GATLINBURG, Tenn. — There are certain sounds that are synonymous with Friday night football. However, inside a mountain thicket, there are two sounds you will only find in a dimly lit press box at Highlander Heaven.

"If we didn't have fun doing it, we wouldn't do it, but we enjoy it," Mike Werner said.

Werner is the public address announcer for Gatlinburg-Pittman football, and Greg Patterson runs the music.

"When I go to Neyland Stadium and you hear a song, you're like, oh that, that, that'd be a good one for that," Patterson said.

The pair also has two different titles for the majority of the year. Mike is the mayor of Gatlinburg, and Greg is the city manager.

"It just shows you again, how special this community is, and how blessed we are, but again, how good that those guys are and

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