May 17, 2025
By: Dwayne Page
State Tournament Bound!
The DCHS Tigerette Fast Pitch Softball Team punched its ticket to the TSSAA Class 3 A Spring Fling Tournament Saturday evening with a 6 to 2 victory over the visiting Lenoir City Lady Panthers in the Sectionals round at the Danny Bond Field in Smithville.
(Click link below to view state tournament bracket)
Tigerette Pitcher Kora Kilgore recorded 15 strikeouts and gave up only 2 runs on 3 hits through 7 innings.
DeKalb County scored 1 run in the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th innings and 3 runs in the 6th. Lenior City was held scoreless until plating 2 runs in the 7th inning.
The Tigerettes will face McNairy Central at the Murfreesboro Sports Com McKnight Field #1 Tuesday, May 20. Game time is 1 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage with the Voice of the Tigerettes John Pryor. Listen LIVE on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 and on the LIVE audio stream at www.wjle.com.
This is the 9th state tournament appearance in DCHS Tigerette Softball history.