A look at Derby football
At a glance
Coach: Brandon Clark, seventh season, 37-28
Last season: 8-4, lost in semifinals of 6A playoffs
Last five seasons: 36-20
Projected 2012 playoff team? Yes
Top skill players
| Player | Ht. | Wt. | Pos | Yr |
| Tyler West | 6-1 | 210 | RB | Jr. |
| Chandler Shantz | 6-4 | 215 | QB | Sr. |
| Travis Young | 6-1 | 195 | DB | Jr. |
| Kellen Sims | 5-11 | 185 | WR | Sr. |
Top linemen
| Player | Ht. | Wt. | Pos | Yr |
| DeAndre Goolsby | 6-5 | 225 | TE | Jr. |
| Cole Hansen | 6-3 | 265 | OL | Jr. |
| Tanner Anderson | 6-4 | 235 | OL | Jr. |
| Quentin Cox | 5-10 | 240 | OL | Jr. |
2011 results
at Salina Central L,30-27
at Hutchinson L,34-13
Maize W,35-14
Campus W,41-6
at Andover W,42-0
at Salina South W,42-14
Southeast W,41-26
East W,57-13
Heights L,49-35
2012 schedule
Aug. 30 at Salina South
Sept. 7 Andover Central
Sept. 14 at Maize
Sept. 21 Salina Central
Sept. 28 Campus
Oct. 5 at Hutchinson
Oct. 11 Southeast (at Carpenter)
Oct. 19 East
Oct. 26 at Heights
KELLEN SIMS ON HIS TEAM
What Derby does well: “Our whole team is our strength. We’re all together, we’re all a family, we’re all brothers out there and we play to protect each other. I couldn’t single out one strength.”
What has to improve: “Mental errors. We need to reduce mental errors and play hard every down. Being a senior, we don’t have many more downs to play. We need to go out there and play as hard as we can every play and cut down our mental errors.”