Upperman Prevails over DCHS

January 17, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The Upperman Bees held off the DeKalb County Tigers 67 to 53 in a district basketball battle Tuesday night at Baxter while the Lady Tigers were dealt a 61 to 25 loss at the hands of the Lady Bees.

The Tigers drop to 10-9 on the season as the Lady Tigers slip to 10-10. Both DCHS teams are 2-4 in the district.

Upperman held an 18 to 10 advantage over the Tigers after the 1st period and led 30 to 19 by halftime. The Bees were up 46 to 32 after the 3rd period and went onto win 67 to 53.

Conner Close scored 17 followed by Zack Birmingham and Robert Wheeler each with 10. Elishah Ramos had 7 points, Alex Antoniak 4, Stetson Agee and Seth Fuson each with 2 and Ean Jones 1.

In the girls game Upperman led 15 to 14 after the 1st period but expanded their lead to 43 to 21 by halftime and held the Lady Tigers to only four points in the second half. The Upperman lead was 53 to 22 after the 3rd period and the Lady Bees went onto claim a 61 to 25 victory.

Ella VanVranken scored 19, Avery Agee 4 and Madison Martin and Chloe VanVranken each with 1.

The Bees improve to 13-4, 4-2 and the Lady Bees are now 19-3, 4-2.

DeKalb County will host Stone Memorial Friday night in Smithville. In the last meeting on December 9, the Tigers lost to the Panthers 81 to 47 but the Lady Tigers won 57 to 55 at Stone Memorial.

The Panthers are now 16-3, 6-0 and the Lady Panthers are 7-15, 0-6.