Varsity football · UIL 5A Division II
Yellow Jackets
0–0 · 128th Battle of the Ax
7:00 p.m.kickoff
2026 slate
Schedule
Two non-district games, then eight in District 4-5A Division II. Open date the week of Oct. 30. Times 7 p.m. unless noted.
Fri, Aug 28vsvsSherman128th Battle of the Ax7:00pFri, Sep 4@@Decatur7:00pThu, Sep 10@@Prosper RichlandDistrict7:00pFri, Sep 18vsvsFrisco Panther CreekDistrict7:00pFri, Sep 25@@Frisco EmersonDistrict7:00pFri, Oct 2vsvsFrisco IndependenceDistrict7:00pFri, Oct 9@@FriscoDistrict7:00pFri, Oct 16vsvsFrisco MemorialDistrict7:00pFri, Oct 23@@AnnaDistrict7:00pFri, Nov 6vsvsCelinaDistrict7:00p
From the desk
Football news
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.
Football
A Jacket comes home to open the season
Brian Lilly played here, left, built a program in Nashville, and took the Denison job in April. Friday is the first snap.
District
A Frisco-heavy district, and no soft weeks after Labor Day
District 4-5A Division II has nine teams, five of them Frisco. Denison’s first district snap is Sept. 10 at Prosper Richland.
The File
Four wins, a coaching change, and the Ax stayed here
The 2025 Jackets went 4–5, beat Sherman, and said goodbye to Brent Whitson in February.