Tiger Coach Steve Trapp Named Tennessee Titans High School Football Coach of the Week

October 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The National Football League’s Tennessee Titans are honoring Steve Trapp of DeKalb County as their Coach of the Week. Trapp is in his 16th season as the head coach of the Tigers.

After a 1-3 start this season, Trapp and his team have won five straight heading into next week’s game against Cumberland County. This past Friday’s 24-20 win against Macon County gave the Tigers their first region title in school history. Last season, DeKalb County advanced to the Class 4A state quarterfinals.

Trapp’s program will receive a $1,000 donation courtesy of the Titans Foundation, plus he is now in the running for the 2020 Titans’ Coach of the Year Award.

Tiger fans cast votes online last week to make the DeKalb County-Macon County showdown the Titans High School Football Game of the Week.

October 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department has made recent burglary and theft arrests.

39 year old Brian Allen Tatum and 27 year old Jamie Renee Allred of Murfreesboro are charged with fraudulent use of a credit card. Bond for each is $3,500 and they will be in court on October 29.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on September 26 until October 14, 2019 Tatum and Allred used a stolen credit/debit card for $436.24.

41 year old Michael Dale Tittle of Alexandria is charged with fraudulent use of a credit card, burglary and theft of property. His bond is $7,500 and he will make a court appearance October 29.
Sheriff Ray said that on March 21 Tittle broke into a 2001 Mitsubishi car and took a credit/debit card using it at the Liberty Stop and Buy for $163.

31 year old Jason Kyle Shepherd of Smithville is charged with domestic assault and violation of a no contact order. His bond is $10,000 and he will make a court appearance October 29.

Sheriff Ray said a deputy was summoned to Eagle Creek Road due to a domestic violence complaint. Upon arrival he spoke with a woman who said that on October 2 she and Shepherd were riding together in a vehicle when they began to argue and he punched her in the right eye leaving a bruise. He also grabbed a small notebook and struck her on the left side of the face. The woman said Shepherd also made several threats claiming he would take her to places where no one could find her and knock her teeth down her throat. The deputy learned through central dispatch that active bond conditions were in place against Shepherd for him to keep away from this woman.

October 20, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

DCHS Senior Quarterback Axel Aldino has been selected to participate in the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Combine in December.

This event replaces the East-West All-Star game this year due to the COVID-19 virus. It will take place at Oakland High School on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.

Aldino has led the Tigers in compiling a 6-3 record and the program’s first ever regular season region championship at 3-0. Aldino has rushed for 10 touchdowns and thrown for 21 TD’s this season.

The All-Star Combine, in the NFL-styled combine, is designed to help high school football seniors showcase their talents on the gridiron, and is the latest project developed by the Tennessee Athletic Coaches Association. The day-long event is scheduled to take place at Oakland High School in Murfreesboro on Wednesday, Dec. 9. No less than 100 of the state’s top senior players will be selected by high school coaches this fall to participate in the event.

TSSAA’s COVID-19 regulations and guidelines will play a major role in the combine.

Every measure will be used to help ensure the safety of both coaches and players throughout the experience.

“For many years, our organization (T.A.C.A.) has sponsored the state’s premier all-star game,” explained Bill Marbet, TACA’s Executive Director. “We’ve hosted 88 of the state’s top senior football players at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville at our annual East-West All-Star Classic,” added Marbet.

This year’s corona virus, however, has made it extremely difficult to host an all-star game. But the virus has not stopped the high school coaching organization from doing all it can to help senior football players gain a college education through the game they all love.

“Most of the camps and combines that generally give high school players an opportunity to show off their abilities on the football field were not held this past spring and summer,” continued Marbet.

“We plan on having some of the most highly sought after players in our state in attendance at this event,” Marbet went on to say. “But the combine will also have in attendance several other players who all-to-often slip through the cracks where the recruiting game is concerned. It’s our goal to showcase as many of the state’s top seniors as possible,” he added.

Marbet went on to say that the organization looks forward to returning to Clarksville and Austin Peay State University next year for the 2021 East-West All-Star Classic. “We’re also excited about providing a new event to showcase our state’s top football players. Our goal all along has been to assist these athletes in furthering their education through athletics.”

College coaches from multiple states and multiple levels are expected to be in attendance at the day-long event. Coach Ingle Martin of Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville will head up the West staff. Leading the East staff will be Trey Perry, head coach at Mt. Juliet High School.

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