Thursday, John A. Logan men's basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters was announced as an assistant coach to new Missouri coach Dennis Gates.  As he prepares to depart for Columbia, Smithpeters gave a parting statement that you can listen to below.

Smithpeters went 241-73 over 10 seasons as the head coach of the Vols and coached a pair of NJCAA Player of the Year in Sean East, who is also headed to Mizzou, and Jay Scrubb who went directly to the NBA after his time at John A. Logan College.

Smithpeters plans to join Sportsvoice on Saturday morning.

Mike Murphy and Scott Hudson talked about what could have been with Clayton Kershaw's near perfect game last week.  Take a listen:

The Hamilton County Foxes were selected as the SIH Team of the Week after defeating Carterville on the road 57-55.  They continued that success the following week at the Benton Invitational with a signature win over Pinckneyville.  Hear what Coach Doug Miller and Matt Varney had to discuss on the Team of the Week Podcast: