3A Regional Baseball At Rock Creek, May 17, 2021
Games Monday — Silver Lake (2: 15-3) vs. Marysville (7: 7-13), 1 p.m.; Rock Creek (3: 15-5) vs. Sabetha (6: 13-7), 2:30 p.m.; Nemaha Central (1: 17-3) vs. St. Marys (8: 4-16), 4 p.m.; Riley County (4: 13-5) vs. Rossville (5: 14-6), 5:30 p.m.
Games Wednesday — Nemaha Central-St. Marys winner vs. Riley County-Rossville winner, 2 p.m.; Silver Lake-Marysville winner vs. Rock Creek-Sabetha winner, 3:30 p.m.; Championship, 5 p.m
From the Capital-Journal
The Rossville senior is a tennis standout, has been for several years. The catch was, Rossville didn't have a tennis program.
But in the fall of 2019, the school worked out a co-op agreement with Hayden, allowing the Sherers a chance to compete as part of a high school team. Alex's younger sister Alivia got the first crack at it and made the most of it, qualifying for state in 2019 as a freshman.
Alex was ready to follow suit last spring, and he was chomping at the bit ready. Then the season was canceled by the Kansas State High School Activities Association due to COVID-19 concern and that opportunity was stripped away.
"A buddy of mind who graduated from Hayden last year (Ronan Boyle), we were hitting balls and getting ready for the season and they had just postponed school for another week," Sherer recalled. "Then it just happened. It was a little wild and a lot disappointing."
This spring, Sherer finally got his opportunity. And he's made the most of it. Not only has he joined his sister as a state qualifier — the first boy in Rossville history to accomplish that feat — he goes to this weekend's state tournament in Wichita as a serious contender for the Class 3-2-1A state singles title.
Sherer is 32-2 on the season with only Central Plains' Peyton Ryan (29-0) sporting a better overall record.
Unsure of exactly what to expect from his one and only high school season, Sherer said the only expectation he carried into it was to win as many matches as he could.
"It was just trying to enjoy it and me being me, I always want to win," said Sherer, who has been consistently ranked in the top 40 in the Missouri Valley Region during the summer. "Every time I step out on the court I'm trying to win, expecting to win because that's what you do. Ideally, going undefeated is what I wanted, but 32-2 isn't too bad so far."
The Rossville High Alumni Foundation has chosen three Rossville High School seniors to each receive $1,500. scholarships. Scholarship winners are:
Navy Commander Jeffrey Fassbender from St. Marys, KS has recently taken over as skipper of the USS Seawolf. You can see pictures and read an article about the Seawolf and the recent transfer of command at https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/05/10/uss-seawolf-earns-special-award-european-deployment-via-arctic/5025786001/
The Rossville High Band & Choir will present a POPS CONCERT on May 14 at 7:00 PM.
CAYLEE DOUGLASS, ROSSVILLE SOFTBALL
Caylee was one of several athletes nominated for Athlete Of The Week. The Capital-Journal reports that in a big doubleheader sweep for the Bulldawgs against Wamego on May 3, Douglass keyed Rossville's power surge. She tripled and homered twice in a 9-3 win in the opener, driving in three runs. In the nightcap, she added two more RBI in a 13-10 win.
MaxPreps has the below listed rankings for Kansas high school softball teams for May 7, 2021. Note that most of the teams ranked above Rossville are large schools, not 3A. The W/L records they show are suspect, so how important these rankings are would be questionable.
On Thursday, May 6, the Rossville baseball team defeated Sabetha 8-6 and 6-1 for their 11th straight win. They are 13-5 for the season and will play at Rock Creek on May 11 against the No. 2 ranked Mustangs. Four MEL teams are ranked in the top six of Kansas 3A by MaxPreps.
Softball team stat leaders thus far in the 2021 season as published by the Capital Journal are below.
The RHS baseball team leaders per the Capital-Journal are below.
The batting leaders are below.
Ave Brown .475
RBIs Brown 15
Pitching Leaders are below.
Wins Brown 3
Garcia 3
Horak 3
McGrath 2
Catron 2
ERA Brown 0.39
Garcia 3.08
SO Horak 36
McGrath 27
Brown 23
Garcia 23
Rossville attended the Riley County Invitational Track and Field meet on May 6, 2021.
The girls team finished 7th of the 11 teams competing. Their best performances are below.
100 M Alexis Bittner 11th
200 M Alexis Bittner 10th
400 M Amelia Foster 1st
800 M Amelia Foster 1st
1600 M Julia Streit 5th
1600 M Audrie Davis 6th
3200 M Audrie Davis 6th
100 M Hur Ean Haynes 4th
300 M Hue Keera Lacock 5th
Shot Put Briar Gillum 3nd
Discus Briar Gillum 7nd
The 4 x 800 relay team came in second. Team members were Streit, Lacock, Davies, Foster.
The Boys team finished 12th of the 12 teams competing. Best performances were:
100 M Woodrow Rezac 1st
400 M Braiden Hensley 6th
Javelin Hunter Broce 6th
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