BASKETBALL: Junior High Round-up (11-22)
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Pinckneyville District #204's boys got 33 points and 12 rebounds from Caleb Dahn as the Tigers used a solid second quarter to top Tamaroa-St. Bruno 64-44 last night in junior high basketball.
Brian Taylor added 18 points and 10 boards for the Tigers, who sit at 13-1 on the season following Monday's win.
The Falcons, meanwhile, fell to 6-5 and lost their second game in a row after a three-game win streak earlier in the schedule.
Nolan Luke led TSB with 13 points, Jordan Grissom added 11, Adam Banach and Tyler Iubelt each had 7, and Brock Bullar, Robbie Borchelt and Jackson Brand with 2.
Banach was the Falcons' top rebounder with 7, Grissom and Iubelt added 5, Borchelt 4. Luke finished with 3 assists and 3 steals.
"We had too many unforced errors," commented TSB head coach Cory Plumlee.
This past Friday, #204's boys claimed the Thompsonville tournament title with a 51-33 victory over Ewing.
Taylor led the way with 20 points and 7 steals in that ball game, Dahn added 17 points and 9 rebounds.
#204 also won the junior-varsity contest, coming out on top 43-34.
Tamaroa-St. Bruno (6-5, 2-1) is at Elverado on Tuesday (6:00 p.m. j-v) while #204 is off until November 30 when they travel to Chester (St. John).
<u>Sparta hands DMS boys a slim defeat</u>
Du Quoin Middle School's boys basketball squad fell by a mere two points last night, dropping their first game of the season 39-37 at home.
The Warriors were led by Jacob Wright's 10 points (including a pair of three-pointers), A.J. Smith added 7, Jerry Kuhnert and Jacob Hunziker 6 a piece, and Jacob Valier and Nolan Showalter each finished with 4.
"(This is) a tough loss to take at home in the conference," said DMS head coach Ryan Heape.
"When you lose the battle of the boards 32-27 and miss a dozen stickbacks, a two-point loss is fixable."
DMS (4-1) returns to the floor Tuesday at Trico (5:30 p.m. - JV).
<u>DMS girls victorious at Sparta</u>
By Patricia Ferrari
For the Du Quoin Evening Call
The DuQuoin Middle School Girls Basketball Team traveled to Sparta on Monday evening, and the eighth grade came home a winner. The Warriors won by a score of 22-14. Their record overall is now 6-6 and 2-3 in the conference.
Coach Debbie Ritter thought "the girls did a good job mixing up the defense. They played hard and got in a bit of foul trouble towards the end, but were able to play through it, and get the win."
DuQuoin led at the end of the first quarter 7-2 and at the half 15-4. The quarter had DuQuoin winning 17-7 and the final score was 22-14. Jacqueline Harsy led all scorers with 9, followed by Amanda Atteberry with 8, Marisa Ferguson 2, Jessica Harsy 2, and Carissa Graham 1.
The seventh grade lost a tough game 12-8. The Warriors just could not seem to get anything going in this game.
DMS plays on Monday, November 29, at Home against Christopher. Game time is 6:00.
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