February 16, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
For the third time in 15 days, the DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers will face Livingston Academy today (Friday, February 16), but this time its in the first round of the District 7 3A basketball tournament at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville and it’s a must win if they are to keep their post season hopes alive.
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Both the Tigers and Lady Tigers are the 6th seeds in their respective brackets of the tournament and will each face Livingston Academy, the 3rd seeds. The Lady Tigers will meet the Lady Wildcats today (Friday) at 4 p.m. followed by the Tigers game with the Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. WJLE will have LIVE coverage of both on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and on the live stream at www.wjle.com. WJLE’s Tiger Talk program will air at 3:40 p.m. featuring DCHS coaches Brandy Alley and Joey Agee and players Conner Close, Alex Antoniak, Ella Van Vranken, and Cam Branin. John Pryor is the host of the program.
The winner of the girls game between DeKalb County and Livingston Academy will advance to the semi-finals against Upperman, the 2nd seed on Saturday at 4 p.m. The winner of the boys contest will take on Stone Memorial, the 2nd seed in the semi-finals on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
The Tigers completed the regular season last Saturday at 10-18 overall and 1-9 in the district. The Lady Tigers finished at 9-19 overall and 0-10 in district play. According to Coach T, the Livingston Academy girls completed their regular season at 18-10 and 5-5 in the district while the Wildcats finished at 18-11 and 6-4 in district play.
In the last meeting on February 5, the DCHS girls were defeated by Livingston Academy 43 to 35 while the Tigers were handed an 82 to 56 loss. On Thursday, February 1 the Lady Tigers lost at Livingston Academy 56 to 44 and the Tigers were beaten 85 to 42.
On the other side of the girls district tournament bracket, Cumberland County, the 4th seed, will face Stone Memorial, the 5th seed on Friday (February 16) at 7 p.m. with the winner to take on the number 1 seed White County in the semi-finals on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Meanwhile for the boys, White County, the 4th seed, will meet Cumberland County, the 5th seed at 8:30 p.m. Friday (February 16) and the winner will advance to the semi-finals to face the number 1 seed Upperman Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
The girls consolation game will be Monday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m. followed by the championship game at 9 p.m.
The boys consolation game will be Tuesday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m. followed by the championship game at 9 p.m.