The DeKalb County Tiger baseball squad went from the mountain top to the valley all within the course of a week, celebrating a walk-off hit that propelled it to the semi-finals of the district tournament to a back-to-back loses that bounced the team from the tourney and ended its season.

It was actually the fifth inning of the Tigers rematch with Upperman that ended their season last Wednesday before the home crowd that had just witnessed, days before, Skyler Sparks smack a walk-off hit to defeat the Bees 2-1. However, that win was followed up by a loss in the next round to Upperman, 8-1, leaving the teams to meet for a third and deciding game in the double elimination tournament.

Things looked bright for the Tigers as they took a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning with Colter Norris starting the scoring with a single in the first. His work at the plate was joined by Skyler Sparks and Lee Randolph, all of whom had multiple hit games. Norris pitched the entire game, giving up nine hits while striking out five. He threw 110 pitches during the outing, 71 of which were strikes. He forced eight ground outs and four fly-outs.

While plating four in the first, DeKalb was unable to put any more runs on the board. However, Upperman would begin chiseling away at the lead in the fourth when they brought in two runs. The difference in the game came in the fifth when they scored three runs, giving them the 5-4 advantage which proved to be the margin of victory.

The loss ended the Tiger season, leaving them with a 16-13 record and an 8-2 regular season district record. They were 2-2 against the rival Bees.