Former Kelly coach continues to recovery from burns

A couple of weekend notes:

• Nick Lanpher is doing well in rehabiliation as part of his recovery from burns he suffered in an accident in late August. Lanpher, who coached boys basketball at Kelly for almost 20 years, has undergone multiple surgeries and skin grafts as part of his recovery, but he's on track to be released from the hospital by Oct. 19. That's much sooner than expected, according to family members.

In the meantime, cards are welcome at Skyline Medical Center, 3441 Dickerson Pike, Nashville, TN 37207, Room No. 309. Family members have set up a Facebook page to help spread word of the former coach's recovery.

• Tim Almany of Festus and Brian Jennings of Bernie are the first two winners of our See-Text-Win t-shirt giveway. How they did it: Both attended high school varsity games, sent us the score via text message and were automatically entered into the weekly drawing. Both will get a SemoSportsWeb t-shirt in the mail in the next week.

We'll be giving away lots more t-shirts all through the high school season. Click here for details on how to win.