The district tourney couldn’t have started better for the Tigerettes as they pounced on the Cannon County Lady Lions, mauling the visitors 12-1 in the first round Friday evening.

The Tigerettes never trailed as they scored two in the first and six in the second before the Lady Lions plated their only run in the third inning. Four more runs for the home team in the bottom of the fourth was all it took to complete the opening-round rout.

DeKalb outhit their guests by a count of nine to two with Kenzie France hitting a dinger while Megan Walker, Allison Maynard and Kristena Bain all had double baggers for the Tigerettes. Joni Robinson had two hits while Cannon didn’t help itself in the field with two errors. Emme Caldwell was credited with the win from the pitching circle, which was the third over Cannon this season as the Tigerettes outscored the Lady Lions by a count of 41-2 in the trio of meetings. Had Cannon County been able to pull off the upset, it would have marked their first win of the season as the Lady Lions stood at 0-18 entering Friday night’s contest, tied with Smith County (0-15) at the bottom of the standings.

DeKalb finished the regular season second in the district, going 11-3 in the district and 18-11 overall. Two of their three losses were to top-seeded Upperman which was perfect in district play.