ON THIS MEMORIAL DAY, PLAY BEGINS IN BOTH THE 2^ND REGION BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS.

BASEBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY SERVES AS THIS YEAR’S HOST. THE OPENING GAME AT TEN A-M HAS MADISONVILLE PLAYING HENDERSON COUNTY. THE ONE P-M GAME HAS DEFENDING REGION CHAMPION HOPKINSVILLE AGAINST CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS THE FOUR P-M GAME AGAINST UNION COUNTY, WITH TRIGG COUNTY MEETING CALDWELL COUNTY AT SEVEN P-M.

SOFTBALL: MADISONVILLE IS THIS YEAR’S HOST, WITH THE TEN A-M GAME SENDING HENDERSON COUNTY AGAINST LYON COUNTY. THE ONE P-M GAME SEES HOPKINSVILLE FACE MADISONVILLE.

DEFENDING CHAMPION CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS UNION COUNTY AT THREE P-M, WITH LIVINGSTON CENTRAL TAKING ON HOPKINS CENTRAL AT FIVE P-M.

SEMI FINAL PLAY IN BOTH TOURNAMENTS WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, WITH BOTH CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

COVERAGE OF THE HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY GAMES IN BOTH TOURNAMENTS CAN BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM. TODAY’S ACTION BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 12:45.

1^ST REGION BASEBALL: MATCHUPS AT BROOKS STADIUM IN PADUCAH HAVE HICKMAN COUNTY AGAINST MAYFIELD, LONE OAK MEETS MURRAY, CALLOWAY COUNTY GOES AGAINST FULTON CITY AND BALLARD MEMORIAL MEETS REIDLAND.

3RD REGION BASEBALL: DAVIESS COUNTY MEETS HOST MUHLENBERG COUNTY, GRAYSON COUNTY GOES AGAINST MEADE COUNTY, HANCOCK COUNTY PLAYS BUTLER COUNTY AND APOLLO GOES AGAINST MCLEAN COUNTY.

4^TH REGION BASEBALL: GAMES AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY HAVE WARREN EAST MEETING CUMBERLAND COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY PLAYS BARREN COUNTY, ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE GOES AGAINST BOWLING GREEN AND RUSSELL COUNTY MEETS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

1^ST REGION SOFTBALL: PLAY AT GRAVES COUNTY HAS HICKMAN COUNTY MEETING HEATH, BALLARD MEMORIAL GOES AGAINST CALLOWAY COUNTY, REIDLAND PLAYS HOST GRAVES COUNTY AND MARSHALL COUNTY PLAYS CARLISLE COUNTY.

3^RD REGION SOFTBALL: MEADE COUNTY HOSTS THIS YEAR, WITH THE OPENING GAME SENDING MUHLENBERG COUNTY AGAINST GRAYSON COUNTY, DAVIESS COUNTY PLAYS MEADE COUNTY, BUTLER COUNTY GOES AGAINST MCLEAN COUNTY AND OWENSBORO CATHOLIC PLAYS HANCOCK COUNTY.

4^TH REGION SOFTBALL: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY HOSTS AS BOWLING GREEN PLAYS RUSSELL COUNTY, FRANKLIN SIMPSON MEETS BARREN COUNTY, TWO OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE STATE PLAY IN THE OPENING ROUND AS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE MEETS GREENWOOD AND TODD CENTRAL PLAYS METCALFE COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY WON THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL LEARN TODAY WHO THEY WILL PLAY IN THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT.

VANDERBILT LOST IN THE S-E-C CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SUNDAY TO FLORIDA 5-0. IT IS THE FOURTH TIME IN FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCES THE COMMODORES HAVE BEEN RUNNER UP SINCE 2004.

HOWEVER, VANDERBILT WILL SERVE AS ONE OF THE HOSTS OF THE FIRST ROUNDS OF THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

KENTUCKY’S RUN TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES CAME UP ONE GAME SHORT. THE WILDCATS WON THE FIRST GAME OVER CALIFORNIA SUNDAY 8-0 AS FORMER GREENWOOD HIGH PITCHER RACHEL RILEY ALLOWED FIVE HITS.

HOWEVER, THE GOLDEN BEARS CAME BACK TO TAKE THE NIGHCAP 9-0. ALMOST 17-HUNDRED FANS WERE AT THE GAMES IN LEXINGTON.

GOLF

TOM WATSON TOOK THE SENIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP AT VALHALLA SUNDAY, DEFEATING DAVID EGER WITH A THREE FOOT BIRDIE PUTT ON THE FIRST PLAYOFF HOLE. WATSON AND EGER FINISHED REGULATION AT TEN UNDER 278.

WATSON BEGAN THE DAY TWO SHOTS BEHIND LEADERS HALE IRWIN AND JAPAN’S KYOSHI MURATA. MURATA FINISHED THIRD AT NINE UNDER PAR. THE 61 YEAR OLD WATSON IS THE OLDEST TO WIN A SENIOR MAJOR AND THE SECOND OLDEST TO WIN THE SENIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP.

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY FINISHED AT ONE OVER PAR 288, TIED FOR 22^ND.

PAIRINGS FOR THE 2ND REGION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT TO BE PLAYED AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.

MONDAY MAY 30TH

10 AM: MADISONVILLE (20-8) VS. HENDERSON COUNTY (21-12)

1 PM:  HOPKINSVILLE (30-4) VS. CRITTENDEN COUNTY (6-21)

4 PM:  UNION COUNTY (22-9) VS. CHRISTIAN COUNTY (18-16)

7 PM:  TRIGG COUNTY (24-7) VS. CALDWELL COUNTY (7-21)

TUESDAY MAY 31ST

SEMIFINALS  AT 5:30 AND 8 PM

WEDNESDAY JUNE 1ST

FINAL   7:30 PM

ADMISSION IS FIVE DOLLARS AND FANS ARE REMINDED YOU MUST ENTER CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AT THE GLASS AVENUE ENTRANCE.

COVERAGE OF THE HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY GAMES WILL BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

PAIRINGS FOR THE SECOND REGION SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY.  THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED AT MADISONVILLE-NORTH HOPKINS HIGH SCHOOL.

MONDAY MAY 30^TH

11 AM             HENDERSON COUNTY (23-7) VS. LYON COUNTY (6-12)

1 PM               MADISONVILLE (13-15) VS. HOPKINSVILLE (13-16)

3 PM               CHRISTIAN COUNTY (30-3) VS UNION COUNTY (20-10)

5 PM               LIVINGSTON CENTRAL (22-8) VS. HOPKINS CENTRAL (25-10)

TUESDAY MAY 31^ST

SEMI FINALS AT 5:30 AND 7:30 PM

WEDNESDAY JUNE 1^ST

FINAL AT 6 PM

COVERAGE OF THE HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY GAMES CAN BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE 2^ND REGION BASEBALL DRAW WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AT 1 PM AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. THAT TOURNAMENT ALSO BEGINS MONDAY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

THE PAIRINGS FOR THE 2^ND REGION BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TODAY IN MADISONVILLE.

PLAY IN BOTH TOURNAMENTS BEGINS MONDAY, WITH SOFTBALL IN MADISONVILLE AND BASEBALL AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

COVERAGE OF GAMES INVOLVING CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE IN BOTH TOURNAMENTS CAN BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

IN HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL ACTION TODAY, THE 5^TH DISTRICT BASEBALL FINAL WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN TRIGG COUNTY AND HOST LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

HOPKINSVILLE’S JUSTIN HAGEMAN DID NOT RECEIVE A PITCHING DECISION IN WESTERN KENTUCKY’S 4-2 LOSS TO TROY UNIVERSITY AT THE SUN BELT TOURNAMENT IN MONROE, LOUISANA.

HAGEMAN GOT THE START FOR THE HILLTOPPERS AND WENT FOUR INNINGS ALLOWING TWO RUNS, ONE EARNED ON FIVE HITS, WITH THREE WALKS AND FOUR STRIKEOUTS.

THE HILLTOPPERS CLOSE THE SEASON WITH A 33-24 RECORD.

AUSTIN PEAY WILL PLAY IN THE O-V-C CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TODAY IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

THE GOVERNORS DEFEATED JACKSONVILLE STATE 4-1 BEHIND AN 11 STRIKEOUT PERFORMANCE BY BOWLING GREEN NATIVE JACK SNODGRASS. AUSTIN PEAY WILL PLAY EITHER JACKSONVILLE STATE AGAIN OR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AFTER THOSE TEAMS PLAY AN ELIMINATION GAME.

VANDERBILT FACES ARKANSAS IN A SEMI FINAL GAME AT THE S-E-C TOURNAMENT IN HOOVER, ALABAMA TODAY.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

KENTUCKY IS HOSTING ITS FIRST EVER SOFTBALL SUPER REGIONAL BEGINNING TODAY AGAINST THE CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS. THE WINNER OF THE BEST TWO OF THREE SERIES GOES TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WHEN THE TENNESSEE VOLS PROGRAM VISITS NEXT MONTH WITH THE NC-AA COMMITTEE ON INFRACTIONS, NEW COACH CUONZO MARTIN WILL JOIN THEM.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS MARTIN WILL JOIN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON, CHANCELLOR JIMMY CHEEK AND SCHOOL COMPLIANCE OFFICIALS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION AT THE HEARINGS JUNE 10-11.

MARTIN IS HOPEFUL THERE WILL NOT BE A POST SEASON BAN IMPOSED BY THE NC-AA. TENNESSEE WILL NOT KNOW ITS PENALTIES UNTIL SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AFTER THE HEARING.

THE HEARING IS BEING CONDUCTED AFTER AN INVESTIGATION FOUND IMPROPRIERTIES IN THE VOL PROGRAM UNDER FORMER COACH BRUCE PEARL, WHO WAS FIRED IN MARCH.

GOLF

THE SENIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP GOT BACK ON TRACK FRIDAY AFTER WEATHER DELAYS THURSDAY FORCED SOME PLAYERS TO FINISH FIRST ROUND PLAY FRIDAY AND THEN SECOND ROUND PLAY.

JAPAN’S KYOSHI MUROTA IS PROVING TO BE THE MAN TO BEAT AFTER FIRING A SECOND ROUND 67 FRIDAY TO STAND AT 11 UNDER PAR, FOUR STROKES AHEAD OF HALE IRWIN AND NICK PRICE.

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY FIRED A THREE OVER 75 IN HIS SECOND ROUND AFTER CONCLUDING HIS FIRST ROUND EARLY FRIDAY WITH A 69. PERRY’S 144 TOTAL IS GOOD FOR A TIE FOR 29^TH.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

8^TH DISTRICT: THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS WON THEIR 30^TH GAME AND SECOND STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN DEFEATING CHRISTIAN COUNTY 5-2 THURSDAY EVENING.

DAVID GARDNER WENT 2-3 BATTING, WHILE JAROD PERRY ADDED A HOME RUN AND JOSH DRAKE PITCHED HIS SECOND COMPLETE GAME AGAINST CHRISTIAN COUNTY THIS SEASON. DRAKE ALLOWED FIVE HITS AND STRUCK OUT EIGHT.

MITCHELL BLACKMON HAD TWO HITS FOR THE COLONELS AS TAYLOR WADE HANCOCK TOOK THE LOSS. HOPKINSVILLE HEADS TO REGION PLAY 30-4, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS 18-16.

MEMBERS OF THE 8^TH DISTRICT ALL SEASON TEAM WERE ANNOUNCED FOLLOWING THE GAME. THEY ARE: JOSH DRAKE, DAVID GARDNER, JACK GARDNER, JAROD PERRY AND CLAYTON SMITHSON OF HOPKINSVILLE, MITCHELL BLACKMON, ALLEN MARTIN, DAVID SMITH AND KYLE SPENCER OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY, MATT MCGOWAN, RYAN P’POOL, AND WADE WILLEN OF UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AND DANIEL SPENARD AND J-D SWAILS OF FORT CAMPBELL.

5^TH DISTRICT: TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 9-1.

6^TH DISTRICT:   UNION COUNTY DEFEATED HENDERSON COUNTY 6-1.

7^TH DISTRICT:   MADISONVILLE SHUT OUT DAWSON SPRINGS 14-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

8^th DISTRICT: CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S LADY COLONELS WON THEIR 30^TH GAME OF THE SEASON DEFEATING HOPKINSVILLE 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

THE LADY COLONELS HAD 13 HITS, LED BY MALENA WHIPPLE AND ZEE LEAVELL WHO EACH HAD THREE HITS, GRIFFIN JOINER AND CASEY CASTILLE EACH HAD TWO. JOINER ALSO PICKED UP THE PITCHING WIN.

HOPKINSVILLE HAD JUST THREE HITS, ONE APIECE FOR CALLIE TACKETT, KIM BALTHROP AND BRITTANY CASTLE. KAYTE SILVY TOOK THE PITCHING LOSS.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY GOES TO REGIONAL PLAY 30-3, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE IS 13-17.

MEMBERS OF THE 8^TH DISTRICT ALL SEASON TEAM ARE: CASEY CASTILLE, MAGGIE GLASS, GRIFFIN JOINER, ZEE LEAVELL AND KAYLA WADE OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY, KIM BALTHROP, KAYTE SILVY, CALLIE TACKETT AND KAYLEIGH WILSON OF HOPKINSVILLE, SARA COVINGTON, MACKENZIE HAMBY, SHAYNA HUDSON OF U-H-A AND ALLIE TELLEZ, MALYASSA PIYAMANOTHAMKU AND KENDALL LADRILLANO OF FORT CAMPBELL.

6^TH DISTRICT:   HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED UNION COUNTY 9-1.

7^TH DISTRICT:   MADISONVILLE SHUT OUT HOPKINS CENTRAL 3-0.

PAIRINGS FOR THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SATURDAY MORNING IN MADISONVILLE. WE WILL HAVE THEM ON OUR WEBSITES AFTER THE PAIRINGS ARE ANNOUNCED, AND COVERAGE OF HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY GAMES BEGIN MONDAY ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK SCORED SIX RUNS IN THE LAST THREE INNINGS AND DEFEATED WESTERN KENTUCKY 9-5 AT THE SUN BELT TOURNAMENT IN MONROE, LOUISIANA. THE HILLTOPPERS WILL SEND HOPKINSVILLE’S JUSTIN HAGEMAN—THE SUN BELT FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR TO THE HILL—THIS EVENING AGAINST TOP SEED TROY AT SEVEN P-M.

AUSTIN PEAY EDGED TENNESSEE TECH 2-1 AT THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE. THE GOVERNORS ARE BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT AGAINST JACKSONVILLE STATE.

VANDERBILT DEFEATED TOP SEED SOUTH CAROLINA 7-2 AT THE S-E-C TOURNAMENT AND WILL FACE EITHER ALABAMA OR ARKANSAS SATURDAY.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

KENTUCKY PLAYS FOR A CHANCE TO GO TO THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES AS THEY HOST CALIFORNIA IN SUPER REGIONAL PLAY THIS WEEKEND IN LEXINGTON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE COACH STEVE PROHM ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THE HIRING OF WILLIAM SMALL TO HIS COACHING STAFF. SMALL COMES TO MURRAY FROM TEXAS EL PASO WHERE HE HAD BEEN AN ASSISTANT. HE ALSO WAS AN ASSISTANT TO FORMER RACER COACH BILLY KENNEDY AT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND WAS ALSO AN ASSISTANT AT WESTERN KENTUCKY.

GOLF

RAINY CONDITIONS PLAYED HAVOC WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF THE SENIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP AT VALHALLA GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE.

THE CLUBHOUSE LEADER IS JAPAN’S KYIOSHI MUROTA WHO FIRED A SIX UNDER PAR 66, GOOD FOR A ONE SHOT LEAD OVER TREVOR DODDS. MARK O’ MEARA IS THIRD WITH 68.

MANY PLAYERS WILL FINISH THEIR FIRST ROUND THIS MORNING INCLUDING FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY WHO WAS ONE OVER THROUGH TEN HOLES. PLAYERS WILL FINISH THEIR OPENING ROUND, THEN SECOND ROUND PLAY WILL GO UNTIL DARKNESS. P-G-A OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THINGS CAN BE CAUGHT UP TOMORROW.