February 16, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigers will be in Sparta Friday night, February 17 for their debut in the District Basketball Tournament as they face the White County Warriors. The game had been set for tonight (Thursday) but was postponed apparently due to the weather.
WJLE will have LIVE coverage of the game starting at 6 p.m. Friday night, February 17. DC is the 5th place team and White County 4th. The winner will meet Stone Memorial, the #1 seed, on Saturday, February 18 at 4:30 p.m. at Stone Memorial.
White County is an opponent the Tigers know well this season having lost to the Warriors at home 62 to 57 on December 13 and 84 to 45 at Sparta on January 24.
Meanwhile the Upperman Bees (3rd seed) will face Cumberland County (6th seed) on Friday night in Baxter at 6 p.m. while Livingston Academy (2nd seed) will meet Macon County (7th seed) at Livingston on Friday at 7 p.m. The winners will square off in the semi-finals at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Stone Memorial.
In district tournament girls games, Cumberland County (3rd seed) will meet Upperman (2nd) in the district tournament semi-finals Saturday at Tennessee Tech at 7 p.m. White County (4th) advances to the semi-finals of the tournament to play the top seed Livingston Academy on Saturday at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville at 8:30 p.m.