By Ernie W. Webb III In 2018, Burlingame and Madison squared off in a showdown of unbeaten teams to determine league and district championships. A critical fumble on first-and-goal late in the fourth quarter cost the Bearcats both titles that night and represented a changing of the guard in the Lyon County League. It’s a […]
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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 COTTONWOOD FALLS – Several years ago, a group of grade school boys started a tradition of playing impromptu games of football while the high school team trudged through losses. Those kids decided before they arrived at junior high that they were going to turn the program around, and those games
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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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By Ernie W. Webb III BURLINGAME – After an easy win to open the season, Burlingame coach Jeff Slater said we’d know more about his team after this week’s game against a perennially good Lebo squad. What we learned after the Bearcats dispatched the Wolves 54-6 is they have the tools to make a lot
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By Ernie W. Webb III MELVERN – You learn things walking the sidelines during a game that you’d never know watching from the stands or on TV. Sometimes, it’s a conversation between coaches and players. Other times, it’s subtle play by a kid who gets little recognition. While there’s not a ton to cull from
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By Ernie W. Webb III DODGE CITY – As Burlingame coach Jeff Slater spoke to his team after Saturday’s game, he held up the Class 1A Division I third-place trophy and pointed at a couple of the shiny spots on the gold portions, comparing them to the bright spots or moments in life. Then, he
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By Ernie W. Webb III DODGE CITY – With the clock running down at the end of the third quarter, Centralia’s Abbie Flentie launched a shot from the right of the key. The ball ricocheted off the front of the rim, bounced off the backboard and settled into the net for a 3-pointer as the
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By Ernie W. Webb III DODGE CITY – “All Gas, No Brakes” has been Burlingame’s mantra all season. The Bearcats have lived it, pushing the pedal to the metal in a historic season that just keeps getting better. Burlingame’s first appearance in a state girls basketball tournament became the school’s first trip to a semifinal
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By Ernie W. Webb III OLPE – The Burlingame boys knew the challenge ahead of them was going to be a daunting one. The Bearcats also knew they needed to play a close-to-perfect game and hope defending champion Olpe didn’t bring its “A” game. Burlingame played the top-ranked Eagles about as well as anybody in
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