Catch WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters College Football Show Today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m.

September 9, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Five of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters tied for having the best record picking winners during last week’s debut show for the college football season.

Grant James, Ricky Atnip, Jared Davis, Chad Kirby, and John Pryor each compiled a record of 9-6 last week. Scott Brown went 8-7 while Darrell Gill and Scott Goodwin were each at 7-8.

Two forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Grant James got 3 points as Maryland defeated West Virginia 30 to 24 and Jared Davis got on the board with 3 points with Georgia’s 10-3 win over Clemson.

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

Utah at BYU, Washington at Michigan, Iowa at Iowa State, Air Force at Navy, Illinois at Virginia, Georgia Southern at Florida Atlantic, San Diego State at Arizona, Oregon at Ohio State, South Carolina at East Carolina, N.C. State at Mississippi State, Missouri at Kentucky, Texas at Arkansas, Vanderbilt at Colorado State, Pittsburgh at Tennessee, and Arizona at the Tennessee Titans.

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

Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.

September 8, 2021
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The girls and boys DMS cross country teams competed at the Webb School, in the John Freeman Invitational, this past Saturday, Sept. 4th. Personal records were set and 3 top 15 finishes were earned.

The girls team was led by 8th grader Chaylea Lundsford who finished 4th out of a field of 112 runners with a PR of 13:59. Her teammate, Emily Fry, earned a top 15 finish as well, placing 13th, with a time a PR of 14:44. Rounding out the girls team was Kaylee Kent; 16:06, Gracie Brewington; 18:32, Anaka Oakley; 20:24, and Isobella Franz; PR of 21:22.

7th grader Ben Driver, paved the way for the DMS boys with a top 10 finish, placing 7th overall in a field of 172 runners with a time of 12:55. Rounding out the boys was 6th grader, Carson Davis; PR of 14:25, Ethan Spears PR of 14:37, Hayden Merriman, PR of 14:57, and Christian Hernandez; 15:10.

Not competing at the meet were teammates, Dylan Cathey, Andrew Cathey, Chloe VanVranken, Sydney Polk, Candice Rico, and Kaelyn Beltran-Ortega.

September 8, 2021
By: Johnny Barnes Extension Agent & County Director

The DeKalb County 4-H Grilling Team has done it again! For the third straight year of competition, DeKalb County 4-H is Regional Champions. The senior high team comprised of Avalynn Smullen, Riley Fuson, Lily Waggoner and Paul Oliver won first place at the Central Region 4-H Grill Master Challenge. The Competition featured 4-H teams and individuals from all over Middle Tennessee. 4-H members in the 9th-12th grades compete in the senior high division with 6th-8th grades being in the junior high division. Each 4-Her grills either a pork, beef, lamb, or poultry product and submits for judging. DeKalb County’s junior high team placed fourth in their division.

Along with team accomplishments, several of the members excelled individually which propelled their teams to the top of the contest. In the Sr. High division, Lilly Waggoner was the champion in poultry and Paul Oliver was the lamb champion with Avalynn Smullen coming in eighth in pork. In Jr. High, Trinity Young was the champion in pork and Ben Barton was the lamb champion. Also in the top ten were Wade Evans third place in lamb, Cali Agee fourth in pork, Kylynn Smullen sixth in poultry, and Hannah Keith ninth in beef. The competition was held on August 26 at the fairgrounds in Lebanon, TN.

The senior high team will now go on to compete at the State Contest which will be on October 23 in Knoxville where they will compete against the champions from West and East Tennessee. DeKalb County was the State Champions in 2018 and State Runners-Up in 2019 and this team hopes to continue that success. No competitions took place in 2020 due to Covid. A big thank-you goes out to C&S Farms and Food Lion for helping to sponsor. Good luck to these kids at the next round of competition!

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