Laura Gillum (18) Academic B-12

    Laura Gillum, a freshman at KSU,  was selected to the Second Team Academic Big 12 Rowing Team for achieving a GPA of 3.0-3.19.

Paul Borcherding (17) Graduates

    Paul Borcherding graduated from Allen County CC in May 4, 2019.  He is pictured above with diploma and college president Masterson.

Bregstresser & S.Shinn Get Awards

Breaira Bregstresser (Cheer) and Sara Shinn (Softball) won the Ben Allen Leadership Award for their respective sport at Highland Community College.  

Mid-East League Golf

MEL Team Results, 5/9/19.

1    Silver Lake     355
2    Riley County  386
3    St. Marys        411
4    Rossville         508

Chris VanderPutten tied for eighth with a 99 stroke card.

Dawgs Lose To Rock Creek

    The Dawgs lost at Rock Creek on May 9 by 10-7 in a single game.    They had earlier played Rock Creek in KC where the Dawgs prevailed in a single game.

Softball Area Stat Leaders

Area Leaders in Softball per Capital-Journal

Batting

Average — Patterson, McLouth, .763; Reg. Curry, Oskaloosa, .700; M. Servaes, Atchison, .629; Volkman, MdCV, .621; Kippes, Rossville, .614; Ogden, Royal Valley, .604; Kurtz, Baldwin, .593; S. Pope, McLouth, .583; Easter, Lyndon, .565; Dice, McLouth, .533; Norfleet, Atchison, .533; Edwards, Clay Center, .531; P. Lowe, Oskaloosa, .529; Lohmeyer, Wabaunsee, .525; Toot, Baldwin, .525; Mead, Santa Fe Trail, .524; Shryock, Tonganoxie, .523; A. Hafenstine, Wabaunsee, .522; Wilson, Northern Heights, .517; Gere, Baldwin, .511; Lundin, Rossville, .511; Higgs, Chase County, .507; A. Davis, Northern Heights, .500; Murr, McLouth, .500; J. Ross, Atchison, .500; Schreiner, Wabaunsee, .500; E. Hogle, Silver Lake, .492; Butler, Council Grove, .491; Cobb, Silver Lake, .490; E. Gallagher, Tonganoxie, .490.

Home runs — Flewelling, Holton, 8; H. Hay, Silver Lake, 8; Reg. Curry, Oskaloosa, 7; Martin, Mission Valley, 7; Kippes, Rossville, 6; Knipp, Tonganoxie, 6; J. Miller, Council Grove, 6; K. Hafenstine, Wabaunsee, 5; Halupa, Mission Valley, 5; Kirkpatrick, Osage City, 5; P. Lowe, Oskaloosa, 5; Butler, Council Grove, 4; Calvaruzo, Mission Valley, 4; Higgs, Chase County, 4; Lundin, Rossville, 4; Lutz, Holton, 4; Schreiner, Wabaunsee, 4.

RBI — Reg. Curry, Oskaloosa, 36; Kirkpatrick, Osage City, 33; Jos. Harrison, St. Marys, 31; H. Serna, Osage City, 31; Calvaruzo, Mission Valley, 28; Flewelling, Holton, 28; Mays, Tonganoxie, 28; M. Miller, Oskaloosa, 28; Halupa, Mission Valley, 27; Kippes, Rossville, 27; Martin, Mission Valley, 27; P. Lowe, Oskaloosa, 27; Lamprecht, Silver Lake, 26; Knipp, Tonganoxie, 25; Lundin, Rossville, 25; H. Hay, Silver Lake, 24.

Pitching

ERA — Edwards, Clay Center, 0.27; Jos. Harrison, St. Marys, 0.80; Tubach, Chase County, 1.36; Pressgrove, Silver Lake, 1.40; Reynolds, Tonganoxie, 1.40; Patterson, McLouth, 1.96; H. Serna, Osage City, 2.05; Lundin, Rossville, 2.40; Stember, Oskaloosa, 2.40; Hoelscher, Chapman, 2.51; G. Gallagher, Holton, 2.59; S. Allen, Council Grove, 2.61; R. Allen, Riley County, 2.70; Garrett, Jefferson West, 2.85; Jor. Harrison, St. Marys, 2.88; Duer, Chapman, 3.05; Akerstrom, Mission Valley, 3.17; Kesinger, Oskaloosa, 3.19; Kippes, Rossville, 3.50; Schriener, Wabaunsee, 3.70.

Strikeouts — Jos. Harrison, St. Marys, 135; H. Serna, Osage City, 135; Tubach, Chase County, 131; Edwards, Clay Center, 123; Pressgrove, Silver Lake, 101; Walter, West Franklin, 77; R. Allen, Riley County, 59; Patterson, McLouth, 59; Stember, Oskaloosa, 59; S. Allen, Council Grove, 58; Haverkamp, Rock Creek, 58; Long, Santa Fe Trail, 57; Akerstrom, Mission Valley, 56; Masters, Burlingame, 56; Reynolds, Tonganoxie, 53; Schreiner, Wabaunsee, 47; Duer, Chapman, 42; Kippes, Rossville, 42; Asbury, Wamego, 41

Dawgs Drop Bears 15-0

    Rossville picked up a lop-sided baseball win against St. Marys at Joe Campbell Stadium on May 6.  The Dawgs devoured the Bears 15-0 and won 3 of the last 4 games pushing their record  to  9-7.

Baseball Regional

2A Baseball Regional May 13

Games Monday  At Wabaunsee: 
Mission Valley (1: 19-1) vs. Burlingame (8: 0-12), 2 p.m.
 Lebo-Waverly (4: 8-8) vs. Wabaunsee (5: 5-13), 3:30 p.m.
Mission Valley-Burlingame winner vs. Lebo-Waverly-Wabaunsee winner, 5 p.m. 

Games Monday   At Lyndon: 
Rossville (3: 9-7) vs. Northern Heights (6: 4-13), 2 p.m.
Lyndon (2: 11-7) vs. Olpe-Hartford (7: 2-9), 3:30 p.m.
Lyndon-Olpe-Hartford winner vs. Rossville-Northern Heights winner, 5 p.m. 
Championship Game Wednesday  5 p.m.

Softball Regional

2A Regional Softball Games 

Games Monday  At Oskaloosa: 
Wabaunsee (4: 12-6) vs. Rossville (5: 7-7), 3 p.m. 
Oskaloosa (1: 17-1) vs. Atchison County (8: 0-18), 4:30 p.m. 
Oskaloosa-Atchison County winner vs. Wabaunsee-Rossville winner, 6 p.m. 

Games Monday At McLouth: 
Mission Valley (2: 14-6) vs. Troy (7: 5-13), 3 p.m. 
McLouth (3: 9-4) vs. Valley Falls (6: 5-11), 4:30 p.m.;     
Mission Valley-Troy winner vs. McLouth-Valley Falls winner, 6 p.m. 

Championship Game Tuesday, 4:30 p.m

Dawgfeed 8 for 2018-19

    There is a new DAWGFEED on YouTube.  You can view it at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qgp1z8AgSg

David Dugan (81) Passes Away

David Lamoine Dugan, 55, Hoyt, died Wednesday, May 1, 2019, at his home from heart failure.

He was born June 27, 1963, the son of Charles and Joann Dugan. He attended Delia Grade School and graduated from Rossville High School.

Mr. Dugan retired from Goodyear after 30 years of service.

Survivors include his wife, Cheryl, of the home; two daughters, Jessica Reed and husband Craig and Nichole Dugan, all of Topeka; a son, Kelly Dugan, Topeka; his parents, Charles and Joann Dugan, Delia; three sisters, Christine Stanton and husband Alan, Topeka, Edith Prescott and husband Tony, Delia, and Jeri Walter, Topeka; and a brother, Scott Dugan and wife Mary, Wakarusa.

Cremation is planned and funeral services are pending, with a celebration of Mr. Dugan’s life to be held at a later date.

Riley Co Inv. Track

Rossville High was one of thirteen teams that competed in the Riley County Invitational Track and Field Meet on May 3.  Top 5 finishes were turned in by:

BOYS
Bo Reeves           5th    100 M
Bo Reeves           2nd    Long Jump
Ben Price             2nd    400 M

GIRLS
Jaycee Fiedler      2nd    400 M
Julia Streit            2nd    1600 M
Julia Streit            1st      3200 M
Kaytlin Dohrman  3rd     3200M
Jordan Bittner      3rd     100 M Hur
Jordan Bittner      5th     300 M Hur
Briar Gillum          3rd   Shot Put   

Kirk & Washburn In MIAA Tournament

Washburn won the first game of the MIAA softball tournament on Wed. in a close 2-1 game against Emporia State.   Taylor Kirk recorded two at-bats but had no hits and one base on balls.

Washburn lost the tournament semi-final game against Missouri Western  by a 4-1 score.
Taylor Kirk had 3 at-bats with one hit, a home run.   Thus she had the only run and only RBI for the team.

Washburn lost their last game of the season to Northeastern State U. by a score of 3-2. This game was for 3rd place in the MIAA League tournament.  Taylor had one hit and one RHI in her 5 at-bats.

For the season,  Taylor had a batting average of .347 and slugging average of .693.  She had 14 of the team's 25 home runs and led the team with 17 walks.  She also led the team in RBIs with 51.

Jordan Bittner on CJ Academic Team

Rossville High senior  Jordan Bittner, daughter  of Kevin and Angie Bittner, has been nominated to the Capital Journal All Academic Team.