BASEBALL: Indians knock off champion Wildcats
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[DuQuoin High School Baseball got a big win over Anna-Jonesboro on Friday evening at 5-2. Anna-Jonesboro has clinched the SIRR Mississippi Division championship, but the Indians took them down on Friday. DuQuoin's record is 14-11 overall, and they finish with a 5-5 record in the Conference.
The winning pitcher was Brenden Fred. Fred went all seven innings, allowing 2 runs (one earned), had one walk, and 4 strikeouts.
DuQuoin scored two runs in the second inning. Dylan Pyron hit a double off the glove of the center fielder, who ran into the wall. Kegan Robbins singled to drive Pyron in, and advanced to second on the throw to the plate. Brenden Fred singled to drive in Robbins giving DuQuoin a 2-1 lead.
In the sixth inning (with the score tied at 2-2), Camden Youngman hit a solo home run over the right field fence. Travis Chapman reached base on an error. Camdon Mercier singled. Courtesy Runner John Erwin for Chapman moved to third, and Mercier stole second. With two outs, Dylan Pyron singled up the middle to score Erwin and Mercier.
Anna-Jonesboro scored one unearned run in the first inning and an earned run in the fifth inning.
Kegan Robbins had a great day at the plate going 3-4 with an RBI. Brenden Fred was 1-3 with an RBI. Camden Youngman was 1-2 with a home run, and an RBI. Camdon Mercier was 1-3. Dylan Pyron also had a good day going 2-3 including a double, and 2 RBI.
Coach Tim Craft was quite happy with the win. "Fred threw a tremendous game. He gave a strong start on Monday, and continued that through today. Youngman came through with a big hit in the sixth inning. We did a good job of adding some extra runs in that inning to take the pressure off. Robbins and Pyron had a great game at the plate today." Coach Craft is assisted by Jeromie Morgan, David Hopkins, and Cory Robbins.
Next week's schedule has changed. The game at Marissa has been canceled. DuQuoin will be off until Saturday when they travel to Carmi for games with Carmi and Woodlawn.
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