Martin Bayless Passes Away

      Martin Eugene Bayless of Burlingame, born 12/17/1948 in Carbondale, Kansas, died 5/9/2015 surrounded by family.
      Memorial service: Sunday, 5/17/15, 2:00-4:00pm, Rossville United Methodist Church, 411 Pearl St. Memorial funds accepted at Envista Credit Union. Full obituary at: www.midwestcremationsociety.com

RHS Gets Softball Sweep At RC

    The Lady Dawgs added another win with a 13-4 night cap Victory at Rock Creek on May 12 though the outcome was in doubt for the first six innings.  A ten run seventh inning rally sealed the win for the visitors.
    Taylor Kirk led the batters with three hits.  Lauryn Shinn led RBIs with two.  Heidi Nitsch had two walks.
    Taylor Kirk was the winning pitcher going all seven innings allowing nine hits, getting five strike-outs and  20 first pitch strikes.

RHS    1   0   0   1   0   1   10      13   13   2
RC      0   0   0   1   1   0     2        4     9   4

RHS Gets 14-4 Softball Win

    The Lady Dawgs blasted the Rock Creek with 21 hits on the way to a 14-4 win in the first game of their double header on May 12.
    Taylor Kirk led the barrage of hits getting four and sending home six RBIs.
    Amanda Hill was the winning pitcher going all seven innings getting eleven strike-outs and seventeen first pitch strikes.

RHS    2   0   0   0   8   0   4      14    21    1
RC      0   1   1   0   1   0   1        4      4    3

Rock Creek Sweeps To Title

From the Capital-Journal:

WESTMORELAND — Rock Creek went into Tuesday’s showdown with visiting Rossville for the Mid-East League title knowing full well that ace Caleb Rogge would be available only on a limited basis, if at all.

If there was pressure on Mustang starters Justin Reiss and Shiloh Schaake to deliver, the duo hardly let it affect them. Reiss held an explosive Bulldawg attack to just three hits and one run in five innings in a 3-1 Mustang win in the opener and Schaake scattered eight hits through five innings as Rock Creek punctuated the sweep with an 11-2 win in the nightcap.

The victories gave Rock Creek its second straight league title — the Mustangs also swept Rossville late for last year’s crown.

“Shiloh and Justin came out and did their job,” Rock Creek senior Jackson Goodmiller said. “I’m proud of the way they are buckling down and getting the job done.”

Rogge did make an appearance, working the final two innings of the opener and striking out four of the seven hitters he faced. But his relief duty was just a bonus after Reiss was solid through the first five, striking out five.

The only run Reiss allowed came on a throwing error in the third, briefly tying the game 1-1. But Rock Creek came right back in its half of the inning, taking the lead on Nick Beyer’s RBI single. Goodmiller singled home an insurance run in the fifth.

The Mustangs constantly put pressure on Rossville’s infield with a sharp small-ball game and the Bulldawgs didn’t respond well. After committing two errors in the first game, Rossville had four more in the second.

Coupled with a few mental lapses defensively and on the base paths, the mistakes were just too much in the title tilts. Rossville’s 12-game winning streak ended with the sweep.

“This is stuff we’ve worked on since day one — covering bases, how to field bunts, where to play — just day one stuff,” Rossville coach Richard Thomas said. “They’ve got our number right now, got us three times at the end of last year. We’ve got time to correct some things and the nice thing is we’ve got a make-up on Thursday and get right back out on the dirt, which could be the best thing for us.”

The Bulldawgs took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the second game on an RBI single from Nick Reesor and an RBI groundout from Corbin Horak.

Rock Creek chipped away with single runs in the first (Alex Feldkamp RBI single), third (Goodmiller RBI single) and fourth (Connor Greening RBI single) before breaking the game open with a six-run fifth. Rossville committed two errors in the inning, but Goodmiller, Beyer, Greening and Reiss all had RBIs in the big inning before the Mustangs tacked on two more in the sixth to close out the win and sweep.

“We stayed mentally hooked both games,” Goodmiller said. “Our goal was the get up on them early and make them fight for it. Game two was a bit opposite and we had to find our groove and fight back, but we did and just took the game away.”

ROCK CREEK 3-11, ROSSVILLE 1-2

Rossville 001 000 0 — 1 3 2

Rock Creek 011 010 x — 3 8 1

Woodcock and Reesor. Reiss, Rogge (6) and Feldkamp. W — Reiss. L — Woodcock. S — Rogge. 2B — Rock Creek: Beyer.

Second game

Rossville 200 000 0 — 2 8 4

Rock Creek 101 162 x — 11 11 2

Th. Horak, Bradshaw (5), Morris (5), Dyche (6) and Reesor. Schaake, Zenger (5) and Feldkamp. W — Schaake. L — Th. Horak. 2B — Rock Creek: Nider.

Records — Rossville, 12-3; Rock Creek, 17-2.

Track Team At Riley Co.

    The Rossville track team combined with St. Marys to compete at Kaw Valley in the Riley Invitational.  The Kaw Valley girls team came in 6th of 11 teams and the boys came in 4th of 11 teams.  The complete results can be read at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/track/15/15_riley.pdf

Rattlers Release Roster & Schedule

ROSSVILLE, KS - The Rossville Rattlers of the Mid-Plains League are happy to announce their 2015 Schedule and Roster.

The Rattlers  will kick off their 4th season at home on Thursday May 27th at 7:00 PM versus the defending MPL Champion Junction City Brigade.

This year's roster is made up of players from 8 Division I, 9 Division II, 10 Junior College, 2 High School, and 1 NAIA program.

"We have a pretty young team this year, but we love the level of talent we have going into the season," said Rattlers GM David Streeter. "We have some of the top high school players in Shawnee County playing for us and we are excited to see how we match up in the Mid-Plains League."

The Rattlers will be once again be coached by Tobi Cowdin, Bruce Cowdin, and T.J. McGreevy will serve as pitching coach.

The Mid-Plains League is beginning it's second year of operation, with 7-teams from Kansas and Missouri. The league recently added Liberty, Missouri for this season and is building  off a very successful first season. The league will feature a 36-game regular season, with all 7-teams making the postseason. The MPL will once again put on an All-Star Game on July 5th in at Rathert Stadium in Junction City. The opponent this summer will be the Puerto Rico Collegiate Baseball Club.

Lady Dawgs Win Easy At OC

    The Lady Dawgs  had an easy win at Osage City on May 5th.

Ro      3   0   0   0   8     11    10    1
OC     0   0   0   0            0      1    2

    Taylor Kirk, Heidi Nitsch and Britnee Zemek each had two hits.  Kirk led the RBI column with two.
    Amanda Hill pitched the four innings of the "mercy rule" game.  She had 10 first pitch strikes and seven strike-outs.

RHS Boys Ranked #2 in 3A

    The Kansas Baseball Coaches Assn has given the Dawgs their due in the May 9 ranking of 3A baseball teams.  The top ten are:

1.    Independent
2.    Rossville
3.    Silver Lake
4.    Council Grove
5.    Burlington
6.    Humbolt
7.    Leon-Bluestem.
8.    Lakin
9.    Halstead
10.  Wellsville

Dawgs Defeat Nemaha-Central

The Dawgs defeated Nemaha-Cenral 7-5 in a non-conferance game on May 7

Ne.Ce.    0   0   2   0   0   3   0     5
Ross        0   2   2   3   0   0   -     7

   Tegan Hammer and Corbin Horak led the batters with two hits each.  One of Corbin's was a home run.  Ethan Woodcock  had a double.  Christian Roduner led the RBI column with two.   Nick Reesor made it on base three times with two walks and one hit.
    Tucker Horak was the starting pitcher going five innings with allowing 3 walks and getting ten strike-outs. He allowed three hits and two earned runs in his five innings.  Jacob Bradshaw pitched the last two innings  getting one strike-out while allowing two hits, two walks, and one earned run.
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Perry-Lecompton Golf Tourney

Below is the team's standing at the Perry-Lecompton Invitational golf tournament on May 7.

1.    Wanegi

2.    Maur-Hill

3.    Basehor-Linwood

4.    Rossville

5.    Perry-Lecompton

6.    DeSoto

7.    Jeff West

8.    Atchison

9.    Mill Valley

10.  St. Marys

11.  Immaculata

12.  Tonganoxie

Paul Steinke of Rossville was the second high individual and Gabe Marney came in 13th.

   

Golf Team At Rossville Inv.

The  Dawgs came in second at the Rossville Invitational Golf Tournament at St. Marys on May 5.  The standings of the eight teams were

1.  Cornerstone          322
2.  Rossville (Blk)     336
3.  Sabetha                 358
4.  St. Marys              359
5.  Osage City            368
6/  Perry-Lecomp.      379
7.  Silver Lake            403
8.  Rossville (Red)      415

RHS players placed as follows:

2.    Paul Steinke      75
6.    Gabe Marney    83
12.  Alex Bird          89
13.  Colby Hadsall   89

Dawgfeed 18 On Line

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jnRSpx2eM8&feature=em-subs_digest

3A Baseball Rankings For 5/4

3A baseball rankings by Kansas Assn of Baseball Coaches  for May 4, 2015.

1.  Silver Lake
2.  Wichita - Independent
3.  Council Grove
4.  Burlington
5.  Rossville
6.  Humbolt
7.  Leon-Bluesem
8.  Lakin
9.  Wellsville
10. Halstead

Recent Baseball Rankings

Below was the ranking of 3A baseball teams last week.  

Was Silver Lake over rated,  or was Rossville under rated.

Those two convincing Dawg victories at Silver Lake seem to 

tell a story.

3A 

1. Silver Lake 

2. Wichita Independent 

3. Council Grove 

4. Burlington 

5. Mound City 

6. Gypsum SE of Saline 

7. Wellsville 

8. Lakin 

9. Atchinson 

10. Halstead