Community Urged to Observe Halloween Saturday, October 30 Instead of Sunday, October 31

October 27, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

County and city leaders are asking the community to observe Halloween trick or treating on Saturday, October 30 rather than the traditional date of October 31 which falls on Sunday this year.

The joint announcement was made by DeKalb County Mayor Tim Stribling, Smithville Mayor Josh Miller, Dowelltown Mayor Pam Redmon, Liberty Mayor Jason Ray, and Alexandria Mayor Bennett Armstrong.

There is an exception. The 10th Smithville Boo Bash will be Friday, October 29 from 12 noon until 5 p.m.

The City plans to block off streets around the public square starting at 11:30 a.m. Friday morning.

“We will be conducting this event as safely as we possibly can again this year. We encourage businesses to set up outside if possible and parents to incorporate masks into your child’s costume,” said spokesperson Beth Adcock.

Any business that would like to set up a tent and participate, contact Beth Adcock at 615-597-8210 ext 1.

During the Smithville Halloween Boo Bash, the Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber will be sponsoring the Best Costume Contest and Best Decorations for participating Smithville businesses and offices. To enter, take a picture with your cell phone and send it to 615-464-7760 by 1 PM on Friday, October 29th. Winners will be presented a “Boo Bash” Best Costume or Best Decoration award, local media and social media recognition, winner announcements on the November WJLE Chamber Chat Radio and DTC TV program, and most important – “bragging rights!”

Justin Potter Library will have a Facebook Live Halloween Storytime on Friday, October 29th at 10:00 am. So please join us for a morning of fun. The library will be participating in the Smithville Halloween Boo Bash on the same day from 12 pm until 5:00 pm so come by dressed in your favorite costume because you are in for a treat. For more information call the library at 615-597-4359 or visit us on Facebook or our website at dekalblibraries.net.

Meanwhile the DeKalb County Fair is hosting “Fright at the Fairgrounds” Saturday, October 30. Trick or treating will be from 5-8 p.m. with pumpkin decorating at 6 p.m. and a costume contest at 6:30 p.m. Call or text Matt Boss at 615-464-8627 or Johnny Barnes at 615-289-1165 to sign up for a candy booth.

October 27, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The first of two Tennessee young sportsman deer hunts for the 2021-22 season will be held the weekend of Oct. 30-31. Youth ages 6-16 may participate. Participating youth can use gun, muzzleloader, or archery equipment.

Young sportsmen must be accompanied by a non-hunting adult, 21 or older who must remain in position to take immediate control of the hunting device. The adult must also comply with the fluorescent orange regulations as specified for legal hunters. Multiple youth may be accompanied by a single qualifying adult.

Archery season began in the state on Sept. 25 and the first segment ends Oct. 29, the day prior to the opening of the young sportsman hunt. The second segment of archery only season is Monday, Nov. 1 through Friday, Nov. 5. Muzzleloader/archery season starts Nov. 6. In Unit CWD, gun/muzzleloader/archery season begins Nov. 6. The statewide gun/muzzleloader/archery season has the traditional opening date of the Saturday before Thanksgiving which this year is Nov. 20.

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency recommends that all hunters obtain a 2021-22 Tennessee Hunting and Trapping Guide. The guide lists license requirements, the counties and bag limits for each of the different deer management units. The guide is available on the TWRA website. www.tnwildlife.org, the TWRA App, and where hunting and fishing licenses are sold.

October 27, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

DCHS Lady Tiger Basketball Coach Danny Fish is looking forward to the start of the 2021-22 season next month and hoping to put together a winning combination on the court.

Coach Fish shared his thoughts on the upcoming campaign in a video interview with WJLE last week during media day.

The Lady Tigers finished the 2020-21 season with an overall record of 10-15 and made a quick exit from the district tournament losing to Smith County in February,

The Tigers and Lady Tigers will travel to Whitehouse, November 16 for Hall of Fame action beginning with the girls game at 6 p.m. followed by the boys showdown. DCHS will then head to Gordonsville on Saturday, November 20 starting with girls play at 12 noon.

The first regular season home games will be against Cannon County on Tuesday, November 23 followed by a trip to Warren County on Friday, November 26 to close out the month of November.

DeKalb County will also be stepping up a class moving from Class 2A Region 4 District 8 to Class 3A Region 4 District 7.

The former makeup of the district was comprised of DeKalb County, Macon County, Upperman, York Institute, Watertown, Livingston Academy, Smith County, and Cannon County. In addition to DeKalb County, the new seven team Class 3A District 7 will be made up of Livingston Academy, Macon County, and Upperman along with newcomers Cumberland County, Stone Memorial, and White County.

Senior Kadee Ferrell, one of the leaders on last year’s team and who joined the 1,000 point club, will be returning along with fellow senior Natalie Snipes. Also last year’s District 8AA Freshman player of the year Ella VanVranken will be returning as a sophomore.

“We’ll be counting on Kadee. She has been a great player over the four years she has been here and we are hoping for her to finish out strong and have a good senior season,” said Coach Fish.

“Ella VanVranken is coming off her freshman year as District 8AA Freshman Player of the Year. Hopefully she can continue to develop her game to where there is not any drop off as a sophomore. Sometimes when you come in as a freshman people don’t know about you and what you can do but in that sophomore season there is no fooling anybody. They start planning and scheming for you but I believe she will have a good year for us,” Coach Fish continued.

“Natalie Snipes is our other senior. Natalie will be shooting the three for us. She has been shooting it really good for us during the summer and in shooting practices she has been doing really well so hopefully she will have a good senior year,” added Coach Fish.

“Our Junior Class will be a good class for us with Xharia Lyons getting some playing time. We saw her last year come off the bench and start emerging as a good player at the end. Hopefully Madison Martin solidifies her game this year. She has had a good summer and fall. Hopefully she will step up her game as a Junior”.

“Throughout the team we have some pretty good players. We have a sophomore class which is a pretty good class with Ally Fuller, Cam Branin, and Ella Hendrixson. We’ll take a look at Avery Agee and Dare Collins as freshmen to contribute for us off the bench. We are a little deeper than we have been in the past and I think we shoot the ball better than we did last year. Hopefully with some players playing well and other players stepping up we can make some things happen,” said Coach Fish.

Expect to see the same style of play from the Lady Tigers as in the past. “We will play up tempo, press, and trap. We are not tall. We don’t have any six footers. Our tallest player is 5’ 10 so with 3A teams being a lot bigger we will have to get up and down the floor and use some of our assets and strengths to offset some of our size weaknesses”, Coach Fish continued.

Although it may be tougher, Coach Fish said he welcomes the challenges of the new Class 3A Region 4 District 7 alignment.

“It will give us some different opponents to play but it will be the toughest 3A district in the state. Last year six of the seven teams in it won twenty games or more and five out of the seven teams have won a state championship before and all seven teams have been to the glass house so if we can get out of that district and into the region tournament we will have a chance to do some good things,” said Coach Fish.

2021-22 DCHS Tiger and Lady Tiger Basketball Schedule
November
Tuesday – 16th: White House (HOF)- Away: 6:00
Saturday – 20th: Gordonsville (HOF)- Away: Noon
Tuesday – 23rd:Cannon County- Home : 6:00
Friday – 26th: Warren County- Away: 6:00

December
Friday – 3rd: Watertown- Away: 6:00
Monday – 6th: Cannon County- Away: 6:00
Tuesday – 7th: Smith County- Home: 6:00
Friday – 10th: Stone Memorial * -Home: 6:00
Monday 20th: Heritage Christmas Classic (girls)- Maryville, TN
Tuesday 21st: Heritage Christmas Classic (girls)- Maryville, TN
Wednesday 22nd: Heritage Christmas Classic (girls)- Maryville, TN
Monday – 20th: Riverdale Christmas Classic (boys)- Murfreesboro TBA
Tuesday – 21st: Riverdale Christmas Classic (boys)- Murfreesboro TBA
Tuesday – 28th: Aflac Christmas (girls and boys)- Watertown TBA
Tuesday – 29th: Aflac Christmas (girls and boys)- Watertown TBA
Tuesday – 30th: Aflac Christmas ((girls and boys)- Watertown TBA

January
Tuesday – 4th: Livingston Academy *- Home: 6:00
Friday – 7th: Macon County *- Home: 6:00
Saturday – 8th: Warren County- Home: 3:00
Tuesday – 11th: Watertown -Home: 6:00
Friday – 14th: Cumberland County *- Away: 6:00
Tuesday – 18th: Upperman * -Home: 6:00
Friday – 21st: Stone Memorial *- Away: 6:00
Tuesday – 25th: White County *- Home: 6:00
Friday – 28th: Livingston Academy *- Away: 6:00
Monday – 31st: Smith County- Away: 6:00

February
Tuesday – 1st: Macon County * -Away: 6:00
Tuesday – 8th: Cumberland County * -Home: 6:00
Friday – 11th: Upperman *- Away: 6:00

* District 8AA games
^ Region 4AA games
Game time listed is start time of each girls contest, boys game to follow

Girls Head Coach: Danny Fish
Girls Assistant Coach: Maddison Parsley & Hanah Panter, Rayanna Chapman
Boys Head Coach: John Sanders
Boys Assistant Coach: Logan Vance & Seth Hackett

Lady Tiger Roster:
Kadee Ferrell-Senior
Natalie Snipes-Senior
Madison Martin-Junior
Xharia Lyons-Junior
Darrah Ramsey-Junior
Ella Van Vranken-Sophomore
Ella Hendrixson-Sophomore
Cam Branin-Sophomore
Ally Fuller-Sophomore
Makayla Scales-Sophomore
Caroline Crook-Freshman
Emily Young-Freshman
Bryna Pelham-Freshman
Dare Collins-Freshman
Avery Agee-Freshman
Katherine Knowles-Freshman

Managers- Elizabeth Seber- Senior, Zoe Cripps-Junior, Jenna Wright-Junior, Kora Kilgore- Freshman, and Leah Johnson-Freshman .

2021-22 DCHS Basketball Cheerleaders

Seniors- Evie Day, Keirstine Robinson, Kyleigh Hill, Addison Puckett and Addi Roller. Juniors- Amelia Atnip, Hannah Lohorn, Katherine Gassaway, Katie Patterson, Morgan Walker, Carlee West, and Reese Williams. Sophomores-Elaina Turner and Chayla Knauer. Freshmen-Macy Anderson, Annabella Dakas, Eden Garner, and Sara Moore. Male Stunters- Diego Coronado, Brandon Sykes, Brandon Portillo, and Yahir Hervera. Coaches are Kelly Agee, Amanda Fuller, and Taylor Chapman.

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