Rossville KS Alumni News

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

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

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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.

Sunday, February 25, 2024

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.

Saturday, February 24, 2024

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

Friday, February 23, 2024

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

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

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

Monday, February 19, 2024

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.

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Girls 4321A Wrestling Regional

The 4321Regionals were held Feb. 17. Outstanding performanes were accomplished by Kendra Hurla and Hailey Horton who won their classes, and also Keera Lacock and Madelyn Wonnell who eah finished third.

Team Scores

1 Tonganoxie HS 117.0
2 Holton HS 113.0
2 Santa Fe Trail HS 113.0
4 Baldwin High School 105.0
5 Wellsville HS 100.5
6 Rossville HS 96.0
7 Wamego HS 85.0
8 Eudora HS 77.0
9 St. George-Rock Creek HS 69.0
10 McLouth HS 67.0
11 Marysville HS 63.0
12 Sabetha High School 59.0
13 Silver Lake HS 51.0
14 Wabaunsee HS 42.0
15 Pomona-West Franklin HS 40.0
16 Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege HS 35.0

Girls 4-3-2-1A Regional C Results for Rossville HS 1

105 Brinley Pottorf (4-17) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
115 Keera Lacock (33-1) placed 3rd and scored 20.0 team points.
120 Kendra Hurla (34-0) placed 1st and scored 28.0 team points.
125 Shayla Rezac (15-21) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.
145 Madelyn Wonnell (32-13) placed 3rd and scored 18.0 team points.
155 Hailey Horton (33-4) placed 1st and scored 27.0 team points.

Boys RHS Wrestlers in 321A Regional At Rossville

Team Scores

1 Sabetha 211.5
2 Effingham-Atchison Co. Community 192.0
3 Council Grove 152.5
4 Seneca-Nemaha County 137.0
5 Burlingame 107.0
6 Riley County 62.0
7 Atchison-Maur Hill Mount Academy 49.0
8 Onaga 48.0
9 Allen-Northern Heights 45.0
10 Wabaunsee 42.0
11 Rossville 40.0
12 Easton-Pleasant Ridge 39.0

Regional D Results for Rossville wrestlers

113 Kelton lacock (20-17) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.
126 Remi Droegemeier (26-15) place is unknown and scored 6.0 team points.
132 Mason Broce (18-15) place is unknown and scored 6.0 team points.
138 Alisher Unalbaev (1-17) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
144 Seth Bazemore (5-15) place is unknown and scored 2.0 team points.
165 Jordan Johnston (1-8) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.
175 Charles Chance (6-25) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
215 Barret Lietz (33-8) placed 2nd and scored 18.0 team points.

321A Boys Wrestling Rankings

Barrett Lietz is currently ranked number five in the 215 lb class and Paxton Willett is ranked number four in the 165 lb. class.. Rossville is not ranked in the Top Ten

Class 4321A Girls Wrestling Rankings

This week Rossville High has stayed . second among the 4321A Girls Wrestling. Hayley Horton though has moved from 2nd to fourth in the 155# class.

Individuals in the Top Six of their class are:

115 # Keera Lacock 1st

120 # Kendra Hurla 1st

155 # Haylay Horton 4th

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Lady Dawgs Control Riley County 41-25

Rossville 8 13 8 12 -- 41
Riley County 5 9 9 2 -- 25

Rossville Scoring

Horgan 0 1-2 1
Perine 0 2-4 2
Mitchell 1 3-4 5
Porter 2 0-0 4
Dick 5 (3) 6-6 19
Burdiek 2 2-2 6
Spielman 2 0-1 4

RHS Boys Double Score On Riley Co 68-34

Rossville 15 18 24 11 -- 68
Riley County 7 10 8 9 -- 34

Rossville Scoring:

McDonnell 2 (1) 0-0 5
Badura 3 (3) 0-2 9
Donovan 5 (4) 0-0 14
Jones 3 0-0 6
Miller 10 (3) 2-3 25
Horak 2 (1) 0-0 5
Jackson 1 0-0 2
Bush 1 0-0 2.

Friday, February 16, 2024

Forensics @ Royal Valley Feb 17

Forensics @ Royal Valley

8:00 AM — 3:00 PM Feb, 17

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Boys Basketball Sub-state Standings For Riley Co.

Class 3A -- Riley County (Boys) Sub-State

[Sub-State Bracket]

Record

Win %

Beloit HS

17-1

0.944

Rossville HS

12-6

0.667

Seneca-Nemaha Central HS

12-6

0.667

St. Marys HS

11-6

0.647

Silver Lake HS

10-7

0.588

Marysville HS

9-9

0.500

Riley County HS

6-11

0.353

Minneapolis HS

3-14

0.176

Girls Sub-state Standings for Riley Co. Tournament

Class 3A -- Riley County (Girls) Sub-State

[Sub-State Bracket]

Record

Win %

Silver Lake HS

17-0

1.000

Seneca-Nemaha Central HS

16-2

0.889

Rossville HS

15-3

0.833

Beloit HS

14-4

0.778

Minneapolis HS

12-5

0.706

Riley County HS

10-7

0.588

St. Marys HS

9-8

0.529

Marysville HS

8-10

0.444

Ranking Of 3A Girls Basketball Feb. 13, 2024

3A Girls

1 Silver Lake
2 Topeka - Hayden
3 Halstead
4 Seneca-Nemaha Central
5 Rossville
6 Hesston
7 Goodland
8 Garnett-Anderson County
9 Osage City
10 Lindsborg-Smoky Valley

Silver Lake Vs Rossville

Photo from Top Sports News Shawnee County

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Mason Jones Leads Rossville to Silver Lake Upset

Maon Jones, a 6-foot-4 junior at Rossville High scored 27 points to lead Rossville's boys basketball team to an 87-79 overtime Mid-East League win over rival Silver Lake Friday night at Rossville. Jones hit 12 of 15 shots from the field against the Eagles while also connecting on three of four free throws as the Bulldawgs avenged an earlier loss to Silver Lake while improving to 11-6 on the season.

Kendra Hurla Regional Results

RHS senior Kendra Hurla captured the 120-pound championship on Saturday in the Class 4A-1A girls wrestling regional at Sabetha, posting a 4-0 record with four wins by pin. The three-time state champion posted pins in 38 seconds, 2 minutes, 42 seconds and 1:41 to reach the finals and then needed just 52 seconds to pin West Franklin's Kate Shepherd in the championship match.

Brian Hill Seeking Reelection As Shawnee Co. Sheriff

Shawnee County Sheriff Brian C. Hill is running for reelection.

Hill on Feb. 1 became the first candidate to file to enter the race for the sheriff's office he has held since 2019, Shawnee County Election Office records said.

A resident of Rossville, Hill served from 1991 to 2017 with the Topeka Police Department, including 17 years as a narcotics and homicide detective. He then served with the police department for Topeka Unified School District 501.

Hill survived suffering four gunshot wounds in 2016 in a gunbattle with a convenience store robber, who was also wounded and subsequently went to prison.