The 5-6-year-old DeKalb County Tiger Coach Pitch All-Star team made it to the semi-final round of the Tennessee Youth Baseball State Tournament at Barfield Crescent Park in Murfreesboro Sunday.

The Tigers faced the Unionville All-Star team in their first game pool play at 6 p.m. on Friday, and were defeated in a 19-9 game. DeKalb turned the score around on the Lascassas Lake Monsters at 11 a.m. on Saturday, however, this time winning by a score of 19-9.

The Tigers met Williams Cabinet at 5 p.m. on Saturday, obliterating the opposition 23-6.

DeKalb entered tournament play on Sunday seeded third in the state. The Tigers were set to square off against the Lake Monsters again in the first game at 10 a.m., but the team from Lascassas dropped out of the tourney, giving the tigers a free pass to the semi-final round.

The Unionville All-Stars were back to trouble the Tigers in the next round, but DeKalb put in a much better showing than they did in the opener, battling Unionville tooth and nail to the finish.

DeKalb jumped out to a 10-3 lead by the end of the second inning, but Unionville was not ready to roll over, scoring three more runs in the third to bring the score to 10-6.

Unionville racked up ten more runs by the end of the fourth inning, however. DeKalb added two, and the score stood at 16-12 Unionville at the beginning of the fifth.

The Tigers tied the score back up at 16-all with a rally in the top of the fifth, but Unionville would not be defeated, scoring five more points in the bottom of the fifth inning. When time ran out, Unionville was ahead 21-6, and the Tigers were eliminated from the tournament.

Unionville went on to be defeated by the Shelbyville Firecrackers for the state championship.