Ally Beneke State Champion!

May 28, 2022
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DCHS high jumper , Ally Beneke, became a State Champion on May 26th at the TSSAA-DI AAA track meet. The junior jumped a height of 5 feet 6 inches to claim the title! Beneke had the number one seed going into the competition of 5 feet 7 inches, which she jumped earlier in season.

Ella VanVranken represented DeKalb in the 1600 meter run. She finished 11th overall with a time of 5:25.

May 28, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tiger basketball camp returned last week at DeKalb Middle School after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic. About 120 boys and girls from kindergarten to 8th grade participated to learn basketball skills and fundamentals.

The camp was led by DCHS Basketball Coaches John Sanders and Danny Fish and Assistant Coaches Logan Vance and Maddison Parsley. Tiger and Lady Tiger basketball players served as camp counselors.

“I think all the kids worked hard and had a great time. I had a K-2 group and Coach Vance was over the 6-8th grade group. Coach Sanders took the 3-5th grade group. It was co-ed so we had boys and girls in the camp. We’re just thankful to have had this much community support for our program,” said Coach Fish.

“We taught skills, fundamentals from defense to offense including ball handling, passing, shooting, rebounding, steals, man, zone, and more. This was really just a skills camp. Of course, with different age levels there were different skills so we taught different things to different kids,” added Coach Fish.

“We had a really good turnout,” said Coach Sanders. “You could tell the kids were really eager to get here and learn and compete and that is what we like to see. It was for kids entering kindergarten to kids entering 8th grade. For four hours each day we worked on some skills that are really vital to be able the play the game of basketball. The very first day we spent a lot of time working on dribbling, pivoting, passing, and shooting form and things like that and the kids got to play basketball games every day during the last hour. The younger kids had fun and for them it was really about getting the feel of the basketball in their hands and learning how to catch, dribble and not be afraid of the ball,” added Coach Sanders.

May 28, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Schools Art Exhibit will be Today (Saturday, May 28) featuring works of local art students. The annual event, sponsored by the Smithville Study Club, will be held from 1-3 p.m. at the DeKalb County Complex at 712 South Congress Boulevard. The public is invited to attend.

“The Art Exhibit features art from any student from five years of age and older in our county including home schooled students. Two students will be chosen to receive the “People’s Choice” K-8 and 9-12 awards. All students who attend the exhibit will receive a color certificate and ribbon,” said Art Chair Susan Hinton.

For more information contact Hinton at 615-597-9300 or Smithville Study Club President Walteen Parker.

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