WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters College Football Radio Show Airs Today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m.

October 31, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Ricky Atnip remains alone in first place among WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters picking winners after nine weeks of the college football season.

Ricky has a record of 93-42 followed by Darrell Gill at 90-45, Dewain Hendrixson and Scott Goodwin each at 89-46, John Pryor 87-48, Scott Brown 86-49, Grant James 85-50, Alex Woodward 84-51, and Chad Kirby 82-53.

For the week, Ricky Atnip and Scott Goodwin were each at 14-1, Darrell Gill, Grant James, Scott Brown, John Pryor, and Dewain Hendrixson each at 13-2, and Alex Woodward and Chad Kirby each at 11-4.

One of the forecasters hit his underdog pick last week. Dewain Hendrixson picked up 2.5 points with Auburn’s upset win over Kentucky.

Overall, Dewain Hendrixson has 30.5 underdog points followed by Darrell Gill with 23.5, Ricky Atnip 20, Chad Kirby 19.5, Alex Woodward 18.5, Scott Brown 11, Grant James 10.5, John Pryor 9.5, and Scott Goodwin 6.5.

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

Minnesota at Illinois, Pittsburgh at SMU, Louisville at Clemson, Oregon at Michigan, Ohio State at Penn State, Texas Tech at Iowa State, Virginia Tech at Syracuse, Wisconsin at Iowa, USC at Washington, Florida vs Georgia, Texas A&M at South Carolina, Ole Miss at Arkansas, Vanderbilt at Auburn, Kentucky at Tennessee and in the NFL the New England Patriots at the Tennessee Titans.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters on WJLE today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and the LIVE stream 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, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, Wilson Bank & Trust, and Domino’s Pizza.

October 31, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A new DeKalb EMS director has been named.

County Mayor Matt Adcock announced Monday night during the monthly county commission meeting that Paramedic Trent Phipps, who has served as assistant EMS director for almost two years, is the new director succeeding the late Hoyte Hale.

Originally from Overton County, Phipps has worked with DeKalb EMS for more than 27 years with duties including having been an American Heart Association Instructor, EMS supervisor, and assistant EMS director.

He is married to Rachel Merriman, and they have one son, Lucas.

October 31, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers will close out the regular football season tonight (Thursday) hosting the undefeated and Class 4A #1-ranked Upperman Bees in Smithville.

The Bees (9-0) clinched the Region 4-4A football regular-season championship last week with a win over Stone Memorial while the Tigers (6-3) will wrap up their campaign tonight win or lose without a 14th consecutive post season appearance.

“For me personally its frustrating. It’s something we hang our hat on in January,” said Coach Steve Trapp. “We have team goals and that’s the first thing we talk about is to continue to get into the playoffs. We have been able to say that for the last 13 years but we also know we can never take it for granted. This is a good football team and they have battled and worked hard but unfortunately this year we didn’t do what it took to get in the playoffs,” said Coach Trapp.

Tonight, the Bees come to town.

“Its not like they do a whole lot of different things, but they execute, “Coach Trapp explained. “They have branched out and added some things especially offensively and they have a lot of weapons. They do a good job. They typically don’t get themselves in a bad situation as far as down and distance. They rely on their running game out of their running back but also their quarterback but they do have the capability of throwing it with explosive receivers on the outside. Defensively, again its not something that changes a whole lot from formation to formation but there’s a lot of discipline and execution. They are just good at what they do,” said Coach Trapp.

WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with the Fearless Forecasters at 4:30 p.m. followed by Murphy’s Matchups at 6:00 p.m., a look at Tennessee High School Football from Murphy Fair with commentary on games and coaches’ interviews.

“Tiger Talk” airs at 6:30 p.m. featuring Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football team captains Jordan Parker, Ty Webb, and Andrew Dakas.

“Coach to Coach” will air in its regular times on Friday at 5:00 p.m. to repeat Saturday morning at 9 a.m. featuring former UT assistant coach Doug Matthews with Tennessee Titans Radio Broadcaster Dave McGinnis and broadcaster Larry Stone talking Tennessee and SEC football.

Kick-off is at 7:00 p.m. with play-by-play coverage on WJLE from the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby. Listen LIVE on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE Streaming at www.wjle.com.

Class 4A Region 4 Records: (Top 4 Teams Advance to State Playoffs)
Upperman: 9-0 (5-0)
White County: 7-2 (4-1)
Macon County: 7-2 (3-2)
Stone Memorial: 5-4 (3-2)
DeKalb County: 6-3 (2-3)
Livingston Academy: 4-5 (1-4)
Cumberland County: 2-7 (0-6)

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