Tiger Season Comes to a Close with Loss to Tullahoma in Region Tournament

March 1, 2025
By: Dwayne Page

The 2024-25 DCHS Tiger basketball season came to a close Saturday night at Tullahoma in the opening round of the Region 4 AAA tournament with the Wildcats beating the Tigers 61 to 34.

DeKalb County concludes the season at 10-22.

Tullahoma led 20 to 3 after the 1st period, 37 to 13 at halftime, and 52 to 22 after the 3rd period before going on to win 61 to 34.

For DeKalb County, Dallas Kirby scored 12, Jon Hendrix and Jordan Parker each with 5, Elliot Barnes 4 and David Wheeler and Chase Young each with 3.

March 1, 2025
By: Dwayne Page

The county owned Pine Creek Saddle Club property may soon be up for sale.

During Monday night’s regular monthly meeting, the county commission voted to approve a recommendation from the Revenue Research Committee to sell the Pine Creek Saddle Club property on Four Seasons Road after an appraisal has been conducted. However, the commission tabled the committee’s recommendation to also sell property behind the Smithville City Police Department.

By selling certain unused county owned properties, Committee Chairman Larry Green said the county could take revenue from the sales and apply it to other county needs.

Meanwhile, the commission Monday night also approved the revenue committee’s recommendation for the county to look into the possibility of establishing a building permit system through which the county could collect fees on inspections of new construction rather than the state. Final action by the commission is pending a more detailed plan to come later.

According to committee chairman Green builders currently obtain their permits online through the state and the state gets all the revenue from them. The idea is for the permits to be issued by the county and for the county to get the fees.

“It (permit issuance) will still be online with a copy going to the building inspector who will issue the permit and a copy goes to the tax assessor. It’s the same building codes they use now. Its just who gets the revenue from the permits, the state or county. “We would eventually need a local building inspector,” said Green.

The committee’s hope is that sufficient revenue would be raised through such a local permit program to not only fund the building inspector position but for other county needs.

February 28, 2025
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Tigers will meet the Tullahoma Wildcats in the first round of the Region 4 AAA basketball tournament Saturday night, March 1 at Tullahoma. The game tips off at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor.

The Tigers are 10-21 overall while the Wildcats are 26-4. It’s the first region tournament appearance for the Tigers since 2013. DC finished 4th in the district tournament. Tullahoma is the top seed from its district entering the region tournament.

After finishing the regular district season at 1-9 the Tigers upended White County in the 1st round of the district tournament and lost close but winnable games against Stone Memorial and Livingston Academy.

Tiger Coach Joey Agee said his team may be playing its best basketball now.

“We are pleased with the way they played in the district tournament. The game against Stone Memorial ended up being 10 points (57-47 final) but it was really a five- or six-point game. We had to start fouling at the end. If we had made a few baskets here or there we might have been in the championship game. In the game with Livingston Academy, we had three opportunities near the end but the shots just didn’t go down although they battled back. We were down by eight points with two minutes to go but we got after them on defense and they (Wildcats) missed some free throws which was good for us. I think we hit three 3-point shots in three possessions in a row which got us back in the game. We tied it up but ended up getting beat by two (51-49). Our effort was great and our defense was pretty good. If we are patient on offense we are a lot better offensively. Sometimes we get a little dribble happy or a little crazy with the ball and turn it over but that has been much better lately and I think you can see the results of that,” said Coach Agee.

Speaking with John Pryor on Tiger Talk, Coach Agee sizes up DeKalb County’s next opponent in Tullahoma.

“Nobody is really picking us to win against Tullahoma so we are basically in the same situation going into the region as we were the district tournament. We have to prove people wrong. When you play in our district you are playing in a lot of tough atmospheres especially White County, Upperman, and Livingston Academy. All those places are pretty rowdy. It shouldn’t be any different at Tullahoma. Of course, it will be a home game for them (Tullahoma) but we have been in that situation before. One of their players, Xavier Ferrell handles the ball well, shoots the mid-range well, and shoots the three point well from what we have seen. He’s the guy who really controls everything for them but they have some other good players too. They have a big 6-foot, 8-inch kid on the inside who creates a lot of problems offensively and defensively. He is back there protecting the rim. We have to move the ball and be patient on offense. Its going to take all of us to win,” said Coach Agee.

Listen for Tiger Talk Saturday, March 1 starting at 6:45 p.m. featuring John Pryor interviewing Tiger Coach Joey Agee and Tiger players and All-District Tournament team members Dallas Kirby and Jon Hendrix followed by the game at 7 p.m. on WJLE AM 1480/ FM 101.7 and on the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.

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