Denison High's football team ended a season with no playoff berth at stake by beating a team that has one.
The Yellow Jackets defeated Celina 35-20 on Friday night in Denison, finishing the year 4-6, KTEN reported. "Don't call it an upset!" the station's sports anchor wrote in his game report.
Celina came in having already locked up a postseason spot, according to a KXII preview earlier in the week, while Denison no longer had a path to the playoffs. The loss leaves the Bobcats at 7-3 overall and 5-3 in district play, according to MaxPreps, which lists them third in the district standings.
How the season went
The win was Denison's third in eight district games, by the MaxPreps schedule. The Yellow Jackets opened the year by routing Sherman 50-19, then dropped close games to Decatur (44-40), Richland (26-21) and Emerson (21-14). Their other district wins came against Independence, 55-14, and Memorial, 22-20.
Denison also lost to Panther Creek, Frisco and Anna before Friday's finale.
