Texas A&M heading to SEC 9.7.11

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE IS REPORTING THIS MORNING TEXAS A&M IS EXPECTED TO BECOME THE 13TH MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TODAY.  SEC PRESIDENTS MET IN ATLANTA LAST NIGHT TO OFFICIALLY EXTEND AN OFFER TO A&M, THEN PONDER WHO WILL BECOME THE LEAGUE'S 14TH MEMBER.  TEXAS A&M ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LEAVE THE BIG 12 LAST WEEK AND INTEND TO BEGIN PLAY IN THE SEC NEXT YEAR.  THE MOVE WILL LIKELY SET OFF A FREE FOR ALL ON CONFERENCE ALIGNMENT AMONG SCHOOLS IN THE BIG 12.  THERE'S SPECULATION OKLAHOMA AND OKLAHOMA STATE ARE HEADED TO THE PAC-12 AND ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE COMING DAYS.

Sports Headlines 9.7.11

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: RICK SHAW—HOST OF THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD SHOW, U-H-A GOLF COACH CHUCK ALLEN AND HOPKINSVILLE GOLF COACH EDWIN WHITE, ALONG WITH A PREVIEW OF THIS WEEKEND’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE ROLLED OVER TODD CENTRAL 12-2, FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED LYON COUNTY ALSO BY A 12-2 SCORE, TRIGG COUNTY OVER REIDLAND 7-3, LOGAN COUNTY OVER BUTLER COUNTY 8-1, MADISONVILLE SHUT OUT HOPKINS CENTRAL 10-0, HENDERSON COUNTY NIPPED OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 2-0, OWENSBORO OVER DAVIESS COUNTY 1-0, PADUCAH TILGHMAN OVER COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 4-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED MUHLENBERG COUNTY 8-2 BEHIND FIVE GOALS FROM EDEN MACK. HOPKINSVILLE AND MARSHALL COUNTY TIED AT 2-2, WITH 31 SAVES IN GOAL FOR HOPTOWN BY CHRISTI SOLDO. FORT CAMPBELL WAS SHUTOUT BY CALDWELL COUNTY 4-0.

ELSEWHERE: HOPKINS CENTRAL SHUTOUT CRITTENDEN COUNTY 4-0, MADISONVILLE OVER UNION COUNTY 9-2, MAYFIELD EDGED CALLOWAY COUNTY 4-3, MURRAY DEFEATED REIDLAND 10-0.

VOLLEYBALL: HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL TWO GAMES TO ONE, MADISONVILLE OVER TRIGG COUNTY 2-0, LOGAN COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL 2-0, RUSSELLVILLE NIPPED BARREN COUNTY 2-1, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0,LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER UNION COUNTY 2-0, OWENSBORO OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 2-0, PADUCAH TILGHMAN OVER MARSHALL COUNTY 2-0.

GOLF: CHRISTIAN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE, U-H-A MET DAVIESS COUNTY AT NOVADELL. THE COLONELS WERE FIRST WITH A 156 SCORE, DAVIESS COUNTY 2^ND WITH 158, HOPKINSVILLE 3^RD WITH 167 AND U-H-A 4^TH WITH 168.

INDIVIDUALLY: CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S JONATHAN GRABARA WAS MEDALIST WITH 34, COLONEL TEAMMATE T-J FERRY HAD 35, WITH HOPKINSVILLE’S DAYTON JONES WITH 36. U-H-A WAS LED BY CAMERON ALLEN WITH 40.

HOPKINSVILLE AND U-H-A HAD A GIRLS MATCH. ANNA MOORE LED U-H-A WITH 41, JESSICA SHELTON LED HOPKINSVILLE WITH 57.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS RELEASED ITS WEEKLY POLLS.

CLASS 5A: BOWLING GREEN FIRST, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 4^TH, WARREN CENTRAL 5^TH.

CLASS 4A: HIGHLANDS NUMBER ONE, LONE OAK 8^TH.

CLASS 3A:   LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST, PADUCAH TILGHMAN 5^TH, TRIGG COUNTY 6^TH AND FORT CAMPBELL TIED FOR 10^TH.

CLASS 2A: NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC FIRST, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 2^ND, MURRAY 6^TH, CALDWELL COUNTY RECEIVING VOTES.

CLASS A: MAYFIELD NUMBER ONE AND IN CLASS 6A TRINITY NUMBER ONE THIS WEEK.

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THE TENNESSEE TITANS WILL BE PREPARING TO FACE A DIFFERENT QUARTERBACK WHEN THEY PLAY AT JACKSONVILLE SUNDAY. DAVID GARRARD—WHO HAD JUST BEEN NAMED THE JAGS STARTER—WAS CUT TUESDAY, SAVING THE FRANCHISE NINE MILLION DOLLARS. LUKE MCCOWN WILL START FOR JACKSONVILLE SUNDAY.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS GOT BACK ON THE ICE FOR INFORMAL WORKOUTS TUESDAY AT CENTENNIAL SPORTSPLEX. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS CAPTAIN SHEA WEBER SAYING IT WAS GOOD TO SEE VETERANS AND ROOKIES ALIKE ON THE ICE SHAKING OFF THE SUMMER RUST. PRE SEASON CAMP BEGINS FOR THE PREDATORS SEPTEMBER 16^TH.

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CAMPBELLSVILLE NATIVE AND P-G-A TOUR MEMBER J-B HOLMES UNDERWENT SUCCESSFUL BRAIN SURGERY LAST WEEK. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS HOLMES AGENT AS SAYING HOLMES PLANS TO RETURN TO THE P-G-A TOUR NEXT YEAR.

HOLMES WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CONDITION CALLED CHIARI MALFORMATIONS IN WHICH THERE ARE STRUCTURAL DEFECTS IN PART OF THE BRAIN WHICH CONTROLS BALANCE. THE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL IN BALTIMORE.

Sports Headlines 9.6.11

HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO LYON COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY AT REIDLAND, LOGAN COUNTY AT BUTLER COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MADISONVILLE, CALLOWAY COUNTY AT MAYFIELD, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN, OWENSBORO AT DAVIESS COUNTY, LONE OAK AT HEATH, HENDERSON COUNTY AT OWENSBORO CATHOLIC.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE AT MARSHALL COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL AT CALDWELL COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY AT BUTLER COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS LYON COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY AT MAYFIELD, UNION COUNTY WELCOMES MADISONVILLE, REIDLAND AT MURRAY.

VOLLEYBALL: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, TODD CENTRAL AT LOGAN COUNTY, RUSELLVILLE HOSTS BARREN COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, UNION COUNTY AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS OWENSBORO, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT MARSHALL COUNTY.

PRINCETON'S EMMA TALLEY FIRED A FINAL ROUND 74 IN WINNING THE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION'S GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP BY FOUR SHOTS MONDAY.  TALLEY FIRED A FOUR UNDER 212 AT THE FURMAN GOLF CLUB IN GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.  THE WIN WAS TALLEY'S FOURTH CONSECUTIVE A-J-G-A WIN SETTING A RECORD.  TALLEY IS A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR KENTUCKY MISS GOLF AND HAS COMMITTED TO ALABAMA FOR THE FALL OF 2012.

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FOUR DAYS AFTER A 14-3 WIN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY, KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS IS STILL STEAMED HOW THE WILDCATS OFFENSE PLAYED IN THE GAME.  DURING HIS MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE, THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS PHILLIPS IS STILL IRKED AT HIS WIDE RECEIVERS AND SAYS THERE WILL BE CHANGES BEFORE SATURDAY’S GAME WITH CENTRAL MICHIGAN. PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 9:30 SATURDAY MORNING ON LITE 98.7.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS HOST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL FRIDAY EVENING AT PAPA JOHN’S CARDINAL STADIUM. DESPITE A 21-9 WIN OVER MURRAY STATE LAST WEEK, COACH CHARLIE STRONG SAYS THE CARDS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH RIGHT NOW TO LOOK AHEAD TO ANY OPPONENT. LOUISVILLE’S OFFENSE SCORED 21 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF, NONE IN THE SECOND HALF.

DESPITE A LOPSIDED WIN OVER MONTANA SATURDAY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WILL FACE AN UPTEMPO OFFENSE FROM CINCINNATI THIS WEEK WHICH IS BETTER BECAUSE OF PERSONNEL. THE BEARCATS OPENED THE SEASON LAST WEEK ROUTING AUSTIN PEAY—WHO IS IDLE THIS WEEK.

MURRAY STATE RETURNS TO ACTION SATURDAY AT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE, WHILE WESTERN KENTUCKY ENTERTAINS NAVY AND VANDERBILT TAKES ON CONNECTICUT.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ANNOUNCED DAVE HART AS ITS NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MONDAY. HART COMES TO KNOXVILLE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA WHERE HE HAS SERVED AS EXECUTIVE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR SINCE 2008. BEFORE THAT, HE WAS A-D AT FLORIDA STATE FOR 12 YEARS. HART REPLACES MIKE HAMILTON, WHO RESIGNED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

 

Sports Headlines 9.5.11

HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS FROM SUNDAY

BOYS SOCCER:   SCORES REPORTED FROM THE BOOTS AND BUTTS CLASSIC: HOPKINSVILLE BEAT BARREN COUNTY 5-0 AND HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED MADISONVILLE 2-1.

TODAY'S HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE

VOLLEYBALL: FORT CAMPBELL TAKES ON RUSSELLVILLE

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM PLACED 6^TH OUT OF 24 TEAMS WHO COMPETED THIS WEEKEND AT LAFAYETTE’S INVITATIONAL THOROUGHBRED SMASH. CHRISTIAN COUNTY WON TWO MATCHES IN POOL PLAY, BEFORE LOSING TO LEXINGTON CATHOLIC IN THE GOLD MEDAL ROUND. THE LADY COLONELS DEFEATED WOODFORD COUNTY, BEFORE LOSING TO LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN TO FINISH SIXTH.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE BOTH RETURN TO ACTION FRIDAY EVENING. THE TIGERS HOST MADISONVILLE AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. KICKOFF 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.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN AT LONE OAK. KICKOFF AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW TONIGHT AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7. THE WILDCATS HOST CENTRAL MICHIGAN SATURDAY, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 9:30 ON LITE 98.7.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT KEITH TANDY HAD FIVE TACKLES FOR WEST VIRGINIA IN THEIR 34-13 WEATHER SHORTENED VICTORY OVER MARSHALL SUNDAY. THE FIRST WEATHER DELAY LASTED THREE HOURS, WITH THE STADIUM EVACUATED A SECOND TIME DUE TO AN APPROACHING STORM AND THE GAME WAS HALTED.

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AUSTIN PEAY’S MEN’S TEAM RECEIVED SOME GOOD NEWS OVER THE WEEKEND. FORWARD ANTHONY CAMPBELL HAS BEEN GIVEN MEDICAL CLEARANCE TO RESUME PRACTICE AND PLAY FOR THE GOVERNORS. CAMPBELL TORE BOTH THE A-C-L AND M-C-L IN PRACTICE IN DECEMBER, 2010. CAMPBELL WAS GRANTED A MEDICAL REDSHIRT AND WILL BE A JUNIOR FOR THE GOVERNORS THIS SEASON.

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TENNESSEE TITANS RUNNING BACK AHMARD HALL WAS SUSPENDED BY THE NFL OVER THE WEEKEND FOR USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCES. HALL SAYS THE POSITIVE RESULT STEMS FROM A STIMULANT HE USED TO STAY AWAKE ON A DRIVE FROM NASHVILLE TO TEXAS IN FEBRUARY. THE SIX YEAR PRO WILL HAVE TO SIT OUT THE FIRST FOUR GAMES OF THE SEASON WITHOUT PAY.

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A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD SUNDAY IN NASHVILLE FOR FORMER NASHVILLE PREDATOR WADE BELAK, WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN A TORONTO HOTEL ROOM LAST WEEK. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTED OVER THE WEEKEND BELAK’S MOTHER HAD TOLD THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION HE HAD BEEN BATTLING DEPRESSION.

 

Sports Headlines 9.2.11

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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.

THURSDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS

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.