Sports Headlines 9.28.11

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.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

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.

Sports Headlines 9/27/11

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.

Sports Headlines 9.26.11

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY

GOLF: THE BOYS 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT IS BEING PLAYED TODAY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL.

VOLLEYBALL:   HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO TODD CENTRAL, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE, TRIGG COUNTY PLAYS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL.

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS ST. MARY, DAWSON SPRINGS TRAVELS TO HOPKINS CENTRAL, MURRAY AT MARSHALL COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, TODD CENTRAL AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, DAWSON SPRINGS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS BARREN COUNTY.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS RANKED NINTH IN THE LATEST CANTRALL POLL ON KENTUCKY.COM. HIGHLANDS IS STILL NUMBER ONE, WITH BOWLING GREEN SECOND, WARREN CENTRAL FIFTH, MAYFIELD 14^TH, MADISONVILLE 16^TH, AND HENDERSON COUNTY 22^ND. CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO OHIO COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS APOLLO AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW TONIGHT AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7. THE WILDCATS RETURN TO ACTION SATURDAY AT TOP RANKED L-S-U.

LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER LOSING TO FLORIDA, KENTUCKY RECEIVED TWO MORE COMMITMENTS FOR 2012. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS RUNNING BACK SHADRACH THORNTON FROM LIBERTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN HINESVILLE, GEORGIA AND TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA’S KADEEM THOMAS FROM GODBY HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTED FOR NEXT SEASON. KENTUCKY NOW HAS 22 COMMITMENTS IN THE 2012 CLASS.

AUSTIN PEAY DEFENSIVE BACK ANTUWAN MAJORS WAS NAMED THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK SUNDAY. MAJORS HAD 11 TACKLES AND AN INTERCEPTION LATE IN THE GAME WHICH SEALED AUSTIN PEAY’S 23-17 WIN OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY.

TEXAS A AND M WILL BECOME AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE NEXT JULY. S-E-C OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED SUNDAY A AND M WILL PLAY IN ALL SPORTS BEGINNING WITH THE 2012-13 SCHOOL YEAR. TEXAS A AND M BECOMES THE 13^TH MEMBER OF THE S-E-C AND THE FIRST ADDITIONS TO THE LEAGUE SINCE ARKANSAS AND SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1992.

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THE TENNESSEEE TITANS RALLIED TO DEFEAT THE DENVER BRONCOS 17-14 AT L-P FIELD SUNDAY. QUARTERBACK MATT HASSELBECK HAD ANOTHER BIG GAME FOR THE TWO AND ONE TITANS, GOING 27 OF 36 FOR 311 YARDS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS.  HOWEVER, THE TITANS COULD BE WITHOUT WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT FOR POSSIBLY THE REST OF THE SEASON. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS BRITT DAMAGED THE A-C-L IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AND POSSIBLY THE M-C-L ALSO. AN M-R-I IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY.  THE TITANS RETURN TO ACTION NEXT SUNDAY AT THE CLEVELAND BROWNS.

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS MEETING THE DALLAS COWBOYS. COVERAGE OF THE GAME AT SEVEN THIS EVENING ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

Sports Headlines 9.23.11

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE MEET EACH OTHER THIS EVENING AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. THE COLONELS ARE 5-0, WHILE THE TIGERS ARE 0-5. IT’S ALSO THE FIRST DISTRICT GAME FOR BOTH TEAMS AND THE REGULAR SEASON HOME FINALE FOR THE COLONELS.  KICKOFF IS SET FOR SEVEN P-M, WITH THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS PRE GAME COVERAGE WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30. THE HOPKINSVILLE BROADCAST WILL BE ON LITE 98.7, WHILE THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY BROADCAST ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

GATES AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS WILL OPEN AT 5:45, WITH HOPKINSVILLE FANS ASKED TO PARK AND ENTER ON THE VISITORS SIDE OF THE STADIUM, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY FANS WILL ENTER AND PARK ON THE HOME SIDE.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: TWO OF THE TOP TEN TEAMS IN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLASS THREE A POLL MEET AS UNDEFEATED AND SIXTH RATED TRIGG COUNTY PLAYS AT NUMBER NINE FORT CAMPBELL.

TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO MCLEAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS BALLARD MEMORIAL, RUSSELLVILLE AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES EDMONSON COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY AT LONE OAK, GRAVES COUNTY AT APOLLO, HENDERSON COUNTY AT MEADE COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, MADISONVILLE AT OWENSBORO, MARSHALL COUNTY HOSTS MAYFIELD.

PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT HEATH, WEBSTER COUNTY WELCOMES DAVIESS COUNTY, UNION COUNTY AT HANCOCK COUNTY, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY HOSTS REIDLAND, BOWLING GREEN HOSTS BARREN COUNTY, SOUTH WARREN HOSTS CAVERNA, GREENWOOD AT WARREN CENTRAL, WARREN EAST AT LARUE COUNTY.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S FOOTBALL BLOCKHOUSE WILL HAVE A NEW NAME. DURING A CERMONY THURSDAY NIGHT, IT WAS RENAMED THE COACH DAN GOBLE FOOTBALL TRAINING CENTER.  GOBLE—WHO SERVES AS AN ASSISTANT ON THE CURRENT CHRISTIAN COUNTY STAFF—COACHED THE COLONEL PROGRAM FROM 1981-2000 AND WON THE CLASS FOUR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1982 AND 1984.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY

VOLLEYBALL:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY CONCLUDED DISTRICT PLAY WITH A 6-0 MARK AFTER A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER FORT CAMPBELL. THE LADY COLONELS ARE NOW 16-10 ON THE SEASON.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IMPROVED TO 17-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER NORTH HARDIN CHRISTIAN.

ELSEWHERE: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE, RUSSELLVILLE DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE TWO SETS TO ONE, TODD CENTRAL OVER FRANKLIN SIMPSON 2-1

BOYS SOCCER: MARSHALL COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 5-2

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED WARREN CENTRAL 5-1 BEHIND A THREE GOAL PERFORMANCE FROM EDEN MACK. HOPKINSVILLE AND GREENWOOD PLAYED TO A FOUR ALL TIE. LEXI BOZELL HAD TWO GOALS FOR HOPTOWN.

OTHER GAMES SAW LONE OAK DEFEAT CHRISTIAN COUNTY 4-1 AND FORT CAMPBELL DEFEAT TODD CENTRAL 1-0.

GOLF: U-H-A GIRLS LOST IN A MATCH AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY 91-96. ANNA MOORE WAS MEDALIST FOR THE LADY BLAZERS WITH A 42. KAITLYN SLAUGHTER SCORED 54.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS LOOK TO SNAP A 24 GAME LOSING STREAK TO FLORIDA AS THE TEAMS PLAY SATURDAY IN LEXINGTON. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF BEGINS PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

VANDERBILT LOOKS TO GO TO 4-0 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2005 WHEN THEY PLAY AT SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE AND WESTERN KENTUCKY ARE BOTH IDLE TOMORROW.

AUSTIN PEAY PLAYS ITS OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE OPENER AT GOVERNORS STADIUM SATURDAY AT SIX P-M IN HOSTING EASTERN KENTUCKY.

WEST VIRGINIA—WITH FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT KEITH TANDY—HOSTS L-S-U TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

LAST NIGHT IN THE O-V-C: MURRAY STATE FELL BEHIND EARLY AND LOST AT UT MARTIN 48-26. THE SKYHAWKS HAD THE BLAZERS DOWN 28-0 AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER. MURRAY STATE IS NOW 2-2 ON THE SEASON AND 1-1 IN OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE PLAY, WHILE UT MARTIN IS NOW 2-1 AND 1-1 IN THE O-V-C. MURRAY STATE HOSTS JACKSONVILLE STATE NEXT SATURDAY.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WILL PLAY TWO PRE SEASON GAMES IN AS MANY NIGHTS. THIS EVENING THE PREDATORS PLAY AT THE CAROLINA HURRICANES AND WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST PRE SEASON GAME IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST THE WINNIPEG JETS. FIRST PUCK DROPS AT SEVEN P-M.

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THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WILL HAVE A NEW MANAGER IN 2012. THE TENNESSEEAN REPORTS MIKE GUERRERO IS BEING PROMOTED FROM THE MILWUAKEE BREWERS DOUBLE A TEAM IN HUNTSVILLE TO REPLACE DON MONEY. MONEY WILL ASSUME A NEW ROLE AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT IN PLAYER DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BREWERS ORGANIZATION.

Sports Headlines 9.22.11

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO MARSHALL COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES CALLOWAY COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS TRAVELS TO REIDLAND, MADISONVILLE ENTERTAINS PADUCAH TILGHMAN, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY, MAYFIELD HOSTS MURRAY.

GIRLS SOCCER:   HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS GREENWOOD, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES FORT CAMPBELL, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS GOES TO WARREN CENTRAL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS AT LONE OAK, DAWSON SPRINGS AT REIDLAND, TRIGG COUNTY AT LYON COUNTY, MADISONVILLE AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, MURRAY AT MAYFIELD.

VOLLEYBALL:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, HOPKINSVILLE ENTERTAINS RUSSELLVILLE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WELCOMES TRIGG COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, MADISONVILLE WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT MCLEAN COUNTY, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL HOSTS CALLOWAY COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE RENEW THEIR CROSS TOWN RIVALRY FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. KICKOFF AT SEVEN, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON THE WHOP STATIONS, WITH THE HOPKINSVILLE VERSION ON LITE 98.7, WHILE THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY VERSION WILL BE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

A COUPLE OF REMINDERS—GATES AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS WILL OPEN AT 5:45. HOPKINSVILLE HIGH FANS ARE ASKED TO PARK AND ENTER AT THE VISITORS SIDE GATE, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY FANS ARE TO PARK AND ENTER ON THE HOME SIDE OF THE STADIUM.

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AS KENTUCKY PREPARES TO MEET FLORIDA SATURDAY, THE WILDCATS ARE MIRED IN A 24 GAME LOSING STREAK AGAINST THE GATORS. THE LAST KENTUCKY WIN CAME OVER FLORIDA IN 1986 WHEN THE WILDCATS WON 10-3. MANY OF THE KENTUCKY PLAYERS SAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS LOSING STREAK OFF THEIR BACKS.

THE ONLY OTHER STREAK WHICH IS LONGER IS THE 26 GAME STREAK TO TENNESSEE. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF BEGINS COVERAGE FROM LEXINGTON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

MURRAY STATE OPENS THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEKEND THIS EVENING, AS THE 24^TH RANKED RACERS TREK DOWN THE ROAD TO UT-MARTIN IN OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ACTION.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE NFL HAS FINED TITANS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN DERRICK MORGAN 75-HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR AN UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS PENALTY AGAINST BALTIMORE LAST SUNDAY. MORGAN DOVE ON RAVENS QUARTERBACK JOE FLACCO AFTER A FUMBLE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

MEANWHILE, THE TITANS ARE GEARING UP FOR SUNDAY’S GAME WITH DENVER AT L-P FIELD. SOME TITANS PLAYERS ARE SPURRED ON BY COMMENTS MADE FOLLOWING LAST YEAR’S GAME IN DENVER WHERE BRONCO PLAYERS SAID TITAN PLAYERS USED DIRTY AND CHEAP TACTICS. KICKOFF AT IS AT NOON.

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TWO MEMBERS OF THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE BATTLING EARLY SEASON INJURIES. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS BLAKE GEOFFRION AND ROMAN JOSI ARE THE LATEST TO MAKE THE INJURY LIST, WITH COACH BARRY TROTZ SAYING NEITHER WILL PLAY AGAINST CAROLINA TOMORROW NIGHT IN RALEIGH, OR AGAINST WINNIPEG SATURDAY NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

GOLF

THE UNITED STATES JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP TEAM—WHICH INCLUDED PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY—WON SEVEN SINGLES MATCHES IN RAINY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AT KNIGHTSBROOK GOLF CLUB IN IRELAND TO FORCE A 12 ALL TIE WITH EUROPE AND RETAIN THE CUP.