TopSports News Article on Riley Co. Game

 ROSSVILLE GIRLS 38, RILEY COUNTY 28

Riley County put up a battle against Mid-East League rival Rossville for most of the way before the Bulldawgs clinched a 38-28 Class 3A sub-state quarterfinal victory down the stretch Tuesday at Rossville.

Rossville led by just an 11-10 margin at the end of the opening quarter and 18-15 at halftime.

The Falcons were still within four points (29-25) at the start of the fourth quarter before Rossville held a 9-3 scoring edge the rest of the way.

Freshman Nora Burdiek paced Rossville (18-3) with 13 points while sophomore Rylee Dick added 11 points with two 3-pointers.

Rossville will face off against St. Marys in a 7:30 p.m. sub-state semifinal Friday night at Riley County.

Dawgs Get Win In First Round of Sub-State

 This is the box score of the Dawg victory over Riley County Monday night art Rossville.

Rossville     15 13  9  13 -- 50
Riley County 6 11 10 10 -- 37

Rossville Scoring

McDonnell 2 (1) 0-0    5 
Badura      1 (1) 3-4    6
Donovan    2 (1) 8-8 13
Jones        1       2-2   4
Miller         6 (1) 3-4  16
Horak        1       1-2    3
Bush         0        2-2   2

No. 2 seed Rossville (14-6) will play #3 seed  Nemaha Central (14-6) this Thursday night at Riley County.

https://kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Basketball/3ASub-State.cfm?Activity=2&Class=4&WeekID=5691

Lady Dawgs Defeat Riley Co. In 3A sub-State

The Rossville Girls defeated Riley County at Rossville in the first round of the SWub-State3 tournament.

Rossville will play St. Marys Friday night at Riley Co.  St Marys upset the number two seed Nemaha Central36-29 on Tue night.

Rossville       11  6 12 9 -- 38
Riley County 10  5 10 3 -- 28

Rossville Scoring:

Perine      2 (2) 0-2   6 
Haehn      1      0-0   2
Mitchel     1      0-2   2
Porter       0      0-2   0
Dick          2 (2) 5-9 11
Burdiek     5      3-4 13
Spielman  2      0-0   4

To see the complete bracket for the Riley Co Sub-State, go to:   https://kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Basketball/3ASub-State.cfm?Activity=2&Class=4&WeekID=5736

Dawgs Defeat Riley County In Sub-State Opener

From TopSports.news, Feb 27

The Rossville boys clamped down on visiting Riley County Monday night, advancing to the semifinals in the Class 3A Riley County sub-state with a defensive effort, 50-37.

Sophomore Cameron Miller led Rossville with 16 points in Monday's 50-37 Class 3A sub-state win over Riley County. [File photo/TSN]

Rossville, which hadn’t won more than nine games in nearly a decade, improved to 15-6 and moved on to a matchup with Nemaha Central at 7:30 p.m. Thursday night at Riley County.

“The boys are pumped up about it. And why not? We’re doing things in the program that haven’t been done in God knows how long,” said Rossville coach Brandon McDonnell. “As muddy and dirty and unsure as the game was, generally not the way we play, we didn’t quit playing. We still played together.”

Rossville jumped on the visiting Falcons early to establish a 15-6 lead in the opening period. They continued to add on with sophomore Cameron Miller scoring 11 first-half points. The Bulldawgs led 28-17 at the intermission.

For more info about the team and game, go to: 

    https://www.topsports.news/news/no-2-seed-rossville-boys-advance-to-3a-sub-state-semis-with-50-37-win-over-riley-county

Lady Dawgs Vs Riley County in Sub-State BB on Feb. 27

No. 3 seed  Rossville High (17-3)  will host  No. 6 seed Riley County (11-8) in the first round of the 3A Sub-state.   Game begins at 7:00 pm atm Rossville.

Barret Lietz Finishes Second At State

Rossville Boys Wrestling team consisted of  seniior  Barret Lietz whose 22 points were sufficient to place Rossville at #27 among the 62 teams entered in the State 321A Tournament on Feb. 24 

 Barret Lietz (36-9) placed 2nd and scored 22.0 team points. In the match for first place,  Luke Fischer (Larned) 46-0 won by tech fall over Barret Lietz (Rossville) 36-9 (TF-1.5 4:08 (15-0))

RHS Girls Wrestling Team Wins State

KSHSAA Girl`s 4A-1A State Championship Results for Rossville HS 

Rosssville placed firat among the 87teams entered in the State Championship.

115 Keera Lacock (37-3) placed 4th and scored 20.0 team points.
120 Kendra Hurla (38-0) placed 1st and scored 29.5 team points.
145 Madelyn Wonnell (34-15) place is unknown and scored 5.0 team points.
155 Hailey Horton (37-4) placed 1st and scored 28.0 team points.

4321A Girls Wrestling Ranking

This week Rossville High has stayed in second place among the rankings for 4321A Girls Wrestling for the weeek of Feb. 22.    Hayley Horton though has moved from 4th to 2nd in the 155# class.  Keera Lacock dropped from 1st to 3rd in the 115# class.

Individuals in the Top Six of their class are:

115 #    Keera Lacock       1st

120 #    Kendra Hurla        3rd

155 #    Hayley Horton       2nd

Girls Basketball Sub-State Bracket

The Rossville (17-3) girls baswketball team will begin Sub-State tournament play Feb. 27 against Riley County.  Rossville is seeded #3.  Silver Lake is seeded #1.

To see the bracket, go to:  

 https://kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Basketball/3ASub-State.cfm?Activity=2&Class=4&WeekID=5736

Boys Basketball Sub-State Brackket

The Rossville (14-6) High boys basketball team will enter the Beloit area Sub-State as a number 2 seed '    Their first game will be Feb. 26 against Riley County.  The number one seed is Beloit (19-1). 

To see the bracket,  go to:     https://kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Basketball/3ASub-State.cfm?Activity=2&Class=4&WeekID=5691

Lady Dawgs Crush Rock Creekk 69-25

Rossville     18 23 17 11 -- 69
Rock Creek 11 10   2   2 -- 25

Rossville Scoring: 

Horgan      1         0-0     2
Perine        2         0-0    4
Haehn        2 (1)   2-6    7
Mitchell      5         0-0  10
Porter        1          0-0    2
Dick           3          5-8  11
Burdiek      8          7-8  23
Spielman   2          6-6  10

Dawgs defeat Rock Creek In BB

Rossville      16 12 15 14 -- 57
Rock Creek    5 22 11 12 -- 50

Rossville Scoring:

McDonnell   1       2-2    4
Badura        5 (1)  3-6  14
Donovan     2 (1)  2-2    7
Jones          5       2-  2 12
Miller           4        1-2   9
Horak          3 (3)   2-2 11

Jack Donovan Sets Scoring Record

 

A 5-foot-11 sophomore guard, Donovan became Rossville's single-season record-holder for made 3-pointers in Friday's 68-34 Mid-East League win over Riley County. Donovan had 14 points with four 3s in Friday's win after scoring 21 points with seven treys in Tuesday's 72-38 league win over Wabaunsee. Donovan now has 55 3-pointers on the season, eclipsing the previous record of 52 set by Matt Buhler in 2009.

Girls Basketball Stat Leaaders

     Nora Burdiek leads Rossville in scoring aveeaging 16.3 Points per game over 18 games.  Close behind her is Rylee Dick averaging15.9 points.

    Nora also leads the team in reboundss at 8.9 per game and steals at 3.5 per game.