HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: First Region tournament gets under way with a first-round upset. | 5B The PaducahSports Sun | Sunday, May 15, 2011 | paducahsun.com Section B Hounds start according to plan Kennedy on A&M short list BY JOEY FOSKO [email protected] For Murray State basketball fans, Texas A&M may pose the biggest threat yet to lure away coach Billy Ken- nedy. “They are interested in (Kennedy), and he’s inter- viewed for the job,” Murray athletic director Allan Ward said Saturday night. “Given the timing of it, I would think they want to move very quickly, but that’s just speculation on my part. There’s really not much more I can say about it.” Kennedy didn’t return a message left on his cell- phone. Unlike Wyoming, a school that Kennedy reportedly had discussions with earlier this spring, Texas A&M would present an opportunity to coach in one of the game’s power conferences (the Big 12) and is reasonably close geo- graphically to part of his staff’s re- cruiting base. Kennedy, a Louisiana native, was once the head coach at Southeastern Louisiana and has DUSTY LUTHY SHULL | The Sun Reidland center fielder Heather Hayden puts down a bunt in the fifth inning of the Touchstone Energy All A Classic state tournament and extensive recruiting connections along with an error, helped the Lady Greyhounds score their 10th run in an 11-1 win over Jenkins at Skyview Park in Jeffersontown on Satur- in Louisiana and Mississippi. In day. fi ve seasons at Murray, Kennedy’s Kennedy teams have gone 107-53, won two Ohio Valley Conference titles and never fi nished low- Defending champ Reidland sweeps three in All A pool play er than a tie for second place in the league standings. The Racers beat Vanderbilt in the NCAA tournament in 2010 and fell 54-52 to eventual national runner-up BY DUSTY LUTHY SHULL Butler in the second round. [email protected] Kennedy was also mentioned as a candidate for the JEFFERSONTOWN — Reidland is right coaching vacancy at Miami (Fla.) in March, but it isn’t where it wants to be: advancing in the clear whether or not he had any offi cial discussions Touchstone Energy All A Classic soft- with the Hurricanes. Kennedy was once an assistant ball state tournament. at all three of the schools to which he has been linked The Greyhounds went 3-0 in pool this year — he spent one year on the Texas A&M staff, play Saturday at Skyview Park in its working for Kermit Davis during the 1990-91 season. attempt to defend their 2010 title and Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne reportedly win the small-school tournament for met with Kennedy before fl ying to North Dakota to the fi fth time in six years. They will play meet with Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson, who Bracken County, which went 2-1 in its took the Panthers to the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 pool, at 9:30 a.m. CDT today. Also re- in 2010. Northern Iowa fi nished 30-5 that season. ceiving top seeds are Christian Acad- Northern Iowa went 20-14 last season, fi nishing in a emy of Louisville, Green County and tie for fourth place with Creighton in the Missouri Val- Louisville Holy Cross. ley Conference. Jacobsen, 40, has a 109-57 record in “We played like we’re supposed to fi ve seasons at Northern Iowa. play and beat the teams we were sup- Byrne also reportedly discussed the job with former posed to beat,” Greyhounds coach Tony NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy, now working as a televi- Hayden said. “Tomorrow we try to de- sion analyst. Van Gundy lives in nearby Houston. fend that trophy. There’s no easy game Scott Spinelli, currently a Texas A&M assistant, is left. We’re going to have to play better also listed as a candidate for the job vacated when Mark than we played to win it. Period.” Turgeon left last week to become the head coach at Reidland cruised in its fi nal game of Maryland. The Aggies return six of the top eight scorers the day, which started over two hours from last year’s team, which went 24-9, fi nished third late thanks to rain delays. The Grey- in the Big 12 and lost to Florida State in the fi rst round hounds beat Pikeville 12-1 in six in- of the NCAA tournament. nings, substituting most of their start- DUSTY LUTHY SHULL | The Sun Reidland catcher Hope Davidson and pitcher Audrey Dodd clap after a timeout in the Contact Joey Fosko, a Paducah Sun sports writer, at 270- Please see ALL A | 5B sixth inning of the Lady Greyhounds’ game against Jenkins. 575-8661. Cumberland, Tennessee Wesleyan in region finals Staff report vanced with a late-night 6-3, Cumberland wielded some big NAIA regional finals 10-inning win over Southern Poly bats to keep its hopes of repeat- Today on Friday, but starting pitcher Joe ing as NAIA national champions At Brooks Stadium Malin gave up six runs in the fi rst alive, with second baseman Tom- three innings, and Cumberland Cumberland (45-15) vs. Tennes- my Crews hitting for the cycle and pounded three other relievers for the Bulldogs pounding out 19 hits see Wesleyan (39-18), 11 a.m. 14 runs in the fi rst seven innings. in a 14-7 win over William Jewell (If Cumberland wins, teams will ––– Cumberland (45-15) 403 200 500 14 19 1 in Saturday’s elimination game at play a second game) William Jewell (36-21) 001 002 202 7 14 0 the McDonald’s NAIA Paducah Kern, Ferrell (7), Jennings (8), McFarland (9) and Fanshawe, Foster (8); Malin, Fenwick (3), Collins (4), Regional baseball tournament. Rister (7), Sckaer (7), Warren (8) and Gaball. Ranked fi fth in the nation and in the seventh inning to complete WP: Kern (6-0). LP: Malin (3-4). 2B: C-Fanshawe 2, Winegardner, Crews, Butler; the No. 1 seed for the regional the feat. Outfi elder Cody Farris, a WJ-Smith, Summers, O’Dowd, Cruz. 3B: C-Crews; tournament, Cumberland (45-15) University of Kentucky transfer, WJ-Summers. HR: C-Farris (1 on in 3rd), Crews (1 on in 4th). Top hitters: C-Crews 4-5 (3 RBI), Farris 3-4 (3 will have to beat Tennessee Wes- had a two-run home run among RBI), Fanshawe 3-4 (2 RBI), Butler 2-5 (2 RBI), Win- leyan (39-18) twice today to earn his three hits, and catcher David egardner 2-5 (1 RBI), Bowman 1-4 (2 RBI); WJ-Sum- a trip to the NAIA World Series. Fanshawe had a pair of doubles mers 4-5 (2 RBI), Eilers 3-5 (2 RBI), DeMore 2-5. LANCE DENNEE | The Sun The championship round starts at for the Bulldogs, who will try to William Jewell 6, Southern Poly Cumberland’s Daniel Harrison (15) bumps his helmet with Cory Farris (34) 11 a.m. at Brooks Stadium. avenge a 5-3 loss to Tennessee 3 — William Jewell scored three after Farris hit a three-run homer against William Jewell as Jesse Bowman (19) Crews hit for the cycle in his Wesleyan on Friday. waits to give his congratulations during the McDonald’s NAIA Paducah Regional fi rst four at-bats, hitting a single William Jewell (36-21) ad- Please see NAIA | 5B tournament at Brooks Stadium on Saturday. 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