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DeKalb County Wins Battle of the Cats at Macon County 35-7 October 30, 2008 by: Dwayne Page The DeKalb County Tigers defeated the Macon County Tigers 35 to 7 at Lafayette Thursday night to conclude the regular football season at 8-2 overall and 4-2 in Region 4-3A. DeKalb County will enter the TSSAA playoffs next week. Macon County concludes the season at 1-9 and 1-5 in region play. Neither team got on the board in the first period and the only score in the second quarter came with 24 seconds left before half time as Nick Lester caught a seven yard touchdown pass from quarterback Hunter Poteete to give DeKalb County a 7-0 lead after Zach Taylor converted on the P.A.T. That was the half time score. DeKalb County got the ball to start the third period and marched 75 yards for another score. Quarterback Hunter Poteete found Abram Edwards on a 24 yard touchdown pass play. Zach Taylor converted on the P.A.T and with 9:15 left in the third quarter, the Tigers led 14-0. After stopping Macon County on a fourth down play at the DeKalb 12 yard line, the Black and Gold Tigers moved 88 yards in two plays to score their third touchdown of the night. Quarterback Hunter Poteete raced 63 yards on the first play in the drive and Matthew Lawrence went the rest of the way on the second play, scoring on a 25 yard touchdown run with 3:41 left in the third period. Zach Taylor converted on the P.A.T. and DeKalb County led 21-0. That was the score at the end of the third period. On the first play of the fourth quarter, DeKalb County scored their fourth touchdown on a nine yard quarterback keeper by Hunter Poteete. Zach Taylor converted on the P.A.T. and DeKalb led 28-0 with 11:54 left in the game. After getting the ball back, the Tigers scored again, this time on a 24 yard pass play from quarterback Hunter Poteete to Abram Edwards. Zach Taylor converted on the PA.T. and DeKalb County led 35-0 with 11:25 to go in the fourth quarter. Macon County finally got on the scoreboard with 3:28 left on a 22 yard touchdown pass play. The P.A.T. was good and DeKalb County's lead was cut to 35 to 7. The final score was DeKalb County 35, Macon County 7.

Whitehouse Leads the Tigers 49-28 in 4th Period Taken from our local radio station WJLE.com where you can also listen live to the TIGERS play on Friday night. The Whitehouse Blue Devils are leading the DeKalb County Tigers 49-28 in Smithville. The Tigers took the opening kick off but the drive stalled at the Whitehouse 34 yard line. After a Tiger punt, Whitehouse started their first offensive series on the Blue Devil 5 yard line and went 95 yards for a score. They capped the drive on a 42 yard touchdown pass play from quarterback Trox Greenwade to Chad Neal. Matthew Gossett converted on the P.A.T. and Whitehouse led 7-0 with 6:44 left in the first quarter. The score at the end of the first quarter was 7-0, Whitehouse. DeKalb County got on the scoreboard with 9:27 left in the second period on a 19 yard touchdown pass play from quarterback Hunter Poteete to Abram Edwards. Zach Taylor converted on the P.A.T. to tie the game at 7-7. The Tigers began the drive at their own 32 yard line and moved 68 yards for the score. The Blue Devils broke the tie with 3:29 left in the second period on a 39 yard touchdown pass play from quarterback Greenwade to DeMarrius Payne. Gossett converted on the P.A.T. and Whitehouse led 14-7. The Tigers mounted another scoring drive to tie the game again with 1:29 left in the second period as quarterback Poteete threw a strike to Travon Johnson that covered 16 yards for a touchdown. Taylor converted on the P.A.T. to make the score 14-14. After the ensuing kick off, Whitehouse started the next drive on their own 38 yard line, but on the first play, Hunter Poteete picked off a Greenwade pass and returned it 40 yards to the endzone for a Tiger touchdown. Taylor converted on the P.A.T. and DeKalb County took their first lead of the game at 21-14. But the lead was short lived as Whitehouse got the ball back and moved quickly down field to tie the game again, on a 21 yard touchdown pass play from Greenwade to Matt Parker. Gossett converted on the P.A.T. and with 19 seconds left in the second quarter, Whitehouse and DeKalb County were tied at 21-21. The halftime score was 21-21. The Blue Devils took the kick to start the third period and marched 53 yards in four plays to grab the lead. DeMarrius Payne capped the drive on an 11 yard touchdown run. Gossett converted on the P.A.T. and Whitehouse led 28-21 with 10:12 left in the third period. The Tigers answered on their first offensive series of the third period. Facing a fourth down and six from the Whitehouse 16 yard line, quarterback Poteete found Hunter Stewart on a 10 yard pass play for a first and goal from the Whitehouse 6 yard line. On the next play Poteete scored on a 6 yard quarterback keeper. Taylor converted on the P.A.T. and the game was tied at 28-28 with 7:23 left in the third period. Just over a minute later in the game, Whitehouse took the lead again as quarterback Greenwade hooked up with Matt Parker on a 60 yard pass play for the touchdown. Gossett converted on the P.A.T. and the Blue Devils led 35-28 with 6:17 left in the third period. The score at the end of the third quarter was Whitehouse 35, DeKalb County 28. Whitehouse stretched their lead early in the fourth quarter as DeMarrius Payne raced 55 yards for a touchdown with 10:56 left in the game. Gossett converted on the P.A.T. and the Blue Devils led 42 to 28. The Blue Devils took a three touchdown lead with 3:04 left in the game on a 60 yard touchdown pass play from quarterback Greenwade to Matt Parker. Gossett converted on the P.A.T. and Whitehouse led 49 to 28

DEKALB 28 Pearl Cohn 6 FINAL SCORE!!! Yep, you read that correctly!

DEKALB 21 PEARL COHN 0 HALF TIME SCORE!!

There are a lot of boys on that team that deserve a lot of credit! Collier reminds me of Animal! Remember him from the muppets? He's just an animal when it comes to football! Try to tackle him and see what you get! Travon Johnson is awsome jumping and snatching that ball out of the air! How about that Roller kid? It takes 5 guys to get him down and he'll bust a line open for ya. Lester is pretty awesome too! The boys that play that line on both sides need a lot of credit. They are really strong and work really hard!

51 Station Camp 27 DeKalb County FINAL SCORE Incredible game. DeKalb fought hard!!

HALFTIME SCORE Station Camp 23 DeKalb Co 13 There were a lot of boys who layed the foundation for this winning season. WJLE.COM listen live.

DCHS Tigers could pull this off. It won't be easy but you can do it boys. We all know you can! This Tiger fan has faith in you. I've followed this program to long to give up now.

It all starts with all4football, and backnblack, and InterestedObserver and the others that have all the answers, But Have No Clue What the Question Is!!! FORGOT a few didn't you?

Howe did not quit. Griffin, the "back up QB" who is a jr., quit this week.

What exactly has changed from when you call DeKalb a "horrible team" unti now? I'd like to know what has changed with the DeKalb Tigers.

Muffin Man said it best. Don't let yourselves down! This is your game Tigers! YOUR Game! Play hard, play smart, remember good sportsmanship, play fair, you can and will come out on top. Keep your mouths shut and your mind on the prize! Best of luck Tigers!

DeKalb wins.

That's good to know. It's great news to hear they are building and looking and letting those young men gain some experience. Thanks for the info.

If you were there I guess you would know. Maybe some of them aren't technically starters but play a great deal. Oh well, proud of the win anyway. Good job Tigers.