May 29, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The 2019 DCHS Tiger basketball Most Valuable Player was awarded Wednesday for becoming a member of the 1,000 point club.
Roy Nelson Pugh of Liberty State Bank presented a plaque to Tanner Poss for scoring 1,159 points in his high school basketball career. Poss actually reached the 1,000 point milestone during his junior year but added to his point total during his 2018-19 senior year after returning to the line-up in mid-season following an injury.
“This is our way at Liberty State Bank of congratulating Tanner on his accomplishments,” said Pugh.
“I only got to coach him one year but he is a heck of a kid and player. I wish I had him around more. We didn’t get him back in good form from his injury until probably January but he helped us out when he came back. We will certainly miss him for sure. Had he not been injured Tanner may have scored as many as 1,500 career points, “said Tiger Coach John Sanders.
“This is very special to me. After the injury it was hard getting back on track but after I returned I wanted to end the season strong. It was Coach Sanders’ first season here and I wanted to give him everything I had and it was special for me to get to finish my senior season with him so everything ended up good,” said Poss.
Tanner, who graduated two weeks ago, now plans to further his education in college.