By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – As Trent Spiker’s pass floated into the end zone, Burlingame’s Kris Hovestadt positioned himself in front of Braden Simmons, bracing for an interception. Hovestadt wasn’t about to let the Bearcats lose on Senior Night, wrapping his arms around the ball and pulling it away from Simmons as they […]
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Sunday, January 11, 2004 It’s a warm day for January in Kansas, a shade over 50 degrees. I’m driving my 2000 Ford Ranger from tiny Cottonwood Falls to my job as a sports copy editor at the Topeka Capital-Journal. Rarely do I run late, but I am on this day. It’s a 70-minute drive from
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BURLINGAME – It was inevitable that Burlingame was going to take a step back in 2019 after the graduation of a senior class that won 41 games and played in three Eight-Man Division I state semifinals. Throw in a slew of key injuries, and the Bearcats struggled through a 5-4 campaign, missing the playoffs for
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A week after my Dad told us he had six months to live, we hunkered down in his house for Missouri’s bowl game, the last of many Tiger football games we watched together through the years. Though competitive, I rarely saw the old man get angry during games. This was different. He cussed and threw
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BURLINGAME — “What are you doing?!” “Are we going to get off the ball tonight?!” “Start being pissed off all the time!” “Take care of business!” “When are you going to start believing in yourself?!” Ah, the sounds of fall on Friday nights in Burlingame. For a new group of Bearcats, it’s a rite of
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The drive to Burlingame on Friday was similar to our previous trips back home. As you head into town from the east and the hustle and bustle of Kansas City into the sleepy confines of Small Town, America, the view rarely changes. Past the city limits, just north of Highway 56, are the remnants of
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A few days into our tenure as members of the Burlingame school board, my best friend and I attended a welcome-back-to-school barbecue for faculty and staff. One of the first people we spoke with that steamy August day in 1997 was a new history teacher and football coach with big dreams. As an alumnus and
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During Wednesday night’s Missouri-Iowa State game, the girlfriend and I were talking about her sister (a kansas basketball, but not football, of course, fan) talking trash via text message about the Tigers’ humbling loss to kansas State over the weekend. I stopped mid-sentence, realizing at that moment that the days of talking smack with kansas
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Oklahoma can still win the Big 12, Missouri whips Kansas on its way out of the building and Texas A&M does its thing (choking) against Texas. The Longhorns and Aggies swap spots in this week’s rankings: 1. OKLAHOMA STATE (10-1, 7-1) | LAST WEEK: Bye | NEXT WEEK: Vs. Oklahoma THE RUB: It’ll be interesting
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Talk about eating your own. The Big 12 has a history of upsets derailing a team’s shot at a national title, and that happened again Friday night when Iowa State rallied from a 17-point deficit to upset No. 2 Oklahoma State. Oklahoma followed suit, losing to Baylor the following night. The rankings didn’t change much
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