Tigers and Bees to Meet in “The Battle of Center Hill” Friday Night in Smithville (Listen to WJLE’s Tiger Talk Program Here)

October 14, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Tigers and Upperman Bees will meet in “The Battle of Center Hill” Friday night, October 15  in Smithville. The Tigers are hoping to reclaim the oar from the Bees who have a four game winning streak against the black and gold.

(Click link below to hear WJLE’s Tiger Talk Program)

https://www.wjle.com/tiger-talk/

The oar, a trophy instituted a few years ago between these two schools, is affectionately nicknamed “The Battle of Center Hill,” because the teams are on opposite sides of Center Hill Lake.

The Tigers (5-2) will be looking for their fifth victory in a row this season and to claim a share of the top spot in the region standings. The Bees come into this game at 6-1 overall and 3-0 in region play. The Tigers are 2-1 and tied for second place in the region with Stone Memorial and Macon County each at 5-2 overall with a 2-1 region record.

Tiger Coach Steve Trapp said this should be a great game.

“When there’s a play that needs to be made they (Upperman) are going to put it in their quarterback’s hands with a run-pass option more than likely. They have two running backs that if you don’t fit it right they can take it to the house. Defensively they are just a very disciplined football team. They may not blow you away with a ton of athletes but they do it right with who they have. They play team defense. They fit it right and funnel the ball where it needs to go and that’s the same things we need to do. Its simply executing and playing extremely hard and physical. That’s the type of game this is going to be. Really its limiting your mistakes and trying to be good on first down efficiency in order to have third down efficiency. That’s a big thing for both teams as well. We are just anxious and ready to go. Its going to be an exciting football game,” said Coach Trapp.

WJLE’s pre-game shows begin with “Murphy’s Matchups” at 6 p.m. featuring the Guru of Tennessee High School Football Murphy Fair.

“Tiger Talk” begins at 6:30 p.m. featuring DCHS Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger Football Players Colby Barnes, Brandon Sykes, and Josh May.

WJLE’s “LIVE” play by play coverage starts at 7 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby.

October 14, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Chad Kirby is still in the lead on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners as the college football season enters its 7th week.

Kirby owns an overall record of 59-31.

Grant James and Ricky Atnip each had the best single week record last week at 12-3 followed by Scott Brown, Jared Davis, Chad Kirby, and Scott Goodwin each at 11-4. John Pryor was 10-5 and Eli Gill 9-6.

Overall, Grant James is in second place behind Kirby after six weeks at 57-33 followed by Ricky Atnip 56-34, Jared Davis 55-35, Scott Brown 53-37, Scott Goodwin 52-38, Eli Gill 50-40, and John Pryor 49-41.

Only one forecaster hit his underdog pick last week. Scott Goodwin got on the board with 3.5 points as UTSA upset Western Kentucky 52-46.

Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after six weeks at 29.5 followed by Ricky Atnip 19, Chad Kirby 17.5, Grant James 9.5, Eli Gill and Scott Brown each with 7, John Pryor 5.5, and Scott Goodwin 3.5 points.

Today (Thursday) the Forecasters will be picking winners in the following games:

Oklahoma State at Texas, N.C. State at Boston College, BYU at Baylor, Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech, Michigan State at Indiana, Arizona State at Utah, Stanford at Washington State, Alabama at Mississippi State, Kentucky at Georgia, Texas A&M at Missouri, Auburn at Arkansas, Florida at LSU, Vanderbilt at South Carolina, Ole Miss at Tennessee, and in the NFL Buffalo at the Tennessee Titans.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Dominos Pizza.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.

October 14, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville has a ghoulish past with stories of devilish deeds that will make your hair stand on end. Learn all about these blood curdling events on a guided journey called “Smithville’s Unquiet Dead: A Haunted History Tour” that will take you to the scenes of these horrific crimes. It’s a pre-Halloween event you don’t want to miss. Come along if you dare Tuesday and Thursday, October 19 & 21 starting at 6:30 p.m. each night. The cost is only $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 years of age and younger and all proceeds raised will be donated to the DeKalb Animal Coalition for the continued operation of the DeKalb Animal Shelter.

The starting point of the tour each night is the law office of Sarah J. Cripps at 201 West Main Street Smithville at 6:30 p.m. and tickets can be purchased there beginning at 5:30 p.m. each of those nights. Tickets are available now at various local businesses and establishments including the law offices of Sarah J. Cripps, Tecia Puckett Pryor, the DeKalb Animal Shelter among others.

“We will be talking about some murders both solved and unsolved during the 19th & 20th centuries in the City of Smithville and actually take you to the places where they occurred. We will also have a map for everyone who signs up for the tour ,” said Sarah Cripps, event organizer.

“Among the cases we will be discussing on the tour is the unsolved murder of Henrietta Tramel which occurred on January 31, 1974 in her home,” Cripps continued.

“We will also be covering a much discussed murder of Ms. Cannie Hayes Smith that occurred on May 2, 1929. That one is also unsolved”.

“We will talk about the hanging of young John Presswood. When he was 16 years old in the year 1870 he brutally murdered with an axe Rachel Billings in the presence of her three children. That crime led him to the gallows. On May 24, 1872 at only age 17 he was hanged on the east side of the courthouse between the city hall and courthouse,” said Cripps.

“Another crime we are going to cover is the lynching of Charlie Davis that occurred on August 2,1901. This was a blood thirsty mob that lynched a middle-aged dapper white man for dating a younger and extremely beautiful white woman. The lynching party was led by the family of Katie Hughes whom Charlie was courting at the time. It was a very brutal event involving a lot of townspeople who lived here at the time,” she said.

“We will also cover some more recent murders as well. These murders occurred as the result of all kinds of motives including passion, revenge, greed, financial gain, the use of drugs by the perpetrators, etc. We will cover the gamut with multiple actors telling the stories of these people whose lives were cut short unjustly and prematurely,” added Cripps.

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