September 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
Students at DeKalb County High School have been celebrating Homecoming with Spirit Week activities and it will conclude today (Friday) with a parade and a football game tonight as the Tigers host the Cannon County Lions.
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The homecoming parade begins lining up at 12:30 p.m. today (Friday) at the high school and will depart at 12:45 p.m. The band will perform at Northside Elementary School at 12:45 p.m. The parade will arrive at Smithville Elementary School at 1 p.m. and then at 1:20 p.m. at Northside Elementary. From there the band will lead the parade to the public square. The parade will arrive downtown Smithville at 1:50 p.m. followed by a pep rally and a band performance.
Both DeKalb and Cannon County enter tonight’s game at 2-3 overall. The Tigers have losses to Warren County 35 to 21, Upperman 35 to 0, and Watertown 42-20 and wins over Stone Memorial 33-0 and Grundy County 49-12.
Cannon County has losses to White County 17 to 6, Sequatchie County 34 to 21, and Upperman 39 to 6. The Lions have defeated Warren County 20 to 7 and Community 53 to 14.
DeKalb County leads the all time series with Cannon County with 29 wins versus 5 losses and a tie and while the Tigers lost to the Lions last year Cannon County had to forfeit due to an ineligible player. Counting the forfeit win, the Tigers have won the last 11 meetings.
Coach Trapp says Cannon County has a similar look from last year.
“It’s the same offense we saw last year with some different wrinkles and some different position players out there. It’s not anything we haven’t seen before but they have changed their defensive scheme a little bit but again it’s not something we haven’t seen. I feel we have had a good week of preparation and this should be a really good football game tonight,” said Coach Trapp.
Kick-off will be tonight at 7 p.m.
WJLE’s pre-game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5 p.m. featuring former coaches Doug Matthews, Dave McGinnis, and broadcaster Larry Stone.
“Murphy’s Matchups” airs at 6 p.m. featuring the Guru of Tennessee High School Football Murphy Fair.
“Tiger Talk” begins at 6:30 p.m. featuring DCHS Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger Football Players Colby Barnes, Aiden Curtis, and Isaac Cross. John Pryor, the Voice of the Tigers, is the host of the program.
WJLE’s “LIVE” play by play coverage starts at 7 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby.
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