By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – All season long, Burlingame dominated opponents with a bruising offense and defense. The Bearcats got a dose of their own medicine from Little River on Friday night, and the taste couldn’t be more bitter. Little River (11-1) overwhelmed Burlingame (10-2) with its own established brand of smashmouth football, […]
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I don’t remember much about the first time I saw Burlingame, Kansas. I remember thinking it was tiny, especially after we moved from Lebanon, Missouri, a town of about 10,000 people in Southwest Missouri. I remember wondering what a Casey’s General Store was – this was eons before it was “famous for pizza.” My
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By Ernie W. Webb III LYNDON – After weeks of big games and trudging through one of the toughest districts in the history of Eight-Player Division I, Burlingame was due for an off night on Friday. It didn’t help that the Bearcats closed the regular season a week after wrapping up league and district championships
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By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – On a night when Burlingame honored its 1972 state championship team, the Bearcats channeled that squad’s defense during a dominating first half. Third-ranked Burlingame held a fast, athletic Cair Paravel team scoreless until the final play of the second quarter and intercepted four passes in a 57-26 win.
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By Ernie W. Webb III If Burlingame was looking ahead to next week’s showdown against third-ranked Chase County, it didn’t show during Friday night’s 56-6 win against Hartford. The Bearcats scored four touchdowns in each quarter, averaging more than 19 yards per play in a game that ended at halftime. Despite facing a second-and-25 on
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BURLINGAME – After trailing 20-0 in the second quarter, Burlingame was about to pull within a score of Clifton-Clyde during the opening moments of the second half of Friday’s critical Eight-Man I district game. The Bearcats had all the momentum after driving into the red zone, but that changed on one back-breaking play. On second-and-three,
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By Ernie W. Webb III Madison had a great 2019 season, but a 46-6 loss to eventual champion Canton-Galva in sub-state left a sour taste in the Bulldogs’ mouth. A year later, Madison tasted sweet revenge with a mild upset of the top-ranked Eagles on Friday night. Madison, which improved to 11-0 and advanced to
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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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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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