FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND CURRENT SAVANAH STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER RIKIAH GATLIN WAS ARRESTED JULY 4^TH BY SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE ON FIGHTING CHARGES.

THE CHATHAM COUNTY JAIL’S WEBSITE SAYS GATLIN WAS CHARGED WITH FIGHTING IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT, WITH BOND SET AT 24-HUNRED DOLLARS.

GATLIN TRANSFERRED TO SAVANNAH STATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. GATLIN STARTED IN FOUR OF 17 GAMES SHE APPEARED IN LAST SEASON AVERAGING THREE POINTS AND ALMOST FIVE REBOUNDS PER GAME.

PRINCETON'S EMMA TALLEY WAS AT FIVE OVER PAR THROUGH 14 HOLES IN HER FIRST ROUND OF THE U-S WOMEN'S OPEN AT THE BRODMOOR IN COLORADO SPRINGS.  YOU CAN FOLLOW LIVE SCORING AT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE U-S WOMEN'S OPEN AT www.usga.org

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

WHEN CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S LADY COLONELS TAKE THE FIELD FOR THE 2012 SEASON, THEY WILL HAVE A NEW COACH.

ON WEDNESDAY, DAVID JOINER ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION AFTER THREE SEASONS. JOINER’S RECORD WAS 110-15 WITH TWO APPEARANCES AT THE K-H-S-A-A STATE TOURNAMENT. THIS PAST SEASON, THE LADY COLONELS WERE 31-5 AND LOST TO HOPKINS CENTRAL IN THE SEMIFINALS OF THE 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT.

GOLF

THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN BEGINS THIS MORNING AT THE BROADMOOR IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY TEES OFF AT 9:06 HOPKINSVILLE TIME WITH CINDY LACROSSE—WHO PLAYS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE—AND LETA LINDLEY. THE BROADMOOR LAST HOSTED THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN IN 1995, WHEN ANNIKA SORENSTAM DEFEATED MEG MALLON BY A STROKE.  

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S DAYTON JONES IS IN A THREE WAY TIE FOR THE LEAD HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE KENTUCKY JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT FORT KNOX.

JONES AND TWO OTHERS ARE ATOP THE BOYS 17-18 DIVISION WITH A 70. U-H-A’S CAMERON ALLEN IS TIED FOR FOURTH IN THE BOYS 15-16 DIVISION WITH A 73, TWO STROKES BEHIND THE LEADERS. CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S T-J FERRY IS TIED FOR 20^TH WITH A 77.

U-H-A’S ANNA MOORE IS TIED FOR 26^TH IN THE GIRLS 13-15 DIVISION AT THE GIRLS JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH CONCLUDES TODAY AT MAYWOOD GOLF CLUB IN BARDSTOWN.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BE HEADING TO CANADA TO PLAY A SERIES OF EXHIBITION GAMES IN AUGUST.

COACH STEVE PROHM’S RACERS WILL PLAY IN TORONTO AUGUST 5^TH AGAINST BROCK UNIVERSITY, A-GAME HOOPS, A SENIOR SELECT TEAM ON AUGUST 7^TH AND ANOTHER SENIOR SELECT TEAM, THE A-B-A CANADA ALL STARS AUGUST 8^TH.

PROHM SAYS THE EXTRA TEN DAYS OF PRACTICE AND MAKING THE TRIP WILL ALLOW THE TEAM TO GROW AND GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. THE RACERS HAVE SIX RETURNING PLAYERS AND A NUMBER OF NEWCOMERS TO THE PROGRAM THIS SEASON.

ALSO HEADING TO THE GREAT WHITE NORTH FOR AN EXHIBITION SERIES IS THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE’S WOMEN’S TEAM.

COACH JEFF WALZ’S CARDINALS WILL PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AUGUST 11^TH, TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY AUGUST 12^TH AND UNIVERSITY OF FRASER VALLEY AUGUST 13^TH. THE CARDS RETURN FOUR STARTERS FROM LAST YEAR’S NC-AA TOURNAMENT SWEET 16 TEAM.

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH TONY JONES HAS FOUND A NEW JOB. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS JONES WILL BECOME THE HEAD COACH AT ALCOA HIGH SCHOOL.

JONES SPENT 18 SEASONS AS A COLLEGIATE COACH, INCLUDING THE LAST 11 AS BRUCE PEARL’S TOP ASSISTANT AT TENNESSEE AND WISCONSIN-MILWUAKEE.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS HAVE INVITED FORMER UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI PLAYER DARNELL WILKS OF CLARKSVILLE TO JOIN THE TEAM. WILKS AVERAGED ALMOST 18 POINTS A GAME HIS SENIOR SEASON WITH THE BEARCATS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS KENTUCKY IS CONTINUING TO STOCKPILE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN FOR THE 2012 CLASS.

SIX-FIVE 290 POUND LINEMAN JON TOTH OF INDIANAPOLIS COMMITED TO KENTUCKY ON WEDNESDAY. COACH JOKER PHILLIPS NOW HAS 13 COMMITMENTS FOR THE 2012 CLASS.

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL TEAM MEMBERS SAY QUARTERBACK MORGAN NEWTON IS EMERGING AS A TEAM LEADER.

THE JUNIOR TAKES OVER AN OFFENSE WHICH LOST MANY OF ITS PLAYMAKERS FROM LAST SEASON. SENIOR CORNERBACK RANDALL BURDEN SAYS NEWTON IS A WORKAHOLIC AND WORKING HARDER AND MORE IN PAST YEARS.

NEWTON TELLS THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER HE HOPES U-K PLAYERS CONTINUE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR USING THEIR SUMMER TIME TO GET BETTER. KENTUCKY OPENS THE SEASON SEPTEMBER FIRST AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SAFETY JANZEN JACKSON—WHO LEFT THE TEAM TWICE LAST SEASON FOR “PERSONAL REASONS” IS ENROLLED IN CLASSES AND BACK ON THE TEAM.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL SAYS JACKSON IS EXPECTED TO BE A “FULL PARTICIPANT” WHEN THE VOLS BEGIN FALL PRACTICE IN AUGUST.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES SWEPT A DOUBLEHEADER AT MARION WEDNESDAY WITH IDENTICAL 2-1 SCORES. THE PIRATES ARE TWO GAMES BEHIND THE LEAGUE LEADING BOBCATS. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING IN MARION.

FULTON AND OWENSBORO SPLIT A DOUBLEHEADER WEDNESDAY, WITH THE BOBCATS WINNING 4-2 IN GAME ONE, WITH THE OILERS TAKING THE NIGHTCAP 8-4. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING IN FULTON.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST TO MEMPHIS 6-5 IN 13 INNINGS AT GREER STADIUM. THE SOUNDS OPEN A FOUR GAME SERIES TONIGHT IN ALBQUERQUE AGAINST THE ISOTOPES.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS OPENED A SERIES WITH A 4-2 WIN OVER LAKE COUNTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL HAVE A NEW SOFTBALL COACH FOR THE 2012 SEASON.

DAVID JOINER ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON.IN THREE SEASONS AS HEAD COACH, JOINER’S TEAMS HAD 110 WINS TO GO WITH 15 LOSSES AND TWO APPEARANCES AT THE KHSAA STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.

THIS PAST SEASON, THE LADY COLONELS WERE 31-5 AND LOST TO HOPKINS CENTRAL IN THE SEMIFINALS OF THE 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT.

COMMENTS FROM COACH JOINER WILL BE ON THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH THIS AFTERNOON ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

THERE WILL BE A NEWS CONFERENCE AT NOON TODAY AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CONCERNING THE SOFTBALL PROGRAM. WE WILL COVER IT AND HAVE A REPORT DURING THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH THIS AFTERNOON.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

AFTER A LEAGUE WIDE OFF DAY IN THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE TUESDAY, THE TRADEWATER PIRATES RETURN TO ACTION THIS EVENING.

THE PIRATES PLAY AT MARION, WHILE FULTON HOSTS OWENSBORO IN A DOUBLEHEADER THIS EVENING.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS RALLIED FROM A SIX RUN DEFICIT TO BEAT MEMPHIS WITH A WALKOFF HIT FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT, BEATING THE REDBIRDS 9-8 AT GREER STADIUM. THE TEAMS CLOSE OUT THE SERIES THIS EVENING IN NASHVILLE.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS WRAPPED UP A SERIES WITH GREAT LAKES WITH A 5-3 WIN. THE HOT RODS HOST THE LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS IN THE OPENER OF A SERIES THIS EVENING AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

NFL

THERE’S MORE LEGAL TROUBLES FOR TENNESSEE TITANS WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT. A STORY IN TODAY’S LEAF CHRONICLE SAYS BRITT IS BEING SUED BY A NASHVILLE MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A BAR FIGHT.

HAROLD POINTER FILED A CIVIL LAWSUIT IN LATE JUNE. POINTER SAYS IN HIS COMPLAINT BRITT AND ANOTHER MAN ASSAULTED HIM LAST OCTOBER 22^ND AT A NASHVILLE NIGHTCLUB. POINTER IS SEEKING 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

NINETEEN DIFFERENT SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYERS WERE NAMED TUESDAY TO THE BEDNARIK AWARD PRE SEASON WATCH LIST. THE BEDNARIK AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE NATION’S BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

KENTUCKY LINEBACKER DANNY TREVATHAN WAS PLACED ON THE WATCH LIST ALONG WITH VANDERBILT'S CHRIS MARVE AND CASEY HAYWARD AND TENNESSEE’S PRENTISS WAGGNER.

THE 19 S-E-C PLAYERS LISTED ON THE 65 PLAYER WATCH LIST IS THE MOST OF ANY CONFERENCE.

IN ADDITION, THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE RUNNING BACK TAUREN POOLE AND QUARTERBACK TYLER BRAY ARE AMONG 66 ON THE MAXWELL AWARD’S PRE SEASON WATCH LIST. THE MAXWELL AWARD IS GIVEN TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RUNNING BACK DAVID OKU HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR DOMESTIC ASSUALT.

OKU IS ACCUSED OF HAVING A CONFRONTATION WITH A WOMAN HE LIVED WITH OVER A UTILITY BILL. OKU WAS ARRESTED MONDAY EVENING AND HELD IN JAIL 12 HOURS. HE WAS RELEASED ON ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.

OKU ANNOUNCED AFTER THE SPRING SEMESTER HE WAS TRANSFERRING FROM TENNESSEE. HE PLAYED IN 26 GAMES IN TWO SEASONS FOR THE VOLS.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

POST SEASON HONORS CONTINUE FOR AUSTIN PEAY SECOND BASEMAN JORDAN HANKINS. HANKINS WAS NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM BASEBALL AMERICA ALL AMERICA FRESHMAN TEAM TUESDAY.

HANKINS IS THE SECOND OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE PLAYER TO BE NAMED FIRST TEAM SINCE 2004. HANKINS—WHO WAS ALSO NAMED TO COLLEGIATE BASEBALL’S LOUISVILLE SLUGGER FRESHMAN ALL AMERICAN SQUAD—WAS THE GOVERNORS LEADING HITTER THIS PAST SEASON WITH A 351 BATTING AVERAGE.

GOLF

TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY OF PRACTICE ROUNDS FOR THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW AT THE BROADMOOR IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY TEES OFF AT 9:06 HOPKINSVILLE TIME THURSDAY MORNING.

THE KENTUCKY JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS TODAY AT THE LINDSEY GOLF COURSE AT FORT KNOX. LOCAL PLAYERS IN THE FIELD INCLUDE DAYTON JONES, CAMERON ALLEN AND T-J FERRY OF HOPKINSVILLE AND DAVIS PARDUE OF AUBURN.

THE KENTUCKY GIRLS JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS TODAY AT MAYWOOD GOLF CLUB IN BARDSTOWN. U-H-A GOLFER ANNA MOORE IS IN THE FIELD.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS DIRECTOR KERRY STOVALL TELLS WHOP SPORTS A NEWS CONFERENCE REGARDING C-C-H-S SOFTBALL COACH DAVID JOINER WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY.  THE NEWS CONFERENCE WILL BE AT NOON AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.