The Buzz In Burleson, December 11, 2024
Lady Spartans beat Lady Elks in first BHS v. CHS basketball matchup of season, Elks Basketball continues best start under Coach Dees, Holiday Farmers Market this weekend
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Weekly Weather
🥶🌦️Chilly with some chance of rain but mostly sunny. It’s going to be mostly clear and sunny with highs in the low-to-mid 60s and lows from the upper 30s to low 50s with chances of showers Friday, Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
News
🏀The Lady Spartans beat the Lady Elks in the first BHS v. CHS basketball matchup of the season. Katelyn Seeton and Carly Reed led Centennial with nine points each, Burleson’s Kenzie Kimbrell scored nine of her own.
🏀The Elks continued their best start to a season under Coach Dees with a second-place finish at the Aransas Pass Tournament. Plus, more of the latest in Burleson sports in The Burleson Buzzer-Beater.
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Things to do around town:
🎄Visit “Nights of Lights.” The city is hosting “Nights of Lights” Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Russell Farm with Christmas lights, hot beverages and music.
👩👧👦🎄(Moms) Enjoy a Christmas Fiesta. Lost Oaks Winery is hosting a “Momboss Christmas Fiesta” Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the winery with vendors, food and wine.
🎄Visit the Holiday Farmers Market. The Burleson Farmers Market will hold its “Holiday Farmers Market” Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza with strolling characters, horse-carriage rides, pictures with Santa, a holiday bounce house and over 80 vendors.
🎳🎄🕹️Celebrate the holidays at Alley Cats. Alley Cats Burleson is hosting a festive celebration Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Alley Cats with photos with Santa, cookies and hot cocoa, letters to Santa and a holiday craft.
🎳👮Bowl with the Burleson Police Department. Alley Cats is hosting a “Bowling with Backup,” event Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with discounted pizza and opportunities to win prizes for donations.
🧑🍳🎄Make a holiday charcuterie board. Sweet Kelz Kitchen and Catering is hosting a charcuterie workshop Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Lost Oaks Winery in the wine-tasting room.
Upcoming local-government meetings:
The Burleson Park Board will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. at City Hall. (Agenda)
🏀Centennial beats Burleson in district opener
BURLESON – Katelyn Seeton and Carly Reed each scored nine points as the Centennial Lady Spartans beat the crosstown-rival Burleson Lady Elks 40-29 Tuesday at Burleson High School in both teams’ district opener.
After finishing the first quarter tied 7-7, Centennial (1-0 in district, 9-8 overall) outscored Burleson (0-1, 4-11) 8-4 in the second quarter and 25-18 in the second half.
🏀Elks place second at Aransas Pass Tournament
The Burleson Elks took second place at the Aransas Pass Tournament last week in Corpus Christi.
Burleson (13-5 overall) made it to the tournament-championship game and lost 57-36 to the Gregory-Portland Wildcats (14-4) Saturday.
Burleson won its first four games of the tournament, beating the Calallen Wildcats (8-4) 55-49 and the Calhoun Sandcrabs (0-7) 52-37 Thursday, the Aransas Pass Panthers (10-3) 48-42 and the Alice Coyotes (5-6) 54-51 Friday.
Burleson followed up its tournament success with a 38-32 win over the Ranchview Wolves (9-3) Tuesday at Ranchview High School.
Burleson is off to its best start during head Coach Anthony Dees’s tenure and will look to continue its success when it begins district play against the Everman Bulldogs (4-9) Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Burleson High School.
🏀Spartans win three of five at Heritage Tournament
The Centennial Spartans won three of five games last week at Midlothian-Heritage High School in the Heritage Tournament.
Centennial (12-4 overall) split its first two games of the tournament Thursday, beating the Ennis Lions (4-8) 61-45 before losing 64-60 to the Kennedale Wildcats (7-4).
Centennial then split its two Friday games, losing the opener to the Braswell Bengals (13-6) 45-39 before beating the Burkburnett Bulldogs (8-2) 65-57.
Centennial beat the Midlothian-Heritage Jaguars (7-9) 48-47 Saturday to close out the tournament.
Centennial continued its success after the tournament with a 52-47 win over the Grapevine Mustangs (7-9) Tuesday at Grapevine High School.
Centennial will look to stay hot when they face the Mansfield-Legacy Broncos (4-6) Saturday at 1 p.m. at Legacy High School before beginning district play against the Cleburne Yellow Jackets (3-10) Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Centennial.
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