Burlingame outlasted a strong effort by Chase County to pick up a 72-26 win.
The Bearcats opened the scoring off a seven-yard pass completion from Montana Giffin to Seth Greenwood 8-0 after a successful two-point conversion. Chase County would answer back on the next drive with a 44-yard touchdown completion from Cael Budke to Blaise Holloway. Burlingame would then pull away and never give up the lead thanks to touchdowns from Seth Greenwood, Lucas Masters, Cole Thomas and Trevin Lewis. Burlingame finished the evening with 481 total yards of offense.
Bu rlingame Quarterback Montana Giffin threw 5 touchdown passes and added 2 rushing touchdowns.
Seth Greenwood led Burlingame in rushing with 160 yards and three touchdowns and had 2 pass receptions for touchdowns. The clutch performance of receiver Trevin Lewis helped pull the Bearcats out of several fourth down situations as he led the team in receiving with 126 yards and one touchdown. He credits a good week of practice to their success.
Quarterback Cael Budke led Chase County with 151 yards rushing and a touchdown. He was 4 of 17 passing for 59 yards and one touchdown. Trint Rogers added 2 rushing touchdowns. Chase County ended the game with 245 total yards.
Burlingame now improves to 4-0 on the season and 1-0 in district play. Chase County falls to 0-4 and 0-1 in district play.
Area Scores:
Lebo 62 Valley Falls 12
Madison 32 Maranatha Academy 22
Centre- Lost Springs 54 Hartford 6
Waverly 58 Marais des Cygnes Valley 14
Southern Coffey County 50 Marmaton Valley 0
Mission Valley 22 Council Grove 0
Osage City 42 West Franklin 27
Burlington 34 Girard 12
Olpe 20 Jackson Heights 18
Northern Heights 39 Yates Center 8
Lyndon 42 Uniontown 14
