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BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS LYON COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO FRANKLIN SIMPSON, FORT CAMPBELL AT PADUCAH TILGHMAN,TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES HOPKINS CENTRAL.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE WELCOMES MURRAY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, TODD CENTRAL PLAYS AT MONROE COUNTY.

VOLLEYBALL:   HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL AT MADISONVILLE, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS WARREN CENTRAL, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MCLEAN COUNTY.

GOLF: PRACTICE ROUNDS TAKE PLACE TODAY AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB FOR THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW. HENDERSON COUNTY AND DAVIESS COUNTY WILL REPRESENT REGION TWO, WITH HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER PLAYING AS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IMPROVED TO 21-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER SOMERSET CHRISTIAN SATURDAY. THE LADY WARRIORS PLAY NEXT ON THURSDAY AGAINST TENNESSEE HEAT.

H-C-A’S SOCCER TEAM DEFEATED SOMERSET CHRISTIAN 1-0 SATURDAY AND NEEDS TO DEFEAT CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN IN ITS NEXT GAME NEXT SATURDAY TO SECURE THE TOP SEED FOR THE KC-AA STATE TOURNAMENT.

PAIRINGS FOR THE DISTRICT THREE SOCCER TOURNAMENTS TO BE PLAYED AT TODD CENTRAL HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED ACCORDING TO A STORY IN TODAY’S KENTUCKY NEW ERA.

THE GIRLS TOURNAMENT BEGINS OCTOBER 10^TH WITH FIVE SEED TODD CENTRAL PLAYING FOUR SEED FORT CAMPBELL, WITH THE WINNER TO PLAY TOP SEED HOPKINSVILLE AT SEVEN P-M OCTOBER 11^TH. THE OTHER SEMI FINAL GAME PITS TWO SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AGAINST THREE SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY OCTOBER 12^TH AT 5:30. THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS SET FOR OCTOBER 13^TH AT 7:30 P-M.

THE BOYS TOURNAMENT BEGINS OCTOBER 10^TH AT SEVEN P-M WITH FIVE SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING HOST TODD CENTRAL. THE WINNER PLAYS TOP SEED HOPKINSVILLE OCTOBER 11^TH AT 5:30. THE OTHER SEMIFINAL MATCH WILL PIT TWO SEED FORT CAMPBELL AGAINST THREE SEED U-H-A AT SEVEN P-M OCTOBER 12^TH, WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SET FOR OCTOBER 13^TH AT 5:30 P-M.

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HIGHLANDS IS NUMBER ONE IN THE CANTRALL RANKINGS ON KENTUCKY.COM. BOWLING GREEN IS SECOND, WARREN CENTRAL 7^TH, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 11^TH, MADISONVILLE 16^TH, MAYFIELD 19^TH, HENDERSON COUNTY 22^ND AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN IS 23^RD THIS WEEK.

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THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS HOPE TO GET BACK ON THE WINNING WAYS THIS WEEK AT SOUTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY’S GAME WILL BE ANOTHER MIDDAY GAME, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 ON LITE 98.7.  A REMINDER COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW TONIGHT AT FIVE, SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

GEORGIA WILL BE WITHOUT LINEBACKER CORNELIUS WASHINGTON WHEN IT PLAYS TENNESSEE THIS WEEK. THE TENNESEEAN REPORTS WASHINGTON WAS ARRESTED ON D-U-I AND SPEEDING CHARGES EARLY SUNDAY.

TWO MEMBERS OF AUSTIN PEAY’S FOOTBALL TEAM HAVE BEEN HONORED BY THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE. JAKE RYAN, WHO HAD HIS FIRST CAREER 300 YARD PASSING DAY IN THE GOVERNORS 37-34 COME FROM BEHIND WIN OVER TENNESSEE STATE SATURDAY WAS NAMED THE O-V-C CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.  KICKER STEVEN STANSELL—WHO HIT THE GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL WITH TEN SECONDS LEFT--WAS NAMED O-V-C SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK. THE GAME WINNER WAS ONE OF THREE FIELD GOALS STANSELL KICKED IN THE GAME.

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CHRIS JOHNSON FINALLY BROKE THE 100 YARD BARRIER IN RUSHING, WITH 101 YARDS AS THE TENNESSEE TITANS IMPROVED TO THREE AND ONE ON THE SEASON WITH A 31-13 OVER THE CLEVELAND BROWNS SUNDAY. MATT HASSELBACK THREW FOR 220 YARDS AND THREE SCORES FOR THE TITANS, WHO PLAY AT PITTSBURGH NEXT SUNDAY.

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS INDIANAPOLIS AT TAMPA BAY, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY--STRUGGLING WITH GRIEF FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS SISTER KAY FROM CANCER LATE SATURDAY—WON THE SAS CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY FOR HIS FIRST CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORY. PERRY SAID FOLLOWING THE ROUND HE ALMOST WITHDREW, BUT HIS FATHER TOLD HIM TO REPRESENT HIS SISTER AND PLAY. PERRY SANK A 30 FOOT EAGLE PUTT ON THE 17^TH HOLE TO PULL OUT A ONE SHOT WIN OVER JEFF SLUMAN AND JOHN HUSTON.

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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS AND THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS RETURN TO CLASS FIVE A DISTRICT ACTION THIS EVENING.

THE COLONELS PUT THEIR 6-0/1-0 DISTRICT PLAY MARK ON THE LINE AT OHIO COUNTY, WHO IS 5-0 ON THE SEASON AND PLAYING ITS FIRST DISTRICT GAME.  KICKOFF FROM EAGLE STADIUM AT SEVEN THIS EVENING, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS ARE ALSO IN DISTRICT ACTION THIS EVENING, MEETING 1-4 APOLLO WHO LIKE THE TIGERS OPENED DISTRICT PLAY WITH A LOSS AT GRAVES COUNTY LAST WEEK. KICKOFF FROM THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS 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.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO PADUCAH TILGHMAN, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, CALDWELL COUNTY AT REIDLAND, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS FULTON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY TANGLES WITH BOWLING GREEN, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT CALLOWAY COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT GRAVES COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, MAYFIELD HOSTS FULTON CITY, OWENSBORO AT LONE OAK, UNION COUNTY HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY.

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

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: MURRAY DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 2-0, FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 5-1, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED CALDWELL COUNTY 2-1, TRIGG COUNTY WAS ALSO A 2-1 WINNER OVER CHRISTIAN COUNTY, BOWLING GREEN OVER LOGAN COUNTY 10-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: CALDWELL COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 2-1, MADISONVILLE SHUTOUT HOPKINSVILLE 3-0, TRIGG COUNTY SHUTOUT HOPKINS CENTRAL 5-0, BOWLING GREEN OVER LOGAN COUNTY 10-0.

VOLLEYBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE, TODD CENTRAL OVER FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO ONE, SOUTH WARREN OVER RUSSELLVILLE 2-0.  HERITAGE CHRISTIAN IMPROVED TO 20-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER FRANKLIN CLASSICAL OF FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE.

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NUMBER ONE L-S-U AWAITS THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN BATON ROUGE. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS WITH COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE IN THE S-E-C TOMORROW: FLORIDA TANGLES WITH ALABAMA, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TENNESSEE IS BACK IN ACTION AFTER A BYE WEEK, AS THE VOLS HOST THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO. VANDERBILT IS IDLE THIS WEEK.

FOLLOWING AN OFF WEEK, THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ARE BACK IN ACTION HOSTING MARSHALL.  WESTERN KENTUCKY OPENS SUN BELT CONFERENCE PLAY HOSTING ARKANSAS STATE, AS THE HILLTOPPERS TRY TO SNAP THE NATION’S LONGEST HOME LOSING STREAK AT 17 GAMES.

IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE: AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS TENNESSEE STATE, MURRAY STATE ENTERTAINS JACKSONVILLE STATE AND UT MARTIN WELCOMES TENNESSEE TECH.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DAVE HART FEELS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE WILL EXPAND SOME MORE. HART SAYS AT SOME POINT THE LEAGUE WILL NEED MORE THAN 13 TEAMS, BUT DECLINED TO SAY WHO THE 14^TH TEAM WOULD BE. TEXAS A AND M WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK AS THE 13^TH TEAM WHO WILL BEGIN PLAY NEXT YEAR. HART SAYS SOME CONVERSATIONS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS CONCERNING SCHEDULING AND OTHER ASPECTS WILL HELP COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE CONFERENCE.

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THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS AUSTIN PEAY HAS RECEIVED A BASKETBALL COMMITMENT FOR 2012. SIX-FIVE GUARD CORY ARENTSEN OF BREESE, ILLINOIS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS THURSDAY. ARENTSEN CHOSE AUSTIN PEAY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, JACKSONVILLE, MISSOURI STATE AND INDIANA STATE. ARENTSEN AVERAGED 14 POINT TWO POINTS A GAME DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR YEAR.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WILL PLAY THEIR FINAL TWO PRESEASON GAMES IN AS MANY NIGHTS AS THE PREDS PLAY AT THE WINNEPEG JETS THIS EVENING, THEN HOST THE CAROLINA PANTHERS AT SEVEN TOMORROW EVENING AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

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BOYS SOCCER:   UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOST CALDWELL COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY WELCOMES TRIGG COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS AT MURRAY HIGH, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS LYON COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO BUTLER COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY AT BOWLING GREEN, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS MARSHALL COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT UNION COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO MADISONVILLE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS WEST CREEK, TN., TRIGG COUNTY AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS BOWLING GREEN, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, MURRAY HIGH IS AT MARSHALL COUNTY.

VOLLEYBALL:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS MURRAY HIGH, WEBSTER COUNTY PLAYS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT OWENSBORO, MADISONVILLE AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

IN VOLLEYBALL ACTION FROM WEDNESDAY: WEST CREEK, TN. DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO ONE.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE ARE WINDING DOWN PREPARATIONS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT DISTRICT FOOTBALL GAMES. THE COLONELS ARE AT OHIO COUNTY AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7. HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS APOLLO AT SEVEN AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS, 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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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS VANDERBILT WILL STICK WITH LARRY SMITH AT QUARTERBACK WHEN THE COMMODORES PLAY AT ALABAMA NEXT WEEK. SMITH DID NOT PRACTICE WEDNESDAY AFTER RECEIVING A NECK “STINGER” AT SOUTH CAROLINA LAST WEEK. COACH JAMES FRANKLIN ALSO RULED OUT A QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY, SAYING HE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH SMITH RUNNING THE COMMODORE OFFENSE.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS TENNESSEE VOLS SOPHOMORE WIDE RECEIVER JUSTIN HUNTER HAD SUCCESSFUL KNEE SURGERY WEDNESDAY. HUNTER TORE THE A-C-L IN HIS LEFT KNEE IN TENNESSEE’S LOSS AT FLORIDA.   MEANWHILE, COACH DEREK DOOLEY IS STILL EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VOLS RUNNING GAME AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SATURDAY IN KNOXVILLE.

KENTUCKY CONTINUES ITS PREPARATIONS FOR A MIDDAY GAME SATURDAY AT L-S-U, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7. LOUISVILLE READIES FOR MARSHALL, WHILE WESTERN KENTUCKY MEETS ARKANSAS STATE IN ITS SUN BELT OPENER SATURDAY IN BOWLING GREEN. IN THE O-V-C, AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS TENNESSEE STATE, MURRAY STATE WELCOMES JACKSONVILLE STATE AND UT MARTIN HOSTS TENNESSEE TECH.

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THE COURIER JOURNAL—CITING A RIVALS.COM REPORT—SAYS MURRAY STATE HAS LANDED A BASKETBALL COMMITMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. SIX-FIVE SHOOTING GUARD JEFFREY MOSS FROM MADISON, ALABAMA ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY HE WILL PLAY FOR COACH STEVE PROHM’S RACERS. MOSS SELECTED MURRAY STATE OVER U-A-B, AUBURN, ALABAMA AND JACKSONVILLE.

ELEVEN OF THE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS OF THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE 10^TH ANNUAL SEARS BRACKET BUSTERS WHICH PITS POTENTIAL NCAA TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS AGAINST EACH OTHER FEBRUARY 17-19 OF NEXT YEAR. AUSTIN PEAY AND MURRAY STATE WILL BE AMONG THE O-V-C SCHOOLS HOSTING GAMES, WHILE U-T MARTIN WILL BE PLAYING A ROAD GAME.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS KENNY BRITT’S SEASON ENDING KNEE INJURY WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR TENNESSEE TITANS SECOND YEAR RECEIVER DAMIAN WILLIAMS TO FILL THE HOLE LEFT BY BRITT’S ABSENCE. BRITT WAS PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE WEDNESDAY. THE TITANS PLAY AT THE CLEVELAND BROWNS SUNDAY.

MEANWHILE, THE TITANS ARE LAST IN THE N-F-L IN RUSHING AND RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON ACCEPTS THE BLAME IN PART FOR IT. JOHNSON TOLD THE TENNESSEAN WEDNESDAY HE AND THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN HAVE TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE. JOHNSON—WHO HELD OUT FOR 35 DAYS IN THE PRE SEASON—HAS ONLY 98 YARDS ON 46 ATTEMPTS THROUGH THREE GAMES.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS IMPROVED TO FIVE AND ONE ON THE PRE SEASON WITH A 4-1 WIN OVER WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE PREDS PLAY AT WINNEPEG FRIDAY NIGHT AND RETURN TO BRIDGESTONE ARENA FOR A SATURDAY EVENING GAME WITH THE CAROLINA HURRICANES.

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE COMES YOUR WAY THIS EVENING AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  TODD HAMILTON’S GUESTS WILL INCLUDE: HOPKINSVILLE BOYS BASKETBALL COACH TIM HAYWORTH, A PREVIEW OF THIS WEEK’S CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE FOOTBALL GAMES AND EXCERPTS FROM LAST THURSDAY NIGHT’S CEREMONY NAMING CHRISTIAN COUNTY FOOTBALL’S BLOCKHOUSE THE DAN GOBLE FOOTBALL TRAINING CENTER.

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VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY FELL AT CALDWELL COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE, FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY TWO SETS TO ONE, GREENWOOD DEFEATED LOGAN COUNTY 2-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0.

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE OVER TRIGG COUNTY 6-1, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SHUTOUT BALLARD MEMORIAL 10-0, FORT CAMPBELL EDGED MADISONVILLE 3-2, FRANKLIN SIMPSON SLID BY LOGAN COUNTY 4-3, HOPKINS CENTRAL AND TODD CENTRAL PLAYED TO A SCORELESS TIE, PADUCAH TILGHMAN DEFEATED CALDWELL COUNTY 6-2, MUHLENBERG COUNTY SHUTOUT WARREN EAST 4-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT HOPKINS CENTRAL 10-0 BEHIND FIVE GOALS FROM LEXI BOZELL AND THREE FROM KELSEY HUMPHRIES. FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED REIDLAND 8-0, TODD CENTRAL EDGED LOGAN COUNTY 5-4, DAWSON SPRINGS EDGED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 1-0 IN A SHOOTOUT, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 2-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY SHUTOUT MCLEAN COUNTY 5-0.

GIRLS 2^ND REGION GOLF: U-H-A’S ANNA MOORE IS HEADED TO NEXT WEEK’S STATE TOURNAMENT IN BOWLING GREEN AFTER FIRING AN 82 TUESDAY AT BEN HAWES STATE PARK. OWENSBORO CATHOLIC WON THE TEAM PORTION WITH 333, HENDERSON COUNTY WAS SECOND WITH 334, WITH BOTH TEAMS HEADING TO STATE NEXT WEEK IN BOWLING GREEN.

GIRLS 1^ST REGION GOLF: FRESH OFF PLAYING FOR THE AMERICAN JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP TEAM IN IRELAND LAST WEEK, CALDWELL COUNTY HIGH SENIOR EMMA TALLEY WON HER SIXTH FIRST REGION GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP FIRING A 71 TUESDAY IN MAYFIELD. CALLOWAY COUNTY WON THE TEAM COMPETITION WITH 341, MARSHALL COUNTY SECOND AT 348. BOTH TEAMS ALONG WITH TALLEY AND THREE OTHERS WILL PLAY IN NEXT WEEK’S STATE TOURNAMENT IN BOWLING GREEN.

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THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS GLASGOW HIGH TIGHT END-LINEBACKER HUNTER BOWLES WILL MAKE A VERBAL COMMITMENT FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY. BOWLES HAS BEEN RECRUITED BY KENTUCKY, LOUISVILLE AND MARSHALL.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS IS CHANGING THE WAY THE WILDCATS ARE PREPARING FOR TOP RANKED L-S-U THIS WEEK. FOLLOWING TUESDAY’S PRACTICE, PHILLIPS SAID HE WANTS THE INTENSITY HIGH BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT THIS WEEKEND WHEN THE WILDCATS GO TO BATON ROUGE. COVERAGE OF SATURDAY’S GAME WITH COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF AIRS AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

LOUISVILLE QUARTERBACK WILL STEIN IS HOPEFUL HE CAN START SATURDAY AGAINST MARSHALL. STEIN SUFFERED A SPRAINED A-C JOINT IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER IN THE 2^ND QUARTER OF THE CARDS WIN AT KENTUCKY. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS STEIN DID NOT PRACTICE DURING LAST WEEK’S OPEN WEEK, BUT IS HOPEFUL TO GO SATURDAY. IF STEIN CANNOT PLAY, TEDDY BRIDGEWATER WILL GET THE NOD AGAINST THE THUNDERING HERD.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS VANDERBILT HAS LOST OUTSIDE LINEBACKER TRISTIAN STRONG FOR THE REMAINER OF THE SEASON. STRONG INJURED HIS KNEE WHILE COVERING A PUNT IN LAST SATURDAY’S 21-3 LOSS AT SOUTH CAROLINA.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HOST THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS—WITH FORMER PRED JOEL WARD—THIS EVENING AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. FIRST PUCK DROPS JUST AFTER SEVEN, WITH THE GAME TO BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SHUT OUT ST. MARY 4-0, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 2-0, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED MURRAY HIGH 4-3.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AND OWENSBORO CATHOLIC PLAYED TO A 3-3 TIE, DAWSON SPRINGS EDGED HOPKINS CENTRAL 3-2.

VOLLEYBALL: RUSSELLVILLE OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TWO SETS TO NONE, TODD CENTRAL DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 2-0.

GOLF: HENDERSON COUNTY WON THE BOYS 2^ND REGION  TOURNAMENT AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. THE COLONELS SCORED 313, WITH DAVIESS COUNTY SCORING 320. THOSE TWO TEAMS WILL REPRESENT THE REGION AT THE BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEK IN BOWLING GREEN.   HOPKINSVILLE WAS THIRD AT 325, CHRISTIAN COUNTY HAD 326 AND U-H-A HAD 330.

UNION COUNTY’S DUNCAN MCCORMICK WAS MEDALIST WITH 73, EDGING BRANDON BLAKE OF DAVIESS COUNTY BY TWO STROKES. HOPKINSVILLE’S DAYTON JONES, JACK GARDNER AND UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS JOHN STEVENSON WERE IN A PLAYOFF FOR THE LAST INDIVIDUAL SPOT FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WITH GARDNER WINNING IN A THREE HOLE PLAYOFF.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS BALLARD MEMORIAL, FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO MADISONVILLE, TODD CENTRAL AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES FRANKLIN SIMPSON, CALDWELL COUNTY AT PADUCAH TILGHMAN, MUHLENBERG COUNTY TRAVELS TO WARREN EAST.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE WELCOMES HOPKINS CENTRAL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY GOES TO TRIGG COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS REIDLAND, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS WELCOMES CRITTENDEN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY.

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY GOES TO CALDWELL COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL AT BUTLER COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS GLASGOW.

GOLF: THE GIRLS 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT TAKES PLACE TODAY AT BEN HAWES STATE PARK.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS RELEASED ITS WEEKLY POLLS.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS STILL NUMBER THREE IN THE FIVE A POLL WHICH HAS BOWLING GREEN NUMBER ONE, WARREN CENTRAL 4^TH AND OHIO COUNTY 10^TH.

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

PADUCAH TILGHMAN IS 5^TH, FORT CAMPBELL 7^TH AND TRIGG COUNTY IS 9^TH IN THE THREE A POLL WHICH HAS LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST.

OWENSBORO CATHOLIC IS 2^ND, MURRAY HIGH IS TIED FOR 7^TH IN THE TWO A POLL WHICH HAS NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC NUMBER ONE.

MAYFIELD IS ATOP THE CLASS A POLL AND TRINITY TOPS THE SIX A POLL.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAID AT HIS MONDAY NEWS CONFERENCE BEATING NUMBER ONE L-S-U SATURDAY WOULD MEAN HIS TEAM HAS DEFINITELY IMPROVED. PHILLIPS SAYS THE OFFENSE HAS STEADILY IMPROVED AND SAYS THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE TO MAKE SOME STOPS, FORCE L-S-U TO TRAVEL THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD ON DRIVES AND NOT GIVE UP BIG PLAYS. COVERAGE OF SATURDAY’S GAME BEGINS AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

TENNESSEE COACH DEREK DOOLEY SAYS THE VOLS RUNNING GAME HAS TO GET MORE AGGRESSIVE. THE VOLS ARE AVERAGING ALMOST 82 YARDS A GAME THIS SEASON AND IN TENNESSEE’S LAST GAME AT FLORIDA, THE VOLS WERE HELD TO A MINUS NINE YARDS. THE VOLS WORKED A LOT IN LAST WEEK’S OFF WEEK ON THE RUN GAME AND HOPES IT’S SUCCESSFUL SATURDAY AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO.

THE NC-AA ENFORCEMENT STAFF IS REPORTEDLY ONCE AGAIN LOOKING INTO RECRUITING PRACTICES WHILE LANE KIFFIN WAS FOOTBALL COACH AT TENNESSEE.  THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL—CITING A YAHOO SPORTS REPORT—SAYS A FORMER SCOUT—WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OREGON AND L-S-U AMONG OTHERS HAS COME UNDER NCAA SCRUTINY—REPORTEDLY RECEIVED 15-HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM A FORMER TENNESSEE ASSISTANT COACH TO FUND AIRFARE FOR AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT BY A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL RECRUIT WHO NEVER ATTENDED TENNESSEE.

TEXAS A AND M WAS OFFICIALLY WELCOMED INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MONDAY IN COLLEGE STATION. DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE, S-E-C COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE SAID HE DID NOT EXPECT TO ADD A 14^TH SCHOOL TO THE LEAGUE BEFORE A AND M BEGINS PLAY NEXT SEASON.

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THE TENNESSEE TITANS HAVE LOST WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON. AN M-R-I MONDAY REVEALED BRITT HAS BOTH A TORN A-C-L AND M-C-L IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. BRITT SUFFERED THE INJURY IN SUNDAY’S 17-14 WIN OVER THE DENVER BRONCOS.  THE TITANS RETURN TO ACTION SUNDAY AT THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS FORWARD BLAKE GEOFFRION SKATED WITH A STICK FOR THE FIRST TIME MONDAY AFTER SLICING HIS RIGHT WRIST IN A PRE SEASON GAME EARLIER THIS MONTH.   THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS IF ALL GOES WELL, GEOFFRION COULD PLAY IN THE LAST TWO PRE SEASON GAMES FRIDAY AT WINNEPEG AND SATURDAY AGAINST CAROLINA. THE PREDS HOST WASHINGTON TOMORROW NIGHT IN A GAME YOU CAN HEAR AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.