November 7, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
Thirteen DCHS Football players and an assistant coach have earned 2022 All-Region honors including Tiger Senior Running Back Colby Barnes who has been named the Co-Offensive Most Valuable Player in Region 4, Class 4A with Kaleb Flowers of Stone Memorial.
Barnes, who set a school single season rushing record at DCHS with 2,073 yards on 287 carries and 19 touchdowns through 11 games, is joined by Tyler Estes, the region’s Co-Most Outstanding Linebacker with Brady Lane of Stone Memorial; Ean Jones- Co-Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman with Bo Harrel of Upperman; Josh May- Most Outstanding Tight End, Malachi Trapp- Co-Most Outstanding Wide Receiver with Jackson Bush of Upperman; Holden Trapp-Co-Most Outstanding Returner with Nick Osmun of Stone Memorial, and Nolan Gottlied-Co-Most Outstanding Punter with the punter from Cumberland County.
Tiger Assistant Michael Shaw was named the Region’s Co-Defensive Assistant Coach of the year with Justin Qualls of Stone Memorial and Spencer Young of Macon County.
All Region 1st Team from DeKalb County: Wil Farris, Ty Webb, and Ari White
All Region 2nd Team from DeKalb County: Shadie Rankhorn, Johnny Skinner, and Trace Hamilton.
The State Football Play-Off run ended for the DeKalb County Tigers Friday November 4 at Ooltewah with a 21-14 loss to the East Hamilton Hurricanes in the first round.
The Tigers concluded the season at 6-5 and finished in 4th place in Class 4A Region 4 at 2-3.
This marked the 12th consecutive State Football Play-Off appearance for DeKalb County, the most in school history.
Tiger game results for the 2022 season:
August 19: Warren County-(Tigers won 35-34).
August 26: Smith County-(Tigers won 17-14)
September 1 (THURSDAY): Macon County*- (Tigers lost 21-13).
September 9: Watertown-(Tigers won 26-14)
September 16: Cumberland County* (Tigers won 48-13)
September 23: Cannon County- (Tigers won 55-7)
September 30: Livingston Academy* (HOMECOMING)-(Tigers won 48-0)
October 14: Upperman*- (Tigers lost 17-16).
October 21: Goodpasture-(Tigers lost 24-17)
October 28: Stone Memorial* (Tigers lost 29-28)
November 4: East Hamilton (Tigers lost 21-14) TSSAA Class 4A Playoffs
The following are the 2022 Region 4, Class 4A Superlatives:
Co-MVP: Hunter Heavilon of Stone Memorial and Gabe Borders of Macon County
Co-Offensive MVP: Colby Barnes of DeKalb County and Kaleb Flowers of Stone Memorial
Co-Defensive MVP: Terrance Dedman of Upperman and Mason Swindell of Macon County
Co-Most Outstanding Linebacker: Tyler Estes of DeKalb County and Brady Lane of Stone Memorial
Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman: Clayton Harris of Upperman
Co-Most Outstanding Defensive End: Jordan Collins of Stone Memorial and Brody Frey of Macon County
Most Outstanding Defensive Back: Bear Eldridge of Stone Memorial
Co-Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman: Ean Jones of DeKalb County and Bo Harrel of Upperman
Co-Most Outstanding Running Back: Jackson Rollins of Upperman and Lockland Hammock of Livingston Academy
Most Outstanding Tight End: Josh May of DeKalb County
Co-Most Outstanding Wide Receiver: Malachi Trapp of DeKalb County and Jackson Bush of Upperman
Co-Most Outstanding Quarterback: Jonathon Rushing of Upperman and Kyle Shockley of Macon County
Co-Most Outstanding Returner: Holden Trapp of DeKalb County and Nick Osmun of Stone Memorial
Co-Most Outstanding Punter: Nolan Gottlied of DeKalb County and punter of Cumberland County
Most Outstanding Kicker: Sebastian Stanfill of Upperman
Offensive Assistant Coach-Tony Leckie of Stone Memorial
Co-Defensive Assistant Coach-Michael Shaw of DeKalb County, Justin Qualls of Stone Memorial, and Spencer Young of Macon County
Co-Special Teams Coach: Vince Ferguson of Upperman and Drew Scott of Macon County
Coach of the Year: Derrick Samber of Stone Memorial