RHS Ranked #6 in 3A Baseball

    The May 7 KABC  3A baseball rankings have Rossville in 6th place with a12-2 record.  Wichita Independant is ranked number one with a 15-1 record.  Silver Lake is ranked number 2 with a 13-1 record.  The rest of the top 10 can be seen at:  http://kabcbaseball.org/4A-3A%20Rankings.html

Area High School Baseball Stat Leaders

HITTING

AVERAGE

Fleming, Council Grove, .667; Gilbert, Concordia, .561; Schmidt, Maur Hill, .552; Yonts, Pleasant Ridge, .552; D. Hake, Concordia, .551; Amos, Pleasant Ridge, .531; Bachura, Council Grove, .520; Da. Swinehart, Lyndon, .511; Boucher, Mission Valley, .500; Nordell, Concordia, .500; Glissman, Valley Falls, .484; Sage, Santa Fe Trail, .478; Gieber, Concordia, .476; Spurlock, Pleasant Ridge, .474; Brecheisen, Rossville, .472; L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, .471; Hundley, Atchison County, .468; Thurber, Royal Valley, .458; Shirley, Council Grove, .457; Broadbent, Mission Valley, .444; Burns, Valley Falls, .444; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, .439; Lutgen, Rock Creek, .438; Reesor, Rossville, .435; Bailey, Mission Valley, .429; Crome, Marysville, .429; Goodmiller, Rock Creek, .426; Kruger, Silver Lake, .426; DeMars, Clay Center, .425; Goehring, Rock Creek, .423; McKinney, Pleasant Ridge, .423; K. Clark, St. Marys, .422; Hartshorn, Rossville, .420; Smith, Wabaunsee, .417; E. Clark, Valley Falls, .414; T. Clark, Mission Valley, .409; Turpin, Perry-Lecompton, .409; Pfannenstiel, Silver Lake, .404; Burkdoll, Central Heights, .400.

RBI

Glissman, Valley Falls, 34; L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, 32; Fleming, Council Grove, 30; Gieber, Concordia, 23; A. Pryor, Central Heights, 23; Bachura, Council Grove, 22; Broadbent, Mission Valley, 22; Gloss, Santa Fe Trail, 22; Hittle, Concordia, 22; Horstick, Central Heights, 22; Noble, Oskaloosa, 22; Weishaar, Valley Falls, 22; E. Clark, Valley Falls, 21; Beck, Wamego, 20; Burns, Valley Falls, 20; Miller, Rock Creek, 20; Pfannenstiel, Silver Lake, 20; Sage, Santa Fe Trail, 20; Shinn, Rossville, 20; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 20; Thurber, Royal Valley, 20; T. Allen, Mission Valley, 19; Fitch, Lyndon, 19; Kruger, Silver Lake, 19; Steward, Oskaloosa, 19; Berry, Abilene, 18; K. Clark, St. Marys, 18; Goodmiller, Rock Creek, 18; Leydig, Council Grove, 18; Moore, Silver Lake, 18; Nordell, Concordia, 18; Da. Swinehart, Lyndon, 18; Thomas, Concordia, 18; Zimmerman, Council Grove, 18; Smith, Central Heights, 17; Winkel, Troy, 17; Davis, Central Heights, 16; Hartshorn, Rossville, 16; Bailey, Mission Valley, 15; Beckwith, Central Heights, 15; Brecheisen, Rossville, 15; Brown, Silver Lake, 15; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 15; Conway, Mission Valley, 15; Freeman, Silver Lake, 15; Kolde, St. Marys, 15; Seele, Silver Lake, 15; Teneyck, Wamego, 15.

STOLEN BASES

Burkdoll, Central Heights, 24; Crome, Marysville, 24; Langvardt, Council Grove, 24; Vandervord, Santa Fe Trail, 20; Scott, Maur Hill, 17; Griffee, Marysville, 16; W. Duda, West Franklin, 15; Feldkamp, Rock Creek, 15; Beckwith, Central Heights, 14; Calhoon, Maur Hill, 14; Christen, St. Marys, 14; Commerford, Rock Creek, 14; Kallenbach, Wamego, 14; Teneyck, Wamego, 14; Zimmerman, Council Grove, 14; Herren, Wabaunsee, 13; Nordell, Concordia, 13; T. Clark, Mission Valley, 12; Prichard, Abilene, 12; Reiss, Rock Creek, 12; Ross, Troy, 12; Hundley, Atchison County, 11; Jasper, Troy, 11; Lehmkuhl, Chapman, 11; Winkel, Troy, 11; Fine, West Franklin, 10; Harris, Chapman, 10; Kane, Maur Hill, 10; McClanahan, Abilene, 10; Miller, Wabaunsee, 10; Pfannenstiel, Silver Lake, 10; Brecheisen, Rossville, 9; Brown, Central Heights, 9; DeMars, Clay Center, 9; Haya, Wabaunsee, 9; Leary, Chapman, 9; K. Clark, St. Marys, 8; Davis, Wamego, 8; Th. Horak, Rossville, 8; Renfro, Silver Lake, 8; Seele, Silver Lake, 8; Thomas, Junction City, 8.

PITCHING

WINS

Fleming, Council Grove, 7; Leydig, Council Grove, 7; Shinn, Rossville, 6; Adams, Rock Creek, 5; Brown, Silver Lake, 5; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 5; Gieber, Concordia, 5; Holz, St. Marys, 5; Kallenbach, Wamego, 5; Lutgen, Rock Creek, 5; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 5; Z. Allen, Valley Falls, 4; Berry, Abilene, 4; Burdiek, Silver Lake, 4; Harden, Perry-Lecompton, 4; Hortsick, Central Heights, 4; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 4; Siebenmorgan, Maur Hill, 4; Thurber, Royal Valley, 4; Winkel, Troy, 4; Gaarder, Troy, 3; Glassel, Valley Falls, 3; Harris, Chapman, 3; Herren, Wabaunsee, 3; Hittle, Concordia, 3; Perry, Silver Lake, 3; Robertson, Central Heights, 3; Royer, St. Marys, 3; Scrimsher, Perry-Lecompton, 3; Smith, Central Heights, 3; Terrapin, Wabaunsee, 3; Watts, Marysville, 3; Burns, Valley Falls, 2; T. Allen, Mission Valley, 2; Boucher, Mission Valley, 2; M. Catron, Rossville, 2; Conway, Mission Valley, 2; Deters, Mission Valley, 2; E. Duda, West Franklin, 2; Harris, Oskaloosa, 2; Herdman, Lyndon, 2; Landoll, Marysville, 2; McKinney, Pleasant Ridge, 2; Reese, St. Marys, 2; L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, 2; Sellers, Lyndon, 2; Steward, Oskaloosa, 2.

ERA

Gieber, Concordia, 0.37; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 0.47; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 0.49; Burns, Valley Falls, 0.57; M. Catron, Rossville, 0.75; Smith, Central Heights, 0.79; Perry, Silver Lake, 0.82; Hittle, Concordia, 1.05; Shinn, Rossville, 1.09; Burdiek, Silver Lake, 1.12; Jobbins, Valley Falls, 1.25; Horstick, Central Heights, 1.26; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 1.40; Winkel, Troy, 1.42; Leydig, Council Grove, 1.56; Royer, St. Marys, 1.67; Brown, Silver Lake, 1.71; Kallenbach, Wamego, 1.77; Fleming, Council Grove, 2.03.

STRIKEOUTS

Holz, St. Marys, 68; Thurber, Royal Valley, 67; Lutgen, Rock Creek, 62; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 55; Watts, Marysville, 55; Woodruff, Lyndon, 54; Adams, Rock Creek, 52; Fleming, Council Grove, 47; Leydig, Council Grove, 47; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 45; Brown, Silver Lake, 43; Siebenmorgan, Maur Hill, 43; Burdiek, Silver Lake, 36; M. Catron, Rossville, 36; Steward, Oskaloosa, 36; McKinney, Pleasant Ridge, 35; Shinn, Rossville, 35; Deters, Mission Valley, 34; Horstick, Central Heights, 34; E. Clark, Valley Falls, 33; Reese, St. Marys, 33; Da. Swinehart, Lyndon, 31; Gieber, Concordia, 30.

Area Softball High School Stat Leaders

HITTING

AVERAGE

Lane, Valley Falls, .680; Lockwood, Silver Lake, .649; Dahl, Santa Fe Trail, .617; Zaldivar, Santa Fe Trail, .571; Halter, Riverside, .569; Bennett, Troy, .568; Kelsheimer, Chase County, .567; Christy, Silver Lake, .566; Henry, Rock Creek, .554; Lane, Silver Lake, .549; Wilson, Rock Creek, .542; Merriman, Holton, .540; Fenley, Troy, .538; Kayhill, Wellsville, .533; Langvardt, Chapman, .532; Wegner, Silver Lake, .532; Anderson, Troy, .529; Dougan, Wellsville, .521; Brooks, Oskaloosa, .520; Jirak, Chase County, .517; Worrell, Royal Valley, .517; Quinn, Rock Creek, .515; Walz, Atchison, .513; M. Brown, Santa Fe Trail, .511; Snovelle, Chase County, .511; Glissman, Valley Falls, .500; Leach, Doniphan West, .500; Leiser, Burlington, .500; Miller, Oskaloosa, .500; Tillery, Valley Falls, .500; Bassett, Oskaloosa, .489; Gilman, Burlington, .489; Wells, Chase County, .488; Stock, Troy, .483; Harding, Oskaloosa, .479; Srna, Rock Creek, .478; Knopp, Herington, .477; Fincham, Marysville, .476; Damshek, Burlington, .475; Beckman, Santa Fe Trail, .472; Jaloma, Atchison, .472; A. Bloom, Clay Center, .471; Heiman, Chapman, .469; Burkhart, Chase County, .460; Broers, Wellsville, .457; Brecheisen, Rossville, .456; K. Herring, Valley Falls, .455; Simonin, Riverside, .452.

HOME RUNS

Merriman, Holton, 7; Halter, Riverside, 6; Kirk, Rossville, 6; Dahl, Santa Fe Trail, 5; Wilson, Rock Creek, 5; Brooks, Oskaloosa, 4; A. Flach, Wabaunsee, 4; Zerbe, Mission Valley, 4; Gilman, Burlington, 3; Womack, Silver Lake, 3; A. Bloom, Clay Center, 2; Brecheisen, Rossville, 2; Brees, Jefferson West 2; Damashek, Burlington, 2; Dougan, Wellsville, 2; Ebert, Rock Creek, 2; Griffin, Chase County, 2; Johnson, Jefferson West, 2; Kelsheimer, Chase County, 2; Kraus, Mission Valley, 2; Kulp, Riley County, 2; Langvardt, Chapman, 2; Lewis, Burlingame, 2; Overkamp, Rock Creek, 2; Parker, Royal Valley, 2; Prockish, Riley County, 2; Smith, Atchison, 2; Srna, Rock Creek, 2.

RBI

Jirak, Chase County, 35; Kelsheimer, Chase County, 34; Merriman, Holton, 33; Halter, Riverside, 30; Dahl, Santa Fe Trail, 28; Henry, Rock Creek, 28; Wilson, Rock Creek, 26; A. Flach, Wabaunsee, 25; Griffin, Chase County, 25; Brooks, Oskaloosa, 24; Campuzano, Herington, 24; Zerbe, Mission Valley, 24; Harding, Oskaloosa, 23; B. Henry, Wabaunsee, 23; Kirk, Rossville, 23; Quinn, Rock Creek, 23; Dougan, Wellsville, 22; Bassett, Oskaloosa, 21; Damashek, Burlington, 21; Parker, Royal Valley, 21; Womack, Silver Lake, 21; Brecheisen, Rossville, 20; VanderPutten, Rossville, 20; Brees, Jefferson West, 19; Crosby, Herington, 19; Gilman, Burlington, 19; Overkamp, Rock Creek, 19; Sparks, Wellsville, 19.

PITCHING

WINS

Bassett, Oskaloosa, 13; Buster, Wamego, 12; Beckley, Wellsville, 11; Heins, Chase County, 11; Campbell, Rock Creek, 10; Fincham, Marysville, 10; Morgan, Council Grove, 10; Deiter, Silver Lake, 9; Wildey, Abilene, 9; Brecheisen, Lyndon, 7; Brees, Jefferson West, 7; Christy, Silver Lake, 7; Ash, Herington, 6; Emling, Burlington, 6; Gray-Milligan, Royal Valley, 6; Kirk, Rossville, 6; Schlesener, Mission Valley, 6; Schultz, Royal Valley, 6; Beemer, Chapman, 5; Holaday, Holton, 5; Jaloma, Atchison, 5; Kleinkauf, Clay Center, 5; Kraus, Mission Valley, 5; Potter, Chase County, 5; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 5; Burkhart, Chase County, 4; Cooper, Clay Center, 4; Dahl, Santa Fe Trail, 4; Damashek, Burlington, 4; Enzbrenner, Atchison, 4; K. Herring, Valley Falls, 4; Weishaar, Troy, 4; Winder, Troy, 4; Grimmett, Rossville, 3; McManigal, Holton, 3; Sumonja, Lawrence, 3; Olberding, Abilene, 3.

ERA

Potter, Chase County, 0.28; Heins, Chase County, 0.76; Johnson, Jefferson West, 0.78; Deiter, Silver Lake, 0.83; Burkhart, Chase County, 0.98; Bassett, Oskaloosa, 1.12; Emling, Burlington, 1.91; Fincham, Marysville, 1.93; Morgan, Council Grove, 2.05; Brees, Jefferson West, 2.31; Wildey, Abilene, 2.31; Kirk, Rossville, 2.36; K. Herring, Valley Falls, 2.55; Kraus, Mission Valley, 2.69; Jaloma, Atchison, 2.77; Buster, Wamego, 2.81; Schlesener, Mission Valley, 2.85; Beemer, Chapman, 2.88; A. Hibbert, Burlingame, 2.97.

STRIKEOUTS

Bassett, Oskaloosa, 182; Heins, Chase County, 113; Beckley, Wellsville, 107; Wildey, Abilene, 105; Buster, Wamego, 98; Deiter, Silver Lake, 90; Brees, Jefferson West, 82; Morgan, Council Grove, 79; Fincham, Marysville, 78; Kirk, Rossville, 67; Jaloma, Atchison, 60; Kraus, Mission Valley, 56; Campbell, Rock Creek, 53; Dahl, Santa Fe Trail, 50; Ash, Herington, 47; Holaday, Holton, 45; Beemer, Chapman, 40; Gray-Milligan, Royal Valley, 38; Sumonja, Lawrence, 38; Enzbrenner, Atchison, 37; Heinen, Nemaha Central, 36; Henry, Wabaunsee, 32; Burkhart, Chase County, 30; Emling, Burlington, 29; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 28; Potter, Chase County, 26; Schultz, Royal Valley, 26; Brecheisen, Lyndon, 25; Kleinkauf, Clay Center, 24; Damashek, Burlington, 20; Prockish, Riley County, 20; Hibbert, Burlingame, 19; Turner, Wabaunsee, 19; Winder, Troy, 19; McManigal, Holton, 18; Cooper, Clay Center, 17; K. Herring, Valley Falls, 17; Grimmett, Rossville, 15; Weishaar, Troy, 15.

Amanda Hurtig Gets YWCA Scholarship

    Amanda Hurtig of Rossville High was one of several women honored at a YWCA luncheon as "future leaders."    She was also the recipient of a  YWCA scholarship.  You can read about the luncheon activities and honors at:
http://cjonline.com/news/2013-05-09/women-honored-ywca-luncheon

Rossville High Rated Bronze by US News

    US News and World Report has rated all the high schools across the country.  The highest rated received Gold, Silver or Bronze awards.   In Kansas there were two rated gold and 8 rated Silver.  The twenty one schools rated Bronze included Rossville High (and also Silver Lake).
    For further info,  go to:
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools?s_cid=art_btm

Washburn U. Announces RHS Scholarships

Washburn University has announced that several students from Rossville High will be receiving scholarships for the coming year.  The students are: Nathaniel Jelinek, Academic; Rebecca Sage, Academic; Taylor Tomson, Presidential; Alexandra Zlatnik, Academic and Presidential

Baseball Team Sweeps Osage City

  The Bulldog baseball team  swept Osage City (22-8, 10-0) and split with Rock Creek (5-1 win, 5-1 loss) to move to 13-3.

3A Regional Softball Tournament

    The 3A Regional Softball tournament gets under way on Monday, May 13  at Marion.  Rossville is seeded #2  of the seven teams.  Council Grove gets the lone bye.  There are two teams at #3 and two at #6 per the published list,  but actually Rossville is in the #2 spot and St. Marys in the #7 spot.   

Games Monday — Rossville (3: 9-9) vs. St. Marys (6: 3-15), 3 p.m.; Marion (3: 8-8) vs. Riley County (6: 7-11), 4:45 p.m.; Herington (4: 9-10) vs. SE-Saline (5: 9-11), 6:30 p.m. 

Games Tuesday — Council Grove (1: 10-6) vs. SE-Saline-Herington winner, 3 p.m.; Rossville-St. Marys winner vs. Marion-Riley County winner, 4:45 p.m.; Championship, 6:30 p.m.

3A Regional Baseball Tournament

  The 3A Baseball regional gets under way on Monday, May 13,  with Silver Lake  (13-1) and Rossville (13-3)  getting byes because of their #1 and #2 seeding.
Games Monday — Pleasant Ridge (5: 7-9) at Riverside (4: 9-6), 6 p.m.; Atchison County (6: 4-11) at Maur Hill (3: 9-4), 4:30 p.m. 
Games Wednesday — Silver Lake (1: 13-1) vs. Riverside-Pleasant Ridge winner, 2 p.m.; Rossville (2: 13-3) vs. Maur Hill-Atchison County winner, 4:30 p.m.; Championship, 7 p.m.    These games will be at Effingham.

Mid East League Golf Tourney

The Mid-East League golf tournament was held May 7 at the Stagg Hill Golf Course and the results are as follows:

Team scores

Silver Lake 375, Rossville 387, Riley County 416, St. Marys 424.

Individual results

1. Gockel, Ross, 88; 2. Hinson, SL, 90; 3. Thompson, SL, 94; 4. Spiker, SL, 95; 5. Cross, SL, 96; 6. Schremmer, SM, 99; 7. Robinson, SL, 99; 8. Marney, Ross, 99.

Rossville Invitational Golf

The Rossville Invitational Golf tournament was held on the St. Marys course on April 30.
The 4-man team scores  (best 4 scores out of 6 players) were as follows:

Sabetha                      328
Silver Lake                 350
Osage City                 361
Rossville (Black)        375
Perry-Lecompton       378
Horton                       386
St. Marys                   395
Rossville (Red)           471

Among the individuals, Max Gockel tied for 6th at 85 strokes.

For the complete detailed scoring of the tournament,  go to:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/smhs/athletics/boysgolf/13/13_ross.pdf

Mindy Wilson (12) Competing At Ft. Hays

Mindy Wilson has been busy on the Ft. Hays State track team competing in several events.

At the Emporia Invitational on April 6,  Mindy competed in the 100 and 400 meter hurdles and also the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meter relays.  She came in 19th of 30 runners in the 100 M hurdles and 12th of 33 in the 400 M hurdles.  The Ft. Hays team was 11th of 13 in the 4 x 100 M relay and 9th of 19 in the 4 x 400 M relay race.

At the KT Woodman Invitational at Wichita State on April 12,  Mindy was on the 4 x 100 relay team, which came in 10th of 13 teams,  and the 4 x 400 M relay team which came in 10th of 13 teams.

At the Ollie Isson Invitational on April 27,  Mindy was 5th of 8 in the 100 M hurdles and came in 1st  of 5 runners in the 400 M hurdles.

At the 2013 MIAA Outdoor Track and Field meet on May 4 at Ft. Hays,  Mindy was 10th of 22 in the 400 M hurdles.  She was also on the 4 x 400 M relay team which came in 8th of 11 teams.

Cole Manbeck Marries Vanessa Steere

    Cole Manbeck and Vanessa Steere were married May 4, 2013 at the University Christian Church in Manhattan.
    Here is a nice clip from their wedding reception.  It is a Wildcat Wedding!
 http://youtu.be/aaQKX2K4XmU

   Here is a clip of the wedding toasts.
 http://youtu.be/3lcG9gA05AE

    Here is the traditional Garter Toss
 http://youtu.be/4ppLNPEgMUM

    Here is the traditional Bouquet Toss
 http://youtu.be/Lo2lNwSWzQI

    Here is the traditional First Dance.
 http://youtu.be/54GaDvMJiQc

Ray Kovar (57) Invitational Track & Field

    The Rossville Track and Field team competed in the Ray Kovar Invitational at St. Marys on April 26.
    The girls team placed 6th out of 13 teams.  Tehy won no events,  but placed second in the 4 x M 100 Relay and  Amanda Hurtig was 2nd in the 800 M run.
    The boys team was 3rd of 14 teams compeing.  The lone event winner was Kyle Parr in the high jump.  He also was 2nd in the triple jump.  The team also picked up 2nd place finishes in the 4 x 400 M relay and 4 x 800 M relay
    The complete results can be read at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/smhs/athletics/track/13/13_sm.pdf