLENBERG COUNTY WELCOMES GRAYSON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS DAVIESS COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY ENTERTAINS HENDERSON COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES UNION COUNTY.

GOLF: FIRST ROUND PLAY BEGINS TODAY AT THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA BOYS STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB. HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S JACK GARDNER IS PLAYING AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE EVENT.

PAIRINGS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE 8^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT ACCORDING TO A STORY ON THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA’S WEBSITE. THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS MONDAY OCTOBER 10^TH AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WITH TOP SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING FOUR SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT 5:30, WITH TWO SEED HOPKINSVILLE MEETING THREE SEED FORT CAMPBELL AT SEVEN P-M. THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 11^TH AT 7 P-M. THE WINNER AND RUNNER UP WILL PLAY IN THE 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT TO BE HOSTED BY CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

CALDWELL COUNTY SENIOR AND DEFENDING GIRLS STATE GOLF CHAMP EMMA TALLEY HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A NATIONAL AWARD. W-P-S-D REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE TALLEY HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ATHLETE OF THE MONTH AWARD. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR TALLEY, GO TO N-H-S-C-A DOT COM AND CLICK ON THE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH TAB. TALLEY WILL DEFEND HER STATE TITLE LATER THIS WEEK AT THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA GIRLS STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT IN BOWLING GREEN.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS RANKED FOURTH IN THIS WEEK’S ASSOCIATED PRESS FIVE A POLL, WHICH HAS BOWLING GREEN STILL NUMBER ONE. WARREN CENTRAL IS THIRD AND OHIO COUNTY REMAINS 10^TH THIS WEEK.

FORT CAMPBELL AND TRIGG COUNTY ARE TIED FOR 8^TH IN THIS WEEK’S THREE A POLL, WHICH HAS LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN 5^TH.

MADISONVILLE IS NINTH AND FRANKLIN SIMPSON 10^TH IN THE FOUR A POLL WHICH HAS HIGHLANDS FIRST.

OWENSBORO CATHOLIC IS SECOND, MURRAY HIGH IS 7^TH IN THE TWO A POLL WHICH HAS NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC FIRST.

MAYFIELD IS ATOP THE CLASS A POLL THIS WEEK, WITH TRINITY TOPPING THE SIX A POLL.

THE COURIER JOURNAL LITKENHOUS RANKINGS ARE ALSO OUT TODAY, WITH TRINITY AS NUMBER ONE THIS WEEK. BOWLING GREEN IS THIRD, WARREN CENTRAL 5^TH, MADISONVILLE 15^TH AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY 19^TH.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAYS HE IS LOOKING FOR A PLAYMAKER FOR THE WILDCATS. PHILLIPS ALSO SAYS TRUE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK THELTUS “BOOKIE” COBBINS WILL GET A CHANCE TO HELP. STARTING Q-B MORGAN NEWTON WAS BENCHED DURING SATURDAY’S LOSS AT L-S-U. THOUGH NEWTON LED KENTUCKY TO A TOUCHDOWN IN THE 4^TH QUARTER, PHILLIPS IS STILL NOT PLEASED WITH NEWTON’S PLAY. KENTUCKY PLAYS AT SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

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THANKS TO A NEW QUARTERBACK IN MATT HASSELBECK AND A STINGY DEFENSE, THE TENNESSEE TITANS ARE OFF TO A THREE AND ONE START THIS SEASON. COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAID MONDAY IT’S THE KIND OF START HE EXPECTED. MUNCHAK TELLS THE TENNESSEAN THE TEAM’S GOAL IS TO WIN THE A-F-C SOUTH AND THE CURRENT THREE GAME WIN STREAK HAS THEM ON TRACK. THE TITANS ARE TIED WITH HOUSTON ATOP THE DIVISION. TENNESSEE PLAYS AT PITTSBURGH SUNDAY.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS NASHVILLE PREDATORS FORWARD MIKE FISHER WILL MISS FRIDAY’S SEASON OPENER AT COLUMBUS. FISHER SKATED FOR THE FIRST TIME MONDAY SINCE OFF SEASON SHOULDER SURGERY. FISHER HAS NO TIMETABLE FOR HIS RETURN AND HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED FOR CONTACT.

IT WAS BY FAR THE MOST DIFFICULT WEEK IN THE MAX FUEL EXPRESS PICK THE WINNERS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONTEST.  MOST CONTESTANTS MISSED FIVE OR SIX GAMES, BUT THERE WERE A FEW CARDS WITH ONE OR TWO MISSES.  THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ARE:

1ST PRIZE:  $30 GOES TO NADINE WILES OF MADISONVILLE

2ND PRIZE:  $15 GOES TO MITCHEL COLLEY OF CERULEAN

3RD PRIZE:  $10 GOES TO SANDY CAVANAH OF HOPKINSVILLE

PICK UP YOUR CARD FOR THIS WEEK'S GAMES AT ANY HOPKINSVILLE MAX FUEL EXPRESS LOCATION.