The Rossville Invitational should provide a good early season test for the Rossville High volleyball team. The invitational started at 8 a.m. Saturday in Rossville.
Of the 10 teams in the field, five were ranked in their respective classes in the Kansas Volleyball Association’s Week 1 rankings. Those teams are No. 6 Abilene (5-5) and No. 8 Tonganoxie (4-2) in Class 4A, No. 3 Silver Lake (9-2) and No. 6 Rossville (4-1) in 3A and No. 10 Pleasant Ridge (10-1) in 2A.
Other 4A schools participating were Holton (7-5), Ottawa (4-5), Hayden (4-8) and Wamego (1-3). At 12-1, Osage City was the other 3A school in the invitational field.
RHS lost a close 3 game match to Silver Lake and had to play Wamego a second time for third.
Ottawa 25-18, 25-16 W
Wamego 25-21, 25-11 W
Pleasant Ridge 25-14, 25-17 W
Silver Lake 23-25, 25-19, 18-25 L
Wamego 25-12, 25-12 W
A nice long article detailing the tournament can be read at: https://topsports.news/news/3521-eagles-place-second-bulldawgs-third-in-rossville-invitational-volleyball