February 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Lady Tigers punched their ticket to the semi-finals of the District 8AA basketball tournament Wednesday night after beating Cannon County 37 to 33 at Watertown.
The Lady Tigers will meet Macon County, the top seed and number one team in the state, on Friday night, February 21 at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville. In the previous two meetings this season, the Lady Tigers lost to Macon County 78 to 54 in Smithville on January 17 and 67 to 33 at Lafayette on February 11.
It was the third meeting between the Lady Tigers and Lionettes this season and the third win for DeKalb County.
In the game Wednesday night, DC led 12 to 10 after the 1st period, 15 to 10 at halftime, and 24 to 19 after the 3rd period before claiming a 37 to 33 victory.
Kadee Ferrell and Mya Ruch each scored 11, Emme Colwell 9, Kenzie France 4, and Megan Cantrell 2.
Meanwhile the York Institute girls defeated Watertown 48 to 39 in the tournament Wednesday night and will face Upperman, the 2nd seed, Friday night at 9 p.m. at Tennessee Tech.
Tonight (Thursday) the Tigers will take to the court to face Cannon County in the tournament at Watertown starting at 6 p.m. WJLE will have LIVE coverage.
The Smith County Owls will then face Watertown tonight at 7:30 p.m.