DeKalb West Installs New Junior Beta Officers & Members

February 19, 2020
By: Bill Conger

DeKalb West School inducted its newest slate of Junior Beta officers and members during a candlelight ceremony at the school on Tuesday night (February 18).

Ella Hendrixson accepted the top position as President; Tess Barton was inducted as Vice President while Alyssa Crook, was named Secretary, Jackson Vantrease, Reporter, and Jaxon Humphrey, Chaplain. The 7th grade representative is Caroline Crook, and 6th grade representative is Abby Crook.

The 13 new members honored were as follows: Connor Talley, Daniel Stiffler, Cameron Stanley, Kolby Slager, Caitlin Shoemake, Landon Roehner, Hudson Moss, Isabelle Hendrixson, Autumn Dies, Abby Joe Crook, Chloe Cook, Genesis Estremera, and McKenna Miller.

Students qualify to receive a Junior Beta invitation to the D.W.S. chapter if they are on the A/B Honor Roll, have excellent attendance and character. Jr. Beta is a national organization for students in grades 4-8 that was founded to promote the ideals of academic achievement, character, service, and leadership.

February 19, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Lady Tigers are hoping for their third win of the season against Cannon County tonight (Wednesday) as the two teams meet in the District 8AA basketball tournament at Watertown

Tip off is at 7:30 p.m.

Tiger Talk February 19

WJLE will have LIVE coverage of the game with the Voice of the Lady Tigers John Pryor. Listen for Tiger Talk prior to the game at 7:15 p.m. with John Pryor interviewing Coach Danny Fish and Lady Tiger player Mya Ruch.

The Lady Tigers are seeded 4th with a record of 15-13 and Cannon County, the 5th seed, is 19-10.

Cannon County defeated Smith County Monday night in the tournament 60-31. Also on Monday night Watertown beat the Livingston Academy girls 38 to 33 and will face York Institute tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m.

During the regular season the DeKalb County Lady Tigers defeated Cannon County 56 to 43 in Smithville on January 10 and 39 to 38 at Woodbury on February 4.

“I expect both teams to play their best. We will see a heavy dose of Jessie Kauffman and Kristen Fann and we have to keep Anna Grace Sissom off the boards and we have to keep Taylor Meeks from heating up from the three point line. We have done a good job in the past so hopefully our defensive scheme will be good enough to hold them. Hopefully we will put the ball in the hole and come out with a win,” said  Coach Fish.

“I think we need to get to the rim and to the free throw line. That is where we need to score a majority of our points in the tournament. I want to make sure we get the best looks we can around the rim. I think we need to shoot at least 20 free throws in this game to have a good margin of safety for us. We hope to knock some threes down but if we can attack the rim and get to the free throw line I think that will benefit us the most,” said Coach Fish.

February 19, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers have advanced to the next round of the District 8AA basketball tournament after beating Macon County 70 to 58 Tuesday night at Watertown.

The Tigers will face Cannon County in the tournament at Watertown on Thursday night at 6 p.m. WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

DeKalb County led 14 to 9 after the 1st period, 27 to 19 at halftime, and 48 to 28 after the 3rd period before claiming a 70 to 58 victory.

Elishah Ramos led in scoring for the Tigers with 23. Dallas Cook 12. Dakota White 10. Evan Jones 8, Luke Jenkins and Jordan Young each with 7 and Brayden Antoniak with 3.

During the regular season DeKalb County faced Cannon County twice and lost both games, 61 to 53 in Smithville on January 10 and 73 to 42 at Woodbury on February 4.

The Tigers are seeded 7th with a record of 7-21 and Cannon County, the 3rd seed, is 17-11.

Meanwhile the Smith County Owls defeated the  Livingston Academy Wildcats 70 to 65 Tuesday night and will face Watertown in the tournament Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.