Tigers lose heartbreaker to Owls while Lady Tigers sweep season series with Smith County

February 12, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS basketball teams paid a call on Smith County at Carthage Thursday night and while the Lady Tigers celebrated a 40 to 34 victory, the Tigers lost a heartbreaker to the Owls in overtime 55 to 54.

In the last meeting on January 19, the Lady Tigers won 63 to 47 and the Tigers knocked off the Owls 67 to 62.

The Lady Tigers improve to 10-13 (4-10 district) and finished 6th place in the 8 team District 8AA. The Tigers drop to 9-13 (5-9 district) and are also in 6th place. The Owls go to 7-15 (4-10 district) and the Owlettes are now 8-14 (2-12 district).

DeKalb County will close out the regular season tonight (Friday, February 12) at Red Boiling Springs. The girls game tips off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

In the girls game Thursday night, DC led 14 to 4 after the 1st period but fell behind 20 to 18 by halftime. The Lady Tigers reclaimed the lead 34 to 32 by the end of the 3rd period and won 40 to 34.

Kadee Ferrell scored 17, Ella VanVranken 10, Megan Cantrell 6, Madison Martin 3, and Xharia Lyons and Cadee Griffith each with 2 points.

The Tigers led the Owls 18 to 7 after the 1st period of the boys game and were ahead 28 to 27 by halftime and 41 to 38 after the 3rd period but the game was tied at 48 by the end of regulation and the Owls edged out the Tigers in the overtime session to claim a 55 to 54 win.

Evan Jones scored 21 for the Tigers, Stetson Agee 14, Elishah Ramos 6, Brayden Antoniak and Jordan Young each with 5, Luke Jenkins 2, and Conner Close with 1.

February 11, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Board of Education met briefly in regular monthly session Thursday night at the cafeteria of DeKalb County High School.

(View WJLE video below)

Except for 11th graders, all other students at DeKalb County High School will be on remote learning on March 2 to allow juniors to take the ACT exam in person at school.

The Board of Education took this action during Thursday night’s regular monthly meeting.

“We need to do this because it takes so many staff to give the tests and kids have to be at least six feet apart. They can’t be beside each other,” said Director of Schools Patrick Cripps during a work session with the board members prior to the meeting.

In other business, the board voted to seek bids for the purchase and installation of lights at the DCHS soccer field at the request of booster president Billy Miller, who addressed the board during the work session.

Meanwhile DeKalb County has only two snow days left for this school year. The school calendar includes thirteen days that can be used for inclement weather or sickness without any makeup days.

“I want people to understand that when I decide to close schools I don’t take it lightly. It’s a scary thing to know you are responsible for three thousand kids getting to school especially when you have buses running in the morning before daylight and there is the potential for black ice. You may get calls from some who say “there’s nothing out there” but three of us ride the roads all over the county in the morning time and we talk with the sheriff’s department as well so it’s not just me looking out the window and making a decision. I get out there as early as 3 o’clock in the morning riding roads. A lot school directors don’t go out and look but I have to see it for myself although I do have people across the county that I call to see how the roads are where they live. I also don’t like going two hours late. I know it’s a stress on parents but if we can get to school even for a few hours each day it helps because we have already missed so much because of COVID,” said Director Cripps during the work session.

February 11, 2021
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that it will raise fees for
certain shoreline facilities beginning March 1. The Nashville District Real Estate Office reviews and updates these fees every five years.

Several fees including improved access, freshwater lines, electric lines, and water withdrawal will increase from $125 to $150 for the term of the license. Fees for marine railways will increase from $725 to $825, also for the term of the license.

“As stewards of public lands, we must ensure that the public is appropriately compensated, as determined by Fair Market Appraisal for use of public lands,” said Michael Abernathy, Nashville District Real Estate Division chief. “The fees that are increasing are for utilities, such as electric lines, freshwater lines, and marine railways, requested in association with private dock & mowing permits. The details of this program are fully addressed in each lake’s Shoreline Management Plan, which is a public document.”

The Nashville District collects fees from adjacent landowners for support facilities in conjunction with private dock and moving permits. As part of the review and update of shoreline licenses, a Fair Market Value Assessment was conducted to determine the new fees.

The Shoreline License Program currently encompasses approximately 2,800 licenses on five of the Nashville District Lakes. These include Lake Barkley, Cheatham Lake, Old Hickory Lake, Center Hill Lake and Lake Cumberland.

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