Burlingame finished the season 10-1 as Lyon County League, district and regional champions. The Bearcats are 90-25 under coach Jeff Slater. By Ernie W. Webb III FRANKFORT – A cold, blustery wind seemed fitting Friday night during Burlingame’s sectional championship game against Frankfort. That biting weather summed up a bitter ending for the Bearcats, whose […]
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By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – With five trips to the state quarterfinals and four appearances in sub-state since 2015, Burlingame really didn’t have anything to prove going into Friday night’s regional title game against blue blood Hanover. That didn’t stop the third-ranked Bearcats from making a statement, though, as they knocked off the
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By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – Burlingame coach Jeff Slater had a succinct message for his team after Thursday’s opening-round beatdown of St. Paul: “Now, it gets real.” The Bearcats (9-0) haven’t had a close game all season, and that continued in an Eight Player Division II playoff opener with a 54-0 rout. That
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Burlingame won its fifth district title in 11 seasons under Jeff Slater with a 60-30 win over Rural Vista. By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – With a district championship on the line, Burlingame did what it has done all season Friday night against Rural Vista: Overwhelm the competition with a prolific offense. The Bearcats
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By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – Burlingame ran all of 42 plays on Friday night against Reno County Home School, but that’s all the Bearcats needed in a 94-48 win. Burlingame averaged nearly 12 yards per play and scored 13 touchdowns in a game ending late in the fourth quarter due to the 45-point
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Oct. 19, 1991, was just like most of my Saturdays growing up. As was the case on many of our weekends during the fall, my brother and I were with our parents at craft shows. On that Saturday, I was with my dad at the Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin City, Kansas. It was one
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By Ernie W. Webb III When Burlingame coach Jeff Slater asked me to speak to his team the day before the Bearcats’ Lyon County League showdown against Lebo last week, I had no idea what I was going to say. I knew that he wanted me to talk about the history of Burlingame’s program, and
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By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – It took 46 years for Burlingame to win its first Lyon County League championship in football, but the Bearcats have made up for lost time with a flurry of titles in the past decade. With a 50-0 rout of Lebo on Friday night, Burlingame (5-0, 4-0) captured its
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By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – Burlingame coach Jeff Slater didn’t mince words early in the second quarter of a Lyon County League game against rival Madison, repeatedly telling his team it was playing soft. After a slow start, particularly on defense, the Bearcats took Slater’s words to heart, cruising to a 66-16 blowout
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My morning routine has not changed much in the past 14 years. I am typically up between 6 and 6:15 a.m., take a quick shower, have a bowl of oatmeal with a cup of coffee, and hit the door for work by 7 a.m. One of the constants every morning has been our longtime pet,
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