August 22, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County Tigers will host the Smith County Owls in the season home opener Friday night, August 25 but the start time has been changed because of the excessive heat this week.
The kick-off time has been moved from 7 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The Tiger football team lost their season opener at Warren County last Friday night 34 to 27 while the Owls defeated their in-county rival at Gordonsville Thursday 25 to 19.
WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5:00 p.m. featuring former UT assistant coach Doug Matthews with Tennessee Titans Radio Broadcaster Dave McGinnis and broadcaster Larry Stone talking Tennessee and SEC football.
“Coach to Coach” is followed by “Murphy’s Matchups at a special time this week at 6:30 p.m., a look at Tennessee High School Football from Murphy Fair with commentary on games and coaches’ interviews.
“Tiger Talk” airs at a special time this week at 7:00 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor interviewing Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players.
Kick-off is at 7:30 p.m. with play-by-play coverage on WJLE from the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby. Listen LIVE on WJLE AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE Streaming at www.wjle.com.