Danny Fish Named District Coach of the Year

February 8, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County High School Lady Tiger Basketball Coach Danny Fish has been named the District 8AA Coach of the Year.

The announcement came Friday morning during the All-District selections for the year which includes four Lady Tigers and three Tigers. Kadee Ferrell and Lydia Brown were named to the 2^nd Team All-District. Ferrell was also named to the All-Freshmen Team. Emme Colwell made the 3^rd Team All-District and Mya Ruch was named to the All-Defensive Team. For the boys Nathan Atkins was named to the 3^rd Team All-District and Dallas Cook and Tanner Poss received Honorable Mention. Cook was also named to the All-Defensive Team.

Coach Fish has guided the Lady Tigers this season to an overall 19-8 record and a 10-4 mark in the district finishing in third place.

The Lady Tigers will make their debut in the District Tournament Wednesday, February 13 at 6 p.m. at Cookeville High School. Their opponent will be either Watertown or Smith County.

The Tigers will face Cannon County on Tuesday night, February 12 at 5:00 p.m. at Tennessee Tech’s Hooper Eblen Center. The Tigers are seeded 7^th and Cannon County 6^th.

WJLE will have LIVE coverage of all Tiger and Lady Tiger games in the Tournament.

The girls bracket of the Tournament is as follows:

Monday, February 11:

#5 Cannon County versus #8 Livingston Academy at 5:00 p.m. (TTU)

#6 Watertown versus #7 Smith County at 8:00 p.m. (TTU)

Tuesday, February 12:

#4 York Institute versus Cannon County/Livingston Academy winner at 6:30 p.m. (TTU)

Wednesday, February 13:

#3 DeKalb County versus Watertown/Smith County winner at 6:00 p.m. (Cookeville High School)

Friday, February 15:

#2 Upperman versus either Watertown/Smith County/or DeKalb County in Semi-Finals at 4:00 p.m. (TTU)

#1 Macon County versus either Cannon County/Livingston Academy/ or York Institute in Semi-Finals at 7:00 p.m. (TTU)

Monday, February 18:

Girls Consolation Game at 6:00 p.m. (TTU)

Girls Championship Game at 7:30 p.m. (TTU)

The boys bracket of the Tournament is as follows:

Monday, February 11:

#5 Macon County versus #8 Smith County at 6:30 p.m. (TTU)

Tuesday, February 12:

#6 Cannon County versus #7 DeKalb County at 5:00 p.m. (TTU)

#4 Watertown versus Macon County/Smith County winner at 8:00 p.m. (TTU)

Wednesday, February 13:

#3 Upperman versus Cannon County/DeKalb County winner at 7:30 p.m. (Cookeville High School)

Friday, February 15:

#2 York Institute versus either Cannon County/DeKalb County/or Upperman in Semi-Finals at 5:30 p.m. (TTU)

#1 Livingston Academy versus either Macon County/Smith County/ or Watertown in Semi-Finals at 8:30 p.m. (TTU)

Tuesday, February 19:

Boys Consolation Game at 6:00 p.m. (TTU)

Boys Championship Game at 7:30 p.m. (TTU)

February 8, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Three people were injured in a two vehicle crash Wednesday evening on Highway 70 at Alexandria.

According to Trooper Robert Melching of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 68 year old Loretta Coleman of Alexandria was eastbound on Highway 70 in a 2004 Toyota Camry attempting to make a legal left hand turn when she pulled into the path of a 2000 Jeep Laredo, driven by 24 year old Antonio Larocco of Liberty who was traveling west on Highway 70 without his headlights on. After impact, Coleman’s car spun approximately 270 degrees and came to final rest in the road facing south. Larocco’s Jeep ran off the road to the right and came to final rest against a tree facing west.

Coleman and a passenger of her car, 47 year old Michael Owens of Alexandria were injured. Larocco was not hurt but a passenger of his Jeep, 20 year old Zachary Payne of Brush Creek was injured.

Larocco was charged with expired registration, financial responsibility, open container, headlights off during inclement weather, and driving on a suspended license.

February 8, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The twelfth annual Teacher of the Year banquet will be held Tuesday, March 5 starting at 6 p.m. at the Smithville First Baptist Church Life Enrichment Center.

Director of Schools Patrick Cripps made the announcement during Thursday night’s regular monthly Board of Education meeting.

“We just want to congratulate each of our teachers for their hard work and being recognized by their peers. We know there are several deserving of this and we appreciate everything they do,” said Cripps.

This year’s honorees are first grade teacher Vicky Hawker at Smithville Elementary School;  fifth grade teacher Cheryl Vandagriff at Northside Elementary School; Jessica Antoniak, a sixth grade math and science teacher at DeKalb West School; Justin Nokes, a seventh grade history teacher at DeKalb Middle School; and Linda Parris,  a family and consumer sciences/culinary arts teacher at DeKalb County High School.

One of them will receive the District-Wide John Isabell Teacher of the Year award.

In other business, Director Cripps announced in his monthly personnel report that Charlotte Blaylock has been granted a leave of absence and Michael Agee, a mechanic has resigned.

Northside Elementary Principal Karen Knowles gave a brief school report announcing that smart boards have been added to classrooms due federal programs funding and proceeds from cookie dough sales. Students will also be participating in MTSU’s invention convention on February 21. Knowles also congratulated Cheryl Vandagriff for being named the school’s Teacher of the Year at Northside Elementary.

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DeKalb West School Principal Sabrina Farler also addressed the school board announcing that the 4^TH Annual Family Literacy Night will be Thursday, February 28 from  5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb West School. Any pre-k to 8^th grade student system wide can participate with their parents. Farler also congratulated Jessica Antoniak as the DWS Teacher of the Year and she mentioned that the first home baseball game will be March 7.

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