September 14, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County Tigers are hoping to snap a three game losing streak tonight as they travel to Grundy County to face the Yellow Jackets.
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The Tigers opened the season four weeks ago with a 19-14 win at home over Warren County but lost to Upperman 43 to 0 three weeks ago at home, 35-0 at Stone Memorial two weeks ago, and 48-14 at home against Watertown last week. All three losses have been to undefeated teams.
Grundy County is also 1-3 on the season and riding a three game losing skid. The Yellow Jackets opened the season with a 21-14 win over East Hickman but have lost at Ezell Harding 33-14, at York Institute 49-14, and at Bledsoe County 17-0
Tiger Coach Steve Trapp said his team has an opportunity tonight to get back on track but it can’t take Grundy County for granted.
“It seems like every game they (Grundy County) have started out with tight ends and extra backs in the backfield and try to run a power run game. They will do that for a couple of series and then they will turn into a spread team that will do some options looks and a quick passing game. We are expecting them to probably put in some more jet sweep looks tonight since how bad we were last week against Watertown and every team we have faced so they will probably do some motion and try to get the jet sweep action going on us but they have shown on tape that they attempt to do a lot of different things on offense. Our guys have to make sure they are in the right positions and be formation savvy. What I mean by that is we need to pinpoint certain formations on concepts they are trying to do because certain formations kind of let you know what they are going to be coming with so hopefully our guys have paid attention to us all week in practice and will be on point tonight,” said Coach Trapp.
Kick-off will be tonight at 7 p.m.
WJLE’s pre-game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5 p.m. featuring former coaches Doug Matthews, Dave McGinnis, and broadcaster Larry Stone.
“Murphy’s Matchups” airs at 6 p.m. featuring the Guru of Tennessee High School Football Murphy Fair.
“Tiger Talk” begins at 6:30 p.m. featuring DCHS Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger Football Players Axel Aldino, Isaac Cross, and Tanner Myers.. John Pryor, the Voice of the Tigers, is the host of the program.
WJLE’s “LIVE” play by play coverage starts at 7 p.m. with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby.
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