October 28, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The season is over for the DCHS Tiger football team.
DeKalb County will not be able to compete in the TSSAA Class 4A football playoffs despite being the Region 3-4A champion due to COVID-19 and the regular season finale game at home against Cumberland County set for this Friday night, October 30 is also canceled.
The Tigers (6-3, 3-0) is the second mid-state area playoff team that has had to end its season prematurely because of the coronavirus.
According to the Tennessean Stewarts Creek announced Monday its football program was being forced to quarantine because of COVID-19 and would miss this week and next. The Red Hawks were tied with La Vergne for second place entering its Week 11 game with Smyrna.
TSSAA executive director Bernard Childress said spots in the playoffs vacated by teams with COVID-19 will not be replaced.