The Salem duo of Jarret Rushing and Juan Diez qualified for the IHSA State Tennis Tournament with a pair of doubles wins at the Herrin Sectional. The duo beat the team from Mascoutah 6-0, 6-2 and then beat Carbondale 6-1, 6-2 to punch their ticket. They will finish up sectionals today.
Senior Cole Casburn finished one win shy of qualifying in singles. Casburn won his opening match over Carmi before losing to the #2 seed to end his career.