Sports Headlines 10.5.11
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 13TH.
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 12TH 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 15TH AND TRIGG COUNTY 19TH.
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 15TH. 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 14TH 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.
Sports Headlines 10.4.11
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 8TH 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 8TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT ACCORDING TO A STORY ON THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA’S WEBSITE. THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS MONDAY OCTOBER 10TH 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 11TH AT 7 P-M. THE WINNER AND RUNNER UP WILL PLAY IN THE 2ND 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 10TH THIS WEEK.
FORT CAMPBELL AND TRIGG COUNTY ARE TIED FOR 8TH IN THIS WEEK’S THREE A POLL, WHICH HAS LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN 5TH.
MADISONVILLE IS NINTH AND FRANKLIN SIMPSON 10TH IN THE FOUR A POLL WHICH HAS HIGHLANDS FIRST.
OWENSBORO CATHOLIC IS SECOND, MURRAY HIGH IS 7TH 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 5TH, MADISONVILLE 15TH AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY 19TH.
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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 4TH 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.
Max Fuel Express Pick the Winners 10.3.11
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.
Sports Headlines 10.3.11
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY
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 10TH WITH FIVE SEED TODD CENTRAL PLAYING FOUR SEED FORT CAMPBELL, WITH THE WINNER TO PLAY TOP SEED HOPKINSVILLE AT SEVEN P-M OCTOBER 11TH. THE OTHER SEMI FINAL GAME PITS TWO SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AGAINST THREE SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY OCTOBER 12TH AT 5:30. THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS SET FOR OCTOBER 13TH AT 7:30 P-M.
THE BOYS TOURNAMENT BEGINS OCTOBER 10TH AT SEVEN P-M WITH FIVE SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING HOST TODD CENTRAL. THE WINNER PLAYS TOP SEED HOPKINSVILLE OCTOBER 11TH AT 5:30. THE OTHER SEMIFINAL MATCH WILL PIT TWO SEED FORT CAMPBELL AGAINST THREE SEED U-H-A AT SEVEN P-M OCTOBER 12TH, WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SET FOR OCTOBER 13TH 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 7TH, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 11TH, MADISONVILLE 16TH, MAYFIELD 19TH, HENDERSON COUNTY 22ND AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN IS 23RD 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 17TH HOLE TO PULL OUT A ONE SHOT WIN OVER JEFF SLUMAN AND JOHN HUSTON.
Sports Headlines 9.30.11
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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 14TH TEAM WOULD BE. TEXAS A AND M WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK AS THE 13TH 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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