September 24, 2021
By: Dwayne Page
Students at DeKalb County High School showed their “Black & Gold” Tiger Pride Friday afternoon for all the community to see during the 2021 Homecoming Day Parade.
The motorcade, featuring class and club floats, Homecoming queen Kyleigh Breanne Hill and her court, the Tiger football, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, and fishing teams, Mr. and Miss DCHS Isaac Knowles and Haidyn Hale, the Band Queen Savanna Warren, decorated automobiles, emergency vehicles, and more made its way from the high school and middle school down West Broad Street and then to South Congress Boulevard over to Smithville Elementary School and then north on Congress Boulevard to Northside Elementary where the DCHS band joined the parade enroute to the public square. The parade concluded with a brief performance by the band and a pep rally led by the Tiger Football Cheerleaders.
The Freshman Class won first place in the float competition with the theme “Tigers Rock the Lions”
Second place went to the Sophomore Class float with the theme “Save a Tiger Roast a Lion”
The Senior Class took third place for “Tiger Menu: Lion Chum”
In the best dressed vehicle category, McKenzie Sanders and Kiley Martin won first place in a gray Mustang. Emma Johnson and Ryder Miller took second place in a blue 4 wheel drive Dodge Ram pickup truck and Brayden Tubbs and Amarious Shaw received third place in a white Chevy Silverado. Honorable Mention went to Alexus Turner and Haven Betancourt in a black Camaro.
The Senior Class won the Spirit Stick for their spirited Homecoming Week activities.