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.

The Vienna Eagles were selected as the Team of the Week in Week 10 of the season after a huge win over Christopher.  Matt Varney caught up with Eagles coach Steve Dreher last week when presenting the team with their award and talked about the season and the transforming culture in the Vienna program:

The Carterville Lady Lions were selected as the Week 7 Team of the Week for their performance in their Midwinter Tournament.  Caoch Todd Rogers talked about that, the Doyle sisters, and the upcoming Regional: