August 25, 2023
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigers lost to the visiting Smith County Owls 21-0 in the first home game of the regular season Friday night in Smithville, but they lost more than that with perhaps a season ending injury to their starting senior quarterback Briz Trapp who was carted off the field in the second period.
DC was already without the services of two other senior playmakers, Malachi Trapp and Marquez Chalfant, who were injured the previous week.
With the loss the Tigers are now 0-2 and will have to regroup quickly as the Livingston Academy Wildcats will be coming to town next Friday night, September 1. Kick-off will be at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.
The Wildcats will see action twice next week. After building a 24-12 lead over Whites Creek at home with less than 2 minutes remaining until halftime Friday night an isolated thunderstorm with strong winds knocked out power in all of Livingston. After waiting it out, the schools agreed to finish their final 25 minutes of action on Monday at 6:30 pm. The Wildcats lost their season opener at home to Trousdale County 9-0 on August 18.
Meanwhile here at home, the Owls scored their only touchdown of the first half Friday night with 2:12 left in the 1st period on a 63-yard pass play from Riley Martin to Jermaine Cason. Javier Gaspar booted the extra point and Smith County led 7-0.
The Tigers threatened to score late in the 2nd period but a turnover inside the Owls’ 5-yard line stopped the drive.
Smith County went up by two scores with 49 seconds left in the 3rd period as Martin hooked with up Cason again, this time on a 20-yard pass play capping a 51-yard drive. Gasper connected on the PAT and the Owls led 14-0.
The final score came with 5:02 left in the 4th period on a 54-yard touchdown run by Ethan Madewell and with Gaspar’s extra point, the Owls would claim a 21-0 victory and snap a four-game losing streak to DeKalb County.