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Emme Colwell shut down White County throwing a complete game enroute to a 12-0 victory for the DeKalb County Tigerettes Monday in Smithville.

Colwell pitched a 2 hit shutout through 5 innings while striking out 5 and walking 2.

DeKalb County scored 12 runs on 11 hits and made no errors. White County was held scoreless on 2 hits and made no errors.

The Tigerettes scored 5 runs in the 1^st inning, 3 runs in the 2^nd, and 4 runs in the 3^rd inning.

Megan Walker, Kenzie France, and Emme Colwell each had 2 hits and 3 RBI including a homerun for Colwell. Maddison Parsley and Joni Robinson each had 2 hits and an RBI and Jacey Hatfield had a hit.

Maddison Parsley had a 4 hit day in helping lead the DCHS Tigerettes past Cannon County 10 to 3 Thursday.

Parsley singled in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 6th innings.

The Tigerettes scored 10 runs on 11 hits and made 5 errors. Cannon County scored 3 runs on 8 hits and made 6 errors.

DeKalb County scored 2 runs in the 1st inning, 4 runs in the 3rd, 1 run in the 4th, 2 runs in the 6th, and 1 run in the 7th inning. Cannon County scored 1 run in the 2nd, 6th, and 7th innings.

Kenzie France took the win for the Tigerettes. She surrendered 1 run on 4 hits over 4 innings, striking out 3 and walking 1. Madison Whitehead and Emme Colwell entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief. Whitehead gave up 1 run on 3 hits through 2 innings. She struck out 3 and walked 1. Colwell gave up 1 run on 1 hit through 1 inning. She struck out 1.

For the game, Maddison Parsley had 4 hits and 2 RBI, Emme Colwell with 2 hits including a homerun and 2RBI, Madison Whitehead with 1 hit and 1 RBI, and Jacey Hatfield, Megan Walker, Braya Murphy, and Joni Robinson each had a hit. Kenzie France had 3 RBI.

The DCHS Tigerettes exploded for 12 runs in the 2nd inning and went on to route Livingston Academy 14 to 1 Tuesday.

DC scored 14 runs on 12 hits and made 1 error. Livingston Academy scored 1 run on 1 hit and made 4 errors.

The Tigerettes scored 12 runs in the 2nd inning and 2 runs in the 3rd. Livingston Academy’s only run came in the 3rd inning.

Emme Colwell earned the win for the Tigerettes. She surrendered 1 run on 2 hits over 3 innings, striking out 2 and walking 3. Madison Whitehead threw two innings in relief out of the bullpen. She struck out 1 and walked 1.

The Tigerettes launched one home run on the day. Braya Murphy had a dinger in the 2nd inning.

For the game, Murphy had 2 hits and 3 RBI, Kenzie France with 2 hits and 2 RBI, Ellie Cripps, Emme Colwell and Madison Whitehead each with 1 hit and 1 RBI, Joni Robinson 2 RBI, and Jacey Hatfield with 1 hit and 3 RBI, and Maddison Parsley and Megan Walker each with 2 hits.

A DCHS Lady Tiger Basketball star will be playing collegiate ball next season.

Lydia Brown, a senior and the 2019 team Most Valuable Player, signed a letter of intent Wednesday with Vol State Community College to play for the Lady Pioneers.

Joining Lydia at the signing were her parent’s Stephen and Amanda Brown along with Vol State Women’s Basketball Coach Otis Key, DCHS Lady Tiger Coach Danny Fish, and her Lady Tiger Teammates.

“I toured there last year and I just loved the campus and the people there were so nice and then when I got the opportunity to play basketball I knew I couldn’t pass it up. I had prayed about it forever and but I knew this is the school I wanted to go to,” said Lydia.

Her field of study there will be in the Physical Therapy Assistant Program.

“I am very excited for Lydia. She has worked so hard for this moment. She didn’t play a lot her freshman year but played a little more her sophomore year. Lydia was hurt pretty much her entire junior year but she made a commitment after that to get healthy and this year she really turned it on. There weren’t many teams that had a better shooter on their team than we had on ours in Lydia. She ended up being All-District and All-Region and was our team MVP. It’s a great success story about persistence. She has done an excellent job and has been an excellent student. I am very happy for her. It’s well deserved, I believe she will make a big impact there at Vol State,” said Coach Fish.

“I am happy to have her. This will start year six for me as head coach in August. Four out of those first five years I have had either the nation’s leading or the conference leading three point shooter on my team so no pressure on Lydia coming in but I am graduating a shooter this year who led the nation in the conference for two years in shooting three’s so Lydia is going to come in and play immediately. She will have to come in and learn the system and of course get up to speed on the college game but she will not have to be looking over her shoulder. She will have a green light to come in and play her game. I’m expecting great things from her,” said Coach Key.

Along with having earned the MVP honor, Lydia was named to the 2nd Team All-District and 1st Team All-Region.

The DeKalb County Lady Tigers wrapped up an historic season losing to Marshall County in the quarterfinals of the Class AA State Tournament at Murfreesboro in March.They closed out the campaign with a record of 23-12. It was the first State Tournament appearance for a DCHS girls team since 1965.

Volunteer State Community College, popularly known as Vol State, offers more than 100 programs in five major divisions: Business and Technology, Humanities, Math and Science, Social Science and Education, and Health Sciences. The public, two-year school has been in operation for more than 45 years. The College offers the associate of arts and associate of science transfer degrees in more than 40 areas of emphasis. More than 25 programs offer the associate of applied science degree, designed for direct entry into the workforce. Additional technical certificate programs require less than two years of study and are designed for specific career fields. Classes are held at the main campus in Gallatin, with degree-earning center at Vol State at Livingston in Overton County. Off-campus learning sites include the Highland Crest facility in Springfield and the Cookeville Higher Education Center (CHEC). Online courses are also a fast-growing part of the College academic line-up. More than 9,000 credit-seeking students are enrolled in the average fall semester. The College offers Continuing Education courses for workforce development, including OSHA training. Community events and activities extend the campus reach. There are many music, art and cultural programs open to the public throughout the school year.

Vol State is a member of the Western Division of the Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association.

Jacey Hatfield had a busy day at the plate on Monday, smacking 4 hits in leading the DCHS Tigerettes to an 8-5 victory over White County.

Hatfield hit for the cycle with a single in the 1st, homerun in the 3rd, triple in the 5th, and double in the 6th inning.

DeKalb County scored 8 runs on 13 hits and made no errors. White County scored 5 runs on 11 hits with 1 error.

The Tigerettes scored 1 run in the 3rd, 3 runs in the 4th, 1 run in the 5th, and 3 runs in the 6th inning. White County scored 2 runs in the 4th inning and 3 runs in the 6th.

Tigerette Kenzie France was the winning pitcher. She allowed 4 hits and no runs over 3 innings, striking out 2 and walking none. Madison Whitehead and Emme Colwell entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief. Whitehead gave up 2 runs on 3 hits and struck out 2. Colwell surrendered 3 runs on 4 hits, struck out 1 and walked 2.

For the game, Jacey Hatfield had 4 hits and 2 RBI, Kenzie France with 3 hits and 1 RBI, Joni Robinson 2 hits and 1 RBI, Emme Colwell with 1 hit and 2 RBI, Megan Walker 1 hit and 1 RBI, Ellie Cripps 2 hits and Maddison Parsley with an RBI.