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BASKETBALL: #204, PJHS girls move on to finals

Posted January 13, 2011 10:00 pm

Doug Daniels

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Pinckneyville District #204 moved into Monday's Region 3 Class S Regional Finals with a 33-22 victory over Tamaroa-St. Bruno on Thursday night, outscoring the Lady Indians 14-6 in the fourth quarter to hold on for the win.

Dalis Hubler had a pair of three-pointers for TSB in the first half and #204 led just 12-10 at the break, but the Lady Tigers went 7-for-11 at the free throw line in the game and pulled away in the closing minutes.

Taylor Smith led the Lady Tigers with 14 points, Megan Bagley added 11, Sophie Keith 6 and Maggie Sanders 2. Hubler led Tamaroa-St. Bruno with 10 points, Delaney Bandy had 4 and Kaylee Rulevish, Tamara Williams, Cassie Andrade and Mayci Doerflein each had 2.

Pinckneyville (Dist. #204) will meet up with Hoyleton in the finals of the SIJHSAA Region 3, Class S Regional at their home gym after the third seed upset Waltonville by a single point on Thursday night.

Tip-off for the championship is set for Monday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m.

PJHS girls roll past Marissa into Regional Finals

Pinckneyville Junior High School (District #50) advanced into Tuesday's Region 5, Class M Regional championship with a 44-11 win over fourth-seeded Marissa last night at home, getting a game-high 16 points from Keelyn Stein.

The Junior Lady Panthers (12-8) led just 4-2 after the first quarter, but Stein scored 7 of her team's 11 second quarter points as PJHS jumped ahead 15-6 at the break.

Stein added 7 more in the third quarter and Pinckneyville held Marissa scoreless in the fourth to advance to the Regional finals at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18 where they will meet the winner of the other semifinal between Elverado and Red Bud at Pinckneyville Junior High School.

Kaitlyn Goldman added 8 points for PJHS, Maddie Jones 7, Taylor Griffin 4, Kaylea Gleason 3, and Raygan Yates, Jessica Presutti and Morgan Gleason each finished with 2. Brooke Irman scored 7 points to lead Marissa, Laura Berger had 4.

TSB boys top Trinity Lutheran Hoffman

Tamaroa-St. Bruno's boys rebounded from a Tuesday loss to Pinckneyville (District #204) by beating Trinity Lutheran Hoffman 49-30 on Wednesday night, their final home game of the regular season.

Nolan Luke had 14 points to led the way for the Indians, Jordan Grissom added 10, Robbie Borchelt 8, Adam Banach and Tyler Iubelt 6 and Brock Bullar 5. Iubelt finished with a team-best 8 rebounds, Bullar nabbed 5 steals.

The Indians are off until Thursday, January 20 when they travel to Desoto for the regular season finale. TSB then begins Regional play on January 27 as the third seed in the Class S, Region 6 tournament at Bethal Grade School in Mt. Vernon. Ashley will be their opponent at 6:00 p.m., and if the Indians are victorious they will return on Saturday, January 29 to take on either Woodlawn, Waltonville or Bethal (Mt. Vernon) in the 7:00 p.m. championship game.

DMS boys score big win over Murphy

By Patricia Ferrari

for the Du Quoin Evening Call

The eighth grade Boys Basketball Team came to the gym to play and play hard on Thursday evening. The results were a "big win" over Murphysboro 54-43. Coach Ryan Heape was very pleased with his team's performance. "We had a better effort. We talked before the ball game about playing with heart and intensity. We have to play hard for four quarters, and on every possession." And they did!

At the end of the first quarter, DuQuoin was ahead 15-14. DuQuoin pulled away slightly in the second quarter going up 27-21. The third quarter had DuQuoin winning 43-32, and in the fourth quarter Murphysboro pulled to within eight points, but that was as close as they could get. The final score was 54-43.

The leading scorer for DMS was A.J. Smith with 22 points. Jared Thomas was close behind with 19 points. Jacob Wright had 5 points, Jacob Hunziker 4, Noah Campbell 3, and Nolan Showalter 1. Coach Heape played quite a few of his players in the game including Lane Valier, Jerry Kuhnert, Jacob Valier, Jon Harsy, Tucker Kuhnert, Cole Hopkins, Jordan Carson and Hunter Behm.

DuQuoin's record is 9-6 overall and 6-4 in the Conference. Coach Heape added, "we played a hard game. We still have a long way to go to win a regional. Tonight was a good start. I was pleased; it was a we effort rather than an I effort. We were able to play a lot of kids early in the game and often. I am happy for the kids to bounce back. It is a good win."

The seventh grade team started out very cold--scoring no points in the first quarter and only two points in the second quarter. Murphysboro was ahead 22-2 at the half. The third quarter had Murphysboro leading 31-10, and the final score was 37-19. Their record is now 4-11.

The leading scorer for DuQuoin was Tucker Kuhnert with 6 points; Braden Heape 4, Hunter Behm 4, Caleb Vogel 3, and Ryne O'Rourke 2. Cole Hopkins, Trace Klein, Luke Metten, and Chad Heatherly also action for the Warriors.

DuQuoin travels to Nashville on Tuesday, January 18, for another conference game.

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