Free tickets to Murray State University’s homecoming football game on Oct. 19 are available on a first-come, first-served basis, said organizers of an effort to benefit the Preston Cope Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The tickets were purchased by Christian County Judge-Executive Steve Tribble and his wife, Shelly, and by Harbor Insurance agent Adam Murphy.
“The Homecoming football game will be a fun atmosphere for friends and neighbors in Christian and Trigg counties. Plus, this section will receive a visit from Athletics Director Kevin Saal and other representatives of University Athletics,” an organizer said in a news release.
Murray is playing Eastern Kentucky University. The game, at Roy Stewart Stadium in Murray, begins at 2 p.m.
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Anyone interested in tickets should call Tim Murphy at 270-348-4423 or see him at Harbor Insurance, 307 North Drive. The tickets are for lower-level seats that are located together.
The Preston Cope Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by family and friends to memorialize the 15-year-old sophomore killed during the Jan. 23, 2018, shooting at Marshall County High School in 2018.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
