Local Sports

The 2009-2010 DeKalb County High School Basketball Schedule has been released.

November 17th (Tuesday) Trousdale County (Home) (Hall of Fame) 6:00 p.m.
20th (Friday) at Bledsoe County (Hall of Fame) 6:00 p.m.
24th (Tuesday) Warren County (Home) 6:00 p.m.
27-28 (Friday-Saturday) Cannon County Thanksgiving Tournament

December 1 (Tuesday) at Monterey 6:00 p.m.
4 (Friday) at Gordonsville 6:00 p.m.
8 (Tuesday) Upperman (Home) 6:00 p.m.
11(Friday) at York Institute 6:00 p.m.
15(Tuesday) Livingston Academy (Home) 6:00 p.m.
18(Friday) Watertown (Home) 6:00 p.m.
Dec 23-30 Monday-Wed (White County Christmas Tournament)

January 8 (Friday) Coffee County (Home) 6:00 p.m.
11 (Monday) at Watertown 6:00 p.m.
12 (Tuesday) at Warren County 6:30 p.m.
15 (Friday) Cannon County (Home) 6:00 p.m.

The DeKalb County High School Boys Golf Team finished second in the Region Tournament Monday.

The team shot a 302, second only to Notre Dame, who finished first with a score of 295.

Payne Denman, Austin Garrett, and Grant James will advance to the state tournament next week to compete individually.

The DeKalb County Tigers, who led most of the game, watched it slip away Friday night as the Hixson Wildcats came from behind on their home field to win 22 to 21.

The loss drops the Tiger record to 3-3 on the season.

DeKalb County took a 2 to nothing lead late in the first period when Hixson's Curtis Flanagan recovered his own fumble in the Wildcat endzone for a Tiger safety. That was the score at the end of the first period.

The Tigers dodged a bullet with 2:38 to go in the second quarter as an eight yard touchdown run by Hixson's Curtis Flanagan was negated by a penalty on Hixson.

Justin Matheson also misfired on a 33 yard field goal attempt for the Wildcats with 1:38 left in the second quarter

The halftime score was 2 to nothing in favor of DeKalb County.

The offenses for both teams sparked to life in the second half.

The DeKalb County Tigers fell to the Smith County Owls 28 to 21 at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville Friday night.

It was the second loss of the season for DeKalb County and their first in District 8AA.

The Owls scored first on a nine yard touchdown run by Jose Silva with 2:40 left in the first period. The P.A.T. kick by Blake Richmond was good and the score was 7-0. The scoring drive covered 65 yards in seven plays

The Tigers got on the board with 1:01 left in the second quarter as Quarterback Hunter Poteete tossed a six yard touchdown pass to Tyler Weatherby. The P.A.T. by Zach Taylor was good and the game was tied at 7-7. The drive went for 89 yards in thirteen plays.

Smith County took the lead with 8:27 left in the third period on a 13 yard touchdown run by Jose Silva. The P.A.T. by Blake Richmond was good and the score was 14-7. It was a 50 yard, four play drive.