SIJHSAA Class L State Update: DMS Warriors back in final four

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Saturday afternoon, Du Quoin (Middle School) again advanced into the trophy round of the Southern Illinois Junior High School Athletic Association (SIJHSAA) Class L State Tournament.

The Warriors, 19-3, defeated Carbondale (Junior High School) 48-32 at Rend Lake College and will play undefeated Carlyle (25-0) at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in the semifinals.

Carlyle rocked Olney 56-30 Saturday. Harrisburg handled Trico 62-34 and Mt. Vernon won 53-38 over Collinsville in the other quarterfinal games. Harrisburg and Mt. Vernon tip-off in the 6 o'clock semi Tuesday. The championship and third place games are set for Wednesday.

DMS slowly pulled away from the Cougars, opening a 26-20 lead by intermission. Five three-point hoops- three from Nate Boss and two more by Brenden Fred-pushed the Warriors ahead.

Leading 35-28 to start the final seven minutes, Du Quoin's defense went to work and limited Carbondale to just one field goal and a pair of free tosses. The DMS advantage twice reached 20 points down the stretch.

Boss was top scorer with 15 points. Austin Mansker netted 12 and Fred finished with eight.

DMS (19-3): Chapman 1 1-2 3, Boss 3 (3) 0-2 15, Cole 2 1-3 5, Fred 1 (2) 0-0 8, Mansker 5 2-4 12, Beltz 0 0-0 0, Sweetin 0 0-0 0, Donoghue 1 0-0 2, Baxter 0 (1) 0-0 3, Spencer 0 0-0 0, O'Rourke 0 0-0 0, Hamlin 0 0- 0 0, Erwin 0 0-0 0, Cochran 0 0-0 0, Dorsey 0 0-0 0, Cook 0 0-0 0. Total 13 (6) 4-11

Carbondale 11 09 08 04-32

DMS 14 12 09 13- 48