January 30, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS basketball teams dropped both games at Livingston Academy Friday night losing 68 to 55 in the girls game and 46 to 43 in the boys contest.
In the earlier meeting on January 4 , the Tigers took the Wildcats to overtime before losing 63 to 61 in Smithville while the Lady Tigers lost 54 to 45.
In the girls game Friday night the Lady Tigers trailed 22 to 16 after the 1st period, 34 to 27 at halftime, and 48 to 43 after the 3rd period before going on to lose 68 to 55.
Kadee Ferrell scored 17, Ella VanVranken and Avery Agee each with 16, Madison Martin and Ally Fuller each with 2 and Xharia Lyons and Dare Collins each with 1
The Tigers were behind 15 to 8 after the 1st period, 26 to 16 at halftime, and 34 to 30 after the 3rd period before dropping the game 46 to 43 to the Wildcats.
Brayden Antoniak scored 14, Conner Close 10, Robert Wheeler 6, Stetson Agee 5, and Isaac Knowles and Elishah Ramos each with 4.
The Tigers (11-10 overall and 3-6 in the district) and the Lady Tigers (13-10, 3-6) will travel to Smith County Monday night, January 31 and to Macon County Tuesday night, February 1. DeKalb County will host Warren County in a night of makeup games Thursday night, February 3. The girls game tips off each night at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game. WJLE will have LIVE coverage.
DeKalb County will then close out the regular season next week hosting Cumberland County on February 8 and traveling to Upperman on February 11.