WKYT in Lexington has confirmed a former UK basketball player is in jail facing at least two charges. Michael Porter last played for UK in 2009. An arrest citation shows Porter is charged with sexual abuse and sodomy involving at least one minor. Court documents show on two separate occasions, Porter gave and received oral sex from a 14-year-old whom police say he met as a group leader at a church function. Separate documents allege the same type of crime happened involving a 15-year-old, but it's not clear if there were two victims.
Director of Athletics Allen Ward announced yesterday that Jay Pyron will not return for a fourth season at the helm of Racer Softball. Ward said he appreciated all that Jay has done to build the program from scratch, but said that after evaluating all aspects of the program, he believes a change will benefit the future development and the overall direction of the program. Pyron finishes his career at Murray State with an overall record of 80-79, 43-37 in OVC play. A search for a new head coach will begin immediately.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
Murray High 7 Carlisle County 4
Graves County 12 Murray High 1
Hickman County 5 Reidland 2
Ballard Memorial 12 CCA 2
Lone Oak 5 Heath 4
Trigg County 10 Mayfield 0
Calloway County at Union County (rained out)
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Murray High 11 Ballard Memorial 9. Lexie Harper and Bethany Scholar both had three hits for the Tigers with Harper driving in two runs and going the distance for the win.
Calloway County 7 St. Mary 1. Alyssa Cunningham hit her first home run of the season while Neely Gallimore added an RBI triple. Brittany Reynolds allowed five hits and struck out six in picking up the win.
Lone Oak 5 Marshall County 1
Graves County 15 Fulton County 0
Hickman County 4 Mayfield 2
UHA 3 Trigg County 2
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TODAY– Crittenden County at Murray, Calloway County at Hopkinsville
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TODAY– Mayfield at Murray, Calloway County at Hickman County
COLLEGE BASEBALL TONIGHT– Murray State vs. Kentucky (6 p.m. at Brooks Stadium).
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Alfonso Soriano's RBI single in the top of the eighth inning was the difference as the Cubs clipped the Cardinals, 6-4. Bryan LaHair went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer for the Northsiders, who have won back-to-back games. Shawn Camp tossed two scoreless innings in relief of Ryan Dempster to register the win and Rafael Dolis worked a 1-2-3 ninth to nail down his fourth save. Dempster was once again denied his first victory of the season after allowing four runs through six innings of duty. He is 0-and-1 with a 1.74 ERA in six starts this season. Yadier Molina's two-run double highlighted a four-run sixth frame for St. Louis. Mitchell Boggs was saddled with the loss. The Cards have dropped four straight games. Kyle Lohse opposes Paul Maholm in this afternoon's series finale.
Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran is the National League Player of the Week. Beltran hit .360 with six home runs, 13 RBI and eight runs scored last week. It was the ninth career weekly honor for Beltran. Cards teammates Allen Craig and Rafael Furcal were also considered...Down on the farm, the Memphis Redbirds suffered a 5-3 loss to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 1
Washington Nationals 8, San Diego Padres 5
Cincinnati Reds 3, Atlanta Braves 1
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Miami Marlins 2
New York Mets 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 1
San Francisco Giants 3, Colorado Rockies 2
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New York Yankees 8, Baltimore Orioles 5
Tampa Bay Rays 7, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Boston Red Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 1
Kansas City Royals 3, Texas Rangers 1
Cleveland Indians 5, Minnesota Twins 4
Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 5
Oakland Athletics 5, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 0
NBA Playoffs
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Philadelphia 76ers 82, Boston Celtics 81
(Best-of-seven Eastern semifinal tied, 1-1)
Oklahoma City Thunder 119, Los Angeles Lakers 90
(Thunder lead best-of-seven Western semifinal, 1-0)
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
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New York Rangers 3, New Jersey Devils 0
(Rangers lead best-of-seven Eastern final, 1-0)
>>TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE (All times are Eastern)
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1:05 p.m. - Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies
1:05 p.m. - San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals
1:45 p.m. - Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
7:10 p.m. - Cincinnati Reds at Atlanta Braves
7:10 p.m. - Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins
7:10 p.m. - Milwaukee Brewers at New York Mets
10:10 p.m. - Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers
10:15 p.m. - Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants
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1:10 p.m. - Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins
2:10 p.m. - Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
4:05 p.m. - Seattle Mariners at Boston Red Sox
7:05 p.m. - New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles
7:05 p.m. - Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
7:07 p.m. - Tampa Bay Rays at Toronto Blue Jays
8:05 p.m. - Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
NBA Playoffs
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7:00 p.m. - Indiana Pacers at Miami Heat
(Heat lead best-of-seven Eastern semifinal, 1-0)
9:30 p.m. - Los Angeles Clippers at San Antonio Spurs
(Game One of best-of-seven Western semifinal)
NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
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9:00 p.m. - Los Angeles Kings at Phoenix Coyotes
(Kings lead best-of-seven Western final, 1-0)
