October 26, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County High School Basketball Teams will be ready to hit the court running November 16 & 20 with Hall of Fame action.
The Tigers and Lady Tigers will travel to Whitehouse, November 16 with the girls game at 6 p.m. followed by the boys showdown. DCHS will then head to Gordonsville on Saturday, November 20 starting with girls play at 12 noon.
The first regular season home games will be against Cannon County on Tuesday, November 23 followed by a trip to Warren County on Friday, November 26 to close out the month of November.
DeKalb County will also be stepping up a class moving from Class 2A Region 4 District 8 to Class 3A Region 4 District 7.
The former makeup of the district was comprised of DeKalb County, Macon County, Upperman, York Institute, Watertown, Livingston Academy, Smith County, and Cannon County. In addition to DeKalb County, the new seven team Class 3A District 7 will be made up of Livingston Academy, Macon County, and Upperman along with newcomers Cumberland County, Stone Memorial, and White County.
Last year the Tigers finished with an overall record of 10-14 losing to Smith County in the first round of the District Tournament.
Without the presence of a big man inside this season, Tiger Coach John Sanders said this team’s style of play may be somewhat different.
“Last year we had Evan Jones who was able to score around the basket but this year we don’t have a traditional big man like that to go to inside so we may look to play a little faster and try to press a little more. We will probably be more perimeter oriented on offense. We tried it out this summer and the guys seemed to enjoy it and had some success with it,” said Coach Sanders.
“We have a lot of different guys who we are expecting to make plays in different ways including Brayden Antoniak, Jordan Young, Elijah Ramos, Conner Close, Stetson Agee, Nathaniel Crook, and Isaac Knowles, who is coming out from football this year. We are expecting some big things out of him. We have a lot of guys we are hoping will get some playing time this year,” added Coach Sanders.
As if the old district alignment wasn’t tough enough, Coach Sanders said the new district is perhaps even more challenging.
“I think Cumberland County is probably the front runner. They return a lot from the team they had last year. A team that won their district. White County is always really good and so is Stone Memorial. Upperman lost seven seniors so they might drop off a little bit. Livingston lost their all time leading scorer, Matthew Sells but they will still play really hard although they may drop off a little bit. Macon County lost one or two players but they should still be better. I expect it will be tough across the board,” said Coach Sanders.
2021-22 DCHS Tiger and Lady Tiger Basketball Schedule
November
Tuesday – 16th: White House (HOF)- Away: 6:00
Saturday – 20th: Gordonsville (HOF)- Away: Noon
Tuesday – 23rd:Cannon County- Home : 6:00
Friday – 26th: Warren County- Away: 6:00
December
Friday – 3rd: Watertown- Away: 6:00
Monday – 6th: Cannon County- Away: 6:00
Tuesday – 7th: Smith County- Home: 6:00
Friday – 10th: Stone Memorial * -Home: 6:00
Monday 20th: Heritage Christmas Classic (girls)- Maryville, TN
Tuesday 21st: Heritage Christmas Classic (girls)- Maryville, TN
Wednesday 22nd: Heritage Christmas Classic (girls)- Maryville, TN
Monday – 20th: Riverdale Christmas Classic (boys)- Murfreesboro TBA
Tuesday – 21st: Riverdale Christmas Classic (boys)- Murfreesboro TBA
Tuesday – 28th: Aflac Christmas (girls and boys)- Watertown TBA
Tuesday – 29th: Aflac Christmas (girls and boys)- Watertown TBA
Tuesday – 30th: Aflac Christmas ((girls and boys)- Watertown TBA
January
Tuesday – 4th: Livingston Academy *- Home: 6:00
Friday – 7th: Macon County *- Home: 6:00
Saturday – 8th: Warren County- Home: 3:00
Tuesday – 11th: Watertown -Home: 6:00
Friday – 14th: Cumberland County *- Away: 6:00
Tuesday – 18th: Upperman * -Home: 6:00
Friday – 21st: Stone Memorial *- Away: 6:00
Tuesday – 25th: White County *- Home: 6:00
Friday – 28th: Livingston Academy *- Away: 6:00
Monday – 31st: Smith County- Away: 6:00
February
Tuesday – 1st: Macon County * -Away: 6:00
Tuesday – 8th: Cumberland County * -Home: 6:00
Friday – 11th: Upperman *- Away: 6:00
* District 8AA games
^ Region 4AA games
Game time listed is start time of each girls contest, boys game to follow
Girls Head Coach: Danny Fish
Girls Assistant Coach: Maddison Parsley & Hanah Panter, Rayanna Chapman
Boys Head Coach: John Sanders
Boys Assistant Coach: Logan Vance & Seth Hackett
Tiger Roster:
Brayden Antoniak-Senior
Nathaniel Crook-Senior
Jordan Young-Senior
Isaac Knowles-Senior
Stetson Agee-Junior
Robert Wheeler-Junior
Elishah Ramos-Junior
Isaac Brown-Junior
Zack Birmingham-Junior
Conner Vance-Junior
Andrew Tramel-Junior
Ian Colwell-Sophomore
Conner Close-Sophomore
Kaleb Spears-Sophomore
Alex Antoniak-Sophomore
Jordan Parker-Freshman
Owen Snipes-Freshman
Seth Fuson-Freshman
Dallas Kirby-Freshman
Ian Barnes-Freshman
Managers- Aiden Whitman- Senior, Brayden Summers-Sophomore, and Andrew Dakas-Freshman .
2021-22 DCHS Basketball Cheerleaders
Seniors- Evie Day, Keirstine Robinson, Kyleigh Hill, Addison Puckett and Addi Roller. Juniors- Amelia Atnip, Hannah Lohorn, Katherine Gassaway, Katie Patterson, Morgan Walker, Carlee West, and Reese Williams. Sophomores-Elaina Turner and Chayla Knauer. Freshmen-Macy Anderson, Annabella Dakas, Eden Garner, and Sara Moore. Male Stunters- Diego Coronado, Brandon Sykes, Brandon Portillo, and Yahir Hervera. Coaches are Kelly Agee, Amanda Fuller, and Taylor Chapman.