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Munson Stadium in Denison, Texas under Friday night lights

Gameday · Friday, August 28, 2026

128th Battle of the Ax

Denison vs Sherman · 7:00 p.m. · Munson Stadium

7:00 p.m.kickoff

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128th Battle of the Ax

District

4-5A DII

Opens Sept. 10 at Richland

A wooden-handled ax on black and gold cloth

Gameday

The Ax comes out tonight

The 128th Battle of the Ax. First snap of the Brian Lilly era. Sherman at Munson, 7 p.m. Tickets are gone.

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Friday, August 28, 2026

Press box view of a high school field under the lights

District

A Frisco-heavy district, and no soft weeks after Labor Day

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Football

2026 schedule

Fri, Aug 28vsSherman128th Battle of the Ax7:00pFri, Sep 4@Decatur7:00pThu, Sep 10@Prosper RichlandDistrict7:00pFri, Sep 18vsFrisco Panther CreekDistrict7:00pFri, Sep 25@Frisco EmersonDistrict7:00pFri, Oct 2vsFrisco IndependenceDistrict7:00pFri, Oct 9@FriscoDistrict7:00pFri, Oct 16vsFrisco MemorialDistrict7:00pFri, Oct 23@AnnaDistrict7:00pFri, Nov 6vsCelinaDistrict7:00p

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