February 2, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
The first meeting of the basketball season between Livingston Academy and DCHS Thursday night didn’t go well for the Tigers and Lady Tigers as they lost to the Wildcats 85 to 42 in the boys game and 56 to 44 in the girls contest.
The Tigers are now 10-14 on the season and 1-6 in the district. The Lady Tigers own a record of 9-15 overall and 0-7 in district play.
DCHS will host Upperman tonight (Friday, February 2) in Smithville starting with the girls game at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game. WJLE will have LIVE coverage.
In the last meeting on January 12 at Baxter, the Lady Tigers lost 41 to 28 while the Tigers were dealt a 58 to 46 defeat.
On Thursday night, the Lady Tigers trailed Livingston Academy 15 to 10 after the 1st period, 27 to 18 at halftime, and 41 to 25 after the 3rd period before losing to the Lady Wildcats 56 to 44.
For DC, Avery Agee scored 17, Tess Barton 9, Ella VanVranken 8, Chloe VanVranken 6, and Allie Melton 4.
The Tigers were behind the Wildcats 26 to 17 after the 1st period and trailed 38 to 26 at halftime, and 68 to 35 after the 3rd period before losing 85 to 42.
Jon Hendrix led the Tigers in scoring with 11, Alex Antoniak and Dallas Kirby each with 7, Seth Fuson 6, Ian Colwell 4, Chase Young 3, and Logan Duke and Kiece Hannah each with 2.
The remaining schedule of the DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers is as follows:
Friday, February 2 vs. Upperman in Smithville
Monday, February 5 vs. Livingston Academy in Smithville
Thursday, February 8 at Stone Memorial in Crossville
Saturday, February 10 at Warren County in McMinnville (starting at 3 p.m. with the girls game and the boys game to follow)
All other games will start at 6 p.m. with the girls and the boys to follow.