Stories from Saturday, December 9, 2017

Tigerettes ready to move up One of the most proud and historically dominant programs in the state made a big time comeback last season as the Tigerettes bounced back from a program low, one-win season in 2015-16 with a 13-15 record and region tournament berth under coach David Steely’s second go-around as head coach. If not for three season ending injuries to prominent players during the district tournament the Tigerettes might have made a deeper run.

The bad taste of the one-win season in 2015-16 was wiped out under new coach Matt Hagan with an eight-win 2016-17 that featured a near .500 (6-8) district mark and a unexpected push to the region tournament. The Bulldogs beat a Grace Christian-Franklin team by 19 points in the opening round of the district tournament after the Lions thumped Cornersville just over a week earlier by 22 points. The Bulldogs also played the then top-ranked 1A team in the state, Richland to the brink before falling by just eight points. This year expectations are quite higher.