Murphysboro began holding Open Gym for their basketball players on Thursday with contact days becoming available once again to the high-risk sport participants.  Matt Varney was there and spoke with Daryl Murphy about the frustrations over what basketball players can and can't do, as well as how it is affecting some of those athletes...

Matt Varney speaks with John A. Logan College Basketball coach Kyle Smithpeters ahead of the NJCAA Tournament about their potential opponents, having to wait over a week until playing again, Jay Scrubb, and how COVID-19 is affecting the NJCAA Tournament.

"Everything is, obviously, still on and a-go," says Smithpeters. "They're gonna limit contact amongst the teams and the players from the standpoints of post-game interviews, pregame banquets, things like that."

Wednesday brought about an update from the Illinois High School Association that was disappointing to most throughout the state.  Matt Varney met up with Carbondale Terriers football coach Bryan Lee to talk about his reaction to the update, the potential for football getting moved in to a summer season in May/June, they discuss the outlook for the current roster and some of the big names on it, and Matt makes sure to get Coach Lee's Super Bowl pick: