February 17, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Both the DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers were bounced from the district 7 3A basketball tournament Friday evening by Livingston Academy. The same teams that had beaten them twice before within the last 15 days.
In the opening round of the tournament Friday at Tennessee Tech, the DCHS Lady Tigers lost to Livingston Academy 59 to 28 while the Tigers followed with a 71 to 56 loss to the Wildcats.
The season now comes to a close for DeKalb County. The Tigers completed the year at 10-19 overall and the Lady Tigers finished at 9-20.
The Livingston Academy girls advance in the tournament and will face Upperman, the 2nd seed today (Saturday, February 17) at 4 p.m. and the Wildcats will see action next against Stone Memorial, the 2nd seed tonight (Saturday) at 5:30 p.m. at Tennessee Tech.
The Lady Tigers trailed Livingston Academy 19 to 5 after the 1st period, 29 to 12 at halftime, and 50 to 20 after the 3rd period before losing the game 59 to 28.
Ella VanVranken scored 10, Tess Barton 7, Avery Agee 3, Chloe VanVranken, Cam Branin, Brooklyn Fuson, and Lillie Grace Young each with 2.
The Tigers found themselves behind Livingston Academy 15 to 11 after the 1st period and trailed 35 to 25 at halftime, and 54 to 37 after the 3rd period before falling 71 to 56.
Conner Close led the Tigers in scoring with 21, Jon Hendrix 12, Dallas Kirby 8, Jordan Parker 7, Seth Fuson 4, Ian Colwell 3, and Kaleb Spears with 1.
Meanwhile in other Friday district tournament games, the Stone Memorial girls, the 5th seed, eliminated Cumberland County, the 4th seed, 57 to 51 and the White County boys, the 4th seed, knocked off Cumberland County, the 5th seed, 61 to 44.
Today (Saturday, February 17), the Stone Memorial girls will meet the number 1 seed, White County at 7 p.m. while the White County boys will face the top seed Upperman Bees at 8:30 p.m. in the tournament semi-finals at Tennessee Tech.