Rossville 29 18 22 5 -- 74
Riley County 20 9 11 7 -- 47
Rossville Scoring:
McDonnell 8 2-2 18
Donovan 7 (5) 3-3 22
Horgan 1 0-0 2
Bush 1 (1) 0-0 3
Miller 8 (1) 4-7 21
Henry 1 0-0 2
Johnson 2 2-3 6
Totals 28 (7) 11-15 74.
Riley County 8 7 7 17 -- 39
Rossville 5 10 3 19 -- 37
Rossville Scoring:
Dick (1) 8-12 17
M. Sanders 0 1-2 1
Burdiek 2 7-11 11
B. Miller 2 (1) 3-4 8
Totals 8 (2) 19-29 37.
A father coaching his son can be complicated. It can also produce some unforgettable moments. Tuesday night’s meeting between rivals Silver Lake and Rossville ended with one of those moments.
Senior Jakoby McDonnell celebrates his game-winning basket in Rossville's 51-50 win over Silver Lake Tuesday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Rossville coach Brandon McDonnell shared a special Senior Night memory with his son, Jakoby, in Tuesday's 51-50 win over rival Silver Lake. [File photo/TSN]
Trailing by one point with 8.7 seconds remaining, Rossville coach Brandon McDonnell called a play to produce a shot for the win. The play broke down due to the roar in the crazed Rossville gymnasium. The coach could do nothing but watch helplessly as his son Jakoby improvised. The senior decided it was up to him to win the game.
“At that point, with just (a few) seconds left, you just got to go down the court and get to the basket, either make it or get fouled,” Jakoby McDonnell said. “I knew once I saw a little bit of space, I was going to get downhill and try to get fouled or get the basket.”
The senior stands just 5-foot-6, but he drove into the teeth of the Silver Lake defense, bounced off the chest of an Eagle defender, and banked a jumper through the rim as the buzzer sounded.
“I’ve been smaller my whole life and I’ve been playing against bigger people,” Jakoby McDonnell said. “So, the only way for me to make something happen…is to go downhill, get a little bit of contact and score or get to the free throw line. It’s just something I’ve always done.”
The shot by McDonnell the player gave McDonnell the coach one of the biggest wins in his four seasons as head coach of the Bulldawgs. And it came just shortly after the McDonnells participated in Rossville’s Senior Night ceremony.
| 1 |  Sterling | 19-0-0 | 23.22 | 4.7 |
| 2 |  Berean Academy | 18-2-0 | 19.01 | 4.0 |
| 3 |  Sacred Heart | 19-2-0 | 18.80 | 4.2 |
| 4 |  Moundridge | 17-3-0 | 18.76 | 6.2 |
| 5 |  Classical | 17-3-0 | 13.95 | 1.2 |
| 6 |  St. Marys | 16-6-0 | 13.86 | 5.9 |
| 7 |  Ell-Saline | 16-4-0 | 13.42 | 1.9 |
| 8 |  Thomas More Prep-Marian | 15-5-0 | 12.92 | 3.9 |
| 9 |  Cair Paravel | 19-2-0 | 11.13 | -3.3 |
| 10 |  Rossville | 13-6-0 | 11.12 | 5.2 |
Silver Lake 9 9 16 16 -- 50
Rossville 15 4 15 17 -- 51
Silver Lake (15-5, 9-1) – Kruger 3-9 0-0 9, Johnson 8-20 4-4 20, Rooks 1-6 0-0 3, Bergman 1-5 0-0 2, Miller 3-8 0-0 9, Womack 1-3 0-0 2, Kraus 2-6 0-0 5, VanVactor 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 19-57 4-4 50.
Rossville (13-6, 7-4) – McDonnell 6-13 0-0 12, Donovan 5-11 2-2 12, Bush 1-2 0-0 2, Miller 4-6 0-0 10, Johnson 3-4 1-2 7, Horgan 2-3 0-0 6, Lewis 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 22-40 3-4 51.
1 Russell
2 Norton
3 Oakley
4 Plainville
5 Smith Center
6 Phillipsburg
7 Minneapolis
8 St. Francis
9 Rossville
10 Leoti
RHS Girls ranking in the top six of their class include Nora Mitchell (105) in third place and Madelyn Wonnell (146) in second place.
Rossville 10 11 9 16 -- 46
Manhattan 14 6 8 8 -- 36
Rossville Scoring:
Perine 1 0-0 2
Bunck 2 (2) 1-4 7
E. Sanders 1 0-0 2
Dick 2 (1) 4-4 9
M. Sanders 2 (1) 1-2 6
Burdiek 7 2-7 16
B. Miller 0 4-8 4
Totals 15 (4) 12-25 46.
1 Silver Lake HS 125.5
2 Rossville HS 110.0
3 Douglass HS 106.5
4 Cherryvale HS 100.0
5 Caney Valley HS 97.0
Nora Mitchell and Madelyn Wonnell are Regional Champions. They, along with Joanie Pottorf, Aliana Kepner and Ariana Moses-Prospere qualified for the State Meet.
KSHSAA Girls 3-2-1A East Regional Results for Rossville HS
100 Joanie Pottorf (29-16) placed 5th and scored 21.0 team points.
105 Nora Mitchell (34-11) placed 1st and scored 28.0 team points.
110 Aliahna Kepner (16-24) placed 7th and scored 11.0 team points.
120 Hadley Brown (25-20) place is unknown and scored 2.5 team points.
125 Junne Paine (17-25) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.
130 Ariana Moses-Prospere (23-21) placed 6th and scored 15.0 team points.
145 Madelyn Wonnell (34-5) placed 1st and scored 29.5 team points.
Rossville 19 31 29 16 -- 95
Abilene 20 13 5 10 -- 48
Rossville Scoring:
McDonnell 6 5-5 17
Donovan 15 (6) 4-4 40
Horgan 1 (1) 1-2 4
Bush 2 0-0- 4
Miller 6 (2) 0-1 14
Lewis 4 0-0 8
Johnson 3 2-3 8
Totals 37 (9) 12-15 95.
