LEGENDARY KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH CURTIS TURLEY IS MOVING TO THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

TURLEY WAS INTRODUCED TUESDAY AS WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY’S DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS FOR THE LADY TOPPER PROGRAM.

TURLEY BEGAN HIS COACHING CAREER AT LYON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AND 621 WINS COACHING AT 11 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. TURLEY WAS THE COACH OF THE NEW MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL THIS PAST SEASON AND LED THE TITANS TO AN 18-12 RECORD.

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY IS PLAYING AT THE NATURAL RESOURCES BLUEGRASS JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT WHICH IS UNDERWAY TODAY IN ASHLAND.

THE PRINCETON TIMES LEADER REPORTS TALLEY IS THE REIGNING CHAMPION OF THE EVENT. TALLEY IS ALSO SCHEDULED TO PLAY IN THE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION’S FRANKLIN JUNIOR JUNE 21-23 AT WESTHAVEN GOLF CLUB IN FRANKLIN TENNESSEE.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

AT THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE-KHSAA STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT TUESDAY:

2^ND REGION REPRESENTATIVE UNION COUNTY LOST IN ITS OPENING ROUND GAME TO NORTH OLDHAM 9-7.

OTHER FIRST ROUND GAMES SAW MERCER COUNTY DRUB BOYD COUNTY 13-3 IN FIVE INNINGS, NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC DEFEATED LAWRENCE COUNTY 15-5 IN SIX INNINGS AND IT TOOK NINE INNINGS FOR PLEASURE RIDGE PARK TO EDGE LEXINGTON CATHOLIC 6-5.

QUARTERFINAL ACTION TODAY HAS WARREN EAST MEETING ST. X AT FIVE HOPKINSVILLE TIME, WITH APOLLO TO PLAY CENTRAL HARDIN IN THE NIGHTCAP.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY HAS HIRED ANOTHER ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH. COACH STEVE PROHM ANNOUNCED TUESDAY JAMES KANE WILL JOIN HIS STAFF. KANE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT UNDER ANTHONY GRANT FOR THE LAST TWO SEASONS AT ALABAMA AND ALSO SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT UNDER GRANT AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE NCAA TO STOP CELEBRATING WHAT WAS CONSIDERED JOHN CALIPARI’S 500^TH COACHING VICTORY AGAINST FLORIDA LATE LAST SEASON.

THE NCAA’S OFFICIAL STATISTICS INDICATE CALIPARI HAD 458 VICTORIES ON FEBRUARY 26^TH WHEN CALIPARI WAS GIVEN A GAME BALL FOR WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE HIS 500^TH WIN. CALIPARI ENDED THE SEASON WITH 467 WINS.

THE NCAA ALSO INDICATED IN ITS LETTER IF KENTUCKY DID NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE NCAA’S WISHES THEY WOULD APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF INFRACTIONS. CALIPARI HAD A NUMBER OF WINS TAKEN OFF HIS RECORD AT BOTH MASSACHUSETTS AND MEMPHIS BECAUSE OF NCAA VIOLATIONS.

GOLF

THE KENTUCKY GOLF ASSOCATION SAYS NEXT YEAR’S STATE AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE CONTESTED AT THE CARDINAL CLUB IN SIMPSONVILLE. IN 2013, THE EVENT MOVES TO BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB.

THE KENTUCKY OPEN WILL COME TO THE AREA IN 2013 WHEN OLDE STONE IN BOWLING GREEN HOSTS THE EVENT. THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL BE PLAYED IN AUGUST AT PERSIMMION RIDGE GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE.

ON THE PEPSI TOUR TUESDAY AT PAXTON PARK IN PADUCAH, EVENTS WERE SHORTENED TO NINE HOLES DUE TO RAIN.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S JONATHAN GRABARA FINISHED SECOND IN THE BOYS 17-18 DIVISION, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S DAYTON JONES FINISHED FOURTH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S T-J FERRY TIED FOR 3^RD IN THE 15-16 DIVISION, WHILE U-H-A GOLFER CAMERON ALLEN WAS 5^TH.

U-H-A’S TADD SWITZER FINISHED SECOND IN THE 13-14 DIVISION.

U-H-A’S ANNA MOORE FINISHED 7^TH IN THE GIRLS 13-15 DIVISION.

THE PEPSI TOUR MOVES TO BOOTS RANDOLPH GOLF COURSE AT LAKE BARKLEY FOR PLAY TODAY.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES FALL ON THE ROAD AT FULTON 5-4 TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PIRATES SIX LOSSES HAVE COME BY A TOTAL OF EIGHT RUNS. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY GAME TWO OF THEIR SERIES THIS EVENING AT SEVEN IN DAWSON SPRINGS AT RIVERSIDE PARK.

OWENSBORO AND MARION WERE RAINED OUT IN MARION TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH THE GAME TO BE MADE UP JULY 11^TH.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS OPENED A HOME SERIES WITH THE WEST MICHIGAN WHITECAPS WITH AN 8-4 WIN. GAME TWO OF THE SERIES IS TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THE SECOND OF A FOUR GAME SERIES WITH ROUND ROCK 5-4. THE TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT AT GREER STADIUM IN NASHVILLE.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

OPENING ROUND GAMES BEGAN MONDAY AT THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE-KHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT IN LEXINGTON.

4^th REGION WINNER WARREN EAST DEFEATED LETCHER COUNTY CENTRAL 6-2, WHILE 3^RD REGION WINNER APOLLO SHUTOUT 1^ST REGION WINNER MAYFIELD 10-0 IN SIX INNINGS.

ELSEWHERE: ST. X DEFEATED CLAY COUNTY 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS AND CENTRAL HARDIN SHUT OUT CLARK COUNTY 9-0.

2^ND REGION WINNER UNION COUNTY OPENS PLAY TODAY TAKING ON 8^TH REGION WINNER NORTH OLDHAM AT 10 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

OTHER GAMES HAVE NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC TAKING ON LAWRENCE COUNTY, PLEASURE RIDGE PARK AGAINST LEXINGTON CATHOLIC AND BOYD COUNTY MEETS MERCER COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WILL HAVE TWO OF ITS GAMES IN THE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME TIP OFF CLASSIC BEGIN AT 11 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

THE WILDCATS PLAY PENN STATE NOVEMBER 19^TH AT THE MOGEHAN SUN ARENA. THE WILDCATS THEN MEET EITHER OLD DOMINION OR SOUTH FLORIDA NOVEMBER 20^TH.

AS PART OF THE TOURNAMENT, THE WILDCATS WILL HOST MARIST NOVEMBER 11^TH AND RADFORD NOVEMBER 23^RD.

NFL

THERE’S MORE LEGAL PROBLEMS FOR TENNESSEE TITANS WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT.

NASHVILLE METRO POLICE SPOKESMAN DON AARON SAYS TWO WARRANTS WERE TAKEN OUT ON BRITT BY THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL APRIL 14^TH. AARON SAID BRITT ALLEGEDLY SUPPLIED INACCURATE INFORMATION WHEN COMPLETING DRIVER LICENSE APPLICATIONS IN 2010.

BOTH CHARGES ARE MISDEMEANORS. AARON ADDS THERE IS NO DEADLINE FOR BRITT TO RETURN, BUT FAILURE TO DO SO WOULD MAKE BRITT SUBJECT TO ARREST.

BRITT HAS SPENT MOST OF THE OFF SEASON IN NEW JERSEY AND DID NOT ATTEND AN INFORMAL MINI CAMP IN NASHVILLE LAST WEEK.

THE CHARGES ARE THE LATEST FOR BRITT, WHO’S BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVEN INCIDENTS SINCE BEING DRAFTED IN 2009, INCLUDING ONE LAST WEEK IN NEW JERSEY.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS EDGED ROUND ROCK 7-6 AT GREER STADIUM MONDAY NIGHT. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING IN NASHVILLE.

AFTER OFF DAYS, THE TRADEWATER PIRATES AND BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT.

THE PIRATES PLAY AN OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE GAME AT FULTON, WHILE BOWLING GREEN HOSTS WEST MICHIGAN IN MIDWEST LEAGUE ACTION.

GOLF

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GOLFER DAYTON JONES WON ON THE PEPSI TOUR MONDAY AT MADISONVILLE COUNTRY CLUB. JONES SHOT A 74 DEFEATING CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S JONATHAN GRABARA BY ONE STROKE IN THE 17-18 DIVISION. THE PEPSI TOUR PLAYS TODAY AT PAXTON PARK GOLF COURSE IN PADUCAH.

THE GO JUNIOR SERIES WAS AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL MONDAY.

AMONG THE LOCAL WINNERS: BOYS 9-10 DIVISION, HUNTER TRAUGHBER OF HOPKINSVILLE SHOT 31 FOR SIX HOLES, WITH MACK MAJOR FINISHING THIRD WITH 37.

HOPKINSVILLE’S CAITLYN SHELTON WAS THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE GIRLS 9-10 DIVISION SHOOTING 39.

HOPKINSVILLE’S JESSICA SHELTON WON THE GIRLS 11-12 DIVISION WITH A NINE HOLE SCORE OF 56.

HOPKINSVILLE’S T-J JANES SHOT 82 IN THE BOYS 13-15 DIVISION, GOOD FOR SECOND PLACE FIVE STROKES BEHIND THE WINNER WES AVERILL OF PADUCAH.

HOPKINSVILLE’S DYLAN HENDERSON WAS THIRD WITH AN 85, WITH AUSTIN KNIGHT AND DIXON HIGGINS ALSO IN THE FIELD.

HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER SHOT 79 IN THE BOYS 16-18 DIVISION, WHICH WAS GOOD FOR FOURTH PLACE. HENDERSON’S CLAY CHURCH WON THE DIVISION IN A PLAYOFF.

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY SHOT A FOUR UNDER 68 MONDAY AT CHERRY BLOSSOM GOLF CLUB IN GEORGETOWN TO CLAIM MEDALIST HONORS AND ADVANCE TO THE U-S GIRLS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT MONTH.

THE EVENT WILL BE HELD JULY 18-22 AT OLYMPIA FIELDS GOLF CLUB OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE-KHSAA STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY AT WHITAKER BANK PARK IN LEXINGTON

GAMES TODAY INCLUDE: 4^TH REGION CHAMPION WARREN EAST MEETING LETCHER COUNTY CENTRAL AT 10 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME AND 1^ST REGION WINNER MAYFIELD MEETS 3^RD REGION WINNER APOLLO AT 12:30 HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

2^ND REGION CHAMPION UNION COUNTY WILL MEET NORTH OLDHAM TOMORROW AT 10 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE IS THE 2011 STATE CHAMPION AFTER DEFEATING BALLARD IN TWO GAMES SATURDAY 9-4 AND 3-2 IN THE TITLE GAME. IT’S THE FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE LADY PATRIOTS.

KENTUCKY MISS SOFTBALL IS CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S GRIFFIN JOINER. JOINER ADDS THIS HONOR TO BEING NAMED KENTUCKY GATORADE SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S GRIFFIN JOINER AND CASEY CASTILE WERE NAMED CLASS THREE A FIRST TEAMM ALL STATE BY THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION OVER THE WEEKEND.  MAGGIE GLASS--ALSO OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS NAMED TO THE SECOND TEAM CLASS THREE A ALL STATE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S COACHES WERE NAMED THE CLASS THREE A COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE INDIANA BOYS MADE IT A SWEEP OVER KENTUCKY WINNING AT CONSECO FIELDHOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT 94-82. KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY JUNIOR HAD SIX POINTS IN 27 MINUTES, DONOVAN KATES PLAYED 11 MINUTES AND DID NOT SCORE, WHILE WARREN CENTRAL’S GEORGE FANT HAD 6 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS.

INDIANA SALVAGED A SPLIT ON THE GIRLS SIDE WITH A 69-56 WIN OVER KENTUCKY SATURDAY NIGHT.

GOLF

HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB HAD ITS TWO MAN EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND.

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT WINNERS WERE BUTCH O’ KELLEY AND MIKE GALLAGHER WITH A 118 TOTAL.

FIRST FLIGHT: AJ SHANKLIN AND JORDAN MCNICHOLS—126

SECOND FLIGHT: JEFF MILES AND ANTHONY DEMPSEY—128

THIRD FLIGHT: TJ JANES AND JACK GARDNER—133

FOURTH FLIGHT: DARREN AND AUSTIN WOODWARD—137

FIFTH FLIGHT: JORDAN AND MARK GARY—136

SIXTH FLIGHT: TIM HUGHES AND HUGH HARRELSON--144

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KENTUCKY’S FOOTBALL GAME WITH LOUISVILLE SEPTEMBER 17^TH IN LEXINGTON DID NOT GET PICKED BY THE TELEVISION NETWORKS IN ITS INITIAL ROUND OF GAME SELECTIONS.

U-K ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART SAYS HE’S NOT CONCERNED THE GAME HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP YET. BARNHART SAYS BECAUSE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AGREEMENT WITH ESPN, IT WILL BE PICKED UP BY ONE OF THE ESPN FAMILY OR CBS OR THE UK NETWORK AFFILIATES.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE VANDERBILT COMMODORES ARE HEADED TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA.

VANDY WILL OPEN PLAY AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEKEND. THE GAME WILL BE ONE WHERE VANDERBILT BASKETBALL COACH KEVIN STALLINGS WILL HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEAN.

STALLINGS SON JACOB IS A JUNIOR CATCHER FOR THE TAR HEELS.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES AND MARION BOBCATS SPLIT A DOUBLEHEADER SUNDAY. MARION TOOK THE FIRST GAME 7-6, WITH TRADEWATER WINNING THE NIGHTCAP 6-5. THE PIRATES ARE OFF TODAY BEFORE PLAYING AT FULTON TUESDAY NIGHT, THEN WILL HOST THE RAILROADERS WEDNESDAY EVENING AT SEVEN AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS CLOSED OUT A SERIES AT CLINTON WITH A 4-2 WIN SUNDAY. THE HOT RODS ARE OFF TODAY BEFORE OPENING A SERIES WITH WEST MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST A 16-14 SLUGFEST AT ALBQUEREQUE SUNDAY. THE SOUNDS OPEN A SERIES THIS EVENING AT GREER STADIUM AGAINST THE ROUND ROCK EXPRESS.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS QUARTERBACK KERRY COLLINS TELLS THE TENNESSEAN HE HOPES TO STAY WITH THE TITANS.

THE 38-YEAR-OLD COLLINS SAYS HE WILL EVEN BE WILLING TO TUTOR ROOKIE QUARTERBACK JAKE LOCKER, DRAFTED BY THE TITANS THIS SPRING, IF THE SITUATION FELT RIGHT.

COLLINS SAYS HE HAS A COUPLE OF YEARS LEFT IN HIM, BUT IS NOT SURE OF WHERE THE TITANS ARE CONCERING QUARTERBACKS RIGHT NOW.