The W.H. Burges High School Purple and Gold Club

Burges Mustang Nation: We are in the process of planning for the school's 60th anniversary homecoming week Oct 12, 2015. Stay tuned for events and connections related to The Burges Mustangs, and please help spread the word.

Get ready Mustangs Friends and Fans. The 2011-2012 school year starts this Monday and the Purple and Gold Club page will be back up for the year with new administrators to keep our Mustangs informed and fired up. More info to come....Stay in touch and Go Mustangs!!

Winter sports are starting up. Girls Basketball crushed Ysleta to start the season 58-13. Swimming has been going strong for a couple of weeks now. Golf also have had a couple of tournaments. Boys BBall has a home game vs.Horizon nov 16. Wrestling will be taking part in a warm up tourney at Franklin this weekend. Exciting times in the switch of the seasons

The Volleyball team was defeated in straight sets by Chapin. 25-17, 25-22, 25-18. Illiana Ramirez led Burges with 7 kills 8 assists 2 aces. Sarah Villa added 5 kills to her 14 digs and 1 ace. Chapin also defeated the Freshman and JV squads. Up next for the Lady 'Stangs is Irvin at Burges on Tuesday.

The Football Mustangs had a tough time at Mustang Stadium losing to Chapin 49-6. Memo Serrano scored the lone TD for the Mustangs. Next up for the Mustangs is Irvin at Rocket Stadium next Friday.

The Tennis Team Mercy ruled El Paso 10-0 to finish a undefeated District Championship and kept their #18 state ranking in 4a Texas. Playoff information will be following shortly. Coach Spivey and the Team presented the trophy to Dr. Woods at the pep assembly on Friday. The pep assembly featured an appearance by Arizona Cardinal #19 John Skelton

Mustang Volleyball is on a roll. After defeating Austin and Andress last week, on Tuesday they beat Jefferson in 5 games to move into a tie for fourth in District. A battle with Chapin at home on Friday night looms large for the Lady Mustangs

Our excellent Fine Arts programs at Burges got press again. This article promotes the upcoming Choir concert featuring songs from musicals. The concert is the Thursday of Homecoming week, October 28th

Sing it!: 'Glee' doesn't necessarily pump up school choirs, but it doesn't hurt - El Paso Times The Burges High School A Choir is a cross-section of the student body.You see honor students, athletes and the artistically gifted in the mix.

The Football team beat Austin on a last second field goal by Jason Buford, 31-28. That win put them at 1-1 in District 2-3 overall. The usual offensive suspects, Mondarius Turner and Omar Gomez led the way for the Mustangs. This Friday the team travels to Batty-Simang Stadium to take on Jefferson.

The volley ball team lost a heart breaker to El Paso on Friday. There were several match and game points opportunities but eventually the Mustangs lost in 5 Sets. This Tuesday come out to Mustang Gym for Andress. Friday will be at Austin.

Debate results continued: Placing in Finals:

Gabriel Franco Kull in Student Congress
Sammantha Rodriguez 3rd in Poetry
Camille Acosta 3rd in Dramatic Interpretation
Marilyn Wallace 2nd in Dramatic Interpretation
Camille Acosta and Gabriel Franco Kull 1st in Duet Acting
Cristian Apodaca and Juan Apodaca 1st in Duo Interpretation

Debate results from this weekend at the Bel Air H.S. Texas Forensic League (TFA) invitational.


Making it to semi-finals:

Andrew Duran in Domestic Extemp
Marilyn Wallace in Student Congress
Kristian Pina in Dramatic Interpretation
Elizabeth Sanchez in Dramatic Interpretation