Turnovers Plague Tigers in Season Opening Loss to Border Rival Warren County

August 24, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Tigers fought their way back from a 21-0 first half deficit to tie late in the game but the Warren County Pioneers rallied with two touchdowns to win 35-21 in this season opening border rivalry Friday night in McMinnville.

Turnovers plagued both teams especially in the first half.

The Pioneers got the ball to start the game and fumbled on the second play from scrimmage at the Warren County 38 yard line. But on the next play DC quarterback Axel Aldino threw an interception. Xander Lee for the Pioneers later scored on a 9 yard run. Steven Curtis added the extra point to give Warren County a 7-0 lead with 10:05 left in the 1st period.

The Pioneers extended their lead with 6:02 left in the 2nd period as La’cedrick Cox scooped up a Tiger fumble and raced 55 yards for a touchdown. The PAT by Curtis gave Warren County a 14-0 lead.

After another interception by Aldino, the Pioneers started a scoring drive at the DC 15 yard line with C.J. Taylor finding the end zone on a 3 yard run with 3:06 left in the 2nd period. The PAT by Curtis was good and Warren County led 21-0 at halftime.

The Tigers got on the board with 6:32 left in the 3rd period completing an 82 yard drive as Quarterback Colter Kilgore, in for an injured Aldino, found Isaac Knowles on an 8 yard touchdown pass. The PAT by Alan Munoz cut the Warren County lead to 21-7

DC drew closer with 8:57 left in the 4th period as Quarterback Aldino, back in the game, scored on a 5 yard run. The PAT by Alan Munoz was good and the Tigers trailed 21-14.

DeKalb County tied the game with 3:08 left as Aldino scored on a 3 yard quarterback keeper. Munoz connected on the PAT to knot the count at 21-21.

Warren County’s C.J. Taylor, in at quarterback, led the Pioneers on a go ahead drive and scored on a 36 yard run with 1:07 left in the game. Curtis’ PAT put the Pioneers back out front 28-21.

The Tigers hopes for a tying score were dashed as Warren County’s Eli Buchanan picked off a Colter Kilgore pass and rambled 70 yards for a touchdown with 17 seconds left. Curtis nailed the extra point and the Pioneers prevailed 35-21.

DeKalb County will be on the road to Upperman at Baxter next Friday night, August 30. WJLE will have LIVE coverage. Kick-off will be at 7:00 p.m.

August 23, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb Saints will celebrate homecoming next week hosting Overton County Thursday night, August 29.

The presentation of the queen and attendants will begin at 6:00 p.m. followed by the football game at 6:30 p.m.

The 2019 DeKalb Saints Homecoming Queen is Allyson Roxanne Fuller, daughter of Anthony and Amanda Fuller

DeKalb Middle School 8th grade attendants are:
Ansley Cantrell, daughter of Tony and Amee Cantrell
Elaina Turner, daughter of Shane and Regina Turner

DeKalb West School 8th grade attendant – Zoi Hale, daughter of Justin Hale and Becky Harris

DeKalb Middle School 7th grade attendants are:
Macy Anderson, daughter of Bobby and Tabitha Anderson
Annabella Dakas, daughter of John and Mandy Dakas

DeKalb West School 7th grade attendant – Caroline Crook, daughter of Jacob and Kim Crook

August 23, 2019
By: Bill Conger

Churches in DeKalb County will need to dust off their bats and gloves for the return of Church Co-ed League Softball this September.

“The whole purpose of this league is ministry and evangelism,” says Jordan Atnip, league facilitator and Youth and Worship Minister at Smithville First Baptist Church. “There’s going to be a competitive nature there, and that’s fine, but we’re holding the coaches responsible for making sure that their teams exhibit sportsmanlike and Christ-like behavior at all times.”

For the last several years, DeKalb County has been without church league softball even though surrounding counties still continued their programs. Kids have been going up to bat at the Bill Page field during the summer months, but the bases have been empty in the fall. Organizers wanted something to fill the gap.

“At first the conversation was more about a church league tournament,” explains Atnip. “Then, we got to talking to some of the coaches in the league, and they said we like church league in general. There are a lot of people who really love it and miss it.”

In the past some churches recruited talented athletes to their rosters that never entered the church doors. This time league organizers are encouraging churches to stack their teams but with an evangelical angle.

“The gimmick of it is they have to attend if they’re going to play,” Atnip says. “By all means, teams recruit the best players you can find, but they have to attend your church or begin to attend your church in order to play. Essentially, we reach out to unchurched athletes, and that’s the ministry side of it.”

“We’re not going to be showing up at your churches on Sunday mornings to make sure if these players are showing up, but we’re going to trust that you’re going to be honest. The ministry and evangelical side of it does not work unless you get people to attend church services. Maybe at first they are just attending because they want to play. That’s between them and the Lord, but they’re at least going to have to be present for the gospel being spoken.”

Churches have until August 29 to sign up their churches via email at dekalbchurchleague@gmail.com. The cost is $250 per church, which covers the cost of field maintenance and to have someone to keep the books.

Logan Cornelius from New Life Pentecostal Church, Darrell Gill from Smithville Church of the Nazarene, and Daniel Leslie from Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church will serve as league commissioners. A coaches meeting will be scheduled within a few days of the sign-up deadline.
The first ball of the church league season will be thrown out the second week of September.

“We’re keeping Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays open and potentially 3 games a night at 6, 7, and 8 o’clock,” Atnip says. “We don’t know how many teams we’re going to have right now. It may end up being two games a night instead of three, but we wanted to have a lot of variety and a lot of options. If you’ve got three nights a week and three times slots that means up to 18 teams can play one game in a week. “

“This gives coaches the opportunity to tell us what we’re going to call blackout times. For example, say that one church has several people that work out of town, and they don’t get in until about 6:30. They would black them out on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays in the 6 o’clock time slot.”

Atnip says churches will have no cap on the number of players on the roster, but they need to make sure 9 or 10 people are available to play when a game is scheduled. Games will run through October.
“We’re talking about doing a big tournament event to wrap the season up, and we’re going to have all the churches involved set up little booths and kind of make it like Community Day,” Atnip says. “We’re going to encourage the churches to bring food. We’re not going to open the concession stand that day. The idea is that the churches will be serving food to people as another opportunity to evangelize.”

Again the deadline for churches to sign up is August 29. Shoot an email to dekalbchurchleague@gmail.com.

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