Centennial holds onto The Boot
Plus, the Railroaders begin their playoff series Wednesday against the team that eliminated them in 2023
Hello readers! Thanks for reading another edition of The Burleson Buzz Weekly Newsletter.
How about that Boot Bowl Friday? Based on the traffic, I assume I was the only one in Burleson not at the game (I was celebrating my wife’s birthday). Lonnie Freeman covered the Spartans’ 28-7 win over the Elks for The Buzz.
While the Spartans will look to stay unbeaten against the Sam Houston Texans, the Elks will look to earn their first win under new head coach Phillip Tanner against the Cleburne Yellow Jackets Friday. I’ll be in Port Aransas for a family vacation this weekend, but Lonnie will be covering Burleson’s game again. *If you know someone who’d like to cover Centennial’s game in Arlington for The Buzz, please let me know.*
It may seem taboo to root for Cleburne in a week the Elks face the Yellow Jackets, but our local professional baseball team the Cleburne Railroaders are playing in the playoffs this week after finishing the regular season with the best record in the league. Ashton Nicks brings us a preview of the East Division Series rematch between Cleburne and the Chicago Dogs—who eliminated the Railroaders last year—along with what led to Cleburne’s success in 2024.
Stay tuned for a recap of Tuesday’s special City Council meeting—where the council discussed increasing property taxes—from Brandon Crisp.
In more personal news, my wife and I dropped our son off at pre-school for the first time Tuesday. Boy, did that suck. He’s young enough to be excited for school, and I’m excited for him to become even more of a member of the Burleson community that I made all my friends in, but I’m just not comfortable with how big he’s getting.
Anyway, thanks again for reading The Burleson Buzz. Onto the news!
—Cody
Torres accounts for three touchdowns as Spartans beat Elks 28-7 in 2024 Boot Bowl
BURLESON – Jacob Torres accounted for three touchdowns to lead the Centennial Spartans varsity football team to a 28-7 victory over the crosstown-rival Burleson Elks in the 2024 Boot Bowl Friday at Burleson ISD Stadium.
In his first game starting for varsity, the sophomore quarterback Torres completed seven of 17 pass attempts for 86 yards and two touchdown passes and rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries.
“For the first game he did some really good things,” Centennial head coach Kyle Geller said after the win. “He also did some things that he’ll learn from. He’s a very smart kid and he’ll learn from film.”
Torres scored on a two-yard run to cap off a nine-play 65-yard drive and tie the game 7-7 with 10:08 left in the second quarter after Burleson scored the first touchdown of the game.
Burleson’s touchdown came on sophomore quarterback Andrew Sparks’ three-yard run that gave the Elks a 7-0 lead with 7:29 left in the first. Sparks completed four of eight passes for 83 yards and threw two interceptions and ran for 76 yards and the touchdown on 14 carries.
Rematch: Railroaders to face Chicago in division series again
CLEBURNE – The 2024 Wolff Cup Playoffs schedule is set with the Cleburne Railroaders set to face the Chicago Dogs in the best-of-three East Division Series.
This series is a rematch of the 2023 East Division Series in which Chicago (55-45 in 2024) beat Cleburne two games to one. This year’s Railroader’s are much improved, going from a team that finished under .500 in 2023 to the best record in the American Association in 2024.
