Kyleigh Breanne Hill is the 2021 DCHS Homecoming Queen

September 16, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The 2021 Homecoming Queen at DeKalb County High School is Kyleigh Breanne Hill.

A senior, Hill is the 17 year old daughter of David and Collene Clary and the late Kyle Hill.

Hill’s clubs participation and active memberships are as follows:
Member of the Science, Literature, and Spanish clubs

Athletic Participation:
4 year basketball cheerleader, currently serving as captain and she played DCHS Tigerette softball for 2 years.

Accomplishments/Awards:
NCA All American nominee; Awarded Best Jumps in Cheer for 2020, and she has a 4.0 grade point average and is enrolled in all honors classes

Other information (Church and Community Involvement):
She attends the Refuge Church; worked as a waitress for 2 years at Kilgore’s Restaurant; and she has done dual enrollment for 2 years through Motlow State Community College and plans to attend Cumberland University and major in Psychology.

The Homecoming Attendants are:
*Senior Attendant –Addison Jean Puckett, the 17 year old daughter of Jimmy and Anita Puckett.

Puckett’s clubs participation and active memberships are as follows:
Member of the Literature club (4 years), Beta (3 years), Spanish (2 years), Science (1 year), HOSA (2 years), Service Society (4 years), and FCA

Athletic Participation:
Puckett has been a football cheerleader for 4 years and she will be cheering for the DCHS basketball teams this season

Accomplishments/Awards:
Addison is a 2021 All American cheerleader and was selected to be part of the NCA staff. She is grateful to be one of the senior football cheer captains.

Other information (Church and Community Involvement):
Addison is an active member of the Outreach Baptist Church where she participates in the OBC youth, chrysalis, and young life. She has worked at Infinity Athletics for 4 years and has been a lifeguard at the Smithville city pool for 2 years. Puckett enjoys spending time with her family and friends especially her niece Lakelyn and best friend Addi Roller

*Senior Attendant- Sadie Rian West, the 17 year old daughter of Dana West and the late Greg West.

West’s clubs participation and active memberships are as follows:
FBLA, Student Government, Beta, Service Society, and Spanish clubs.

Athletic Participation:
4 year football cheerleader and competition cheerleader

Accomplishments/Awards:
West has been nominated for All-American several times; named Top All-American by NCA in Lagrange, Georgia; Attendant her sophomore year; held the title of Most Spirited since 7th grade; and placed 5th in the nation at the Summit in 2021

Other information:
Sadie is a member of the Charles Creek The Baptist Church and she loves spending time with her family and friends. She hopes to one day be a pilot and travel the world.

*Junior Attendant- Hannah Paige Trapp, the 16 year old daughter of Jeremy and Jenny Trapp.

Hannah is a member of the Service Society and Spanish club and a 3 year football cheerleader

Accomplishments/Awards:
NCA All American nominee; Awarded Best Flyer in Cheer last year.

Other information (Church and Community Involvement):
Hannah attends the Buckner’s Chapel Methodist Church and is a member of the Smithville First Baptist Church Youth Group.

*Sophomore Attendant- Abby Grace Cross, the 15 year old daughter of Tony and Shelly Cross

She is a member of the Science club and has been a football manager for 2 years. Abby has been named Most Outstanding Freshman girl and she is active in the youth group at the Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church.

*Freshman Attendant- Madeline Aiko Martin, the 14 year old daughter of Tim and Michiko Martin

Martin’s clubs participation and active memberships are as follows:
FBLA, Student Government, Beta, Service Society, Spanish , and FCA clubs.

Athletic Participation:
Football, Cheer and Cross Country

Accomplishments/Awards:
Her grade point average is among the top 3 highest; she is the Freshman Class Treasurer, and is on the All-A Honor Roll.

She is a member of the First Baptist Church and the SFBC Youth Group.

Spirit week activities will be held September 20-24 at DCHS. The Homecoming Parade will take place Friday afternoon, September 24 and the Tiger Homecoming Football game will be at 7:00 p.m. that night against Cannon County. WJLE will have LIVE coverage of the game.

September 16, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Two of WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters are tied for having the best record picking college football winners over the last two weeks.

Jared Davis and Chad Kirby each have compiled a record of 17-13. They also tied for the best single week record at 8-7 last week while Darrell Gill, Grant James, Ricky Atnip, and Scott Goodwin each went 7-8, John Pryor finished 6-9 and Scott Brown was 5-10.

Following Davis and Kirby for the overall best records after two weeks are Grant James and Ricky Atnip each at 16-14, John Pryor 15-15, Darrell Gill and Scott Goodwin each at 14-16, and Scott Brown 13-17.

Two forecasters picked up underdog points last week. Ricky Atnip got 6.5 points with Arkansas’s win over Texas 40-21 and Scott Brown got on the board with 4 points as Iowa beat Iowa State 27-17.

After two weeks Atnip is the underdog points leader with 6.5 points followed by Scott Brown with 4 and Grant James and Jared Davis each with 3 points.

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

Purdue at Notre Dame, Auburn at Penn State, Arizona State at BYU, Michigan State at Miami, Virginia Tech at West Virginia, USC at Washington State, Florida State at Wake Forest, Virginia at North Carolina, Cincinnati at Indiana, Oklahoma State at Boise State, Mississippi State at Memphis, Alabama at Florida, Stanford at Vanderbilt, Tennessee Tech at Tennessee, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at Seattle.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com.

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.

September 16, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The City of Smithville is again embarking on a plan to eventually build new sidewalks and improve pedestrian crossings and is hoping to obtain a grant of up to almost $1 million to help make it happen.

During Monday night’s regular monthly meeting, the aldermen adopted a resolution to authorize the submission of an application to the Tennessee Department of Transportation for a Multi-Modal Access Grant.

This program is a 95/5% match for construction of up to $1 million. If fully funded, the city would receive $950,000 in grant funding with a $50,000 local match requirement for construction of new sidewalk and crosswalk improvements along the State Route 26 (Highway 70) and State Route 56 (Congress Boulevard) corridors and intersections.

The grant application will be filed and if approved be administered on behalf of the City by the Upper Cumberland Development District.

The city first applied for the grant two years ago but the application was denied.

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