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The Tennessean PREDATORS Twitter: Get John Glennon's insights during the Predators' road trip Oglennonsports. CUMBERLAND Honors: TaCouya Allen was named the Mid-South Player of the Week after averaging 26.5 points and 13.0 rebounds last week. ROLL CALL Registrations: Midstate organizations can email their information to tnsportstennessean.com to be included in the Wednesday listings. FOLLOW HIM Twitter: Predators goaltender Carter Hutton has 9,805 followers and has tweeted 1,184 times. Follow him OCarterHutton.

I W3 I Follow us online: Tennessean and Facebook.comTennessean ON THE AIR TODAY'S SCHEDULE AUTO RACING Long-deserving talent fills Metro Hall of Fame class 2C SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2014 Sprint Cup Kobalt 400 1:30 p.m. WZTV-17, 104.5-FM COLLEGE FOOTBALL Big Orange Sunday 8 a.m. 104.5-FM midstate chatter Mike Organ morgan tennessean.com I took a peek at this year's inductees for the Metro Nashville Public Schools Sports Hall of Fame, and it is an impressive group. This is the 10th class, and the induction ceremony will be on April 15 at LP Field. "You know it's a good class when, with every inductee you say, 'What took so said Mark North, a member of the selection committee.

"Unlike some of the professional sports hall of fames, it's not a big argument or debate. It really is a pleasant discussion. We know there are others who are deserving and will be in soon." The class includes: Joe Campbell, a Stratford (1985-88) running back and one of j. Former Nashville Kat Darryl Hammond underwent treatment for a brain tumor, file the tennessean SPORTS ON NASHVILLE TV The top-five ratings for local sporting events on television for Feb. 24-March 2: 1.

NASCAR: Phoenix 500 9.4 rating 2. (tie) College basketball: Vanderbilt-Florida 3.7 rating 2. NASCAR: Phoenix 200 3.7 rating 4. PGA: Honda Classic (final round) 3.5 rating 5. College basketball: Arkansas-Kentucky 3.0 rating East rating point is equal to 10,434 Nashville homes.

Source: Mark Binda, WTVF-5 program research director GOLF Cadillac Championships Noon GOLF Cadillac Championships 2 p.m. WSMV-4 PGA Puerto Rico Open 6:30 p.m. GOLF MEN'S BASKETBALL Winthrop 11a.m. ESPN2, vs. Coastal Carolina 102.5-FM Virginia at Maryland 1 1 a.m.

Ch. 5-Plus Wichita St. vs. Indiana St. 1 p.m.

WTVF-5, 102.5-FM Fla. Gulf Coast vs. Mercer 1p.m. ESPN2 Delaware vs. Northeastern 1 :30 p.m.

NBCSN Michigan St. at Ohio St. 3:30 p.m. WTVF-5 Davidson vs. W.

Carolina 5 p.m. CSS Boston Coll. at N.C. State 5 p.m. ESPNU Ga.

Southern vs. TBA 7:30 p.m. CSS NBA Miami at Chicago Noon WKRN-2, 94.9-FM Oklahoma City at Lakers 2:30 p.m. WKRN-2, 94.9-FM Detroit at Boston 5 p.m. NBA-TV Phoenix at Golden State 8 p.m.

NBA-TV NHL Detroit at Rangers 11a.m. WSMV-4 Boston at Florida 4 p.m. NHL Net. Chicago at Buffalo 6:30 p.m. NBCSN PRO BASEBALL St.

Louis vs. Washington Noon MLB Net. Cincinnati vs. Angels 3 p.m. MLB Net.

Atlanta vs. Mets 7 p.m. MLB Net. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Fordham vs. Dayton 10 a.m.

ESPNU Iowa vs. Nebraska Noon ESPN Rutgers vs. UConn Noon ESPNU Louisville vs. TBA 2 p.m. ESPNU Okla.

State vs. Baylor 2 p.m. Fox Sports 1 Tennessee vs. Kentucky 2:30 p.m. ESPN Big 12 semifinals 4:30 p.m.

Fox Sports 1 Notre Dame vs. TBA 6 p.m. ESPN Pac-12final 8 p.m. ESPN MONDAY'S SCHEDULE MEN'S BASKETBALL MAAC final 6 p.m. ESPN2 Colonial final 6 p.m.

NBCSN VolCalls 7 p.m. 104.5-FM Kevin Stallings Show 7 p.m. 1510-AM West Coast semifinals 8 p.m. ESPN Southern final 8 p.m. ESPN2 West Coast semifinals 10:30 p.m.

ESPN2 NBA Orlando at Milwaukee 7 p.m. NBA-TV Atlanta at Utah 8 p.m. SportSouth Phoenix at Clippers 9:30 p.m. NBA-TV NHL Pittsburgh at Washington 6 p.m. NHL Net.

Nashville at Ottawa 6:30 p.m. FoxTN, 102.5-FM PRO BASEBALL Tampa Bay vs. Boston Noon MLB Net. White Sox vs. Milwaukee 3 p.m.

MLB Net. Atlanta vs. Philadelphia 8 p.m. MLB Net. TENNIS ATPWTA Indian Wells 12:30 p.m.

TENNIS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL America East final 3 p.m. ESPNU American Athletic final 6 p.m. ESPN Big 12 final 6 p.m. Fox Sports 1 the all-time leading rushers in Metro. Campbell went on to play at Middle Tennessee Campbell State, where he became a consensus All-American and the Blue Raiders' career leader in rushing (3,823 yards) and touchdowns (45).

He was drafted by the L.A. Rams in 1992, and this week was placed on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame. '7 The late Nick Coutras, who captained the 1952 Hills-boro football team and later Hendersonville, Goodpasture and John Paul II. Larry Cantrell, a football and track star at old Goodlettsville High (1983-85). Cantrell was a running back on the Trojans football team and a standout in running and field events in track.

He won the 100-, 200-and 400-meters three consecutive years at the state meet along with the long jump as a junior and senior. He was featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces In The Crowd" in the June 25, 1984, edition for winning four events in the state meet. Anyone wishing to attend the induction ceremony should call 615-319-3057. Ex-Kats star receives good medical news Longtime Nashville Kats star Darryl Hammond received some good news on the anniversary of being diagnosed with a brain tumor. An MRI taken last week revealed the tumor, which is benign, is not as large as it was previously.

Hammond underwent 30 treatments of radiation last summer. "The doctor said it's shrinking, so that's good," said Hammond, 36, who lives in Bellevue. "I'll have another MRI in about six months, and hopefully it will continue to shrink." Hammond is No. 19 on the Arena Football League 25 All-Time Greatest Players list. He played for the Kats in their inaugural season (1997), earned All-Arena honors in 1999 and made the All-Ironman Team in 2000.

Hammond also led the Kats to the ArenaBowl that year and again in 2001. The Kats left Nashville in 2002. When they returned in 2005, Hammond rejoined them for the final two years of his career. He retired after playing in 186 AFL games in 16 seasons. The brain tumor has limited what Hammond is able to do.

"It affects my speech, my breathing and my ability to swallow," he said. "I can lift weights, but I can't do any cardiovascular exercises other than walk. I can still play golf, so that's good." Hammond played in a golf tournament at Harpeth Hills while undergoing radiation treatment, finishing third in his flight after firing a 79. "I left the course and went straight in for a radiation treatment that day," he said. Hammond is on hiatus from his job as a talent coordinator for the TV reality series "Dance Moms" on the Lifetime Channel.

Superspeedway stuck in neutral I spoke this week with Gary Camp of Dover Mo-torsports which owns Nashville Superspeedway, and he said the only action again this year on the 1.33-mile track would be NASCAR teams testing there. There hasn't been a race at the 13-year-old facility near Lebanon since 2011. Dover cited poor attendance when it shut down the track. The track was used about 50 days each of the past two years for testing by nearly every major NASCAR team. That could increase this year, Camp said, with the possibility of some IRL teams also testing there.

"It stays fairly busy with testing, and we're always willing to listen to anyone interested in having a race there," Camp said. Coutras became a legendary coach. Coutras spent 16 years as the coach at Overton, where he posted a career record of 144-36-1. He led the Bobcats to the 1981 state championship and 11 top-10 finishes in the state. Coutras left Overton and revived the football program at Cumberland in 1990.

Dale Beck, a CALENDAR PREDATORS standout at old Howard High (1947-49) and two-time winner of the Hume Pearl man pens book on the Lakers Former Tennessean sports writer Jeff Pearl-man has written a new book on the glory days of the L.A. Lakers. "Showtime: Magic, Ka-reem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s" covers the nine NBA championship series in which the team played from 1980-1991. Pearlman interviewed nearly 300 people for the book, which took him back to his days as a fan. "I'm a kid of the 1980s, and the Lakers were everything Magic, Kareem, Worthy, Riley, Rambis, fastbreak and high-flying and Coop-a-loops," Pearl-man said.

"Just the absolute best time to be a fan of the game. So I wanted to dive in and return to my childhood. Which was fantastic." The book, which is Pearl-man's sixth, already has received several favorable reviews including one from The L.A. Times' Chris Er-skine, who wrote that it is, "brilliantly woven together" and is "a marvelous and dishy history of the Showtime Lakers, full of bare-knuckled assessments, some of them unpleasant." Fan yells at former Vandy assistant Gib Arnold, the Hawaii basketball coach confronted by an angry fan who ran onto the court during a game Thursday against UC Santa Barbara, is a former Vanderbilt assistant. Arnold spent the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons on Jan van Breda Kolff 's staff.

He also followed van Breda Kolff to Pepperdine in 2000. "It was a little crazy to have a fan pushing your players around," Arnold told ESPN. "I've never seen it. You don't expect it." The fan, wearing a UCSB Class of 2014 T-shirt, was arrested. Running back Davenport leaves TSU Former Riverdale running back Adam Davenport has left the football team at Tennessee State.

Davenport is on an academic scholarship and will remain in school to work toward his degree. He transferred from Navy to TSU last season and rushed for 174 yards on 47 carries. Davenport still had three years of eligibility. Hurt decides to go to Kansas State Stephen Hurt, a 6-foot-10 former Siegel High basketball standout, now has been through the recruiting process twice. Back in 2011, Hurt signed with Lipscomb, which was among a handful of mid-major schools that pursued him.

After tearing his MCL in his right knee, Hurt sat out his freshman season at Lipscomb, grew three inches, and then played in 2012-13. He was named the Atlantic-Sun Freshman of the Year, but decided to transfer after Scott Sanderson was not retained as the Bisons coach. Hurt spent this season at Northwest Florida State, a junior college, and recently committed to finish his career at Kansas State. He had become a much hotter prospect this time, receiving offers from 12 major-conference schools. Hurt will have two years of eligibility remaining.

Ex-Overton star leads unbeaten Meigs Jeremy Miller, a former Overton High basketball and baseball standout (1994-96), coached the junior high team at Meigs Magnet School to a 20-0 record this season. Meigs capped the season with a 48-47 win over previously unbeaten H.G. Hill in the city tournament. After an extended half-time break, which lasted 45 minutes because of tornado warnings, Meigs rallied by going on a 27-5 run in the third quarter to win that game. Former BGA slugger receives ACC award Chris Marconcini, a Battle Ground Academy graduate, was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week last week.

Marconcini, a junior first baseman at Duke, hit .667 (10-for-15) over a stretch of four games. He had two home runs, two doubles and seven RBIs. If you have an item for Midstate Chatter, contact Mike Organ at 615-159-8021 and on Twitter MikeOrgan Writer. Mon. at Ottawa 6:30 p.m., FoxTN at Buffalo Tues.

6 p.m., FoxTN Beck Fri. at Chicago 7 p.m., FoxTN vs. St. Louis Sat. 7 p.m., FoxTN March 18 at Edmonton 8:30 p.m., FoxTN Radio: 102.5-FM Tickets: 61 5-770-7800 VANDERBILT Award.

After being named to the All-Nashville Interscholas-tic League football, basketball and baseball teams, Beck signed a scholarship to play football at Vander-bilt, but instead chose to play baseball in the Yankees organization. The Wed. MBB vs. Miss. St.

8:30 p.m., WUXP-30 Radio: 1510-AM, 560-AM, 95.9-FM Tickets: 61 5-322-GOLD TENNESSEE Sun. WBB vs. Kentucky 2:30 p.m., ESPN Fri. MBB at SEC tourney 2:30 p.m., ESPNU Radio: 104.5-FM Tickets: 865-656-1200 late Kenneth Duke, a running back at old Litton High (1947-49) who went MTSU Thurs. Noon WBB at C-USA tourney Thurs.

3:30 p.m. MBB at C-USA tourney Duke Radio: 102.5-FM (men), 1450-AM, 89.5-FM Tickets: 1-888-937-6878 BELMONT TBA MBB at NCAA or NIT TBA TBA WBB at WNIT TBA Radio: 104.5-FM (men) Tickets: 615-460-2255 LIPSCOMB on to play at SMU. Duke, a two-time All-NIL performer, served in the Navy and was killed in Korea. The field house and band room at Litton are named in Duke's honor as is the Briley Parkway bridge over the Cumberland River near the school. Julie Brown Rollins, an outstanding basketball player at old Madison High (1960-62) and coach who accumulated 548 career wins.

Rollins coached at several Midstate schools including WBB at Fla. Gulf Coast Tues. 6 p.m. Radio: 94.9-FM (men) Tickets: 61 5-966-HERD (4373).