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Owls Complete Regular Season Sweep of Tigers

The Smith County Owls completed a regular season sweep of the DeKalb County Tigers with a 9 to 3 win at Carthage Tuesday. DC lost at home to Smith County 4 to 2 on Monday.

The Owls scored two runs in the second inning, four runs in the third, one run in the fourth, and two runs in the sixth inning. The Tigers scored one run in the second, third, and fourth innings.

Devin Summers, the losing pitcher, faced twenty one batters through three innings and gave up six runs, including one earned run, on five hits. He struck out three, walked two, and hit a batter.

Steven Page came in relief and faced thirteen batters. He gave up three earned runs on three hits. Page struck out four and walked one.

Hits:
Stephen Howell, two singles and an RBI
Hunter Graham, double
Cody Puckett, single
Devin Summers, single
Dustin Cook, double and a sacrifice bunt
Daniel Stanley, a sacrifice fly and an RBI

The Tigers will be at Stone Memorial in Crossville on Friday, March 30 at 5:00 p.m.

Tigers Drop District Game to Smith County 4-2

The DeKalb County Tigers suffered another district loss Monday, falling to the Smith County Owls in Smithville 4 to 2.

The Tigers scored one run in the first inning and one in the fifth inning. The Owls scored one run in the first inning, one in the third, one in the sixth, and one in the seventh inning.

Cody Puckett, the losing pitcher, faced thirty three batters through seven innings and gave up four runs on seven hits. He struck out fifteen and walked six.

Hits:
Stephen Howell, a sacrifice bunt, single and RBI
Hunter Graham, triple
Cody Puckett, single

The Tigers travel to Smith County Tuesday. Game time is 5:00 p.m.

Tigerettes Finish 3-2 in Gordonsville Tournament

The DeKalb County Tigerettes went 3-2 in the Gordonsville Tournament held Friday and Saturday at Cane Creek Sportsplex in Cookeville.

In pool play games the Tigerettes defeated White County 5-0, lost to Daniel Boone 8 to 2, and beat Collierville 3 to 2. During the single elimination portion of the tournament, the Tigerettes shutout Livingston Academy 10 to 0 and lost to Leyden 11 to 2

In the game with White County, DC scored two runs in the second inning and three runs in the third.

Lauren Colwell, the winning pitcher, gave up five hits. She struck out three and walked two

Hits for DeKalb:
Annieka Norton, a single
Abbey Caldwell, a single and a double
Hannah Green, a single and a double
Lauren Colwell, a single

In the game with Daniel Boone, Shauna Taylor went four and a third innings in a losing effort. She gave up five runs on four hits and struck out one. She walked four. Danielle Tyson went two thirds of an inning and gave up three runs on three hits.

Hits for DeKalb:
Annieka Norton, two singles
Brooke Hutchings, two singles
Tiffini Hendrixson, single
Taylor Monette, single
Chelsea Brannon, double

In the win over Collierville, Danielle Tyson went one and two thirds innings and gave up one run on two hits. She struck out one and walked three. Shauna Taylor got the save, going three and a third innings. She gave up one run on one hit. Taylor struck out seven and walked one.

Hits for DeKalb:
Danielle Tyson, single
Tiffini Hendrixson, single
Lindsey Taylor, single
Loren Cripps, single

In the shutout over Livingston Academy, Lauren Colwell went four innings in the pitching circle, getting the win. She gave up two hits and struck out one.

Hits for DeKalb:
Danielle Tyson, single
Annieka Norton, double
Brooke Hutchings, single
Chelsea Brannon, single
Loren Cripps, double

In the lost to Leyden, Shauna Taylor went one and two thirds innings and gave up four runs on three hits. She struck out two and walked three. Lauren Colwell came in for two innings and gave up six runs on seven hits. She struck out one. Danielle Tyson got in one third of an inning and gave up one run and walked two.

Hits for DeKalb
Danielle Tyson, single
Brooke Hutchings, two singles
Tiffini Hendrixson, single
Taylor Monette, double
Lauren Colwell, single

DeKalb will play at Cannon County on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Cannon County Shuts Out Dawgs 4-0

The DeKalb West Dawgs lost to the Cannon County Lions 4 to 0 on Friday, March 23 at home. The Dawgs only reached base five times during the five inning game. Jacob Self reached on an error by the Cannon County's short stop. Joey Moon drew a walk twice and Noah Parsley reached base twice, once as he was hit by the pitcher. He drew a walk in his last at bat. Cannon County's pitcher struck out 7 of the Dawgs batters.

Sam McMillen was the losing pitcher. He pitched four full innings. McMillen struck out eight Cannon County batters, walked one batter and he gave up five hits and two earned runs. AJ Mooneyham came in the top of the fifth inning to close the game where he struck out one batter, he gave up three hits and two earned runs. The final score was DeKalb West Dawgs 0, Cannon County 4.

Wildcats Knock off Tigers 8-7

The Tigers suffered their first district loss of the season, falling to Livingston Academy 8 to 7 Tuesday in Smithville.

The Wildcats scored three runs in the first inning, four runs in the second, and one run in the seventh. The Tigers scored two runs in the first, two runs in the second, two runs in the third, and one run in the seventh inning.

Hunter Graham, the losing pitcher, went 1.67 innings. He faced thirteen batters and gave up three hits, struck out one, and walked three. Devin Summers came in relief for 5.33 innings. He faced twenty one batters and gave up four hits. He walked one.

Hits:
Braxton Howell, homerun, 2 RBI
Evan Curtis, single
Seth Stanley, RBI
Stephen Howell, double
Andrew Atnip, single, RBI
Devin Summers,double, RBI
Cody Puckett, double, RBI

The Tigers will host Mount Juliet Christian Academy Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

Tigerettes Fall to Livingston Academy

The DeKalb County Tigerettes lost to Livingston Academy Tuesday in Smithville 4 to 2.

The Lady Wildcats scored four runs off two, two run homeruns in the sixth inning. The Tigerettes scored one run in the third inning and one run in the seventh.

Shauna Taylor, the losing pitcher, went five and a third innings and gave up three runs on five hits. She struck out three and walked four. Lauren Colwell came in for one and two thirds innings and gave up one run and walked one.

Hits:
Alex Meadows, single and double
Danielle Tyson, three singles
Brooke Hutchings, double
Lindsey Taylor, single
Anneika Norton, double

The Tigerettes will host Smith County Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Tigers Win District Opener at Livingston Academy

The DeKalb County Tigers won their district opener Monday at Livingston Academy 2 to 1

DC scored two runs in the fourth inning while the Wildcats scored one in the first inning.

Cody Puckett pitched a no hitter through seven innings and gave up one earned run. Puckett faced twenty seven batters, struck out thirteen, walked five, and hit one batter.

Hits:
Stephen Howell, a homerun and an RBI
Hunter Graham, homerun and an RBI
Andrew Atnip, single
Cody Puckett, single

The Tigers will host Livingston Academy in a rematch today (Tuesday) at 5:00 p.m. in Smithville. WJLE plans LIVE coverage.

Tigerettes Shutout Jackson County 6-0

The Tigerettes shutout Jackson County 6 to 0 Thursday in Smithville.

DC scored two runs in the first inning, one run in the second, one run in the third, and two runs in the fourth inning.

Lauren Colwell pitched a one hit shutout through five innings. She struck out two and walked one.

Hits:
Alex Meadows, a single and triple
Danielle Tyson, single
Brooke Hutchings, single and triple,
Tiffini Hendrixson, single and double
Anneika Norton, double

A second game was scheduled but play was stopped in the first inning due to lightning. The game was not resumed.

The Tigerettes will host Livingston Academy Tuesday starting at 4:30 p.m.