September 18, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The DCHS Tigers will be hoping to get back in the win column tonight (Friday) as they travel to Grundy County.
(Click link below to hear WJLE’s Tiger Talk Program)
https://www.wjle.com/tiger-talk-september-18/
Kick-off is at 7 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage on AM 1480/FM 101.7 and LIVE streaming at www.wjle.com with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor and Luke Willoughby.
DeKalb County is 1-3 while the Yellow Jackets at 0-3.
All four Tigers games this season have been close with losses to Warren County 30-24, 27-21 to Upperman, and 21 to 14 to Watertown all at home. Their only win so far was on the road at Stone Memorial 31-30 which was a region victory.
Grundy County’s losses have been to South Pittsburg 49-0, York Institute 6-3, and Bledsoe County 40-6.
Coach Steve Trapp, speaking on WJLE’s Tiger Talk program, said the close losses are disappointing but he is confident his team will bounce back this week.
“Again we lost another football game by one score last week. There are moments in every game we have lost where we did some things well but then there were moments that have bitten us. Offensively I thought we got off to a good start last week but we didn’t do anything productive offensively in the second half. Watertown was basically able to make three plays and those three plays cost us the victory but I thought we were running the ball very well. Our running backs ran extremely hard. It was the best they have run consistently from start to finish. They did a great job. We made some plays in the passing game. If you look at the numbers and stats we had the same amount of passes as we did runs. We were actually 50% on fourth down conversions but not as good on third down conversions. We just have to continue to make plays,” said Coach Trapp.
Although the Tigers may be viewed as the favorite in tonight’s game, Coach Trapp says his team cannot overlook the Yellow Jackets.
“Even though they have not won a game in a long time and have not scored a whole lot of points this year those guys are working hard. They will fly around defensively. We can’t take any opponent for granted. We have to show up and do what we are supposed to do, the way it is supposed to be done no matter who it is your playing or where. We want to make sure we do what we are capable of doing each and every play,” said Coach Trapp.
WJLE’s Pre-Game shows begin with “Coach to Coach” at 5:00 p.m. featuring former UT assistant coach Doug Matthews with former coach Dave McGinnis and broadcaster Larry Stone talking Tennessee and SEC football.
“Coach to Coach” is followed by “Murphy’s Matchups at 6:00 p.m., a look at Tennessee High School Football from Murphy Fair with commentary on games and coaches interviews.
“Tiger Talk” airs at 6:30 p.m. tonight (Friday) on WJLE with the Voice of the Tigers John Pryor interviewing Coach Steve Trapp and Tiger football players Nathaniel Crook , Evan Jones, and Bryan Portillo.