DeKalb County Health Department Honored with 2018 TNCPE Commitment Award

March 6, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Health Department was honored at the TNCPE Excellence Awards Celebration and Banquet, held on Thursday, February 28, 2019. The Commitment Award was presented by Mr. Bob Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige Performance Excellence Program/NIST, and Tamera Fields Parsons,  TNCPE President and CEO. Business and community leaders from across Tennessee and the Southeast joined us to recognize and celebrate the winners. Twenty-two organizations representing high-performing businesses, government agencies, nonprofit, health care and education organizations were recognized for their commitment to excellence and continuous improvement.

For more information, visit www.TNCPE.org.

Photo Credit: George Walker IV

March 6, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Lady Tigers were denied a trip to the State Tournament’s Final Four as they lost 34 to 31 to the Marshall County Tigerettes today (Wednesday) in the quarterfinals at MTSU.

Marshall County led 11 to 10 after the 1^st period, 19 to 12 at halftime and 27 to 23 after the 3^rd period before holding on for the 34 to 31 victory.

Lydia Brown had 16 points, Emme Colwell 6, Kadee Ferrell 4, Mya Ruch 3, and Maddison Parsley with 2 points.

The Lady Tigers season ends with a record of 23-12.

In other quarterfinals girls games today (Wednesday) Macon County defeated Covington 56 to 38, and Cheatham County beat Grainger 49 to 41. Macon County (30-5) will meet Cheatham County (28-3) in the state’s semi-finals Friday while Marshall County (26-7) will face either Westview or South Greene in the other semi-finals game Friday. The state championship game will be Saturday at MTSU

March 6, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Lady Tigers will begin their run in the State Tournament today (Wednesday) facing the Marshall County Tigerettes in the quarterfinals of the Class AA BlueCross Basketball Championships at MTSU in Murfreesboro.

Game time is 1:15 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage with the Voice of the Lady Tigers John Pryor on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com

Listen for WJLE’s Tiger Talk program at 1:00 p.m. featuring Lady Tiger Coach Danny Fish and Lady Tiger seniors Lydia Brown, Maddison Parsley, and Joni Robinson with the Voice of the Lady Tigers John Pryor.

The Lady Tigers are 23-11 while the Marshall County is 26-7.

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“I have watched two films on them and they are good but I think we will be able to do some things against them that maybe some other teams haven’t. I don’t think they are as athletic as we are so we are wanting to play a 90 feet game. I think they are used to playing a half court game. In one film I watched a team pressure them a lot and they had a little trouble with it and on the other film I watched the team didn’t pressure them any and they (Marshall County) made them pay in the half court game. We will be a little undersized but I expect us to come out and play our game. We’re going to stick to what we do well,” said Lady Tiger Coach Danny Fish.

The community is urged to turn out in large numbers in support of the Lady Tigers today. DeKalb County Schools are closed and so are some businesses for the event.

DCHS held a pep rally Tuesday afternoon  in the gym for the entire student body which had a game like feel with the DCHS pep band, cheerleaders, and the players running through the Tiger after being introduced by public address announcer Chris Vance.  Students also got to hear a recording of WJLE’s exciting  play bv play announcer John Pryor during the closing seconds of the LIVE broadcast  Saturday as DeKalb defeated McMinn Central 44 to 42 in the sub-state.

Not since 1965 has a DeKalb County High School girls team made it to the state tournament. That team finished fourth. In 1959, DeKalb County’s girls team got to the state tournament championship game before losing to Porter 47 to 46.

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