8th district basketball championship games take place tonight

Christian County squares off with Hopkinsville for the Girls Championship this evening at 6 pm. The Lady Colonels defeated the Lady Tigers twice this season. It will be the third straight year the teams have met in the 8th district title game.

Defending 8th district champion University Heights and Christian County will clash in the Boys Championship this evening around 8 pm. University Heights won both regular season meetings this season and dating back to last season’s 8th district and 2nd region finals have won four in a row against the Colonels.

Coverage of both games begins with the Heritage Bank pregame show at 5:45 on News Radio 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP and whopam.com.