November 15, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigers will be on a mission tonight to do what no other team before them has ever done in school history. Advance to the third round of the TSSAA football playoffs.
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After knocking off the Tullahoma Wildcats last week in the 1st round of the playoffs in Smithville, the Tigers will hit the road tonight to Lewisburg to face the Marshall County Tigers.
DeKalb County enters the game at 7-4 while Marshall County is 9-2.
The Tigers concluded the regular season at 6-4 and runners-up in Region 3-4A at 3-1 while Marshall County finished 8-2 and entered the playoffs as the best team from Region 4-4A at 5-0.
“They are an athletic football team. I think the strength of their team is probably their defensive line. They have some quality guys there. I wouldn’t equate it to the same type of defensive line they had a couple of years ago but they have some guys who can get after it. They are athletic in the secondary and have athletic skill positions. They kind of have a power back, not much of a scat back or something like that so we want to make sure we don’t give him a clean look at any hole and make sure he has his feet stuttering. Our defense will really have to swarm to the football. They have a young quarterback but he seems to manage the game well and puts the football where it is supposed to be put. They have a solid football team but I feel we are also a solid football team so I think it will be a good night of football,” said Tiger Coach Steve Trapp.
This season DeKalb County has beaten Stone Memorial 33-0, Grundy County 49-12, Cannon County 41-10, Smith County 28-24, Macon County 26-13, Cumberland County 41-6, and Tullahoma 45-34 and lost to Warren County 35-21, Upperman 35-0, Watertown 42-20, and Livingston Academy 31-0.
Marshall County has beaten Columbia Academy 41-7, Lincoln County 31-14, Tullahoma 30-6, Maplewood 35-20, Springfield 42-12, Lawrence County 48-3, Spring Hill 45- 13, Nolensville 30-14, and Stone Memorial 39-8
Kick-off will be tonight (Friday) 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.
“Tiger Talk” begins at 6:30 p.m. featuring DCHS Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger Football Players David Bradford, Axel Aldino, and Desmond Nokes. 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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