Rossville 17 19 11 7 -- 59
St. Marys 4 13 15 10 -- 42
Rossville Scoring:
Perine 2 0-0 4
Haehn 1 2-4 4
Mitchell 8 (1) 2-2 19
Porter 1 1-4 3
Dick 2 4-4 8
Burdiek 6 0-1 12
Spielman 1 3-4 4
Jan 26, 2024
Rossville 13 15 19 21 -- 68
St. Marys 7 25 14 16 -- 52
Rossville scoring:
McDonnell 2 (1) 0-0 5
Badura 5 6-9 16
Donovan 6 (5) 5-7 22
Jones 7 0 0 14
Miller 4 3-4 11
Horak 0 0-2 0. .
Jan 30 2024 |
Rossville 20 16 13 13 -- 62 Rossville scoring: McDonnell 0 0-2 0 |
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.
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.
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.
The RHS girls play Perry-Lecompton in the semi-final game of the Jeff Co. North Tournament ofn Friday, Jan.26
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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
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.
The Dawgs have been hot recently racking up win after win. In last week's Oskaloosa Invitational tournament the Dawgs won all three games including a decisive 57-37 win over Perry-Lecompton for the Championship.
Rossville 14 16 15 12 -- 57
Perry-Lecompton 13 6 11 7 -- 37
Rossville Scoring
McDonnell 0 1-2 1
Badura 7 2-4 16
Donovan 9 (4) 6-6 28
C. Bush 0 1-2 1
Jones 2 1-1 5
Miller 2 (1) 1-2 6.
Semi-final game of Oskaloosa Tournament Jan 19.
Rossville 57
JCN 38
Rossville Scoring:
Horak 8 (4) 0-0 20
Donovan 8 (3) 0-0 19
Miller 5 (1) 0-0 11
Badura 2 (1) 4-4 9
Jones 3 0-2 6
McDonnell 2 1-2 5
Johnson 0 0-2 0
NORA BURDIEK, Rossville
A 5-foot-10 freshman, Burdiek has made an immediate impact for Rossville, which is ranked No. 4 in Class 3A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
Burdiek is coming off a pair of double-figure performances for the Bulldawgs to open 2024 as Rossville improved to 7-1 on the season.
Burdiek scored 10 points in last Friday's 40-33 Mid-East League victory over Riley County and scored 17 points in Thursday's 66-41 non-league win over previously-undefeated Valley Heights.
Rossville sophomore Jack Donovan is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency boys Rising Star of the Week after helping the Bulldawgs post a pair of wins to open 2024. [File photo/TSN]
JACK DONOVAN, Rossville
Donovan, a 5-foot-11 sophomore, has helped lead Rossville to a pair of victories to open the 2024 portion of its boys basketball season.
Donovan has scored a total of 33 point in his past two games as the Bulldawgs evened their record at 4-4 on the season.
Donovan scored 13 points in last Friday's 60-57 come-from-behind Mid-East League victory over Riley County and scored 20 points with four 3-pointers in Rossville's 75-43 non-league win over Valley Heights Thursday night
The Capital-Journal has an excellent interview with Rossville basketball head coach McConnell with the team playing in the background.
Rossville 18 16 27 10 -- 71
Oskaloosa 3 10 10 15 -- 38
Rossville scoring
Horak 8 (4) 0-0 20,
Donovan 8 (3) 0-0 19,
Miller 5 (1) 0-0 11,
McDonnell 2 1-2 5
Badura 2 (1) 4-4 9,
Jones 3 0-2 6
Johnson 0 0-2 0.
The Dawgs play in the semi-finals of the tournament on Friday.
Dutch was born in Salina on July 25, 1950, the son of Elmer R. and Norma Meier Heslet. He was raised in the Rossville community and graduated from Rossville High School. Following graduation, Dutch worked at Rossville Grain Elevator and many years at Jeffrey Energy Center before owning and operating Heslet trucking. Dutch proudly served in the United States Navy.
He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville and was an avid hunter in Wyoming, Kansas, and Alaska. He loved hunting with his son and granddaughters.
Dutch married Linda Tholl. They later divorced. To this union, a son Chad was born.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Darrel Heslet.
Survivors include his son, Chad (Darcy) Heslet; brothers, Bert (Paula), Howard (Laura) and William (Bert) Heslet; his sister Rosa (Gene) Lytle; two granddaughters and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral Services will be at 2:00 P.M. Monday, January 22, 2024 at the Rossville United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will be in the Rossville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M. Sunday, January 21, 2024 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be made in Dutch's name for his Granddaughter's College Educational Fund and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.
At Oskaloosa Invitational
The 4-4 Bulldawgs will face off against tournment host Oskaloosa in a 7:45 p.m. first-round game that was postponed from Tuesday. The Rossville-Oskaloosa winner will move on to a 6 p.m. semifinal game on Friday to face the winner of the first-round game between Jefferson County North and St. Mary's Academy. Consolation games between the first-round losers will also be played on Friday. The tournament championship game is set for 4:30 p.m. Saturday, following the other place games, which will start at 12 p.m.
From Top Sports News
Rossville sophomore Jack Donovan scored 20 points last Thursday night as the Bulldawgs rolled to a 75-43 win over Valley Heights. [File photo/TSN]
The latest wresting rankings of Jan. 16 for 321A Boys has Paxton Willet at # 4 in 165 # and Barret Lietz at #5 in 215 #. Rossville is not among the Top Ten Teams in Kansas.
The girls team ranks # 2 in 4-1A Wrestling. Keera Lacock and Kendra Hurla maintain their #1 and undefeated records. Hayley Horton is ranked number 4 in 155# class
Dolly A. Heiland (DeGraff) passed away at the age of 100 on Friday, January 12, 2024 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas.
Rossville finished 4th of 19 schools competing.
115 # Keera Lacock (22-0) finished first and earned 23 pts
120 # Kendra Hurla (20-0) Finished 1st and earned 23.5 pts
125 # Shayla Rezac (13-13) won 1 of 3 matches but did not place and received 3 points.
145 # Madelyn (21-10) won 2 of 3 matches and placed 2nd earning 18 points
155 # Hailey Horton (18-3) placed first and earned 22 points.
Rossville sent 7 wrestlers to compete in the Bobcat Classic on Jan. 13. There were 35 schools competing
113# Kelton Lacock (13-11) did not place
120# Remi Drogemeier (15-8) did not place but earned 2 points
144 # Seth Basemore (1-8) did not place
165# Jordon Johnson (0-4) did not place
175# John McGrath (3-19) did not place
190 Charles Chance (2-14) did not place
215 Barret Lietz placed 7th and scored 13 points
In the latest KWCA rankings of Jan 9, Paxton Willett is ranked #4 in the 165 # Class and Barrett Lietz is ranked #5 for the 215 # Class
The top three schools in 1-4 A as of Jan. 9 are:
1. Oakley
2. Rossville
3. Pratt
Keera Lacock and Kendra Hurla are ranked #1 in their classes.
Hayley Horton is #6 in the 155# class
3A Girls Basketball Rankings Jan 9, 2024
1 Silver Lake
2 Topeka - Hayden
3 Hesston
4 Rossville
5 Halstead
6 Seneca-Nemaha Central
7 Goodland
8 Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail
9 Colby
10 Cheney
The RHS girls won 66-41 on Jan. 11, 2024 at Rossville
Scoring:
Dick 18
Burdiek 17
Perine 9
Spielman 8
Mitchell 8
Haehn 4
Porter 2
The RHS boys won 75-42 on Jan 11.
Scoring
Donovan 22
Badura 16
Horak 12
Jones 12
Millere 6
Mildren 4
McDowell 3
