February 19, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigers have advanced to the next round of the District 8AA basketball tournament after beating Macon County 70 to 58 Tuesday night at Watertown.
The Tigers will face Cannon County in the tournament at Watertown on Thursday night at 6 p.m. WJLE will have LIVE coverage.
DeKalb County led 14 to 9 after the 1st period, 27 to 19 at halftime, and 48 to 28 after the 3rd period before claiming a 70 to 58 victory.
Elishah Ramos led in scoring for the Tigers with 23. Dallas Cook 12. Dakota White 10. Evan Jones 8, Luke Jenkins and Jordan Young each with 7 and Brayden Antoniak with 3.
During the regular season DeKalb County faced Cannon County twice and lost both games, 61 to 53 in Smithville on January 10 and 73 to 42 at Woodbury on February 4.
The Tigers are seeded 7th with a record of 7-21 and Cannon County, the 3rd seed, is 17-11.
Meanwhile the Smith County Owls defeated the Livingston Academy Wildcats 70 to 65 Tuesday night and will face Watertown in the tournament Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.