January 27, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS basketball teams will welcome the Livingston Academy Wildcats to town tonight for a district showdown rematch.
The girls game tips off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game and WJLE will have LIVE coverage with the Voice of the Tigers and Lady Tigers John Pryor.
“Alumni Week” has been observed this week at DCHS much in the same way as homecoming week is celebrated during the football season and each year a member of both the Tiger and Lady Tiger basketball programs are honored with the title of “Baron” and “Baroness” and the presentation of those honors will come between the boys and girls games tonight. The name “Baron” and “Baroness” is taken from Revolutionary War hero Major General Baron Johann De Kalb for whom DeKalb County was named when the county was created by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1837.
In the last meeting between these programs on January 3 the Livingston Academy teams won at home beating the Lady Tigers 62 to 49 and the Tigers 70 to 64.
The Tigers are 10-11 on the season (2-6 in the district) and the Lady Tigers are 11-11 (3-7 in district play). The Livingston Academy girls are 20-3, 7-0. The Wildcats (boys) are 20-2, 6-1.