Warren County Spoils Opening Night for DCHS Tigers

August 22, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The season opener was not what the DeKalb County Tigers had hoped for Friday night as the Warren County Pioneers came to Smithville and left with a 30 to 24 victory in this annual border rivalry showdown.

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It was the 16th straight meeting between these two programs since 2005 and Warren County leads the series in wins during that stretch 9 to 7.

The Tigers never led in the game.

Warren County scored on its first play from scrimmage as Pioneer Quarterback C.J. Taylor raced 53 years for a touchdown with 11:42 left in the 1st period. Kicker Steven Tony Curtis tacked on the extra point for a 7-0 Warren County lead.

After a Tiger turnover, Warren County mounted another scoring drive as Taylor again rambled 50 yards for his second TD of the night with 5:10 left in the 1st period. Curtis added the PAT and the Pioneers led 14-0.

DeKalb County answered with 2:06 left in opening period on a 30 yard touchdown pass from Quarterback Axel Aldino to Isaac Knowles. The PAT attempt by Aldino was no good and the Pioneers lead was cut to 14-6.

Warren County extended its lead with 8:36 left in the 2nd period as Taylor found his target on a 21 yard touchdown pass. Curtis added the extra point and the Pioneers held a 21-6 advantage.

The Tigers answered with 1:49 left in the 2nd period as Aldino found Desmond Nokes on a 20 yard touchdown pass. The 2 point conversion attempt failed and DeKalb County trailed 21-12 at halftime.

After exchanging fumbles early in the 3rd period, DeKalb County cut the gap on a touchdown strike from Aldino to T.J. Alexander with 11:37 left in the period. The 2 point conversion try failed but the Tigers were down by only 3 at 21-18.

Warren County extended its lead to 24-18 on a 31 yard field goal by Curtis with 7:03 left in the 3rd period and then took a two score advantage with 7:55 left in the 4th period after Taylor took it in on a 1 yard plunge. The PAT by Curtis put the Pioneers on top 30-18.

The Tigers added one more score with 3:46 left in the game as Alexander caught a 15 yard touchdown pass from Aldino. The extra point attempt was no good and DeKalb County lost 30 to 24.

The Tigers will host the Upperman Bees next Friday night in Smithville. WJLE will have LIVE coverage. Upperman lost at Cookeville Thursday night 28-0.

August 21, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

What’s the best means of stopping a fleeing suspect or felon in a vehicle during a high speed law enforcement pursuit?

Fifth District County Commissioner Jerry Adcock believes “Stop Sticks” may be the answer. A stop stick is a tire deflation device for high speed pursuits.

During Thursday night’s “Committee of the Whole” meeting of the County Commission, Adcock proposed the county purchasing 20 stop sticks for the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department which would cost around $11,000.

Adcock referenced a pursuit just a month ago in which a Rock Island man led Warren County deputies on a pursuit from McMinnville to near Smithville before being forced off the road. Had the local Sheriff’s Department had stop sticks, the suspect may have been intercepted earlier.

Along with the stop sticks, Adcock proposed purchasing dash mounted radar units for county patrol cars for better enforcement of speed limits on county roads. Adcock said up to 20 cars could be equipped with radar devices for around $2,500 each.

Adcock said stop sticks and radar units are needed in the interest of public safety. The purchase could be made from an appropriation out of the county’s capital projects fund.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said while the stop sticks would be useful there could be problems enforcing speed limits even with radar units because so many county roads do not have authorized posted speed limits by the county commission and others are posted with unauthorized signs. Under state law, if a county road is not posted, the speed limit is 55 miles per hour.

“Some signs are posted that were not approved by the county commission. Its where somebody just put up a homemade sign. In some cases the signs even look like the real thing but they are no good and can’t be enforced,” he said.

“I know of a case once where someone was pulled over for violating a speed limit on a county road which turned into a drug case. Their attorney went back and checked and the posted speed limit never was voted on by the county commission. They (officers) lost that case because it wasn’t a good stop”.

Given the choice of one or the other, Sheriff Ray said he would prefer the stop sticks over the radar units.

“It’s a whole lot cheaper to buy stop sticks if we were to get in a pursuit and then they crashed into somebody resulting in a lawsuit. Right now we have no way to stop them once we get after them. A few months ago we chased one through three counties trying to get him to stop. What you see on TV, patrol cars knocking people off the road, there is liability that goes with that. We can’t just go out and do pit maneuvers on somebody because we are not trained to do that. There is a certain way to safely knock someone off the road. There have been times when we have done it but we carry that liability when we do it. Most departments go with stop sticks. It’s a lot cheaper and they don’t blow out tires, when they run over them. Its a slow release of air from the tires but they will have to stop or run on rims,” said Sheriff Ray.

No action has been taken.

August 21, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Hugh Washer has been reappointed to a new four year term on the DeKalb Utility District Board of Commissioners.

County Mayor Tim Stribling will formally announce his appointment of Washer during Monday night’s county commission meeting.

Washer is one of three members on the board who serves DeKalb County. Each term is for four years.

By law, the DUD board must submit the names of three nominees to fill each position, listed in order of preference. During a recent meeting, the board voted to submit the names of Washer, Paul Blair, and Kerry Davis in that order to the DeKalb County Mayor for this year’s appointment.

The general provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated (State Law) TCA § 7-82-307 provide that the utility board members must submit three nominees, listed in order of preference, to the county mayor (where the vacancy exists). The county mayor has the authority to appoint one of the nominees to the vacant position on the board or reject all of the nominees. If the county mayor rejects all three nominees, then the board of (utility) commissioners has to submit three additional nominees to the county mayor for consideration.

The DUD Board is made up of five members, three from DeKalb County (Jimmy Womack, Joe Foutch, and Hugh Washer), one from Cannon (Roger Turney), and one from Smith County (Danny Bass). The terms are staggered.

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