March 2, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
It’s been decades since the DeKalb County High School Lady Tiger basketball program has made an appearance in the state tournament but a win tonight (Saturday) and they are in.
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The Lady Tigers (22-11) will travel to Englewood Tennessee to meet the McMinn Central Lady Chargers (20-13) in a sub-state or sectionals game. Tip-off is at 7:00 p.m. (eastern time) which is 6:00 p.m. Smithville time. WJLE will have LIVE coverage with the Voice of the Lady Tigers John Pryor. Our pre-game show, Tiger Talk will air at 5:40 p.m. featuring Lady Tiger Coach Danny Fish and Lady Tiger seniors Lydia Brown, Maddison Parsley, and Joni Robinson.
Fans making the trip can view a google map on the WJLE website sports page for directions.
A group of boosters and fans will gather at DCHS today (Saturday) at noon and you are invited to join them to cheer on the team and coaches as they depart for their trip by charter bus at 12:30 p.m.
Lady Tiger Coach Danny Fish sizes up the showdown tonight. “They (Lady Chargers) are good. (Coach) Johnny Morgan has been there for years. Traditionally they are the Livingston and Jackson County from that area. For the past 30-40 years they have been really good. They have been in this game fourteen straight years. They have some good players but they are not big. They are about the same size as us and maybe a little bit smaller in some positions. I think their game is a lot like ours and their season has been a lot like ours. They are playing their best ball right now. In the region they beat a pretty good team in Signal Mountain and then defeated Meigs County (29-3) for the region championship and Meigs was ranked #1 by the AP at the time. We’ll be playing a very good team and in a hostile environment so we’ll have to play our best game to move on. Hopefully we will score one more point than they do,” he said.
Listen LIVE tonight on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 or LIVE stream at www.wjle.com