The DeKalb County Tigerette Fast Pitch Softball Team won the District 7AA Tournament Championship in Baxter Thursday night beating Cannon County 15 to 0 in three innings.
Olivia Norton was the winning pitcher.
Cannon County emerged from the loser’s bracket to face the Tigerettes after beating Livingston Academy 4 to 1 and then knocking off Macon County 9 to 3 in ten innings Thursday.
The Tigerettes were the top seed in the tournament after winning the regular season district title and earlier in the week they beat Cannon County 6 to 0 and Macon County 7 to 1 to get to Thursday night’s tournament championship game.
Prior to the game the All District Teams were recognized.
DeKalb County’s Victoria Bennett was named the District’s Most Valuable Player and Danny Bond is the District Coach of the Year.
DeKalb County’s Morgan Page, Kristina Stephens, and Cynthia Woodward were named to the First Team All District; Alex Meadows and Jaylen Garrett made the Second Team All District; Olivia Norton and Brooke Hutchings received Honorable Mention; and Alex Meadows and Brooke Hutchings are members of the District’s All Freshmen Team.
The Tigerettes will host a first round game of the Region Tournament Monday in Smithville. More details will be forthcoming. WJLE plans LIVE coverage.
Meanwhile, the Tiger baseball team lost 4 to 2 to the Macon County Tigers in the semi-finals of the District Tournament at Baxter Thursday afternoon. With the loss, the season is over for DeKalb County as the format of the tournament was changed from double elimination to single elimination.
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