Denison High School

Athletics

The Denison Yellow Jackets compete in these sports -

Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Swimming, Soccer, Golf, Track, Tennis, Softball & Baseball.

State titles

Denison (UIL)

• Football -
  • 1984(4A)

Denison Terrell (PVIL)

• Football -
  • 1947(PVIL-1A)^, 1948(PVIL-1A)

^Co-Champions

State finalists

Denison (UIL)

• Football -
  • 1995(4A), 1996(4A), 1997(4A)

Rivalry

Denison High School and neighboring Sherman High School have had a long-standing football rivalry dating back to 1901. Each year, the schools play for "The Battle of the Ax" in which an engraved ax is awarded to the winner. William B. Hempkins led Denison for the first four years running as battle of the ax champions. 84 years later his great-grandson Daniel K Jones led Denison to its next consecutive four years wins against Sherman, and continued his winning streak (12-0) his senior year to win the Texas State Championship against Dallas Carter winning 46–17. This is the longest continuous rivalry among all high schools in the state of Texas.

Notable alumni

• Chesley Sullenberger (Class of 1969) - Airline pilot and safety expert
• SoMo (Class of 2006) - Singer/Songwriter
• Jordan Taylor (Class of 2010) - NFL wide receiver
• Jadarian Price (Class of 2022) - college football running back

References

References

1. "DENISON H S". National Center for Education Statistics.
2. [https://rptsvr1.tea.texas.gov/cgi/sas/broker?_service=marykay&_program=perfrept.perfmast.sas&cyr=2019&level=campus&search=district&namenum=denison&district=091903&campus=091903001&_debug=0&prgopt=2019%2Fsrc%2Fsrc.sas 2018-2019 School Report Card]
3. [http://www.theathleticsdepartment.com/schools/Denison/ The Athletics Department]
4. [http://lonestarfootball.net/team.asp?T=952&S=1984 Lone Star Football Network]
5. "UIL Centennial Webpage".
6. [http://www.uiltexas.org/football/archives-school-search/70105c9b35e8e9f2f022afe4ca74c163/ UIL Football Archives]
7. "Battle of the Axe".
8. Tongish, Dawn. (January 16, 2009). "'Hero on the Hudson' Pilot grew up in North Texas". [[KDAF.
9. "Welcome to Denison ISD". [[Denison Independent School District]].
10. "Singer from Denison releases debut album".
11. (3 September 2016). "From Denison to the NFL, Jordan Taylor makes Broncos 53-man roster".
12. "Jadarian Price Recruit Interests".