Tigers Celebrate Homecoming Win

October 3, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Tigers capped off Homecoming Week with a 38-14 win over the Livingston Academy Wildcats Friday night in Smithville.

The Tigers improve to 4-3 on the season and remain tied with Macon County at 2-0 in the race for the regular season region championship. With the loss Livingston Academy drops to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the region.

Livingston Academy’s quarterback Nate Cowgill had a tough night against the black and gold as the Tiger defense intercepted him five times during the game. The first LA turnover came on their first possession as Axel Aldino picked him off setting up a Tiger touchdown five plays later.

Aldino himself scored on an 11 yard quarterback keeper with 7:34 left in the 1st period to give DC an early 7-0 lead along with Jasper Kleparek’s extra point.

After forcing a punt on LA’s second possession, the Tigers scored two plays later on a touchdown pass from Aldino to Isaac Knowles covering 71 yards for a touchdown. Kleparek added the extra point and the Tigers led 14-0 with 4:27 left in the 1st period.

DeKalb County mounted an 88 yard scoring drive in the second period with Aldino finding the endzone on a 1 yard QB keeper with 8:02 left in the half. Kleparek converted the PAT and the Tigers led 21-0.

By halftime DeKalb County had extended its lead to 24-0 after Kleparek knocked home a 21 yard field goal with 28 seconds left in the 2nd period.

The Tigers cashed in on another LA turnover in the 3rd period. After an interception by Desmond Nokes, DC made the Wildcats pay on a 10 yard touchdown run by QB Aldino with 3:33 left Kleparek’s kick was good and the Tigers held a 31-0 advantage.

LA put the ball in the air again in the 4th quarter and Silas Cross was there to pick it off leading to the Tigers final scoring drive of the game. Aldino found Nokes on a 41 yard pass play for a touchdown, capping a 56 yard drive with 11:51 left and with the PAT by Kleparek the Tigers owned a 38-0 lead.

The Wildcats got two touchdowns late in the game. The first on a pass play from Raven Carpenter to Jayden Lawrence covering 66 yards for the score with 8:02 left in the game. The PAT by Mitchell Watson was good and the Tiger lead was trimmed to 38-7.

LA then recovered an on side kick and scored on a 51 yard touchdown pass play from QB Nate Cowgill to Jayden Lawrence with 7:47 left in the game. Watson’s PAT was good but the Tigers went on to win 38-14.

The Tigers will step outside the region Friday night, October 9 for a meeting with the Smith County Owls (2-4) in Carthage. Kick-off is at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

Class 4A Region 3 standings and team records as of Saturday, October 3:

*DeKalb County: 4-3 (2-0)

*Macon County: 6-1 (2-0)

*Livingston Academy: 5-2 (2-1)

*Cumberland County: 0-6 (0-2)

*Stone Memorial: 2-5 (0-3)

October 2, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Students at DeKalb County High School showed their “Black & Gold” Tiger Pride Friday afternoon for all the community to see during the 2020 Homecoming Day Parade.

(See more DCHS Homecoming Parade photos on the WJLE Facebook Page)

The motorcade, featuring class and club floats, Homecoming queen Leah Brooke Davis and her court, the Tiger football, basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams, Mr and Miss DCHS Ty Ladet and Megan Cantrell, decorated automobiles, emergency vehicles, and more made its way from the high school down West Broad Street and then to South Congress Boulevard over to Smithville Elementary School and then north on Congress Boulevard to Northside Elementary where the DCHS band joined the parade enroute to the public square. The parade concluded with a brief performance by the band and a pep rally led by the Tiger Football Cheerleaders.

The Senior Class won first place in the float competition with the theme “Tigers Super Smash the Wildcats”

Second place went to the Freshman Class float with the theme “Tigers Can the Wildcats”

The Junior Class took third place for “Put a Spell on the Wildcats”

In the best dressed vehicle category, Hailey Bogle won first place. Lydia Willoughby took second place and Bryson Stewart got third place. Briona Agee and Conner Crabtree received honorable mention

2020 DCHS Homecoming Parade from dwayne page on Vimeo.

October 1, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The successor to former Smithville Alderman Gayla Hendrix is to be named Monday night, October 5.

The Mayor and Aldermen will meet in regular monthly session at 6 p.m. at city hall and Mayor Josh Miller is expected to recommend an appointment to fill the vacancy with the approval of the aldermen. Hendrix resigned as alderman last month after Mayor Miller appointed her to the Smithville Municipal Court Judgeship. Whoever gets the appointment will serve out the remaining two years of Hendrix’s unexpired term.

In other business, the aldermen will act on first reading on an annexation ordinance for properties at Foster/Miller Road and Highway 70/Colvert’s Lake Road.

The board will be asked to approve the hiring of a new full time fire department employee and to adopt a bond resolution for the Tennessee Department of Transportation Paving Grant.

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