<div>Six weeks into the high school football season, the DeKalb County Tigers suffered their first defeat of the year with a 31 to 15 loss to the visiting Stone Memorial Panthers in Smithville Thursday night. With the loss, DC drops to 5-1 on the campaign and 1-1 in the region.DeKalb County will travel to Macon County next Friday, October 4th. Kick-off is set at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage. Macon County is 4-1 with its only loss being to Upperman 35 to 34. Macon County is scheduled to host Cumberland County tonight (Friday).DeKalb County took the lead with 8:38 left in the 1st period on an 8-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jordan Parker to Wyatt Carter completing a 60-yard drive. Adrian Prater came on for the extra point and the Tigers held a 7-0 lead.The Panthers scored with 7:01 left in the 1st period on a 54-yard touchdown run by Maddox Oquendo. The extra point attempt was no good and Stone Memorial trailed 7 to 6.The Tigers later began a drive from their 44-yard line, but Parker threw an interception near midfield which was returned by Stone Memorial to the DC 22-yard line. A 10-yard penalty set the Panthers back to the 32-yard line. Quarterback Noah Potter completed the drive on a 9-yard touchdown run. The 2-point conversion try failed but Stone Memorial took a 12-7 lead with 7:34 left in the 2nd period.DeKalb County regained the advantage on an 8-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Jordan Parker to Jon Hendrix with only two seconds left until halftime capping a 76-yard drive. Cecil Ketchum scored on the 2-point conversion run to give the Tigers a 15 to 12 lead at intermission.In the second half, the Tigers lined up to punt after a stalled drive at their own 24-yard line, but the snap sailed over Adrian Prater’s head, and he downed it at the DC 12-yard line. Quarterback Noah Potter then scored on a 10-yard touchdown run to grab an 18 to 15 lead for the Panthers with 3:20 left in the 3rd period. The extra point attempt was no good.The Panthers extended their lead with 10:41 left in the 4th period on a 49-yard touchdown run by Maddox Oquendo completing an 80-yard drive. Again, the extra point try was no good, but Stone Memorial led 24 to 15.The last score of the night came on a 21-yard touchdown run by Maddox Oquendo capping a 90-yard drive. The extra point by kicker Kayne Bosanko was good and Stone Memorial went onto claim a 31 to 15 victory.</div>

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Stone Memorial Hands DeKalb County First Loss of Season

Six weeks into the high school football season, the DeKalb County Tigers suffered their first defeat of the year with a 31 to 15 loss to the visiting Stone Memorial Panthers in Smithville Thursday night. With the loss, DC drops to 5-1 on the campaign and 1-1 in the region.