February 11, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS basketball teams didn’t close out the regular season as they had hoped Friday night as both the Tigers and Lady Tigers lost to the visiting Upperman Bees and Lady Bees on Senior night.
Upperman won the boys game 55 to 47 and 67 to 44 in the girls contest.
With the district tournament to begin next week both the Tigers and Lady Tigers find themselves in 5th place in the seven-team district according to Coach T and will most likely face White County on the road as their first district tournament opponents but that has yet to be confirmed.
In the girls game Friday night, the Lady Tigers trailed 14 to 6 after the 1st period, 28 to 16 at halftime, and 51 to 30 after the 3rd period before suffering a 67 to 44 defeat.
Ella VanVranken scored 15, Chloe VanVranken 13, Avery Agee 8, Madison Martin 5, Tess Barton 2, and Cam Branin 1.
The Tigers led Upperman 11 to 8 after the 1st period of the boys game but fell behind 28 to 20 by halftime and trailed 41 to 29 after the 3rd period before being handed a 55 to 47 loss.
Stetson Agee led in scoring with 17, Elishah Ramos 10, Robert Wheeler 6, Conner Close 5, Zack Birmingham 4, Jon Hendrix 3, and Ean Jones with 2.
Division I Class 3A Region 4 District 7 Girls Standings as of Saturday, February 11:
Livingston Academy: 23-5 (10-2)
Upperman: 25-3 (10-2)
Cumberland County: 20-7 (8-4)
White County: 21-9 (8-4)
DeKalb County: 14-14 (4-8)
Macon County: 7-20 (1-11)
Stone Memorial: 8-21 (1-11)
Division I Class 3A Region 4 District 7 Boys Standings as of Saturday, February 11:
Stone Memorial: 22-4 (11-1)
Livingston Academy: 23-4 (9-3)
Upperman: 18-7 (8-4)
White County: 18-10 (7-5)
DeKalb County: 12-14 (4-8)
Cumberland County: 5-23 (3-9)
Macon County: 5-24 (0-12)