DCHS Tigers to Begin State Football Play-Off Run Tonight (Listen to WJLE’s Tiger Talk Program Here)

November 5, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Tigers will begin their State Play-Off run tonight (Friday, November 5) on the road at Ooltewah in the Chattanooga area to face the East Hamilton Hurricanes.

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

Kick-off will be at 7 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) or 6 p.m. (Smithville Time). WJLE will have LIVE play-by-play coverage with John Pryor and Luke Willoughby. Tiger Talk airs at 5:30 p.m. featuring Tiger Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players Tyler Estes, Ean Jones, and Josh May. Coach to Coach will air at 4:30 p.m. today (Friday).

The Tigers (6-4, 3-2) finished the season in third place in Class 4A Region 4. The Hurricanes (8-2, 5-1) are the second place team in Class 4A Region 3.

The Hurricanes this year have beaten Ooltewah 33-13, Portland 42-34, East Ridge 49-0, Sequoyah 70-0, Paul Bryant, Alabama 1-0 forfeit win, Chattanooga Central 44-27, Soddy Daisy 35-0, and Hixson 45-0. Their losses have been to McMinn County 30-29 and to Red Bank 21-20.

DeKalb County’s wins have been over Smith County 33-14, Cumberland County 35-10, Cannon County 49-7, Livingston Academy 45-15, Warren County 28-0 , and Stone Memorial 21-20. Their losses have been to Macon County 32-29, Watertown 38-20, Upperman 24-14, and Goodpasture 21-13.

Coach Trapp sizes up tonight game and the Tigers’ opponent East Hamilton.

“Formation wise it’s a lot of the stuff we do or are capable of doing so as far as our scout team it’s a little easier for them to reproduce what we have seen on tape out of those guys but they definitely have some playmakers. They have the ability to throw the football and to run the football. We have been challenged a little bit with the passing game but I like how our guys have prepared for that this week. Of course it still starts with stopping the run. If you don’t stop the run the passing game won’t matter but our defense has been playing well and offensively we just have to clean things up. East Hamilton has been consistent with a four man front and they mix up some things. Sometimes it makes you wonder why they are playing what they are playing versus certain formations but they are always in the right spot with the right fit so there will be a lot of man behind it but they will also do some cover three or rotate one back and do cover two so really all the looks you could possibly get they can possibly throw at you but our guys have done well with it all week in practice and hopefully it pays off for us tonight,” said Coach Trapp.

Fans are urged to purchase tickets in advance. All advance tickets for the game are being sold via the GoFan digital ticket platform https://gofan.co/app/school/TN8592 for $8 each.. Any tickets sold outside the GoFan self-service platform will be $10 each.

November 4, 2021
By: Bill Conger

DeKalb West School has announced the Students of the Month for November. Students were chosen based on academics, character and other traits that make them an exemplary student.

Congratulations to Haddleigh Harvey, PreK, Anna Cripps, Kindergarten, Annabella Ray, 1st grade, Riley Martin, 2nd grade, Kayla Sebolt, 3rd grade, Christian Cripps, 4th grade, Jaretzy Aguilar, 5th grade, Kaitlyn Swearinger, 6th grade, Miah Johnson, 7th grade, and Ethan Reynolds, 8th grade.

Peers chose RTI Teacher Kim Crook as Teacher of the Month.

November 4, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

Jared Davis is now the leader on WJLE’s Fearless Forecasters panel picking winners as the college football season enters its 10th week.

Davis has an overall record of 86-49.

Jared Davis had the best single week record last week at 11-4 followed by John Pryor 10-5, Scott Brown and Chad Kirby each at 9-6, Grant James and Scott Goodwin each at 7-8, and Eli Gill and Ricky Atnip each at 6-9.

Overall, Chad Kirby remains second place after nine weeks at 85-50 followed by Grant James 84-51, Scott Brown 80-55, Ricky Atnip 79-56, John Pryor 78-57, and Eli Gill and Scott Goodwin each at 77-58.

Three of the Forecasters hit their underdog picks last week. Ricky Atnip picked up 7 points with West Virginia’s upset win over Iowa State 38-31. Scott Brown added 4.5 points to his total as Michigan State defeated Michigan 37-33 and Jared Davis expanded his lead with 9 points as Miami beat Pittsburgh 38-34.

Jared Davis maintains his lead for the most underdog points after nine weeks at 44 followed by Ricky Atnip 26, Chad Kirby 17.5, Scott Brown 11.5, Grant James 9.5, Eli Gill 7, John Pryor 5.5, and Scott Goodwin 3.5 points

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

SMU at Memphis, Penn State at Maryland, Michigan State at Purdue, Army at Air Force, Marshall at FAU, Clemson at Louisville, Texas at Iowa State, Wake Forest at North Carolina, Oklahoma State at West Virginia, Baylor at TCU, LSU at Alabama, Auburn at Texas A&M, Mississippi State at Arkansas, Tennessee at Kentucky, and in the NFL the Tennessee Titans at the L.A. Rams.

The program is sponsored by the Charles D. Atnip Realty and Auction Company, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, FirstBank, DeKalb County Insurance, Davis Auto Body, Gill Automotive, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, and Dominos Pizza.

Catch the Fearless Forecasters today (Thursday) at 4:30 p.m. on WJLE.

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