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The DCHS Lady Tigers opened their district season with a win Friday night at home beating the York Institute Dragonettes 66 to 52. The Dragons beat the Tigers 68 to 52.

In the girls game, DeKalb County led 17 to 8 after the 1st period, 37 to 26 at halftime, and 52 to 38 after the 3rd period before notching the win 66 to 52.

Kadee Ferrell scored 23 followed by Emme Colwell with 19. Lydia Brown and Joni Robinson each with 8. Kenzie Frace 4 and Maddison Parsley and Mya Ruch each with 2 points.

Meanwhile the Dragons led the Tigers 16 to 11 after the 1st period, 40 to 21 at halftime, and 58 to 36 after the 3rd period before going on to claim a 68 to 52 victory.

Dallas Cook and Nathan Atkins each scored 9. Hayden Thomas and Evan Jones each scored 8. Brayden Howard, Josh Carlton, and Dakota White each with 4 and Colter Norris, Noah Martin, and Luke Jenkins each with 2 points.

The Lady Tigers improve to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the district. The Tigers are 1-5 and 0-1 to start the district race.

The remaining schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, December 4: Livingston Academy*-Away 6 p.m.
Friday, December 7: Watertown*-Home 6 p.m.
Tuesday, December 11: Cannon County*- Away 6 p.m.
Friday, December 14: Warren County- Home 6 p.m.
Saturday, December 15: Jackson County- Home 6 p.m.
Tuesday, December 18: Monterey-Away 6 p.m.
Thursday, December 20: Forrest (Christmas Tournament)- Watertown 8:30 p.m.
Friday, December 21: Watertown Christmas Tournament- Watertown TBA
Saturday, December 22: Watertown Christmas Tournament-Watertown TBA

Friday, January 4: White County-Home 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 8: Upperman*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, January 11: Macon County*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 15: Smith County*-Away 6 p.m.
Friday, January 18: York Institute*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 22: Livingston Academy*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, January 25: Watertown*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 29: Cannon County*-Home 6 p.m.

Friday, February 1: Upperman*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, February 5: Macon County*-Home 6 p.m.
Thursday, February 7: Smith County*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, February 8: Monterey-Home 6 p.m.

The DCHS Lady Tigers are 3-2 while the Tigers are 1-4 heading into the last week of November.

On Saturday night, the Lady Tigers defeated Jackson County 71-22 but the Tigers lost 68-62 to the Blue Devils at Gainesboro.

DCHS will host York Institute Friday night, November 30 in Smithville starting with the girls game at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game. WJLE plans LIVE coverage.

The Lady Tigers have defeated Van Buren County 68 to 45, Warren County 53 to 50, and Jackson County 71-22. Their losses have been to Pickett County 73-68 and to White County 63-58.

The Tigers have defeated Van Buren County 103-65 but have lost to Pickett County 52-49, Warren County 59-42, White County 80-49, and to Jackson County 68-62

The DCHS basketball teams dropped a pair of games at White County Tuesday night.

The Lady Tigers lost 63 to 58 while the Tigers were defeated 80 to 45.

In the girls game, DeKalb County led 18 to 4 after the 1^st period but fell behind 33 to 27 by halftime. The Lady Tigers were back out front 46 to 44 by the end of the 3^rd period but were outscored 19 to 12 in the 4^th period and lost 63 to 58.

Lydia Brown scored 23 followed by Kadee Ferrell with 20. Emme Colwell 9. Maddison Parsley 4 and Mallori Hart with 2 points.

For the boys, White County led 13 to 8 after the 1^st period, 37 to 17 at halftime, 57 to 39 after the 3^rd period, and went on to win 80 to 45.

Hayden Thomas scored 10. Dallas Cook 9. Colter Norris, Brayden Howard, and Noah Martin each scored 4. Josh Carlton, Levi Driver, Evan Jones, and Jordan Young each scored 3 and Nathan Atkins had 2 points.

DeKalb County will hit the road again Saturday night to Jackson County. The girls game tips off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game.

The DeKalb County Lady Tigers rallied in the 4th period to take a come from behind road win over Warren County 53 to 50 Monday night in McMinnville. The Tigers were not as fortunate and lost 59 to 42 to the Pioneers.

The Lady Tigers trailed 10 to 6 after the 1^st period, 23 to 20 at halftime, and 41 to 35 after the 3^rd period but outscored Warren County 18 to 9 in the 4^th period to claim the victory.

Kennedy Agee led the team in scoring with 19 points. Kadee Ferrell and Emme Colwell each with 10. Kenzie France 6. Mya Ruch 5, Maddison Parsley 2 and Lydia Brown with 1.

In the boys game, the Tigers trailed 11 to 7 after the 1^st period, 28 to 18 at halftime, and 48 to 25 after the 3^rd period before falling 59 to 42.

For the Tigers Hayden Thomas scored 12. Nathan Atkins 9. Dallas Cook 7. Luke Jenkins 5. Brayden Howard 4. Colter Norris 3 and Noah Martin with 2 points.

DeKalb County will be at White County tonight (Tuesday). The girls game tips off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game. Listen LIVE on WJLE AM 1480 and FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com with the Voice of the Tigers and Lady Tigers John Pryor.

Join us for Tiger Talk at 5:40 p.m. as John Pryor interviews Coaches Danny Fish and John Sanders and players Lydia Brown and Hayden Thomas. Catch the program on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

Eight players on the 2018 DCHS football team and an Assistant Coach have earned All-Region honors.

Tiger players honored are as follows:
Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Isaac Cross
Most Outstanding Quarterback Axel Aldino
Most Outstanding Returner Desmond Nokes

Special Teams Coach Thomas Cagle

1st Team All Region Grayson Redmon
1st Team All Region Isaac Knowles
1st Team All Region Dylan Denson

2nd Team All Region David Bradford
2nd Team All Region Hunter Fann

Head Coach Steve Trapp said the honors are well deserved. “Record wise its not a year we will look back on and have a lot of pride about it but these guys deserve this recognition and I think each and every one of them would say they couldn’t get that recognition without their teammates. Even through a bad season record wise as individuals, they did a great job for us and its always good for them to get that recognition at the end of the season. These are voted on by the rest of the region coaches so for them to get the accolades bestowed upon them by their peers and other coaches, it just says the type of work they put in and type of players that they are,” said Coach Trapp.

The Tigers went 3-8 overall during the 2018 season with an appearance in the state play-offs, the 14^th in school history.