Football Preview: Centre Cougars vs. Burlingame Bearcats
The Centre Cougars will challenge the Burlingame Bearcats on Friday. Centre, yet to win a game, are hoping to taste some of the success that has characterized Burlingame's (thus far) undefeated season.
Centre's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Little River on Friday. They were dealt a 32-0 defeat at the hands of the Redskins. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 88th, while the Redskins are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Burlingame humbled Madison/Hamilton with a 66-16 victory. Fans of the Bearcats have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Burlingame to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jd Tyson, who threw for 253 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 85 yards and three touchdowns. Tyson is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Dane Winters was Tyson's top target, picking up 168 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Burlingame's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Winters and Tyson.
Centre's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Burlingame, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Centre took a serious blow against Burlingame when the teams last played back in September of 2017, falling 58-12. Thankfully for Centre, Seth Greenwood (who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also caught a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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