[2] Berean Academy (22-2)
Sunday, March 8, 2026
RHS Boys Defeat KCC To Win Sub-State
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Kansas City Christian 8 5 14 22 -- 49
Rossville 8 16 21 15 -- 60
Rossville (17-7) Scoring:
McDonnell 6-12 9-12 21
Donovan 5-9 4-4 15
Bush 3-6 2-2 8
Miller 5-9 2-6 13
Johnson 0-1 1-2 3
Lewis 0-1 0-0 1
Horgan 0-2 0-0 0
Totals 19-40 18-26 60.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Rossville Girls Win Sub-State
Rossville 13 23 23 12 -- 71
KC Christian 12 9 9 19 -- 49
Rossville Scoring:
Bunck 2 (2) 0-0 6
Dick 8 (3) 4-4 23
M. Sanders 0-0 2
Burdiek 7 (1) 7-7 22
B. Miller 5 (3) 3-4 16
T. Miller 1 0-0 2
Totals 24 (9) 14-15 71.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Donovan In TopSportsNews
JACK DONOVAN, Rossville
A senior boys basketball player, Donovan scored 47 points on Friday as Rossville opened postseason with a 90-28 Class 2A sub-state home quarterfinal victory over McLouth. A returning All-Shawnee County pick, Donovan hit 17 of 28 shots on the night with nine 3-pointers while also going 4 of 4 at the free throw line and topping the 40-point mark for the second time this season.
Lady Dawgs In Sub-State Final Mar 6
Rossville will be playing its sub-state championship game at Mission Valley on Friday, Feb. 6. The Bulldawgs will take on No. 4 Maur Hill-Mount Academy (18-7). The Ravens defeated Horton 43-42.
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Rossville boys advance to 2A sub-state final, taking down Maur Hill-Mt. Academy
By VINCE LOVERGINE
TopSports.news
The Rossville Bulldawgs said before the season that they wanted to make it back to the Class 2A state tournament after getting a taste of it last season.
Rossville senior Cameron Miller (11) scored a game-high 24 points in the Bulldwags' 67-51 sub-state win over Maur Hill-Mt. Academy. [File photo/TSN]
They’re one step closer to that goal fending off the Ravens Wednesday night in a sub-state semifinal, 67-51.
“Play Rossville basketball man,,'' Bulldawg coach Brandon McDonnell said. "Whether it’s pretty or ugly, it’s about surviving and advancing. As long as we can stay playing together and not bicker at each other too much … sometimes we have that slippage and that’s human nature. You’re going to get mad at each other every once and awhile and that can’t happen for too long. It happened a little bit tonight and then they regrouped.
“We haven’t been in this conversation for so long as a program. Of course, if we made it last year we want to go right back because we want to let people know it wasn’t a fluke. We got one more game and when we win that, let’s go to state.''
For nearly three minutes with the game was tied at 3-3 before Rossville gained its first lead of the game at 9-8 after senior Cameron Miller made two free-throws.
The Bulldawgs went on a 12-2 run to lead by 11 (21-10), forcing Maur Hill-Mt. Academy into a timeout with 1:04 left in the first quarter. Rossville led 23-14 after one quarter.
Then the Bulldawgs couldn’t miss from beyond the arc, with 12 of ther 13 points in the quarter off 3-pointers, two from Miller and one apiece from Jack Donovan and Conner Bush.
The Bulldawgs led 35-22 after Miller’s second triple and took a 36-23 lead into the break.
“What we try to tell the fellas is the game has to settle eventually,'' McDonell said. "You still got the butterflies, trying to figure out what defense they’re in, what seams we can penetrate and just getting into a flow.
“Sometimes for us it takes until the second quarter to get into that flow and that’s what happened tonight.”
After four quick points to begin the third quarter, including a two-hand slam from Miller in transition, Donovan and Bush would knock down 3-pointers and Rossville would build a 19-point lead.
Rossville led 52-40 at the end of three quarters. Bush had nine points and Donovan finished with 16 points.
“Whenever everyone is scoring the same amount, it means we’re sharing the ball and getting open looks as much as we can, but sometimes it’s going to be lopsided but hey, a win is a win,” said Miller, who finished with a game-high 24 points.
The Ravens got it down to nine (52-43), its first time trailing under 10 points since the end of the first quarter. But the Bulldawgs would not let it go any further than that.
Jakoby McDonnell missed an and-one opportunity but Miller grabbed the miss and put it back home for two, putting Rossville back up 12 (58-46).
“That moment (the dunk) changes the momentum, gets the crowd into it, gets us fired up and then we’re good from there,” Miller said.
Despite that lead evaporating a little bit, McDonnell said that shows the confidence the kids have in not letting the game get away from them.
“We’ve been down 20 and came back within one point. It’s not about, ‘Oh, they’re coming back we’re going to lose, it’s more of you’ve been here before and learn how to play with the lead,’’ McDonnell said. “Sometimes we get trigger happy from three and I have to call out a play that results in us getting down hill.”
Rossville (16-7) will play Kansas City Christian (16-9) at 5 p.m. Saturday at Mission Valley.
KCC advanced with a 56-53 win over Jefferson County North.
ROSSVILLE 67, MAUR HILL-MT. ACADEMY 51
Maur Hill-Mt. Academy 14 9 17 11 – 51
Rossville 23 13 16 15 – 67
Maur Hill Mt. Academy (16-9) – Raplinger 4 8-10 16, Korbelik 2 0-2 6, Campbell 3 0-0 8, Wurtz 5 1-1 12, Zimmerer 1 0-0 2, Wilson 2 1-2 5, Te Timoll 1 0-0 2.
Rossville (16-7) -- McDonell 6 1-3 13, Donovan 6 1-2 16, Bush 3 1-4 9, Miller 8 5-6 24, Lewis 1 1-2 3, Johnson 1 0-1 2
3-point goals -- Maur Hill Mt. Academy 5 (Campbell 2, Korbelik 2, Wurtz 1) Rossville 8 (Donovan 3, Miller 3, Bush 2). Total fouls -- Maur Hill Mt. Academy 13, Rossville 12. Fouled out -- none. Technical fouls -- none.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
The Dawgs Advance wifh 67-51 win
The Rossville boy's baskeball team will advance to the Sub-State title game on March 7 against the winner of the Jeff Co. North/Kansas City Christian game. The Dawgs had an easy time defeating Maur Hill, Mount Academy 67-51. on the Rossville Court.
Rossville (16-7)
McDonell 6 1-3 13
Donovan 6 1-2 16
Bush 3 1-4 9
Miller 8 5-6 24
Lewis 1 1-2 3
Johnson 1 0-1 2
Lady Dawgs Defeat KCC to Win Sub-State Semi
No. 9 Rossville (13-10) defeated No. 1 Kansas City Christian (19-6) 71-49. The Lady Bulldawgs are playing their best basketball of the season right now. They’ve won 10 of their last 12 games.
Against KCC, the Bulldawgs shot the lights out according to head coach Derek Dick. He told the Capital-Journal it was one of his team’s best performances of the season.
Rossville led 13-12 at the end of the first quarter. It opened the second period on an 11-2 run, which gave it all of the momentum needed to secure the win.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
First Sub-State Girls BB Game
Rossville 11 14 14 13 -- 52
Mission Valley 10 7 13 9 -- 39
Rossville scoring:
Bunck 2 (2) 0-0 6
E. Sanders 1 0-0 2
Dick 6 (2) 3-3 17
M. Sanders 0 2-2 2
Burdiek 4 4-4 12
B. Miller 4 (3) 2-4 13
Totals 17 (7) 11-13 52.
Monday, March 2, 2026
321A Girls Wrestling State Championships
Russel captured the 321A Kansas State Wrestling Title
Rossville finished 10th of the 50+ teams. Silver Lake was fifth, St Marys was 48th and Riley Co 43rd.
Individual Honors for Rossville state qualifiers were:
100
Joanie Pottorf (30-18) place is unknown and scored 1.0 team points
105
Nora Mitchell (37-12) placed 2nd and scored 23.0 team points. 1st Place Match - Jentri Porter (Leoti Wichita County HS) 34-0 won by decision over Nora Mitchell (Rossville HS) 37-12
(Dec 8-3)
110
Aliahna Kepner (17-26) place is unknown and scored 2.0 team points.
130
Ariana Moses-Prospere (23-23) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
145
Madelyn Wonnell (38-6) placed 3rd and scored 19.5 team points. 3rd Place Match - Madelyn Wonnell (Rossville HS) 38-6 won by fall over KayLynn Nicholson (Osage City HS) 32-7 (Fall
3:19)
Boys BB Second Round Of Sub-State
Rossville HS (15-6) will host Maur Hill-Mount Academy (16-8) for the second round of Sub-State at Rossville on Tueday March 4 at 6:00 PM.
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Girls Sub-State Game #2 on March 3
Rossville Girls BB Team will play Kansas City Christian, first round winners over St. Marys, on March 3.
Saturday, February 28, 2026
RHS Boys Get First Round Win At Sub-State
Rossville 27 33 25 5 -- 90
McLouth 7 10 4 7 -- 28
Rossville Scoring:
McDonnell 1 0-2 2
Donovan 17 (9) 4-4 47
Horgan 2 1-1 5
Bush 1 0-0 2
Miller 9 (2) 1-1 21
Horak 2 1-1 5
Johnson 2 0-0 6
Martinek 1 0-1 2
Totals 36 (11) 7-10 90.
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