Colby Barnes Leads DeKalb County to Victory with 4 TD’s against Jets at Cumberland County

September 17, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The DeKalb County Tigers defeated the Cumberland County Jets with points to spare Friday night at Crossville. The final score was 48 to 13 propelling the Tigers to a 4-1 record overall and a 1-1 mark in the Region. Cumberland County remains winless on the season at 0-5.

Talented Tiger running back Colby Barnes accounted for 4 of DeKalb County’s 7 touchdowns  in the game while quarterback Jordan Parker threw for two TD’s. Jonathan Garcia scored another on a kick return.

DeKalb County will travel to Woodbury Friday night, September 23 to take on their border rival Cannon County at 7 p.m. The Lions are 1-4 this season.

Colby Barnes got the Tigers on the board first with 8:58 left in the 1st period on a 2-yard touchdown run. Kicker Juan Ortega booted the extra point and DC led 7-0.

Tiger Quarterback Jordan Parker threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to John Ellis with 2:31 left in the 1st period and with Ortega’s PAT the Tigers led 14-0.

Cumberland County got points with 8:28 left in the 2nd period on a 35-yard touchdown run by Drayton Hairston. The PAT attempt by kicker Jaime Perez was no good but the Tiger lead was cut to 14-6. The score was set up on a DC turnover as a Cumberland County punt bounced off a Tiger player and was recovered by the Jets at the DC 35-yard line.

Cumberland County then tried an onsides kick, but Tiger Jonathan Garcia grabbed it and raced 52 yards for the score. Ortega tacked on the extra point and DeKalb County extended its lead to 21-6.

QB Parker got his second touchdown throw of the game on a 3-yard toss to Josh May with 22 seconds left until halftime. Ortega’s PAT try was good, and DeKalb County held a 28-6 halftime advantage.

The Jets successfully recovered an onsides kick to start the 2nd half which led to another Cumberland County touchdown. With 11:37 left in the 3rd period, Hairston scored on a 42-yard run. Perez added the extra point to trim the DC lead to 28-13.

Tiger Colby Barnes went on to score three more touchdowns to seal the victory for DeKalb County. With 40 seconds left in the 3rd period, Barnes found the end zone on a 6-yard touchdown run and with Ortega’s PAT the Tigers led 35-13.

Barnes scored on a 14-yard run with 4:42 left in the 4th period and with Ortega’s kick, DC built a 42-13 advantage.

The final touchdown of the game came on an 84-yard scamper by Barnes with 1:45 remaining. The PAT attempt by Ortega was no good but DeKalb County claimed a 48-13 victory.

Class 4A Region 4 Standings as of September 17
Macon County: 5-0 (2-0)
Stone Memorial: 5-0 (2-0)
DeKalb County: 4-1 (1-1)
Upperman: 3-2 (1-1)
Cumberland County: 0-5 (0-2)
Livingston Academy: 0-5 (0-2)

September 16, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

Evins Mill Road, which has been closed to through traffic from Highway 70 to Pirtle’s Nursery, will reopen for the weekend Saturday and Sunday, September 17 & 18 but will be closed again for further repairs starting Monday, September 19 from 7 a.m. until? Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you ahead of time for your patience,” said Road Supervisor Danny Hale. The trouble spot is near the creek where the shoulder is narrow and badly deteriorated. Efforts are being made to stabilize the shoulder

September 16, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

For years DCHS Football Coach Steve Trapp has sought new bleachers with greater home seating capacity as well as better lighting of the football field. He may now get his wish.

During Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting, the Board of Education voted to accept bids for both projects.

“I think this will be great benefit not only for the student athlete but for the public as a whole. I would like to make a motion that we push this on to get bids to finalize this so we can get this underway,” said Sixth district board member Jason Miller. Third district member Jim Beshearse offered a second to the motion and it was approved on a voice vote.

Once bids are awarded, the new lighting could be installed by graduation next spring with the new handicapped accessible powder coated aluminum bleachers including a section of VIP seating in place by the start of the high school football season next year. The newest of the existing older sets of bleachers on the home side would be taken down and repurposed for use at the DCHS soccer field.

Coach Trapp and Assistant DCHS Principal Thomas Cagle addressed the board with the requests during a work session prior to the regular monthly meeting Tuesday night.

“I think it is something that is definitely needed, and we have talked about it for probably 10 years and for them (school board) to be on board and supportive is very promising,” Coach Trapp told WJLE Thursday.

“Seating options are not adequate for the number of people in attendance whether it be football games, graduation or other events where we have our student body going outside to sit in the stands. Upgrading our facilities will provide safer seating options, more seating capacity, and allow us to be able to include handicapped accessibility into our stadium. Currently handicapped accessibility is a platform away from the rest of the stands and student body. We want to make sure that with this new bleacher section we can include that handicapped accessibility into the bleachers allowing those fans to be part of the rest of the fan base during games, graduations, and other events we host on the field,” added Cagle who also spoke with WJLE Thursday.

“The new bleachers will have 14 handicapped accessible spots built within the bleachers on the first row. They are called companion seats so there are seats right there with them (handicapped fans) so everybody can be integrated and be part of the Friday night atmosphere,” Coach Trapp said.

Currently the total stadium seating capacity is 994 including over 600 on the home side and the rest on the visitor side of the field. With the new bleachers, the stadium home seating capacity would more than double to over 1,300 stretching almost the length of the field. There would be no bleacher seating expansion on the visitor side.

“Everything on the home side will be coming out including the handicapped ramp that has been built there and 1,300 seats will be put back in. That’s more than double the number that can sit on the home side right now. The press box will stay where it is and we will have about 70 feet of VIP chair backed seats (approximately 165 seats) underneath the press box and wrapping around the press box will be 15 rows high of bleacher seats that will stretch from the 15-yard line to the other 15-yard line,” said Coach Trapp.

“Its an aluminum bleacher set with metal bases,” said Cagle.” The difference in this set compared to what we have now is the durability and quality of the product is going to be better. We will have fully enclosed bleachers so there won’t be any more gaps between the seats where nothing or no one can fall under the bleachers,” he said.

The benches will also be powder coated providing opportunities to display school colors.

“We will probably follow the graphite and black color scheme that we have on everything else over there (other buildings near the stadium). I imagine the walkways will be black and the VIP chairs will probably be a charcoal or graphite color with the bleachers surrounding all of that so it will definitely be an upgrade to what we have now,” said Coach Trapp.

A concrete base will be put down to support the new set of bleachers with concrete pathways to the bleachers (home and visitor sides) and around the press box, field house, concession stands, and restrooms.

The existing stadium lighting will be replaced by new brighter LED lights.

“It’ll be pretty much the same set up that soccer has. I see those lights on over there (soccer field) and they are super bright and nice. Right now, we have a six-pole system and its (wired) underground to the first two poles but then everything else is overhead but for the new lighting everything (new wiring) will be underground. It will actually be a four-pole system so we will eliminate the pole currently on the 50-yard line on the visitor side to give them (fans) a clear view. The new posts should fit somewhere around the 20-yard lines back off the field to make everything a lot brighter. Currently on the playing surface there are dark spots so getting a lighting upgrade is definitely going to benefit players and fans by better illuminating everything within the stadium,” said Coach Trapp.

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