September 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigers will head to Woodbury Friday night to take on the winless Cannon County Lions.
(Click link below to hear WJLE’s Tiger Talk Show this week)
https://www.wjle.com/tiger-talk-september-25/
Kick-off is at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby.
The DCHS administration reminds Tiger fans that there will be no ticket sales at the gate in Woodbury for Friday night’s game.
DeKalb County is 2-3 while the Lions are 0-5.
Speaking on WJLE’s Tiger Talk program, Coach Steve Trapp said it was good to see his team dominate in last week’s 32-0 win at Grundy County, especially when the previous four games of the season had been so close
“I am really proud of our guys. It was good to have a Friday night that wasn’t as stressful as the other ones. Every game we had played up until that point was a one score game. They really did a good job in all phases of the game to come away with the victory in that fashion,” he said.
As for Cannon County, Coach Trapp said preparing for the Lions has been similar to the preparation for Grundy County.
“Preparing for the wing-t can be a difficult thing since our offensive philosophy is so different than the wing-t as far as spreading it out and things like that so to get your scout team learning another team’s offensive system when it is totally different from yours is challenging. But although they (Cannon County) have some different philosophies in what they do compared to Grundy County a lot of the formations are very similar so it does give us a little bit of a leg up being able to prepare for it for two weeks instead of just one,” said Coach Trapp.
The Lions losses have been to Walker Valley 39-0, Warren County 48-0, Sequatchie County 46-0, Community 28-20, and Upperman 48-6.
DeKalb County has beaten Stone Memorial 31-30 and Grundy County 32-0 but has lost to Warren County 30-24, Upperman 27-21, and to Watertown 21-14.
WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5:00 p.m. featuring former UT assistant coach Doug Matthews with former coach Dave McGinnis and broadcaster Larry Stone talking Tennessee and SEC football.
“Coach to Coach” is followed by “Murphy’s Matchups at 6:00 p.m., a look at Tennessee High School Football from Murphy Fair with commentary on games and coaches interviews.
“Tiger Talk” airs at 6:30 p.m. on WJLE with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor interviewing Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players Colby Barnes, Brady Hale and Axel Aldino.