IMPERIAL — Parkway West senior Nathan Yates didn’t have to wait long to make amends Friday night.

Yates, a 6-foot-2 senior lineman, was visibly upset with himself after allowing a game-clinching interception slip through his hands in the Longhorns’ season opener at Seckman High.

He went to work on the next play, bursting through the line and getting a key sack to help short-circuit the Jaguars’ last chance for a comeback as West held on for a 28-27 win in a nonconference season-opening football game.

“Of course, it felt terrible dropping that pick, seeing it on the ground, thinking they got it,” Yates said. “But I got a sack right after, and I felt so much better after that. Still missing that is kind of annoying.”

Yates’ play came moments after West’s offense, which dominated the firs

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