DCHS Basketball Teams Return to Action Tonight (Friday) at Watertown (Listen to WJLE’s Tiger Talk Program Here)

December 2, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

After taking a week off the DCHS basketball teams will resume their schedule tonight on the road at Watertown. The girls game will tip off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys game and WJLE will have LIVE coverage of both on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and on the LIVE stream at www.wjle.com.

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

Both the Tigers and Lady Tigers have records of 4-1. Coach Joey Agee’s Tigers suffered their first loss of the season last week at Cannon County 44 to 42 before getting back in the win column against Warren County 68 to 66.

“I think we have performed very well so far. We let one get away at Cannon County. We’re still working on holding onto those leads. The last two games we have had double digit leads and gave it up but I think we learned a lot from the loss to Cannon County which helped us last Friday night against Warren County. After we were up by 10 points they came back and we went down by 5 or 6 points and then we battled back and won the game so I think we learned from the loss to Cannon County,” said Coach Agee.

The purple Tigers of Watertown have a record of 2-3.

“I don’t know exactly what players they have back from last year but I have seen some film on them. They have some pretty good scorers including a couple of kids who shoot the ball really well. They have a big kid inside who in the games I have seen didn’t necessarily score a lot but he takes up a lot of room inside. We will have to do a good job of moving the ball and keeping him off the board. They do play really hard and get after you on defense. They extend their defense up some so we will have to take care of the ball,” Coach Agee said.

After starting their season at 4-0 the Lady Tigers of Coach Brandy Alley were handed a 78-53 defeat last Friday night against Warren County.

“I think our girls played super hard. It was one of those games that hurt but there were a lot of learning moments that we can improve on. We’ll take it and move on,” said Coach Alley.

“There have been a couple of things that we messed up on in our last game but we have been able to break it down and go step by step how to fix it so its just been attacking one little thing at a time,” she continued.

The Watertown girls are 0-4.

“They have some really good players. We played against them once this summer and it did not come out well but that was my first day with the girls and everybody was just really nervous. We’ll be watching for them because they create some really great pressure. I think they returned almost everybody from last year so they will be ready to go,” said Coach Alley.

Coverage on WJLE begins with Tiger Talk at 5:45 p.m. featuring the Voice of the Tigers and Lady Tigers John Pryor interviewing Coaches Agee and Alley along with Tiger players Zack Birmingham and Conner Close and Lady Tigers Avery Agee and Tess Barton.

December 2, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

All gifts for children in the 28th annual DeKalb County Angel Tree Project must be in by today (Friday, December 2)

Your support is needed to help make this holiday season merrier for 331 children. Laura Stone said Angel Trees are located at bank locations in Smithville and Alexandria. Each Angel represents a child and his or her wish list for Christmas. Select an Angel from the tree, buy a gift for the child and return the gift to the bank where you picked up the Angel by today (December 2nd).

“This is our 28th year serving children 12 and younger living in DeKalb County. Angel cards are located on Christmas trees in the local banks. People of the community can pick up an Angel and buy for a child. The wish list on each Angel is just a suggestion. It is what the child has specifically requested. Sometimes people will buy only what is listed on the card. In some cases they will buy additional things. It is not necessary that you buy everything on the list. It is your choice if you want to wrap the gifts. We need the gifts back by December 2nd.”, said Stone.

Please consider adopting an Angel today or if you have no time to shop, donations can be made at Wilson Bank or any Smithville or Alexandria bank branch and the Volunteers will do the shopping for you.

December 2, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Time to roll up your sleeves!

A Blood Assurance drive is set for today (Friday, December 2). The blood drive will be from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. outside in the parking lot of the Family Medical Center in the bloodmobile. You may schedule an appointment at www.bloodassurance.org/familymedctr. You may also contact Michiko Martin concerning the blood drive at 615-597-4395 or mmartin@dtccom.net.

Remember to eat a good meal, drink additional water, and avoid energy drinks and bring a photo ID. Donors can now download the BA App and answer their health questions prior to coming to the bus. Just download “bloodassurancequickscreen” and answer the questions to the end hit DONE day of the blood drive. This will save you 10 minutes on the bus. All donors will be given a “Christmas Plaid Blanket”. Blood Assurance is the sole blood provider for the local hospitals and your donation is needed for an adequate supply.

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