Class 3A -- Rock Creek Regional Begining May 17
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Thursday, May 6, 2021
3A Regional Baseball At Rock Creek
KS High School Softball Rankings
Softball Rankings For KS by MaxPreps On May 4
# | School | Ovr. | Rating | Str. | +/- |
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1 | Mission Valley (Eskridge) | 17-1 | 19.2 | 3.7 | |
2 | Topeka | 4-0 | 18.8 | 5.0 | |
3 | Lawrence Free State (Lawrence) | 4-0 | 18.6 | 3.7 | |
4 | Spring Hill | 18-0 | 18.3 | 0.4 | +2 |
5 | Washburn Rural (Topeka) | 4-0 | 18.3 | 3.3 | -1 |
6 | Jayhawk Linn (Mound City) | 4-0 | 18.1 | 3.1 | -1 |
7 | Clay Center | 8-0 | 16.9 | 1.0 | |
8 | Oskaloosa | 10-0 | 16.0 | -1.6 | |
9 | Dodge City | 11-1 | 15.7 | 1.8 | |
10 | Silver Lake | 7-1 | 15.7 | 4.9 | |
11 | Prairie View (La Cygne) | 7-1 | 15.2 | 4.1 | +6 |
12 | Rossville | 7-1 | 15.0 | 3.1 | +1 |
13 | Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park) | 6-0 | 15.0 | -1.1 | +2 |
14 | Clearwater | 6-0 | 14.8 | -1.3 | +2 |
15 | Basehor-Linwood (Basehor) | 4-1 | 14.8 | 6.9 | -1 |
3A Baseball Rankings
1 | Rock Creek (St. George) | 9-1 | 17.7 | 3.6 |
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2 | Collegiate (Wichita) | 12-2 | 14.6 | 2.7 |
3 | Southeast of Saline (Gypsum) | 15-1 | 13.9 | -0.9 |
4 | Riley County (Riley) | 8-3-1 | 11.0 | 4.0 |
5 | Nemaha Central (Seneca) | 9-2 | 10.5 | -0.7 |
6 | Minneapolis | 9-5 | 8.7 | 3.2 |
7 | Cheney | 10-3 | 8.4 | -0.5 |
8 | Southeast (Cherokee) | 14-3 | 8.4 | -3.3 |
9 | Maur Hill Prep-Mount Academy (Atchison) | 17-1 | 8.2 | -8.2 |
10 | Silver Lake | 9-4 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
11 | Sabetha | 12-5 | 7.0 | -0.8 |
12 | Scott (Scott City) | 13-3 | 6.8 | -4.2 |
13 | Rossville | 9-5 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
Coach Lenard Memorial 5K May 8
Coach Lance Lenard Memorial – 5K Run/2 Mile Walk
Woodrow Rezac Sets New 200 M Record
RHS senior Woodrow Rezac has been winning track events this Spring in both the 100 Meter and 200 Meter runs. He set a new school record in the 200 of 22.03, breaking the old school record of 22.3 set in 2019.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Baseball Team Wins At Wamego
The Dawgs are sshowing their might at the critical part of the season with the regional and state tournaments coming May 17. Rossville picked up wins of 8-3 and 6-3 at Wamego on May 3
RHS Softball At Wamego
The RHS softball team ventured to Wamego on May 3 and brought back victories of 9-3 and 13-10. The Lady Dawgs have won their last 6 straight and are 13-3 for the season.
Monday, May 3, 2021
Ray Kovar Inv. Track & Field
Rossville competed in the Ray Kovar Invitational at St. Marys on April 30. Rossville's best athletes were at the Seaman Relays competing against good athletes from larger schools. (See https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5791439278755503689/6941265922116498543 for the Seaman results.)
Below are the top performances turned in by the Rossville team at St. Marys.
Girls
1600 M Audrie Davis 4
3200 M Audrie Davis 2
100 M Hur Ean Haynes 7
300 M Hur Keera Lacock 4
Long Jump Ean Haynes 11
Boys
400 M Braiden Hensley 8
1600 M Hayden Sanders 12
The girls finished 10th of the 12 teams competing. The boys were 12th of the 12 teams.
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Charles McLain Passes Away
Charles A. McLain, Topeka (formerly of Rossville) passed away at home with his family by his side on April 28th, 2021 after a valiant battle with kidney cancer.
Charlie was born July 5th, 1943 to Thomas & Josie Taylor McLain in Senath, MO. He later moved with his family to the St. Louis area, where he met his wife of 28 years, Jo. They later divorced but remained close friends. She preceded him in death.Charlie retired from Goodyear in 1997 after 33 years of service. Charlie, or "Chuck" was an avid bowler and leaves behind many great friends in the bowling community. He loved spending time at the casino and loved his Royals, Chiefs and Jayhawks. He proudly passed on this love to his family.
Charlie was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Tom, a sister Kathy, nephew Tony and his son, Charles (Chip) McLain. He is survived by three sisters, Freida (Jimmy) Noonan, Brenda (Jerry) Sessums, and Doris Smith. He is also survived by three daughters, LauRay McLain, Topeka, Joi (John) Ridder and Amber (Jeff) Huske, all of Silver Lake, nine grandchildren, Darrell (DJ) and Trint Crosswhite, Jakob and Jennah Ridder, Kali and Garrett Huske, and Ben, Sarah, and Hannah McLain, 12 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Charlie was cremated at his request and arrangements are pending and will be announced at a later date
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Onaga Softball Team Blanked Twice
The Lady Dawgs got something to chew on May 29 when Onaga came to Rossville with the home team picking up wins of 11-0 and 15-0.
Rossville Softball Stat Leaders
Mitchell .485
Douglas .439
Perine .432
Hale .429
Rabe 23
Dyche 5
Dyche 2.62
Rabe 48
Rossville Baseball Stat Leaders
The batting leaders are below.
Ave Brown .500
Garcia .405
RBIs Brown 14
Pitching Leaders are below.
Wins Brown 2
Garcia 2
Horak 2
McGrath 2
ERA Brown 0.00
Garcia 3.68
McGrath 3.75
SO Horak 30
McGrath 27
Brown 20
Garcia 20
Seaman Relays
Men at Seaman Relays, April 30, 2021
Manhattan 115.5, Washburn Rural 75, Lansing 67, Olathe North 67, Silver Lake 53, Perry-Lecompton 47, Junction City 46, SM North 39, Leavenworth 37, Emporia 32, Seaman 30.5, Santa Fe Trail 22, Holton 22, Wamego 16, Rossville 15, SM Northwest 9, Jefferson North 3, Burlingame 3, Hiawatha 3.
Rossville's Woodrow Rezac finished runner-up in the boys' 100 in 10.89 seconds, finishing second to Lansing's Malik Benson (10.55), who swept the 100, 200 and long jump titles.
Women at Seaman Relays.
Olathe North 100.5, Manhattan 94, SM Northwest 78, Leavenworth 67, Lansing 57, Washburn Rural 51, SM North 38, Junction City 31, Emporia 30.5, Rossville 28, Seaman 25, Hiawatha 25, Santa Fe Trail 19, Holton 19, Jefferson North 13, Wamego 10, Burlingame 8, Topeka High 3, Silver Lake 3, Perry-Lecomtpon 1.
400 — 1. Blake, Leavenworth, 57.48; 2. Ritchhart, Lansing, 58.42; 3. Amelia Foster, Rossville, 59.91.
800 — 1. Druse, Seaman, 2:22.64; 2. Stewart, Olathe North, 2:24.40; 3. Amelia Foster, Rossville, 2:24.94.
Shot Put -- Rossville's Briar Gillum took the shot put title with a throw of 40 feet, 7 inches, moving to No. 4 on the state honor roll this season. She won by nearly two feet over Toala from Junction City.
Discus — 1. Toala, Junction City, 126-4; 2. Hinterweger, Santa Fe Trail, 125-11; 3. Gillum, Rossville, 125-6.