September 15, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County High School students paraded their “Tiger Pride” through town Friday afternoon on the last day of Homecoming Spirit Week.
The Tiger football team’s homecoming opponent tonight (Friday night) is the Gordonsville Tigers and the floats in the parade had a Tigers versus Tigers theme.
The parade featured Homecoming Queen Sadie Moore and her attendants, Ella Hendrixson, Ally Fuller, Laurie Rigsby, Lilly Fox, and McKenzie Moss, the DCHS Fighting Tiger Band, the football team, cheerleaders, Mr and Miss DCHS Conner Close and Abby Cross, class and club floats, other high school athletes, lots of decorated cars and trucks, emergency vehicles, among others. The event concluded with a pep rally on the square led by DCHS Football cheerleaders.
Winners in the Float Competition were:
First Place- Junior Class: DeKalb vs Gordonsville “We are Enchanted to Beat You” Speak Now!
Second Place-Senior Class: DeKalb vs Gordonsville “Here Lies Gordonsville’s Reputation” Are You Ready for It?
Third Place- Freshman Class: “Be a Lover for the Tigers”
Best decorated automobiles:
First Place: Peyton Norris and Kathryn Hale
Second Place-Clayton Hattaway and Bradley Pelham
Third Place-Owen Snipes and Emily Young
Honorable Mention-Melanie Ortiz and Emily Satterfield
The Senior Class won the overall honor for Sprit Week activities Monday-Friday at school.