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The baseball season came to an end a little earlier than hoped for the Burlington Cougars, who were upset by Wray in the Region 6 semifinals last Saturday at Merchants Park. The Cougars were bounced by a 7-5 tally on their home diamond.After stranding the lead-off hitter of the Eagles in the top of the […]

Heading into the final week of regular season play, the Burlington Cougars knew they would need to win at least three of their last four games to maintain their chances of hosting a region this weekend. With contests against a highly-ranked Las Animas, a hungry Sedgwick County, and a gritty Yuma, the Cougars had their […]

Timely hitting and lights-out pitching last week helped the Burlington Cougars push their winning streak to a season-high five straight games. Freshman Lenny Ramirez tossed a four-inning no-hitter in last Thursday’s 16-0 win at Calhan, and junior lefty Zack Foose followed with a one-hit shutout of McClave on Saturday, as the Cougars romped 13-0. Making […]

Generally, a little break between contests can be a good thing, but for the Burlington Cougars, a lay-off of more than a week may have come at the wrong time. With a doubleheader against Goodland scheduled for last Tuesday being canceled because of the weather, the Cougars into last Saturday’s doubleheader at Fowler seeing action […]

Heading into the new baseball season, optimism was high around the Burlington Cougars. The question mark was how would the youth adjust to the high school varsity level. Through the first week of the season, that question has been answered by a 3-0 record. The Cougars opened the campaign on the road last Tuesday with […]

The 2023-24 high school wrestling got underway this past weekend with the varsity competing in the St. Francis Jenkins Invitational and the junior varsity competing in the Goodland Tournament. “We wrestled well over the weekend. We had three champions in St Francis and two in Goodland,” Cougars coach Josh McCance said. “I think we competed […]

The Burlington Cougars are synonymous with success in Colorado high school wrestling, and they look to add to that history of success in the 2023-24 season. Leading the list of returners for the Cougars are junior Cooper Barnes in the 126-pound division and sophomore Jason Saucedo at 144 pounds, both state qualifiers last season, continuing […]

The Burlington Cougars’ 2023 football season came to an end this past Saturday, Oct. 28, at home with a 42-8 loss to Holyoke. The Cougars ended the season with a 1-8 overall record. They were 0-5 in the 1A North Central League. Statistics from the game were not available at press time. Optimism was high […]

Bond has been set for an Addison man accused of robbing a car full of people after they left a Halloween party over the weekend.

Bail was set at $500,000 Thursday for an Addison man accused of stealing from a car full of people as they left a Halloween party.