DCHS/Upperman Football Game to be Played Saturday Night at Tech

The date and location of the DeKalb County High School/Upperman Football game has been changed due to poor field conditions at DCHS.
Tiger Coach Steve Trapp says the game, which was set for Friday at 7:00 p.m. in Smithville, will be played on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville. “The reason why we’re having to move the game to Tech is because our field conditions are not very good right now. It’s been very wet this latter half of the season and with the Middle School games, Junior Pro games, and Soccer games that have been played on it, our field is just in no condition for us to play on it Friday. It’s somewhat of a safety issue. There’s a lot of mud with all the rain we’ve had this week. It’s (field) not had a chance to dry out whatsoever. We’re going to try to give it (field) a chance to recover. We’ll have to play Saturday because Cookeville High School is going to be playing their high school game there (Tech) Friday night. Everything will work just as if we were playing here at Vanhoosier Stadium. We still want to invite everybody to make the short drive over to Tennessee Tech and help create a good atmosphere for us. It’ll be a home game for us, just in a different setting.”
WJLE’s coverage begins with Tiger Talk at 6:30 p.m. followed by the game at 7:00 p.m.