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DEPSITE OUTGAINING KENTUCKY OFFENSIVELY AND AN INSPIRED EFFORT BY ITS DEFENSE, WESTERN KENTUCKY LOST TO U-K 14-3 AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE THURSDAY NIGHT.  THE HILLTOPPERS OUTGAINED THE WILDCATS 234-197 AND RAN 18 MORE OFFENSEIVE PLAYS 69-51. WKU’S ONLY SCORE CAME ON A CASEY TINIUS FIELD GOAL IN THE FIRST QUARTER TO GIVE THE HILLTOPPERS A 3-0 LEAD. KENTUCKY CAME BACK AFTER A WKU INTERCEPTION IN THE 2^ND PERIOD WITH A JOSH CLEMONS 14 YARD RUN AND FOLLOWING THE EXTRA POINT HAD A 7-3 LEAD. THE WILDCATS PUT THE GAME AWAY IN THE 4^TH PERIOD WITH A 31-YARD PASS FROM MORGAN NEWTON TO LA’ROD KING.

KENTUCKY HOSTSCENTRAL MICHIGAN NEXT SATURDAY, A GAME YOU CAN HEAR BEGINNING AT 9:30 AM ON LITE 98.7. MEANWHILE, WKU HOSTS NAVY NEXT SATURDAY IN BOWLING GREEN.

MURRAY STATE OPENED ITS SEASON WITH A 21-9 LOSS AT LOUISVILLE. LOUISVILLE’S DEFENSE FORCED QUARTERBACK CASEY BROCKMAN INTO THREE INTERCEPTIONS AND LESS THAN 150 YARDS.  MURRAY STATE HAD 291 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE AND WAS HELD TO SINGLE DIGIT POINTS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A GAME IN 2009 AGAINST TENNESSEE STATE.

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THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS LOOK FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON THIS EVENING AS THEY MEET GREENWOOD IN THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE-DAVID SADLER BOWL AT TRIGG COUNTY.  COVERAGE FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:06 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS ALSO ON THE ROAD TONIGHT AS THE BATTLE OF THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN COLONELS AND THE NORTHERN COLONELS OF HENDERSON COUNTY TAKES PLACE IN HENDERSON.  COVERAGE FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: TRIGG COUNTY MEETS CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE-DAVID SADLER BOWL, FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO WARREN CENTRAL, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE, CALDWELL COUNTY GOES TO OHIO COUNTY, WEBSTER COUNTY WELCOMES UNION COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS NORTH HARDIN.

MURRAY WELCOMES GRAVES COUNTY, MAYFIELD AT PADUCAH TILGHMAN, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AT OWENSBORO, APOLLO AT DAVIESS COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY AT LONE OAK, CALLOWAY COUNTY AT MASSAC, IL., BALLARD MEMORIAL AT HEATH, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS HANCOCK COUNTY, BOWLING GREEN AT ST.X, SOUTH WARREN HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, WARREN EAST HOSTS MONROE COUNTY, BUTLER COUNTY AT FORT KNOX.

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BOYS SOCCER: NO REPORT ON THE KHSAA SCOREBOARD FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND TODD CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL EDGED CALLOWAY COUNTY 2-1, TRIGG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 4-0, MADISONVILLE SHUTOUT UNION COUNTY 7-0, LYON COUNTY SHUTOUT DAWSON SPRINGS 5-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: NO REPORT ON THE KHSAA SCOREBOARD FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND TODD CENTRAL, HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT CALDWELL COUNTY 6-0, CALLOWAY COUNTY EDGED TRIGG COUNTY 2-1, FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED WEST CREEK TN. 1-0, LYON COUNTY SHUTOUT DAWSON SPRINGS 6-0.

VOLLEYBALL: LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER FORT CAMPBELL 2-0, TODD CENTRAL OVER TRIGG COUNTY 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED UNION COUNTY 2-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER BUTLER COUNTY 2-0.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS DISCUSSED ITS VACANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR POSITION WITH EXECUTIVE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DAVE HART FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. BOTH SCHOOLS CONFIRMED THE TALKS THURSDAY, WITH ALABAMA ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO TIMEFRAME ON A DECISION EXISTS.

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THE TENNESSEE TITANS FINISHED THE PRE SEASON WITH A 32-9 WIN AT NEW ORLEANS THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WAS ICING ON THE CAKE AFTER HOLDOUT RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON AGREED TO TERMS ON A NEW CONTRACT EXTENSION.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE DEAL IS FOUR YEARS AT 53 MILLION DOLLARS, WITH 30 MILLION GUARNTEED, MAKING JOHNSON THE HIGHEST PAID RUNNING BACK IN NFL HISTORY. JOHNSON’S NEW DEAL GIVES HIM AN AVERAGE SALARY OF 13 POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A SEASON.

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PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN NASHVILLE FOR FORMER NASHVILLE PREDATOR PLAYER WADE BELAK. THE 35-YEAR-OLD BELAK WAS FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL ROOM IN TORONTO WEDNESDAY. AUTHORITIES STILL HAVE NOT RELEASED THE CAUSE OF DEATH, BUT FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED.

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THE 2011 SEASON GETS UNDERWAY THIS EVENING WITH A NUMBER OF GAMES, INCLUDING WESTERN KENTUCKY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.  TONIGHT’S GAME IS FAR FROM BEING A SELLOUT, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT SIX-30 ON LITE 98.7.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ALSO OPEN THE SEASON THIS EVENING MEETING IN STATE RIVAL MURRAY STATE OF THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE. KICKOFF IS SET FOR FIVE, HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

ELSEWHERE IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE THIS EVENING: UT MARTIN OPENS CONFERENCE PLAY AT F-C-S PRE-SEASON NUMBER NINE JACKSONVILLE STATE AND EASTERN ILLINOIS HOSTS ILLINOIS STATE.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: CHRISTIAN COUNTY WELCOMES TODD CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL ENTERTAINS CALLOWAY COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS LYON COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO HOPKINS CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE HOSTS UNION COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY WELCOMES GRAVES COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO CALDWELL COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL AT WEST CREEK, TN., DAWSON SPRINGS ENTERTAINS LYON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS WARREN CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO CALLOWAY COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY WELCOMES HOPKINS CENTRAL, UNION COUNTY HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, MURRAY ENTERTAINS LONE OAK.

VOLLEYBALL: HOPKINSVILLE GOES TO WEBSTER COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO TODD CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL WELCOMES LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, LOGAN COUNTY AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, CALDWELL COUNTY GOES TO HOPKINS CENTRAL, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY AT MURRAY.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS ARE BOTH IN ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT. THE TIGERS MEET GREENWOOD IN THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE-DAVID SADLER BOWL AT 5:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 5:06 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO HENDERSON COUNTY FOR A GAME TO NOW BE PLAYED AT 7:30. IT WAS MOVED BACK FROM A SEVEN P-M START TIME DUE TO HEAT CONCERNS. PRE GAME COVERAGE FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7 AND LITE987WHOP.COM.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RELEASED ITS 2011-12 SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY. THE CARDINALS WILL PLAY THREE TEAMS FROM THIS YEAR’S FINAL FOUR—BUTLER, KENTUCKY AND CONNECTICUT.  THE CARDS OPEN THE SEASON NOVEMBER 11^TH HOSTING UT MARTIN. LOUISVILLE WILL ALSO PLAY BUTLER NOVEMBER 19^TH, VANDERBILT DECEMBER 2^ND, MEMPHIS DECEMBER 17^TH, WESTERN KENTUCKY DECEMBER 23^RD AND KENTUCKY DECEMBER 31^ST. THE CARDS OPEN BIG EAST PLAY DECEMBER 28^TH AGAINST GEORGETOWN.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE TITANS HOLDOUT RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON AND THE TEAM ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON A NEW CONTRACT. THE TWO SIDES MET WEDNESDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A BRIEF MEETING LAST WEEK IN NASHVILLE.  MEANWHILE, JOHNSON TOOK TO TWITTER WEDNESDAY TO BLAST WHAT HE CALLS FAKE TITAN FANS BASICALLY TELLING THEM TO SHUT UP IN REGARDS TO HIS LONG HOLDOUT. JOHNSON SAID HE DIDN’T HAVE A REGULAR JOB AND SAID HE COULDN’T CARE LESS IF FANS THOUGHT HE WAS GREEDY.

THE TITANS PLAY THEIR FINAL PRE SEASON GAME THIS EVENING AGAINST NEW ORLEANS AT THE LOUISIANA SUPERDOME.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE MOURNING THE SUDDEN DEATH OF FORMER PLAYER WADE BELAK. THE TENNESSEAN CITING A TORONTO STAR REPORT, SAYS THE 35-YEAR-OLD BELAK WAS FOUND DEAD IN A TORONTO HOTEL ROOM WEDNESDAY. A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED, WITH THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH NOT REVEALED.

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE IS ON THE AIR THIS EVENING AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  TODD HAMILTON’S GUESTS WILL INCLUDE: CHRISTIAN COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER COACH CLINT WILLIS, HOPKINSVILLE’S JEFF ADDISION AND U-H-A’S TONY KIRVES. WE’LL ALSO HAVE OUR WEEKLY VISITS WITH HOPTOWN FOOTBALL COACH MARC ADAM CLARK AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S STEVE LOVELACE.

TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAS NAMED A NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED TUESDAY FORMER UNION COUNTY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DENNIS WALLS WILL REPLACE JIM PERRIN WHO RESIGNED LAST MONTH. WALLS SERVED AS A-D AT UNION COUNTY FOR THREE YEARS. HE WAS ALSO WRESTLING COACH THERE FOR 21 YEARS AND BEFORE THAT WAS CALDWELL COUNTY’S WRESTLING COACH FOR TEN YEARS.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY LOST TO BOWLING GREEN TWO GAMES TO ONE, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BEAT LANCASTER CHRISTIAN THREE GAMES TO ONE, MUHLENBERG COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE TWO GAMES TO NONE.

ELSEWHERE: LOGAN COUNTY OVER WARREN EAST 2-0, OHIO COUNTY OVER RUSSELLVILLE 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 2-0, GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATS MAYFIELD 2-0, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 2-0, UNION COUNTY OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 2-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT TRIGG COUNTY 10-0 BEHIND FOUR GOALS FROM LEXI BOZELL.

ELSEWHERE: CALDWELL COUNTY AND HEATH TIED AT TWO, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 10-0, MADISONVILLE EDGED DAVIESS COUNTY 3-2, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER LOGAN COUNTY 5-2, WEBSTER COUNTY DEFEATED UNION COUNTY IN DOUBLE OVERTIME 5-4.

BOYS SOCCER: CALLOWAY COUNTY SHUT OUT CHRISTIAN COUNTY 2-0, HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED LONE OAK 5-1.

ELSEWHERE: CALDWELL COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 8-1, LYON COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 4-1, MADISONVILLE EDGED MARSHALL COUNTY 2-1, OHIO COUNTY OVER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 5-0, GRAVES COUNTY EDGED COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN IN A SHOOTOUT 2-1, MURRAY SHUTOUT MAYFIELD 6-0.

GOLF: HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYED OWENSBORO AND UNION COUNTY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. THE TIGERS AND COLONELS TIED AT 155, WITH THE FIFTH PLAYER SCORE GIVING THE COLONELS THE WIN.  INDIVIDUALLY: T-J FERRY LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY WITH 36, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE WAS LED BY JACK GARDNER AND DAYTON JONES WITH 37. THE MEDALIST WAS UNION COUNTY’S DUNCAN MCCORMICK WHO SHOT A FOUR UNDER 32.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S FOOTBALL GAME AT HENDERSON COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT HAS A NEW GAME TIME. INSTEAD OF STARTING AT SEVEN P-M, THE GAME WILL START AT 7:30 BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER HEAT. COVERAGE WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

WAZOO SPORTS HAS RELEASED ITS WEEKLY TOP TEN POLL, WITH TRINITY RANKED FIRST, BOWLING GREEN 5^TH AND WARREN CENTRAL 10^TH. THE CLASS FIVE A TOP FIVE HAS CHRISTIAN COUNTY 5^TH, WITH BOWLING GREEN FIRST AND WARREN CENTRAL 3^RD.  TRINITY IS ATOP THE SIX A TOP FIVE, HIGHLANDS ATOP THE FOUR A TOP FIVE, LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST IN THREE A WITH PADUCAH TILGHMAN SECOND, NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC IS FIRST IN TWO A, WITH OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 2^ND, BEECHWOOD NUMBER ONE IN CLASS A, WITH MAYFIELD SECOND.

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FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SEASON OPENERS THURSDAY NIGHT ARE TAKING PLACE TODAY. KENTUCKY AND WESTERN KENTUCKY ARE GEARING UP FOR THEIR GAME AT L-P FIELD, WITH COVERAGE AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.  LOUISVILLE AND MURRAY STATE WILL ALSO OPEN TOMORROW NIGHT AT PAPA JOHN’S CARDINAL STADIUM IN LOUISVILLE, WITH KICKOFF AT FIVE HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

BASKETBALL

FORMER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AND UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE BASKETBALL SCOTTY HOPSON IS HEADING TO GREECE TO BEGIN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS HOPSON HAS SIGNED TO PLAY FOR KOLOSSOS RHODES, A TEAM IN THE HEBA A1 LEAGUE. NEITHER HOPSON NOR HIS AGENT WOULD DISCUSS THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT TUESDAY.

FORMER TENNESSEE COACH BRUCE PEARL IS STEPPING AWAY FROM BASKETBALL, AT LEAST FOR NOW. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS PEARL WILL BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING FOR H-T HACKNEY, WHICH IS BASED IN KNOXVILLE.  PEARL HAD BEEN CONSIDERING ACCEPTING A JOB TO COACH THE TEXAS LEGENDS IN THE N-B-A DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE.

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THE TENNESEE TITANS WILL BE WITHOUT DEFENSIVE END DERRICK MORGAN FOR AT LEAST THE SEASON OPENER. MORGAN UNDERWENT ARTHOSCOPIC SURGERY ON HIS LEFT KNEE, WHICH HE INJURED LAST SEASON TUESDAY. THE TITANS PLAY THEIR FINAL PRE SEASON GAME TOMORROW NIGHT AT NEW ORLEANS.

TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAS NAMED A NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR.  THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS FORMER UNION COUNTY A-D DENNIS WALLS WILL REPLACE JIM PERRIN, WHO RESIGNED LAST MONTH TO BECOME SOFTBALL COACH AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  WALLS SERVED THREE YEARS AS UNION COUNTY A-D, ALONG WITH BEING THE SCHOOL'S WRESTLING COACH FOR 21 YEARS AND BEFORE THAT, WAS WRESTLING COACH TEN YEARS FOR CALDWELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  WALLS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN HIS NEW DUTIES WEDNESDAY.