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The Burlington Elks' basketball season has been far from perfect. Difficult setbacks like positive Covid cases, weather conditions, and canceled games have made their season far from normal. Despite these difficulties the Elks have had a fair season, sitting at seven wins and five losses so far. With playoffs beginning, the Elks are one and one beating Medford and advancing to the district championship where they lost to Timberlake. The Elks will play Saturday, Feb. 20, against Sharon-Mutual at...
Paden Lee Allen is the 17 year-old son of Josh and Jessica Allen. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on March 10, 2003. Some of Paden's hobbies in his spare time are hunting, fishing, welding and being creative. Paden is currently involved in many activities such as FFA, FCA, basketball and STUCO. When Paden graduates high school his goal is to attend college and become a radiologist. When asked what his favorite high school memory was, Paden said, "The time Preston convinced me to ride bulls and I...
New Burlington Elks basketball coach Vaughn Blankenship is going on 15 years of his coaching career and has coached numerous girls' and boys' high school teams. He made it to the quarterfinals of the state tournament last year. Coach B came from Whitesboro, Oklahoma, and says he is honored to work with the great students of Burlington, America. When asked what he is most excited for this season, he responded, "Being able to work for a school with a great basketball tradition, and getting to...
The phrase "You've got all the time in the world to think about your future" does not help when it is the beginning of your senior year and you have no idea in the world what you want to do with your life. Burlington counselor Gayle McNett has been meeting with the class, trying to get ACTs scheduled, helping the students with scholarships and college applications, as well as figuring out their future plans. Many students were not able to take the ACT last spring. The Burlington Senior Class of...
The Elks and Lady Elks basketball teams have both had a relatively successful season so far. The girl's record is 18-8 and the boy's record is 19-7. Burlington Elks and Lady Elks both played on Saturday, Feb. 15, in the district championship at Burlington. The Lady Elks played Freedom Lady Eagles and won 73-40. The boys' team played Deer Creek-Lamont, winning 61-40. Both teams will play at Arnett this Thursday evening for their first round of Regionals. The Lady Elks will play Arnett right...
Tateyn R. Rieger is the 18-year-old son of Brad and Robbie Rieger. Rieger was born in Enid, Oklahoma, on September 21, 2001. He has two older siblings, Tanner and Tiffany. Rieger is involved in FFA, FCA, Band/Vocal and Student Council. He also plays basketball and golf. In his free time, he likes to hunt and watch "The Office" while eating his favorite food – steak – in his camouflage pajama robe. Rieger has been on the Superintendent's Honor Roll all four years of high school. After high sch...
Burlington Student Council held its annual food drive in the first week of November. Each year a competition between the pre-K through 12th grade classes is held to determine who can bring the most cans and nonperishable food items. The competition was separated between the younger and older groups and the reward for the most food was a donut party. The kindergarten won with a total of 229 items. Next was the fourth grade with 103 items and last was the eighth grade, who won the older class...
Burlington students have been making cancer care bags during their Family and Consumer Science (FACS) classes. FACS teacher Judy Elliott has been having her two classes cut, pin and fold the fabric to make cancer care bags. The bags go to Oklahoma Tenaciously Teal, where they will be filled care items and a hand-writtten note to women fighting cancer. The donations will go to 15 different treatment centers across Oklahoma. Elliott and her classes have been making the bags for three years, this... Full story
On Thursday, Sept. 12, Burlington FCA held a Bedlam blood drive at the school. Twenty-two people volunteered to donate blood for the Oklahoma Blood Institute. FCA officers helped out at the blood drive by having patients sign up to give and also handing out snacks before or after the volunteers gave blood. After giving blood, every person donating received their choice of an OU or OSU T-shirt.... Full story
