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Denison Yellow Jackets football, volleyball, and campus notes from the independent desk.

A black football helmet with a gold yellowjacket mascot on the grass at night

Analyzing the Enemy

Richland is 2–0 and averaging 56. District starts in their building.

Kenneth Gilchrist’s second-year Raiders beat Aubrey and Heritage in track meets. Thursday at Children’s Health Stadium is Denison’s first district snap.

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · Desk

A high school field under stadium lights

Final

Fourth down. Thirty-seven seconds. 44–40.

Decatur 44, Denison 40. Colton Braziel’s wildcat run in the last minute ends it at Eagle Stadium. The Jackets are 1–1.

Sunday, September 6, 2026 · Desk

A wooden-handled ax on black and gold cloth

Final

The Ax stays. Lilly opens with 50.

Denison 50, Sherman 19. Brian Lilly’s first Friday night at Munson, and the 128th Battle of the Ax does not leave town.

Saturday, August 29, 2026

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.

Friday, August 28, 2026 · Desk

Munson-style high school stadium at dusk with the lights coming on

The Desk

How to do Friday night at Munson

Tickets, gates, bags, and the little rules that keep 6,500 people moving on Crawford Street.

Friday, August 28, 2026

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.

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Volleyball

Jackets take two straight, including Horn in three

Dana Waddle’s team is 3–11 after a brutal tournament stretch. The last two results finally go the other way.

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Press box view of a high school field under the lights

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.

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Black jerseys with gold numbers hanging in an empty locker room

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.

Tuesday, August 25, 2026