Tigers Get Road Win at Smith County, Lady Tigers Lose to Owlettes

December 6, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers earned a 59 to 49 road win at Smith County Tuesday night while the Lady Tigers lost to the Owlettes 67 to 44.

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The Tigers (3-4) and the Lady Tigers (3-4) will host Warren County Friday, December 8 in Smithville. The girls game will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

In the game Tuesday night with the Owls, the Tigers led 12 to 9 after the 1st period, 24 to 21 at halftime, and 41 to 35 after the 3rd period before notching a 59 to 49 victory.

Conner Close led the Tigers in scoring with 23 points followed by Dallas Kirby with 14, Jordan Parker and Jon Hendrix each with 7, Seth Fuson 5, and Alex Antoniak 3.

The Lady Tigers trailed Smith County 16 to 11 after the 1st period, 41 to 25 at halftime, and 55 to 35 after the 3rd period before losing to the Owlettes 67 to 44.

Ella VanVranken led the team in scoring with 16 followed by Tess Barton with 10, Allie Melton 5, Cam Branin and Chloe VanVranken each with 4, Avery Agee and Brooklyn Fuson each with 2 and Lillie Young with 1.

2023-24 DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers Basketball Schedule

*District – 7AAA Games
Date -Time -Opponent- Home/Away

DECEMBER
Fri, 12/8- 6:00pm-Warren County- Home • Non-District
Tue, 12/12 -6:00pm- Smith County- Home • Non-District
Fri, 12/15- 6:00pm- Cannon County- Away • Non-District
Mon, 12/18-6:00 pm- Watertown-Home • Non-District
Wed, 12/20-Fri. 12/22- (BOYS) Adidas Shootout- Riverdale • Non-District-TBA
Wed. 12/27-Fri, 12/29 (BOYS) Watertown Classic- Away • Non-District-TBA

JANUARY
Fri. 1/5-6:00pm-White County*-Home • District
Tues. 1/9-6:00pm-Cumberland County*- Home • District
Fri. 1/12-6:00pm-Upperman*- Away • District
Tue, 1/16-6:00pm-Livingston Academy*-Away • District
Fri, 1/19-6:00pm-Stone Memorial*-Home • District
Mon. 1/22-6:00 pm- Warren County-Away• Non-District
Tues. 1/23-(OPEN DATE-District Make Up Day)
Fri. 1/26-6:00pm-White County*-Away • District
Tues, 1/30-6:00pm-Cumberland County*-Away • District

FEBRUARY
Fri. 2/2-6:00pm-Upperman*-Home • District
Mon, 2/5-6:00pm-Livingston Academy*-Home • District
Thurs. 2/8- 6:00 pm-Stone Memorial*-Away • District
Mon. 2/12- 2/17- District Tournament-TBA

*District 7AAA Games. Game time listed is the start of the girls contest. Boys contest to follow

December 6, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville Municipal Swimming Pool is in need of a major overhaul before it opens in May and the city has committed up to $100,000 for the repairs and rehabilitation.

During Monday night’s regular monthly meeting, the Mayor and Aldermen heard from Tiera Nash of A Cut Above Outdoors, LLC in Cookeville who submitted a bid of $95,700 to do the work for the city after examining the pool.

City officials admit that the pool is a costly service to operate and maintain.

Although it has been repaired and renovated several times in its almost 50-year existence, Nash said the pool has deteriorated this time to the point that it should not be opened unless some further renovations are made.

“If you don’t do anything, it (pool) should not be opened,” said Nash. “Its old. From what I gather it was built in the 70’s but its in better shape than we expected for having been built in the 70’s”, she said.

Nash summarized for the mayor and aldermen the pool issues that need to be addressed.

“We walked the whole pool and brought our foreman who has been with us 22 years just to get another set of eyes because there is a lot of damage to the pool,” said Nash.

“Sixteen lights need to be changed. They are 220-volt lights that need to be changed to low voltage. That is one of the first things that needs to be done. All the big lights need to come out and the holes there are like a 12-inch hole so they will need to be removed and we will have to chisel into the frame of the gunite pool so we can fill in with new concrete product and plaster to make new sockets because the LED lights are only six inches. These lights would only be LED and if anything were to go wrong no one would be electrocuted. It’s just not possible. They would need new fittings, new connectors and new transformers and they would run off of a remote. You could have up to six different colored lights or just white,” Nash explained.

“Another issue is the tile,” said Nash. “In all public pools you have tile at the top of the pool which we call the bond beam and this pool in Smithville has a 12-inch piece on the top, the bond beam and up the side so there is two feet of tile that is falling apart and crumbling. The little grates that the water goes into to circulate the water in the pool, only half of them is connected. They are just falling apart. There is one corner especially where the shallow end goes into the kiddie pool and the whole corner has come off the pool. You can see right in the wall. That stuff needs to be fixed”.

“The steps that go into the kiddie pool are also in very bad shape,” said Nash. “There are cracks in the pool. In the corner, there are several cracks and some in the floor. Some cracks in the body need to be addressed as well as the removal of the caulking. When you are in the pool you see the tile meeting the concrete decking and there is almost one inch gap of caulking that goes all the way around and its hideous. It needs to be replaced”.

The aldermen unanimously voted to make all the repairs suggested by Nash in her bid proposal totaling $95,700 and to pay for it through a budget amendment. Two readings of such an ordinance would need to be approved before payment could be authorized.

The scope of the work to be done on the pool by A Cut Above Outdoors, LLC according to the bid proposal is as follows:

1. Remove and replace 16 pool lights. Install new low voltage pool lights with transformers. Install new wire, fittings and connectors. Price $25,985

2. Build new lights boxes inside the pool for new LED lights, includes concrete, rebar, bonding agent and plaster. Price $11,965

3. Demo old tile along water line and old thin set from pool, approximately 450 linear feet, haul away debris. Price $4,200

4. Apply new skim coat with bonding agent for new tile. Install new 1×1 tile with thin set and grout, approximately 450 linear feet around perimeter of pool. Price $25,750

5. Removal of all old caulking from joint between pool and concrete decking, clean out and apply new pool caulking around perimeter of pool. Price $1,585

6. Rebuild 2 steps (includes demo) concrete, rebar, new plaster, new tile. Price $9,735

7. Chisel and grind corner of pool walls and areas of the pool where large cracks are a problem. Includes concrete, bonding agent, mortar and plaster. Price $6,875

8. Concrete decking repair-demo and removal of 650 square feet of concrete decking. Price $3,250 includes saw cutting.

9. Replace with new concrete, rebar and concrete paint-650 square feet. Price $6,355

Nash added in her bid proposal that “This pool is very old and there could be hidden issues that we are unable to see until we remove damaged areas and start repairs. There could be some additional costs once we remove these areas and have a better visual. Parts of the pool where it is deteriorating may be soft up inside and require more removal and repair”.

December 5, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Six of the twelve petitions issued by the DeKalb County Election Commission have been returned and approved for the March 5th DeKalb County Republican Primary with the qualifying deadline drawing near.

Names of the candidates or potential candidates are as follows:

Property Assessor: Shannon Cantrell (Incumbent) and challenger Amy Clare Lockhart. Both Cantrell and Lockhart have returned their qualifying petitions and are qualified candidates.

Board of Education: Tom Walkup & Megan Moore (5th District) and Jason Miller (Incumbent) (6th District)

Constable:
Tyler Cripps (1st District)

Danny Adamson (2nd District). He has returned his petition and is a qualified candidate.

Travis Bryant (3rd District) (Incumbent)

Lane Ball (4th District) (Incumbent). He has returned his petition and is a qualified candidate.

Mark Milam (5th District) (Incumbent). He has returned his petition and is a qualified candidate.

Jason Brown (6th District) (Incumbent)

Jeremy Neal (7th District)

Recently governor appointed judge Shawn Fry of Cookeville has also filed his petition in the six counties including DeKalb that make up the 13th Judicial District to seek a full eight-year term to the newly created criminal court judgeship.

Both the DeKalb County Republican and Democratic Parties will be holding primaries simultaneously on Tuesday, March 5th for the offices of Property Assessor, Constable (districts 1-7), and Board of Education (5th & 6th) districts along with the newly created position of criminal court judge-Part III in the 13th judicial district. The primaries will be held in conjunction with the Tennessee Presidential Preference Primary.

The qualifying deadline is Thursday, December 14 at 12 noon. The voter registration deadline for the March 5th primaries is February 5 and the early voting period will be Wednesday, February 14 through Tuesday, February 27. The Absentee ballot request deadline is Tuesday, February 27, 2024.

Independents wishing to run for Assessor of Property or Constable (districts 1-7), Board of Education (5th & 6th) districts, or for criminal court judge-Part III in the August 2024 County General Elections must also qualify by noon on Thursday, December 14.

Party nominees and independents for these offices will run in the DeKalb County General Election on Thursday, August 1, 2024 and those elected will take office September 1, 2024.

The incumbents in these offices are Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell and Constables- 1st District: Waylon Kyle, 2nd District: Darrell Johnson, 3rd District: Travis Bryant, 4th District: Lane Ball, 5th District: Mark Milam, 6th District: Jason Brown, and 7th District: Johnny King.

The school board seats up for election in 2024 are currently held by Jamie Cripps in the 5th district and Jason Miller in the 6th district.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Tre Hargett has certified the names of nine Republicans and one Democratic presidential candidate for the March 5, 2024, Super Tuesday Presidential Preference Primary and County Primary Election. On Super Tuesday, 15 other states will join Tennessee in helping decide each party’s presidential nominee.

The following candidates will be on Tennessee’s March 5, 2024, ballot:
Republican Primary Ballot:
Ryan Binkley
Doug Burgum
Chris Christie
Ron DeSantis
Nikki Haley
Asa Hutchinson
Vivek Ramaswamy
David Stuckenberg
Donald J. Trump

Democratic Primary Ballot:
Joseph R. Biden

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