DeKalb Fishing Teams Headed for Regional Tournament

September 29, 2022
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The DeKalb fishing team will be sending 6 teams to Dale Hollow Lake, Star Point Resort for the first regional tournament of the 2022-23 season this Saturday. The following will be representing DeKalb County:

Mason Taylor Wesley Kent- DeKalb County Fishing
Hasten Waggoner Jaxon Humphrey- DeKalb County Fishing
Hunter Cannon Marshall Farler- DeKalb County Fishing
Braeden Mangin Richard Manning- DeKalb County Fishing
Tyler Dunn Garrison Randolph- DeKalb County Fishing
Rowan Miller Emma Johnson- DeKalb County Fishing

September 29, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County School District is among 78 across the state that improved its 2021-22 graduation rate from the previous year.

According to data released by the Tennessee Department of Education, 93.2% of DeKalb County High School students graduated on time in 2021-22, almost a 10% increase from the rate of 83.6% in 2020-21. It was also better than the state’s graduation rate of 89.8% for 2021-22.

“Coming out of COVID our staff and administration worked extremely hard and did a good job in making sure students at risk and short of credits were on track to graduate through various educational and credit recovery programs including after school and summer school. We also added a graduation coach last year to help,” said Director of Schools Patrick Cripps

The Tennessee Department of Education this week released the graduation rate data for the 2021-22 school year, which exceeds pre-pandemic levels. With a statewide rate of 89.8% of Tennessee high school students graduating on time in the 2021-22 school year, a total of 78 districts improved their graduation rates from last year, and 95% of eligible students in 53 districts graduated on time this year.

“Seeing our graduation rates return to pre-pandemic levels shows that strong partnerships and the right investments will result in improved outcomes for our students,” said Commissioner Penny Schwinn. “Thanks to the dedication of our districts and schools, educators, and families, Tennessee students are able to move into life beyond high school and pursue postsecondary pathways that will help them achieve their dreams and goals.”

Tennessee’s graduation rate prior to the pandemic was 89.7% in 2018-19, and last year the rate was 88.7%. For the 2021-22 school year, the most notable takeaways from graduation data include:

•12 districts improved their graduation rate by 5 percentage points or more
•53 districts graduated 95% or more of their cohorts
•78 districts improved their graduation rates from 2021 to 2022
•54 districts improved the Students with Disabilities student group by 5 percentage points or more
•1,297 more students graduated in the 2022 cohort compared to last year, for a total of 64,580 graduating students across the state

The department continues to offer several initiatives to accelerate academic achievement and prepare students for postsecondary success, including summer programming, free ACT workshops, TN ALL Corps, Innovative School Models, and AP Access for All.

September 29, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Grant James of the James Gang remains the leader of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking college football winners.

James has the best overall record at 48-12 after the first four weeks of the season followed by Ricky Atnip at 47-13, Jared Davis at 46-14, Chad Kirby and Scott Goodwin each at 43-17, John Pryor and Scott Brown each at 42-18, and Darrell Gill of the Gill Gang at 41-19.

For the week, Ricky Atnip and Scott Brown tied for the best record at 13-2 followed by Darrell Gill and Scott Goodwin each at 11-4, Grant James and Jared Davis each at 10-5 and Chad Kirby and John Pryor each at 9-6.

Two Fearless Forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Darrell Gill of the Gill Gang got 2.5 points added to his total as Baylor defeated Iowa State 31-24 and Jared Davis picked up another 3.5 points as Troy upset Marshall 16-7.

Overall, Gill leads in underdog points with 17.5 followed by Jared Davis 11, Scott Brown 10, and John Pryor 6.5.

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Washington at UCLA, Wake Forest at Florida State, N.C. State at Clemson, California at Washington State, Iowa State at Kansas, Indiana at Nebraska, Michigan State at Maryland, Oklahoma at TCU, Oklahoma State at Baylor, Michigan at Iowa, Texas A&M at Mississippi State, Alabama at Arkansas, Kentucky at Ole Miss, LSU at Auburn and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the Indianapolis Colts.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Davis Auto Body, and Domino’s Pizza.

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