December 22, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
After losing their first Christmas tournament games on Monday, the DeKalb County Tigers and Lady Tigers came roaring back Tuesday to claim victories in their respective games.
The Tigers (7-4) defeated the Cornersville Bulldogs (6-3) 53 to 27 in the Adidas Classic at Murfreesboro Riverdale while the Lady Tigers (6-5) knocked off the Cosby Eagles (2-10) 52 to 45 in the consolation bracket of the Heritage Christmas Tournament at Maryville
The Tigers are now finished for the week while the Lady Tigers will face the Grace Christian Rams of Knoxville (1-10) today (Wednesday) at 1 p.m. eastern time in the Maryville tournament. Grace Christian got its first victory of the season Tuesday with a tournament win over the West Rebels (0-9)
The Tigers outscored Cornersville 17 to 11 in the 1st period and led 27 to 17 at halftime, and 39 to 21 after the 3rd period before notching a 53 to 27 victory.
Robert Wheeler scored 14, Stetson Agee 12, Isaac Knowles 8, Zach Birmingham 6, Elishah Ramos 5, Ian Colwell and Jordan Young each with 3, and Alex Antoniak 2.
Meanwhile the Lady Tigers led Cosby 16 to 8 after the 1st period, 26 to 21 at halftime, and 38 to 36 after the 3rd period before going on to claim a 52 to 45 win.
Ella VanVranken scored 25 followed by Avery Agee 9, Dare Collins 7, Kadee Ferrell, who returned with limited play after being out of the lineup recently due to an ankle injury, scored 6 and Madison Martin had 5 points.
On Monday, December 20 the Tigers lost to the Smyrna Bulldogs 60 to 55 in the Adidas Classic at Murfreesboro Riverdale while the Lady Tigers were defeated 61 to 31 by the Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish in the Heritage Christmas Tournament at Maryville. Knoxville Catholic is a private school and ranked #3 in the state.
The Tigers led Smyrna 18 to 9 after the 1st period, but the game was tied at 28 by halftime and 41 all after the 3rd period. The Bulldogs went on to outscore the Tigers 19 to 14 in the 4th period to get the win 60 to 55.
Isaac Knowles scored 17 for the Tigers followed by Stetson Agee 12, Elishah Ramos 8, Jordan Young and Zach Birmingham each with 7 and Robert Wheeler and Nathaniel Crook each with 2.
The Lady Tigers trailed 20 to 9 after the 1st period of their game with Knoxville Catholic and were down 34 to 18 by halftime and 49 to 23 after the 3rd period before losing 61 to 31.
Avery Agee scored 10, Ella Van Vranken 6, Ally Fuller 5, Xharia Lyons and Ella Hendrixson each with 3 and Madison Martin and Cam Branin each with 2.