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In a pair of unlikely finishes, the DeKalb County Tiger baseball team took second place in the District 7-AA Tournament in Baxter, Wednesday night.

The Tigers had to rally from two runs down in the bottom of the seventh inning to eliminate Smith County, 7-6, in the loser's bracket final. The DC boys then let a two-run lead slip away in the bottom of the seventh against top-seeded Upperman in the championship game, and lost, 3-2, in eight innings.

DeKalb County and Smith County played four scoreless innings with just hit between them in the first game. The Owls finally struck with a run in the top of the fifth inning, and the Tigers countered with two runs in the bottom of the inning.

The DeKalb County High School Tigerette fast-pitch softball team will play for the District 7-AA Tournament title on Thursday (weather permitting), after knocking off tournament top-seed, Macon County, 5-2, in eight innings, Wednesday night in Baxter.

Morgan Page put the Tigerettes on the board with a solo home run in the top of the second inning. Macon County answered with a run in the bottom of the inning, as DC starter, Shay Sullivan, walked a batter with the bases loaded to bring in a run. The score, however, remained tied, 1-1, until the top of the eighth inning.

The DeKalb County Tiger baseball team lost a bid to move on to the District 7-AA Tournament Championship game, Tuesday night, as the Upperman Bees rallied for a 5-4 win over the local team. The Tigers drop into the loser-s bracket, where they will face Smith County, Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. for the right to play for the championship.

Upperman took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning, and carried it into the top of the fifth inning, where the Tigers tied it up with two runs of their own. DeKalb scored two more runs in the top of the sixth inning and took a 4-2 lead, but the Bees rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth, however, and held on for the one-run victory.

The DeKalb County High School Tiger soccer team advanced on to the District 7-A/AA Tournament Championship for the third year in a row, after a 2-0 victory over the Cannon County Lions, Tuesday in Smithville. The Tigers will travel to top-seeded Livingston Academy on Thursday night, after the Wildcats knocked off York Institute, 7-0, in the other tournament semi-final.

The Tigers and Lions played scoreless through the first half, but DC struck with a pair of goals early in the second half. Brandon Puckett nailed the game's first goal on an assist by Zach Wilbur, in the 14th minute of the half, and Ryan Leiser tallied the second goal, just over a minute later, on another assist by Wilbur. The Tigers had a total of 17 shots on goal, while the Lions had seven shots, all turned away by DeKalb goal-keeper, Tyler Woods, including a penalty kick by Miguel Novoa, late in the second half.

Morgan Page pitched a six inning one-hitter, and the DeKalb County Tigerette bats awoke in the fourth inning, as the local fast-pitch softball team shut out upstart York Institute, 10-0, in the District 7-AA Tournament, Tuesday in Baxter. The seventh-seeded Dragonettes had upset sixth-seeded Smith County and third-seeded Livingston Academy in the first two rounds of the tournament on Monday, after winning only one district game in the regular season.

York held their own with the second-seeded Tigerettes for the game's first three innings. DeKalb County went down in order in the first two innings, but scratched out a pair of hits in the bottom of the third, on a single apiece by Shay Sullivan and Kayla Fish, with one out on the board. Both runners were left stranded, however, as York retired the following two hitters.

DMS vs. Warren County
at Smithville Golf Course

Girls
DMS 103: Mallory Sullivan 46, Kalli Mitchell 57
Warren Co. 123: Ivy Mullican 61, Holly Morgan 62

Boys
DMS 196: Ethan Roller 43, Ian Johnson 48, Hayden Ervin 52, Alex Hall 53
Warren Co. 221: Parker Lynn 52, Tyler Phillips 54, Eric Cantrell 55, Tucker Lynn 60

This is the last match of the regular season for the DeKalb Middle School golf teams. They will participate in the End of Year Tournament at Lake Tansi Golf Course, this Thursday, starting at 9:00 a.m.