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The DeKalb County High School Tiger baseball team rallied from a 4-1 fifth inning deficit, Tuesday night, and used a nine-run outburst in the bottom of the fifth to power past Macon County, 12-4, in their second regular season district match-up.

The Tigers scored a run in the bottom of the first inning, and held the 1-0 advantage until Macon tied the game with a run in the top of the third inning. The visitors parlayed an RBI single by Kyle Grace and three DeKalb County errors into a three-run fourth inning, as Macon went on top, 4-1.

DeKalb County blew the game open in the bottom of the fifth, however, using 14 at bats, five base hits and six walks to put up nine runs and take a 10-4 lead. Colt Stewart put the icing on the cake for the Tigers in the bottom of the sixth, as he blasted a two-run home run - his third of the year - which gave DC a 12-4 advantage.

Victoria Bennett hit a solo home run in the top of the first inning, which was all the DeKalb County High School Tigerettes needed in a 1-0 win over Cannon County in a district doubleheader between the two teams, Monday in Smithville. Shay Sullivan pitched five innings of no-hit ball, in the process, and struck out nine Lionette batters.

In the nightcap, the Tigerettes got two more home runs - one apiece from Kristina Stephens and Brittney Armour - and Morgan Page gave the local team five innings of shutout pitching, as DC completed the sweep, 9-0.

The DeKalb County Tiger baseball team hit four home runs in two games, and swept a district doubleheader over the York Institute Dragons in Jamestown, Wednesday evening.

Bray Page and Coey Atnip each connected for round-trippers in the Tigers' 13-5 win in the first game. Atnip smacked a second blast in game two, and Colt Stewart added his second homer of the season, as the Tigers claimed game two, 13-0.

Trey Finley started amd pitched 6 2/3 innings in the first game, allowing five runs - three earned - on three hits. Finley struck out 11 batters, walked none and hit six batters before leaving the mound due to an injury in the seventh inning. Garrett Hoke came in and closed out the game with a strikeout.

After a seven-day layoff, the DeKalb County Tigerette fast-pitch softball team returned to action, Monday afternoon, against visiting White County. The Tigerettes got five strong innings from Shay Sullivan in the pitcher's circle, and an RBI double by Jaylen Garrett, which was the difference in a 1-0 Tigerette victory in the first game. The second game, however, was taken by the visiting Warriorettes, 6-4, despite a valiant rally attempt by DeKalb County.

Sullivan allowed only two hits in five innings in game one, and struck out seven White County batters. The Tigerettes had only three hits in the game, but two of those came in the bottom of the third inning, when DeKalb County scored the game's only run. Kayla Fish led off the inning with a single, and Garrett came up moments later and scored Fish with a hard hit double to center field. The Tigerettes committed no errors in the opener.