January 27, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
The White County Warriors and Warriorettes completed a season sweep of the DCHS basketball teams Friday night in Sparta winning the girls game 71 to 37 and topping the Tigers 42 to 24.
In the last meeting on January 5, the Tigers lost to the Warriors in Smithville 61 to 38 while the Lady Tigers suffered an 80 to 49 loss to White County.
The Tigers are now 10-11 on the season and 1-3 in the district. The Lady Tigers own a record of 9-12 overall and 0-4 in district play.
In the girls game Friday night, DeKalb County trailed 17 to 3 after the 1st period, 35 to 16 at halftime, and 51 to 30 by the close of the 3rd period before losing 71 to 37.
Ella VanVranken led DC in scoring with 18 followed by Avery Agee with 11, Chloe VanVranken 7, and Cam Branin with 1.
The Tigers led the Warriors 4 to 0 after the 1st period of the boys game but fell behind 13 to 10 by halftime and trailed 29 to 20 after the 3rd period before falling 42 to 24 to White County.
Conner Close scored 8 followed by Jon Hendrix with 7, Dallas Kirby 5, and Seth Fuson and Alex Antoniak each with 2.
The Tigers and Lady Tigers will meet Stone Memorial for the first time this season in a pair of makeup games today (Saturday, January 27) in Smithville starting with the girls game at 2 p.m. followed by the boys game. WJLE will broadcast LIVE.
The Panthers are 13-8 overall and 3-2 in district play while the Lady Panthers are 8-12 overall and 1-4 in the district.