Skyrocket Nation mourns sudden passing of ‘Coach Mike’

By Bev Odom on Friday, December 30, 2022
  • Skyrocket managers Jax Heflin, Jake Anderson, Major Brown and Caleb Strickland gather with “Coach Mike” for a photo before heading out to a football game in 2020. See page 9A for his full obituary. Photo Courtesy of Colby Anderson
    Skyrocket managers Jax Heflin, Jake Anderson, Major Brown and Caleb Strickland gather with “Coach Mike” for a photo before heading out to a football game in 2020. See page 9A for his full obituary. Photo Courtesy of Colby Anderson
    WELLINGTON – As news of the death of “Coach Mike” Burkhalter spread across Collingsworth County Friday, Dec. 23, former students expressed their thoughts on social media. “Since I was a little girl, I always expected to see Coach Mike on the sidelines,” said Colby Taylor Anderson, a 2005 graduate of Wellington High School (WHS) and wife of Coach Jeff Anderson. “Jeff said i...

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