Basketball coaching vacancies have opened at Hermitage and Mills Godwin. Health is a factor in both situations. Joe Coulter has resigned as the Hermitage boys coach after a seven-year run. The Panthers compiled a 113-60 record during his tenure. The Panthers won three Colonial District titles, and Coulter was district coach of the year three times.

A hot Douglas Freeman boys basketball team found the way to slow down a hot Hermitage. Pound the ball inside. That’s where first option Josh Brinkley roams. Brinkley, the Rebels’ 6-5 center with the long wingspan, scored 32 points, hauled in 11 rebounds and blocked four shots to lead Douglas Freeman to an 81-68 Colonial District victory last night at home. SLIDESHOW: Douglas Freeman-Hermitage