Jr. Tigers blank Cookeville, 16-0

There are good days, and there are great days.  For Axel Aldino and the DeKalb

Issac Knowles stiff arms the Cavalier defender in the Tigers game against Cookeville Saturday.

County Jr. Tigers, Saturday was a great day.  Behind a two touchdown performance by Aldino and a stifling defensive effort, DC brought home the trophy in Cookeville’s Jr. Pro football Jamboree by blanking the Cavaliers, 16-0.

DeKalb looked good from the start, scoring on the first drive on a 70 yard dash by

Aldino on the first play from scrimmage.  Aldino would carry in the conversion and, just like that, DeKalb led 8-0.

Silas Cross running through the Cavalier defense in the Tigers win against Cookeville Saturday.

DeKalb would force a Cavalier punt and then quarterback Issac Knowles would put together an impressive 7 play drive all the way to the Cavalier 11 yard line before the drive stalled.  Cookeville would be unable to take advantage of the stop, however, as time ended in the first half.

The White and Black defense would flex its muscles again to begin the second half,

Conner Crabtree getting help from Grayson Hendrix Saturday.

forcing Cookeville into a three-and-out, giving the Tigers great field position to begin their first drive of the half, at their 49.

As it turned out, they didn’t even need that advantage.

On DeKalb’s first play of the half, Aldino would take the

Brayden Givens and the DC defense manhandled the Cavaliers in Cookeville’s Jamboree Saturday.

Knowles handoff all the way to the house for the Tigers second score of the game.  Knowles would leap in for the conversion and DeKalb would increase its lead to 16-0.

The stout DC defense handled the rest.

The Tigers never allowed Cookeville to get in sync at any time in the second half and a Aldino interception late sealed the victory for the Tigers.

For the game, DC put up over 150 yards of offense while keeping the Cavaliers offense completely in check, allowing no offense yardage in the contest.