February 9, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS basketball teams closed out the district season at Crossville Thursday night losing to the Stone Memorial Panthers and Lady Panthers.
The Lady Tigers were defeated 66 to 54 and the Tigers were taken down 57 to 44. In the last meeting on January 27 in Smithville, the Tigers lost to the Panthers 68 to 57 while the Lady Tigers were beaten 63 to 56.
The Tigers are now 10-17 on the season and completed their district campaign at 1-9. The Lady Tigers own a record of 9-18 overall and finished the district season winless at 0-10.
The regular season finale will be Saturday, February 10 as DeKalb County finishes with makeup games at Warren County starting with the girls game at 3 p.m. followed by the boys contest. WJLE will broadcast LIVE.
In the Thursday night games, the Lady Tigers were down 14 to 9 after the 1st period, 30 to 24 at halftime, and 50 to 40 after the 3rd period before losing to Stone Memorial 66 to 54.
Ella VanVranken scored 26, followed by Avery Agee and Tess Barton each with 8, Chloe VanVranken 6, Cam Branin 4, and Allie Melton 2.
The Tigers trailed 12 to 10 after the 1st period, 21 to 18 at halftime, and 37 to 32 after the 3rd period before falling to the Panthers 57 to 44.
Dallas Kirby scored 11, Jordan Parker, Jon Hendrix, and Seth Fuson each with 7, and Ian Colwell, Alex Antoniak, and Conner Close each with 4.