Lady Dawgs Win Semi-Final

    The Lady Dawgs advanced to the championship game of the 3A Regional with a 16-1 win over Marysville  in a four inning semi-final game.
    Taylor Kirk led the batters with four hits and four RBIs.  Taylor Brecheisen led in walks with three.
     Amanda Hill and Taylor Kirk each pitched two innings.  Taylor got the win,  bit Amanda led the stats with four strike-outs and six first pitch strikes .

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Wellsville Wins 3A Baseball Regional

TOPEKA, Kan. -- (WIBW) The Wellsville Eagles are returning to the state tournament after defeating Rossville in the semifinals and Silver Lake in the finals Tuesday.

In the semifinal, Wellsville jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning.

In the fifth, the Eagles led 5-2. With two on, Rossville's Chris Roduner hit a three-run home run to right field to tie the game.

In the six inning, Wellsville's Anthony Dougan hit a three-run home run of his own off a shed in left-center field to take an 8-5 lead.

In the final game, Wellsville beat Silver Lake 5-3.

The Eagles are the defending 3A state champions.

Softball Regional Semi-Final Games

    The RHS solftball team plays Marysville today in the semi-final game of the regional at Riley County.   St. Marys and Silver Lake face each other in the other part of the bracket.

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Lady Dawgs Dispose Of Hiawatha

    The Lady Dawgs won their first round game of the regional defeating Hiawatha 17-2 in four innings.
    Taylor Brecheisen led the batters with 3 hits and 6 RBIs.  Breanna Hill also had 3 hits.
    Amanda Hill pitched 4 innings of no-hit softball getting 11 strikeouts and 10 first pitch strikes in those 4 innings.

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Kallie Fischeer Wins Award

    Baker University freshman Kallie Fischeer of Rossville was third in sports writing at the recent Kansas Collegiate Media Conference.

Four Golfers Make All League

    The Rossville boys golf team had four members who were selected as All Mide-East League.  They were Colby Hadsall, Paul Steinke, Gabe Marney, and Alex Bird.
    The team of those four won the Mid-East league tournament and will compete in the regional on May 18.

Shirley Maxine (38) Stadler Passes Away

    Shirley Maxine (Parr) (38) Stadler  passed away May 16, 2015 in Yakima, WA.
    Details will be provided when available.

Dawgs At 3A Baseball Regional

    The 3A baseball regional will be played at Oskaloosa on May 18-19.  The #2 ranked Dawgs and #1 ranked Eagles both get byes the first day.  The Dawgs will face the winner of the Wellsville/Easton-Pleasant Ridge game on Tuesday at 4:00 PM.  Wellsville was ranked #10 last week.
    The championship game will be at 6:00 PM on Tuesday.  The likely opponent will be a rematch against Silver Lake.

Softball Team Faces Hiawatha At Regional

    The Lady Dawgs softball team will play their first Regional game on Monday,  May 18, at 3:00 PM, against Hiawatha at Riley County.  The Dawgs are seeded second and Hiawatha is seeded seventh. The winner will then play the winner of the Riley County-Marysville game on Tuesday at 4:45.  The championship game will be at 6:30 on Tuesday.
    Silver Lake has the #1 seed at this Regional.

Regional Golf May 18

    The Dawgs golf team will be competing in the 3A Regional at the Atchison Golf Club in Bellevue on Monday  May 18.

Graduation on May 17

    Rossville High graduation will be Sunday,  May 17, at 5:00 PM.

Main St. Getting A Facelift

From the Capital Journal:

ROSSVILLE — Those coming to this year's Tall Corn Festival in Rossville may not recognize their old stomping ground.

By the time the festival rolls around in mid-August, the town’s one-block business district on Main Street will have a new look — the  result of a $658,053 downtown streetscape improvement project.

“Basically, it was time to do something with street improvements and sidewalks,” said Kenneth Wichman, mayor of the town of 1,157 residents.

Wichman said city officials learned about a federal streetscape improvement grant administered through the Kansas Department of Transportation in which federal transportation enhancement funds would be used to pay 80 percent of construction and materials costs, while the city would pay the remaining 20 percent plus engineering fees. 

The city hired BG Consultants, of Lawrence, to help with the grant application and create a design proposal, and residents were surveyed about their preferences for downtown improvements. The city was awarded the federal grant in spring 2013.

Wichman said the city will pay about $192,000 for the project, which includes $60,000 in engineering fees. Federal money will take care of the remaining $526,442.

Amino Brothers Co., of Kansas City, Kan., submitted the lowest bid for the renovation project, and demolition began on April 13.

“We’re currently working on the east side (of Main Street), and then we will do the west side,” he said.

The streetscape improvement project will replace curbs and guttering, and new sidewalks will be poured, Wichman said. Curbs will be set closer to buildings in order to widen Main Street.

Lampposts, measuring 12 feet, 7.6 inches tall, will be installed on each side of the street. The lampposts will have built-in speakers that can be used to narrate parades or play music during the Christmas holiday. Decorative pavers will surround the lampposts and feature planters with a built-in sprinkler system.

Five new park benches and five new trash receptacles will be placed along the street, and a new bicycle rack will be installed at the Rossville Community Library.

In addition to the streetscape improvement project, Wichman said, the city will be creating a park with a gazebo on the southern end of Main Street, and city and Shawnee County officials will work together to remill and re-asphalt Main Street.

Wichman said some downtown businesses also are considering upgrading their storefronts. Along with the library, the block is home to the post office, a coffee shop, a bank, a dentist’s office, Cotton-O’Neill Clinic, Rossville City Hall, an American Legion post, a hair salon, a barber shop, a drugstore/flower mart, a hardware store and other retail businesses.

3A Baseball Rankings On May 15

    The Kansas Baseball Coaches Assn were looking favorably on the Dawgs  in the May 15 ranking of 3A baseball teams.   The major changes were Council Grove and Silver Lake swapping places and Gypsum replacing Wellsville in the #10 slot.
     The top ten are:

1.    Independent
2.    Rossville
3.    Council Grove
4.    Silver Lake
5.    Burlington
6.    Humbolt
7.    Leon-Bluestem.
8.    Halstead
9.    Lakin
10.  Gypsum