Warren County Prevails over Tigers and Lady Tigers

January 7, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A week of highs and lows for the DCHS basketball teams.

After losing at Livingston Academy Tuesday night and winning at Macon County Friday night, the road weary Tigers and Lady Tigers lost to their Warren County border rivals at McMinnville Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Pioneers completed a season sweep of the Lady Tigers winning 70 to 28 after beating DC 78 to 53 in the first round at Smithville on November 25. The Pioneers meanwhile avenged a 68 to 66 loss to the Tigers in the previous meeting at Smithville winning at home Saturday 62 to 47.

With the losses, the Lady Tigers drop to 9-8 overall while the Tiger slip to 9-7.

This week DeKalb County returns home for two nights of basketball first against Watertown on Tuesday night, January 10 and then Cumberland County on Friday night, January 13. WJLE will have LIVE coverage each night starting with the girls games at 6 p.m. followed by the boys contests.

The Lady Tigers kept it close in the 1st period trailing 20 to 16 but by halftime Warren County opened up a 44 to 25 lead and then held DeKalb County to only three points in the entire second half. The Lady Pioneers led 64 to 28 after the 3rd period and won the game 70 to 28.

Six Lady Tigers got on the scoreboard but none were in double digits. Ella VanVranken scored 9 points followed by Avery Agee with 6, Chloe VanVranken 5, Dare Collins 4, and Madison Martin and Camryn Branin each with 2.

The Tigers edged the Pioneers 17 to 16 after the 1st period but the game was tied at 26 by halftime. The Pioneers opened up a 42 to 30 lead after the 3rd period and went onto claim a 62 to 47 win.

Conner Close scored 16 for the Tigers followed by Elishah Ramos with 13, Zack Birmingham 7, Stetson Agee 6, Jon Hendrix 3, and Robert Wheeler with 2.

January 7, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

An assistant EMS Director has been named at the DeKalb County Ambulance Service to work alongside Director Hoyte Hale.

County Mayor Matt Adcock announced Friday that longtime EMS employee Trent Phipps is getting this promotion.

“Today, Trent Phipps, a paramedic at the DeKalb County Ambulance Service was promoted to the position of Assistant Director. With the new large call volume and demand from the public, EMS Director Hoyte Hale and I decided the DeKalb EMS operation needed an Assistant Director to ensure the public is served in the best capacity,” said County Mayor Adcock.

“Trent has served DeKalb EMS for the last 25 years. He has always been Hoyte’s “go to guy” and was often referred to as the “unofficial assistant director”. Today that has all changed. We have finally brought him forward as our new official EMS Assistant,” said County Mayor Adcock.

January 7, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS basketball teams took down the Macon County Tigers and Tigerettes at Lafayette Friday night winning the girls game 54 to 39 and the boys contest 69 to 48.

It was their first meeting this season. With the wins the Tigers improve to 9-6 and get their first district victory of the season. The Lady Tigers are now 9-7 and have evened their district mark to 2-2.

The Macon County girls are now 4-11 overall and 0-4 in district play while the Tigers of Macon County are 5-12 and 0-4 in the district.

DeKalb County doesn’t have much time to celebrate as they travel to McMinnville today (Saturday) to face Warren County in a rematch. In their first meeting of the season on November 25, the Tigers defeated the Pioneers 68 to 66 while the Lady Tigers lost to the Lady Pioneers 78 to 53.

WJLE will have LIVE coverage of the games starting with the girls contest at 3 p.m. followed by the boys game today (Saturday) in McMinnville.

The Warren County boys are now 4-11 and the Lady Pioneers are 12-5.

In the girls game at Lafayette Friday night, the Lady Tigers of DC trailed 9 to 6 after the 1st period but edged the Macon County Tigerettes in the second period to take a 16 to 15 halftime lead. The Lady Tigers got a little more breathing room in the 3rd period and led 31 to 27 to start the 4th period. From there DC outscored Macon County 23 to 12 and won 54 to 39.

Ella VanVranken and Dare Collins shared high scoring honors for DC with 14 each followed by Avery Agee 12, Madison Martin 8 and Chloe VanVranken with 6.

For the boys, DeKalb County doubled up Macon County 16 to 8 by the end of the 1st period and led 29 to 21 by halftime. The Tigers expanded their lead over Macon County to 46 to 30 by the close of the 3rd period and cruised to a 69 to 48 final.

Stetson Agee and Conner Close each scored 17 followed by Elishah Ramos with 11, Zack Birmingham and Seth Fuson each with 7, Jon Hendrix 6, Kaleb Spears 2, and Robert Wheeler with 2.

Meanwhile, the DCHS basketball teams were swept at Livingston Academy Tuesday night, January 3 with the Lady Tigers losing 62 to 49 and the Tigers dropping the contest to the Wildcats 70 to 64

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In the girls game Tuesday night, the Lady Tigers found themselves behind 18 to 9 after the 1st period, 32 to 27 at halftime, and 47 to 38 after the 3rd period before falling 62 to 49 to the Lady Wildcats.

Ella VanVranken led in scoring with 28 points followed by Chloe VanVranken 10, Avery Agee 9, and Tess Barton with 2.

In the boys game, the Tigers led 17 to 16 after the 1st period and 34 to 30 at halftime. The Wildcats took a 48 to 47 lead after the 3rd period and went onto win 70 to 64.

Robert Wheeler led the Tigers in scoring with 16 followed by Stetson Agee with 15, Conner Close and Elishah Ramos each with 12, Alex Antoniak 4, Zack Birmingham with 3, and Ean Jones 2.

Sat, 1/7-3:00pm-Warren County- Away • Non-District
Tue, 1/10-6:00pm-Watertown-Smithville • Non-District
Fri, 1/13-6:00pm-Cumberland County-Home • District
Tue, 1/17-6:00pm-Upperman-Away • District
Fri, 1/20-6:00pm-Stone Memorial-Home • District
Tue, 1/24-6:00pm-White County-Away • District
Fri, 1/27-6:00pm-Livingston Academy-Home • District
Mon, 1/30-6:00pm-Smith County-Home • Non-District
Tue, 1/31-6:00pm-Macon County-Home • District
FEBRUARY
Tue, 2/7-6:00pm-Cumberland County-Away • District
Fri, 2/10-6:00pm-Upperman-Home • District
Game times listed are the start of the Lady Tigers game. Tigers games to follow.

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