By Ernie W. Webb III LEBO – Pure guts. It’s the best way to describe Burlingame’s gritty 36-32 win against a Lebo team loaded with talented underclassmen and gunning to climb the mountain in a Lyon County League recently dominated by the Bearcats and Madison. Burlingame, now 4-1 overall and 2-0 in district games, overcame […]
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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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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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By Ernie W. Webb III ALLEN – As good as Burlingame has been over the past decade, the coaching staff still constantly looks for ways to improve. Coming into the 2024 season, the focus was on getting stronger, faster and more physical. The work that entailed paid off immediately during Friday’s season-opener, as Burlingame (1-0)
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By Ernie W. Webb III MADISON – Winning the Lyon County League has become an emphasis at Burlingame under coach Jeff Slater, partly because the Bearcats often square off against another solid program in Madison to determine the championship. That was the case again this year, and Burlingame wrapped up its fifth LCL title since
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