1986 DCHS Tigerettes to Commemorate 30 Year History of the Program

Thirty years ago DeKalb County High School launched the Tigerette Fast Pitch softball program under Coach Danny Bond.
Three decades later, Coach Bond is still at the helm with 664 victories and seven state tournament appearances to his credit.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the program’s existence, members of the 1986 inaugural team will return to DCHS for the game between the Tigerettes and Warren County Friday, April 22 at 4:30 p.m. at the Danny Bond field on the high school campus. All DCHS Tigerette Alumni are urged to attend.
The 1986 team won the regular season district championship and the district tournament title in District 8AA and was runner-up in Region 4AA.
“It started my senior year back in 1986, Dionndra Foster, a member of the team told WJLE. ” We worked hard and a large group of girls wanted to form this softball team. We didn’t think we would be that great because we were just learning the game as far as fast pitch. We had to find pitchers and we had to learn how to hit. Coach Bond agreed to coach us and the school agreed for us to have a team and it was quite an amazing event that very first year. We won the district. We won the regional and we went on to sub-state the very first year. That was quite a feat for a group of girls who had never played fast pitch. This Friday we’re going to celebrate the fact that we have a 30 year record with the same coach still leading the way. We’ll be making photographs and we invite any girl who has ever played for the Tigerettes to join us,” said Foster.
Members of the 1986 team were Tina Waggoner, Patty Redmon, Tammy Billings, Tonia Foster, Dionndra Foster, Beth Hale, Tammy Hayes, Tracie Webb, Christie Poss, Michelle Gard, Christie Frazier, Lori Pugh, Vickie Hayes, and Gena Hayes.
Over the years the program has achieved tremendous success. The Tigerettes’ first trip to the state tournament was in 1992 and they returned in 1994, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014, & 2015. Last year was only the third DCHS softball team in program history to have won championships for the regular season district, district tournament, region tournament, and sub-state before advancing to the state tournament (1992, 1994, & 2015)
Coach Bond’s overall record is now 664-254.