And two more coaching jobs come open

I've been told in the past two days that at least three more high school boys basketball coaching jobs have come open, bringing the count to 14 so far in the region — and that's less than a month removed from basketball season.

At Hillsboro, Chris O'Connell won't return next season after he stepped down. At Advance, Josh Dowdy was not rehired for the upcoming season. And at Doniphan, Cory Russell will remain as a teacher, but the school has begun a search to fill the basketball coaching job.

Rumors are already floating on familiar names diving into the pool of candidates for both the Advance and Twin Rivers jobs.