February 5, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
For the second time this season, the DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers have been unable to prevent being stung by the Upperman Bees.
The Lady Tigers lost to the district leading Lady Bees 62 to 40 while the Tigers took a 64 to 36 beating at Baxter Friday night.
In the girls game, Upperman led 15 to 12 after the 1st period, 33 to 17 at halftime, and 45 to 23 after the 3rd period before going on to defeat DC 62 to 40.
Emme Colwell scored 12, Kadee Ferrell 9, Mya Ruch 5, Mallori Hart and Lydia Brown each with 4, and Maddison Parsley and Joni Robinson each with 3.
For the boys, Upperman led 14 to 7 after the 1st period, 30 to 11 at halftime, 45 to 22 after the 3rd period and went on to beat the Tigers 64 to 36.
Lucas Hale scored 8, Tanner Poss and Evan Jones each with 6, Dallas Cook 5, Hayden Thomas 4, Nathan Atkins, Luke Jenkins, and Rylan Rhea each with 2, and Brayden Antoniak with 1.
The Lady Tigers slip to 17-7 overall and 9-3 in the district while the Tigers fall to 4-20 and 3-9 in the district.
Girls District 8AA Standings as of February 2:
Upperman: 23-3 (12-0)
Macon County: 22-5 (11-1)
DeKalb County: 17-7 (9-3)
York Institute: 10-12 (6-6)
Cannon County: 14-11 (4-8)
Livingston Academy: 9-19 (2-10)
Smith County: 7-15 (2-10)
Watertown 8-17 (2-10)
Boys District 8AA Standings as of February 2:
York Institute: 17-4 (10-2)
Livingston Academy: 18-9 (10-2)
Upperman: 20-5 (9-3)
Watertown: 16-9 (6-6)
Cannon County: 12-14 (5-7)
Macon County: 10-17 (5-7)
DeKalb County: 4-20 (3-9)
Smith County 1-20 (0-12)
The remaining schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, February 5: Macon County*-Home 6 p.m.
Thursday, February 7: Smith County*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, February 8: Monterey-Home 6 p.m.