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Game Recap — Denison at Mount Pleasant

Getting a victory to an end a season is always nice. In most cases it would mean a championship. But for those who were unable to make the playoffs, ending with a win provides a brief respite from a year that didn’t go as many would have hoped.
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Game Recap — Sherman at Greenville

Friday’s game was certainly quick — a running clock in the second half ended the game right around 10 p.m. — but it was certainly not painless.

Greenville made Sherman’s defense battle all night and the Lions, in the throes o ...

Class 1A/Six-Man realignment: So long, Division II

The ranks of Class A football teams in the area will grow by one in Division I, and shrink to zero in Division II in the upcoming University Interscholastic League realignment, which will be unveiled to much fanfare on Feb. 2.

Just like in Class 2A ...

LIVE BLOG — Sherman at Greenville

Sherman ends the 2011 regular season against 0-19 Greenville hoping not to get anybody hurt before the playoffs. The Bearcats are 100 percent healthy other than wide receiver Joseph Harvey, who should return next week. LIVE BLOG — Sherman at Gr ...

Live Blog — Denison at Mount Pleasant

The 2011 football season comes to an end tonight for the Denison Yellow Jackets with a 13-4A contest at Mount Pleasant tonight. Follow all the action here or on my Twitter feed @JasonDellaRosa.

LIVE BLOG — Denison at Mount Pleasant

Meet the Enemy — Mount Pleasant

If realignment sends Denison out of east Texas, Mount Pleasant might end up being a distant memory. But the Tigers seem to be on the same plan that the Yellow Jackets used a few years ago. In 2007 Denison had a sophomore-led varsity squad and finishe ...

Meet The Enemy — Greenville

It’s been a tough couple of years for Greenville. The Lions are in the throes of a school-record 19-game losing streak and could make it two years straight without a victory with a loss to Sherman on Friday night at T.A. “Cotton” Fo ...

2A realignment: Whither Gunter?

If Texomaland will have a lack of representation in Class 3A in the next University Interscholastic League realignment, the opposite will be true in Class 2A.

There will be more than enough 2A schools next fall, their ranks swelling with the expecte ...

Game Recap — Denison vs. Greenville

If I were King of the Forest, Not queen, not duke, not prince.
My regal robes of the forest, would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.
I’d command each thing, be it fish or fowl.
With a woof and a woof and a royal growl — woof.

As I’ ...

Denison Volleyball Wrapup

The Denison volleyball team was thisclose to having another milestone season after reaching the area round a year ago.

That victory was the first playoff win by the Lady Jackets in a decade and a half. One more victory in 2011 and Denison would have ...

3A realignment: The few and the proud

Texomaland will be better known as No-Man’s Land in Class 3A in the upcoming 2012-14 University Interscholastic League realignment.

The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan sprawl is tickling the southern edges but hasn’t made it this far nor ...

Live Blog — Denison vs. Greenville

I don't know how many people will be paying attention to high school football tonight with a World Series Game 7 taking place, so if you have a little baseball fever you can catch all the Denison-Greenville action from Munson Stadium right here or fo ...

Meet the Enemy — Greenville

After a winless 2010, Greenville is just a few weeks away from another season finishing in the same fashion. The Lions are trying to find some traction in order to turn around a program that has lost 18 straight.

Both teams have several similar oppo ...

4A realignment: Expect a smaller rubber band

In place of my Sherman game preview this week, I wanted to post some thoughts on the upcoming biennial UIL realignment. Snapshot Day was two weeks ago and the numbers submitted to the University Interscholastic League means some big changes are forth ...

Game Recap — Denison at Sherman

Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job with a timber merchant, and he got it.
His boss gave him an ax and showed him the area where he was supposed to work.
The first day, the woodcutter brought down 18 trees.
“Congratulation ...

Live Blog -- Battle of the Ax

You know what it is. The Battle of the Ax. Live Blog -- Denison at Sherman

Meet the Enemy — Sherman

If there is one opponent Yellow Jackets fans know most about, it will be the one on the other sideline this week. More than a century of match-ups will do that. (It also helps that this paper covers them too.)

But this, my friends, is the Battle of ...

Meet the Enemy — Denison

Denison is a one-win team at this stage of the season. But if I was Sherman, my upset radar would be going “whoop-whoop-whoop.”

If you thought Royse City was a trap game, just wait until you get a dose of Denison.

Friday night’s B ...

Game Recap — Sherman at Royse City

Going into Friday night’s game in Royse City, most people expected a lot of offense — but nobody expected to see four defensive touchdowns, two on each side.
Take away the two interception returns by Sherman and the two fumble returns by ...

LIVE BLOG — Sherman at Royse City

The Bearcats hit the road looking for their first win of the year at an opponent's stadium. The team has shown great improvement on offense and defense since the start of District 13-4A play. Royse City almost pulled an upset last year in Sherman and ...

Meet the Enemy — Royse City

Last year against Royse City, Sherman let its guard down, and the result was a close game for more than three quarters before the Bearcats, with a late flurry of three touchdown runs by Zac Whitfield, left the Bulldogs behind.
The 48-28 final score d ...

Game Recap — Denison vs. Royse City

I think everybody at this point of the season might be ready for the bye week. It has been another trying season for Denison and the Jackets couldn’t come up with a much needed win against Royse City, one that would have assured them going into ...

Live Blog — Royse City at Denison

After a long road trip the Yellow Jackets are back at Munson Stadium and a chance to gain a huge hold on the fourth playoff spot as the final month of the season approaches. Denison will host Royse City tonight and you can follow all the action here ...

Meet the Enemy — Royse City

Royse City comes into this 13-4A match-up without a win. And yet the Bulldogs were in the same situation a year ago and went on to make the playoffs as the district’s fourth-place team.

The Bulldogs started down that road with a victory over D ...

Game Recap — Sherman at Sulphur Springs

This week in the wake of Friday’s 21-14 loss at Sulphur Springs, I was prepared to list all the penalties that Sherman was called for and how they affected the Bearcats. And there were bunches and bunches of them.

Then I stopped myself.

After a ...