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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Sunday, January 28, 2024
2024 Baldwin Girls Invitational Results for Rossville
Rossville girls placed 7th of 27 teams at the Baldwin Inv. on Jan 27
115 Keera Lacock (26-0) placed 1st and scored 30.0 team points.
120 Kendra Hurla (27-0) placed 1st and scored 26.0 team points.
125 Shayla Rezac (14-17) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.
145 Madelyn Wonnell (28-12) placed 2nd and scored 24.0 team points.1
155 Hailey Horton (26-3) placed 1st and scored 30.0 team points.
Rossville WinsJefferson County North Invitational (updated)
Jefferson County North Invitational Championship Game:
Rossville def. Jefferson Co. North, 87-39
Senior Emma Mitchell recorded her 1,00th point
Four Rossville players made the All-Tournament team: Emma Mitchell, Rylee Dick, Kinsey Perine and Nora Bordiek.
Rossville 26 20 26 15 -- 87
Jeff County North 11 13 7 8 -- 39
Rossville Scoring
Perine 1 1-2 3
Haehn 3 (1) 2-4 9
Mitchell 6 (2) 2-4 16
Porter 4 (1) 0-0 9
Dick 4 4-6 26
Spielman 6 0-0 12
Burdiek 3 5-7 11
Senior Emma Mitchell recorded her 1,00th point during the tournament and celebrates with team-mates.
Four Rossville players made the All-Tournament team: Emma Mitchell, Rylee Dick, Kinsey Perine and Nora Bordiek are dwith the other honorees.
Saturday, January 27, 2024
RGS Girls win Tourney Semi-Final 72-21
Rossville 22 22 20 8 -- 72
Perry-Lecompton 6 5 5 5 -- 21
Rossville scoring:
Perine 2 0-0 4
Haehn 1 1-1 3
Mitchell 4 (1) 7-10 16
Porter 1 (1) 2-2 5
Dick 4 (3) 2-2 13
Sanders 0 0-2 0
Burdiek 7 4-6 18
Spielman 5 3-4 13.
You can watch KSNT video of part of the game at: KSNT video of game
The Lady Dawgs play Jeff Co. No. in the Jeff Co. North Tournament Championship game Sat. afternoon, Jan 27, at 4:30.
Friday, January 26, 2024
Lady Dawgs To Play Perry-Lecompton
The RHS girls play Perry-Lecompton in the semi-final game of the Jeff Co. North Tournament ofn Friday, Jan.26
Jack Donovan Stars In Osky Tourney Championahip
JACK DONOVAN, Rossville
A 5-foot-11 sophomore guard, scored a total of 58 points with 10 3-pointers in Rossville's three tournament wins, helping lead the Bulldawgs to the tournament championship in the Oskaloosa Invitational. Donovan capped his big week with a 28-point performance in Saturday's 57-37 win over Perry-Lecompton in the championship game. Donovan hit four 3-pointers against the Kaws and went 6 of 6 at the free throw line. An all-tournament pick, Donovan scored 19 points in a 71-38 win over Oskaloosa and had 11 points in a 57-38 semifinal win over Jefferson County North.
Rylee Dick Leads RHS Girls To Dominating Win
NORTONVILLE -- The Rossville Lady Dawgs, ranked No. 3 in Class 3A, began the Jefferson County North Invitational Tournament playing the Tigers from Atchison County Community High School. The Lady Dawgs dominated from start to finish, winning 78-16.
The game was never in doubt with Rossville leading 35-3 after one quarter, 52-3 at halftime and outscoring ACCHS 26-13 in the second half.
The Lady Dawgs were led by sophomore Rylee Dick with a career-high 27 points, while freshman Nora Burdiek had 20 points and senior Emma Mitchell scored 17 points. Burdiek led Rossville with 7 rebounds, 8 steals and 4 blocked shots.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
KWCA Girls Wrestling Ranking For 4321A
This week Rossville High has moved into first place among the 4321A Girls Wrestling.
Individuals in the Top Six of their class are:
115 # Keera Lacock 1st
120 # Kendra Hurla 1st
155 # Haylay Horton 5th
Lady Dawgs At Jeff Co. North Inv.
The RHS girls won their first round game of the Jeff Co. North Invitational Tue night by a lop-sided score of 78-16
Rossville 35 17 19 7 -- 78
Atchison County 3 0 10 3 -- 16
Rossville scoring
Perine 1 1-2 3
Haehn 1 (1) 0-0 3
Mitchell 7 (1) 2-2 17
Dick 11 (4) 1-2 27
Burdiek 10 2-4 22
Spielman 3 0-2 6.
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Barrett Lietz Has 100 Wins
Senior wrestler Barrett Lietz has an outstanding career and has notched 100 wins. His last vicvtory was this past weekend winning the 215 lb. class at the Eureka Invitational.
Fourth Annual Girls Eureka Inv. Wrestling
Team Scores:
Top 15 finishers out of 23 comp[eting
1 Columbus 140.5
2 El Dorado 118.0
2 Newton 118.0
4 Douglass 110.0
5 Burlington 103.0
6 Rose Hill 89.0
7 Cherryvale 84.5
8 Rossville 81.0
9 Winfield 63.0
10 Eureka 57.0
11 Coffeyville 52.0
12 Caney Valley 50.0
13 Mulvane 47.0
14 Fredonia 46.0
15 Humboldt 37.0
Individual Results
120
Kendra Hurla (24-0) placed 1st and scored 30.0 team points.
125
Shayla Rezac (13-15) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
135
Beya Boumaiza (0-4) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
145
Madelyn Wonnell (25-11) placed 3rd and scored 21.0 team points.
155
Hailey Horton (22-3) placed 1st and scored 30.0 team points.
Boys Wrestling 30th Annual Eureka Inv.
Boys Team Scores (top 18)
1 Newton 254.5
2 Winfield 181.5
3 Field Kindley 111.0
4 Columbus 106.0
5 Caney Valley 89.0
6 Rose Hill 81.5
7 Herington 77.5
8 Clearwater 76.0
9 Burlington 73.5
10 West Elk 67.5
11 Hillsboro 57.0
12 Rossville 55.5
13 Douglass 51.0
14 Humboldt 50.0
15 Erie 49.5
16 Cherryvale 48.0
17 Central Burden 30.0
18 El Dorado 29.5
Individuals
113 Kelton Lacock (14-13) 5th Place 7 pts
126 Remi Drogemeier( 18-9) 3rd Place 15.5 pts
132 Maon Broce (10-11) 2-2 5 pts
144 Seth Basemore (1-10) 0-2 0 pts
165 Jordan Johnson (0-6) 0-2 0 pts
175 Joel McGrath (3-21) 0-2 0 pts
180 Charles Chance (2-16) 0-2 0 pts
215 Barret Lietz (23-5) 1st 28 pts
Monday, January 22, 2024
Lady Dawgs Roll Over St. Marys Lady Bears in BB
Rossville 18 23 20 11 -- 72
St. Marys 15 8 12 2 -- 37
Rossville scoring-
Burdiek 7 3-3 17
Perine 5 (2) 0-0 12
Dick 6 1-1 13,
Haehn 4 (2) 1-2 11
Mitchel 4 (1) 1-2 10
Porter 3 0-0 6
Spielman 1 1-2 3.