The DCHS Tigerettes softball team were eliminated from state tournament play after a 9-0 loss to South Gibson at the Starplex in Murfreesboro Wednesday morning. After finishing the season with a 27-6 record, the Tigerettes took the championships for the district in regular-season play, district, regional, and sub-state tournaments before advancing to the state tournament to face Chattanooga Central (20-14 on the season) on May 19 in the first round of the TSSAA Class AA State Girls' Softball Tournament. In the game against Chattanooga Central, DeKalb took an 8-3 loss, and continued to face South Gibson in the loser’s bracket.