September 30, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigers suffered another setback Friday night as they lost to the visiting Macon County Tigers 32 to 20 in a battle between these two region rivals.
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With the loss, the DC Tigers drop to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in region 4 while Macon County improves to 6-1 and 3-1 in region play. Next week the DC Tigers will play their final home game of the regular season against Cumberland County (2-5, 0-4).
In the game Friday night, Macon County scored on the opening kickoff as Braylon Flowers fielded the ball and then found Gabe Borders across the field on a lateral who then raced 80 yards for a touchdown. The extra point attempt by Eli Gammons was no good but Macon County took an early 6-0 lead.
DeKalb County got its first lead of the game with 11:49 left in the 2nd period on a 42-yard pass play from quarterback Briz Trapp to Marquez Chalfant capping a 59-yard drive. Adrian Prater booted the extra point and DC led 7-6.
Macon County grabbed the lead again on a 2-yard touchdown run by Luke Gammons with 8:13 left in the 2nd period completing a 63-yard drive. Eli Gammons tacked on the extra point and Macon County held a 13-7 advantage.
Malachi Trapp put the DC Tigers back on top with 7:52 left in the 2nd period on a 67-yard touchdown sprint. Prater nailed the extra point and DeKalb County led 14-13.
Macon County then mounted a 72-yard drive and scored on a 9-yard quarterback keeper by Luke Gammons. The two point try failed but Macon County had taken a 19-14 lead with 4:03 left in the half.
DeKalb County got into scoring position again and with 15 seconds left before halftime, Adrian Prater was called on and delivered a 25-yard field goal for DeKalb County to cut the Macon County lead to 19-17 by halftime.
The only score of the second half for DeKalb County was on a 36-yard field goal by Prater with 2:59 in the 3rd period completing a drive that began at the DC 26-yard line. With the kick, DeKalb County led 20-19.
Macon County took the lead for good with 55 seconds left in the 3rd period on a 51-yard touchdown pass play from Luke Gammons to Gabe Borders completing a 62-yard drive. The 2-point conversion attempt failed but Macon County held a 25-20 advantage.
The last score of the game came on a 4-yard touchdown run by Bradon Warren capping a 71-yard drive. Eli Gammons came on for the PAT and with 2:57 left in the 4th period Macon County extended its lead and went onto claim a 32-20 victory.
Here’s how the Region race is taking shape after seven weeks into the season. The top four teams at the end of the year earn a state play-off berth.
Upperman: 7-0: Overall, 4-0-Region
Stone Memorial: 6-1 Overall, 4-0 Region
Macon County: 6-1 Overall, 3-1 Region
DeKalb County: 3-4 Overall, 1-2 Region
White County: 3-4, 1-3 Region
Livingston Academy:2-5 Overall, 0-3 Region
Cumberland County: 2-5 Overall, 0-4 Region