October 31, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
Disappointment has turned to delight for DCHS Tiger football coaches, players, and fans as the team has been cleared to compete in the first round of the TSSAA play-offs next Friday night, November 6 at home against Spring Hill.
The announcement came Friday.
“The Board of Education is allowing us to contact trace within the football program the same way that contact tracing is done within the school and now we are cleared to start back practice on Monday, November 2,” said Tiger Coach Steve Trapp.
Earlier in the week, the Tigers learned that the season would have to prematurely end due to a COVID-19 case within the program.
The game against Cumberland County Friday night, which would have been senior night, had to be canceled due to the earlier decision.
While Coach Trapp is happy to be able to resume play, he is stressing that the safety of everyone is of utmost importance. “If everybody had not been comfortable with everybody being safe then we would not be doing this,” he said.
As the Region 3 champs from Class 4A, the Tigers (6-3, 3-0) will play host to Spring Hill (3-7, 2-3), the 4th place team in Region 4. Kick-off will be at 7 p.m. and WJLE plans LIVE coverage