The Sports Report: February 11, 2024

Spartans beat Elks behind 27 from Jones; move ahead of Seguin for final playoff spot, Lady Elks make playoffs on Summit loss, Lady Spartans win last regular-season game

Feb 11, 2024

Hi, readers.

Thanks for tuning into another edition of The Burleson Buzz Sports Report.

This edition features a recap of Friday’s crosstown-rivalry matchup between the Elks and Spartans varsity basketball teams, a report on the Lady Elks basketball team’s first playoff berth since 2015 and the latest on the Lady Spartans basketball team.

Enjoy.

Spartans beat Elks behind 27 from Jones; move ahead of Seguin for final playoff spot

Cody O’Brien

Feb 10

Spartans beat Elks behind 27 from Jones; move ahead of Seguin for final playoff spot

BURLESON – Keylan Jones scored a game-high 27 points as the Centennial Spartans varsity basketball team beat the crosstown-rival Burleson Elks 62-49 Friday at Spartan Arena. The win gives the Spartans a half-game lead over the Arlington Seguin Cougars as they pursue the fourth and final District 8-5A playoff spot.

The game’s leading-scorer, Spartan sophomore guard Jones added three steals, two assists and two rebounds in the Spartans win.

“[Jones] is a ballplayer,” Spartans head coach Trovocia Jackson said after the win. “The young fella is a flat-out stud.”

After leading 16-9 at the end of the first quarter, the Spartans were outscored in the second and third quarters and the game was tied 40-40 at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

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Lady Elks make playoffs on Summit loss; face Denton-Ryan in first round

Cody O’Brien

Feb 11

Lady Elks make playoffs on Summit loss; face Denton-Ryan in first round

MANSFIELD and HALTOM CITY – The Burleson Lady Elks varsity basketball team made the UIL Playoffs for the first time since 2015 as the Cleburne Lady Yellow Jackets beat the Mansfield Summit Lady Jaguars 58-38 Tuesday at Summit High School.

The Lady Elks (9-7 in district, 17-13 overall) made the fourth and final District 8-5A playoff spot as they finished a game ahead of Summit (8-8, 12-22), avoiding a playoff-tiebreaker.

The Lady Elks were prepared to play the tiebreaker-game against Summit, Lady Elks head coach Brenda Gomez said. She said the players “had the right mindframe” as they felt their fate was in their hands.

Gomez is “over the top” about the Lady Elks making the playoffs for the first time in her three-year tenure as head coach.

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Lady Spartans win last regular season game before facing Argyle in playoffs

Cody O’Brien

Feb 11

Lady Spartans win last regular season game before facing Argyle in playoffs

BURLESON and HALTOM CITY — The Centennial Lady Spartans varsity basketball team beat the Midlothian Lady Panthers 46-35 Tuesday at Spartan Arena in their final game of the 2023-24 regular season.

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The Sports Report: February 11, 2024

Spartans beat Elks behind 27 from Jones; move ahead of Seguin for final playoff spot, Lady Elks make playoffs on Summit loss, Lady Spartans win last regular-season game

Spartans beat Elks behind 27 from Jones; move ahead of Seguin for final playoff spot

Lady Elks make playoffs on Summit loss; face Denton-Ryan in first round

Lady Spartans win last regular season game before facing Argyle in playoffs

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