February 8, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS basketball teams suffered losses on the road at Baxter Friday night with the Lady Tigers dropping the girls game 63 to 17 before the Tigers were beaten 77 to 34.
The DC girls are now 6-20 overall and winless at 0-8 in the district while the Tigers drop to 9-17 on the season and 1-7 in district play
In the girls game Upperman led 25 to 6 after the 1st period, 32 to 6 at halftime, 55 to 10 after the 3rd period before beating the Lady Tigers 63 to 17.
For the Lady Tigers, Allie Melton and Autumn Crook each scored 5, Choe VanVranken 3 and Brooklyn Fuson and Jordyn Agee each with 2.
The Bees topped the Tigers 21 to 11 after the 1st period, 44 to 21 at halftime, and 67 to 30 after the 3rd period before notching a 77 to 34 victory over DeKalb County.
For DC, Dallas Kirby scored 12, Chase Young and Jon Hendrix each with 6, Logan Duke and Seth Fuson each with 4 and Kiece Hannah 2.
DeKalb County will close out the regular season with a trip to Livingston Academy on Tuesday night, February 11 and at home versus Stone Memorial Friday, February 14 starting with the girls games each night at 6 p.m. followed by the boys games. WJLE will have LIVE coverage.