WICHITA FALLS -- At the Denison/WF Rider pre-season scrimmage this past Friday at Memorial Stadium, two things seemed apparent to DHS Yellow Jackets head coach Chad Rogers.
First, the offense should score plenty of points this fall.
And second, the defense, while improved greatly since last fall, is still a work in progress.
"The offense looked good," said Rogers, beginning his second year at the helm of the Denison program.
"But our defense has got to improve. We got tired as the day went on and started arm tackling."
Rogers said specifically, Denison's defensive backs got caught "looking the backfield" on a few occasions, fell victim to some screen passes, and gave Rider more offensive success than he had hoped for.
"We have to be more disciplined," he said.
On the other side of the ball, Rogers was generally all smiles.
"Our first team offense did real well," said the DHS head man. "We did have two turnovers off deflected passes but we also scored several times."
Overall, Rogers was much more pleased with his squad's effort than he was a year ago when Rider came to Denison's Munson Stadium and dominated the Yellow Jackets.
"The Rider coaches could not believe the improvement in our team from last year to this year," he said. "I think we're going to be great (this year)."
As for the other squads from DHS that made the journey westward down U.S. Hwy. 82, Rogers was once again, generally enthusiastic.
"Our JV wore them (Rider's JV) out," said Rogers.
(Editor's Note: Forgive the papa pride here, but my youngest son Will made his first interception while playing for the DHS freshmen squad).
With two pre-season scrimmages behind them, the Jackets now go to work this upcoming week to prepare for Friday night's season opener in Frisco against the Centennial Titans.
The game has a 7:30 p.m. kick-off.
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