July 22, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
The 2022 high school football season is less than a month away and Tiger Pride excitement is building in anticipation of the 60th year of Tiger football at DeKalb County High School.
The annual media day event was held Thursday at DCHS where coaches, players, cheerleaders, and managers posed for photos and spoke with the local media about the upcoming season.
With 12 seniors on the team, Tiger Coach Steve Trapp, who is starting his 18th year, isn’t necessarily concerned about experience but there are key positions that will have to be filled with the loss of senior talent from last year including all-around athlete Isaac Knowles who is going on to play collegiate football at Tennessee Tech.
“We have a veteran club with a lot of juniors and seniors who have played a lot of football for us so we are anticipating some good football. Offensively we lost Isaac Knowles. He was one of 6 or 7 seniors last year and 3 or 4of them really produced for us and although we can’t replace what Isaac did for us individually as a group, we are expecting our returning guys to take care of business. We have 3 or 4 of our receivers back and 3 of our offensive lineman back so we have to fill in some spots there. Our quarterback is returning, and we have a four-year starting running back coming back so we have a lot weapons on the offensive side that have really looked good so far in summer workouts and 7 on 7s. Defensively we had to replace some people in the secondary and some inside backers but it’s a pretty solid core and they have looked really well also,” said Coach Trapp.
A brand-new video display board has been installed at the Dr. John L. Vanhoosier football stadium and is now working and ready to go for the season opener against Warren County on August 19 in Smithville. The 16 x 10 video board is incorporated with the existing scoreboard and will feature opportunities for video replays of game highlights and statistics, advertising sponsorships, and interaction for the fans, all to enhance the game night experience.
The DCHS 2022 Football Schedule is as follows:
REGION OPPONENTS (*)
August 19: Warren County- Smithville 7 p.m.
August 26: Smith County-Carthage 7 p.m.
September 1 (THURSDAY): Macon County*-Smithville 7 p.m.
September 9: Watertown-Smithville 7 p.m.
September 16: Cumberland County*- Crossville 7 p.m.
September 23: Cannon County-Woodbury 7 p.m.
September 30: Livingston Academy* (HOMECOMING)-Smithville 7 p.m.
October 14: Upperman*-Baxter 7 p.m.
October 21: Goodpasture-Goodpasture 7 p.m.
October 28: Stone Memorial* Smithville 7 p.m.
WJLE AM/FM will have LIVE coverage of each week’s games and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com