RHS Top Scholars For 2016

Rossville High School announced their top scholars at graduation on May 15, 2016. Pictured from left are Valedictorians Kyle Parr and Eric Ebert and Salutatorians Justin Logan and Britnee Douglas.

Rossville Girls Hope To Go To State

From the Capital Journal

By Brent Maycock

Graduation didn’t claim a ton of players off last year’s Rossville softball team that finished the season 16-4 and as Class 3A regional runner-up.

But what it didn’t take in quantity, it definitely took in quality. Two of the four departed seniors — pitcher Taylor Kirk and infielder-outfielder Taylor Brecheisen — were All-State selections.

“With our seniors last year, we lost over half of our runs,” Rossville coach Curt Brecheisen said. “These girls had a lot to pick up and put in a lot of extra work to make up for what we lost.”

Not only did Rossville’s 2016 team do that, but made history in the process. The Bulldawgs claimed the first Mid-East League title in program history, going 10-0 through what has traditionally been one of the toughest leagues in the state at any level.

Just how tough? Rossville now has as many league titles as state titles, winning the program’s only state crown in 2000 in Class 2-1A while fellow MEL member St. Marys took the 3A crown.

“It’s about time is what it is,” Brecheisen said. “We’ve had some really good groups come through here and we just haven’t been able to get over that hump. Last year, we had a state champion and state champion (Silver Lake) and a 4A (Division II) runner-up (Rock Creek) and we beat the snot out of the 4A team. The league’s like that just about every year, though, so winning it is really special.”

Rossville would like to continue to add titles to its resume this year and takes a 17-3 record into this week’s Class 3A regional at Silver Lake, the only losses coming to 6A Manhattan (twice) and fellow 3A Oskaloosa. The Bulldawgs are the No. 1 seed in the regional and are looking for their first state berth since 2013.

That year, Rossville had to face league rival Silver Lake in the first round of the state tourney, falling 6-3 as the Eagles went on to capture the first of three straight state championships. To get back to state, the Bulldawgs likely will have to down their arch rivals again, this time in the regional semifinals.

Silver Lake (11-9) is the regional’s No. 4 seed and if it beats St. Marys (9-10) in Monday’s quarterfinal game, the War on 24 rivals will square off in the 2 p.m. Tuesday semifinal. Even though Rossville swept the regular-season showdown, the postseason is a different situation altogether.

Other top seeds in the regional are No. 2 seed Council Grove (14-5) and No. 3 Marysville (13-5).

“We’re trying not to look at it any differently than we normally would,” Brecheisen said. “We’ve got to play our best ball to win, period. We’ve had some close games this year, some that maybe shouldn’t have been, but that’s good because we didn’t have a lot of those last year. That’s helped us because we’ve battled through games where we didn’t hit so well but eventually found a way.”

Graduation Day

Graduation Day May 15, 2016

Photos by Shari Gentry

The entire class of 2016 on graduation day

Seniors from 2016 3A State Champion Football Team

Rossville Announces Top Ten

    Rossville High School announced the Top 10 Seniors of the Class of 2016 at graduation exercises on Sunday, May 15, 2016. The following seniors were recognized for their academic accomplishments: Katie Conley, Rachel Day, Britnee Douglas, Eric Ebert, Zach Jensen, Chris Johnston, Justin Logan, Kyle Parr, Lauren Steckel, and Willow Stipp

Baseball and Softball Videos

There is video of both the Rock Creek baseball and softball games on May 10 at:
http://ksnt.com/2016/05/10/seaman-rossville-silver-lake-baseball-sweep-doubleheaders-other-scores/

Softball Regional (Updated)

The Class 3A regional at Silver Lake moved Monday’s first-round games to Tuesday and Tuesday’s semifinals and championship games to Wednesday with game times remaining the same.

Rossville will be competing in the 3A softball Regional at Silver Lake on May 17-18.   The schools at that Regional will be:  Council Grove, Eskridge-Mission Valley, Marysville, Rossville, Seneca-Nemaha Central, Silver Lake, St. Marys.  Rossville,  as the number 1 seed, gets a bye on Tuesday.

Marysville (13.5) vs Nemaha Central (7-13) 2:00 Tue.

Council Grove (14-5) vs Mission Valley (4-16) 3:30 Tue.
Winners play 3:30 on Tue.

Silver Lake (11-9) vs St. Marys (9-10)  5:00 PM Tue.
Rossville (17-3) plays SL-SM winner at 2:00 Wed.

Championship game 5:00 Wed.

Baseball Regional (Updated)

The Class 3A regional at Rossville moved Monday’s first-round games to Tuesday and Tuesday’s semifinals and championship game to Wednesday. Game times remain the same.
Tuesdays games are at Lake Shawnee and Wednesday's games will be in Rossville.

The baseball Regional will be at Rossville on May 17-18.
The bracket is set up as follows with Silver Lake as the number one seed and Rossville number 2.

Perry-Lecompton 7-11 vs. St. Marys 7-13;  4:00 PM Tue.
Silver Lake 13-5 vs. Perry-Lecompton-St. Marys winner; 4:oo PM Wed

Rossville 12-6 vs. Mission Valley 5-13;  6:00 PM Tue
Hoyt-Royal Valley 10-8 vs. Osage City 6-12  2:00 PM Tue
Winners of these two games play 4:00 PM Wed.

Championship game 6:00 PM Wed.

Rossville Catholic Church History

    The history of the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville can be read at:
http://recollectionsks.org/items/show/162

Baseball Area Stat Leaders

From the Capital-Journal

High school Baseball Area Stat Leaders

HITTING

Average

W. Smith, Troy, .591; Zenger, Rock Creek, .544; Coltrane, Santa Fe Trail, .540; Halstead, Riley County, .514; Gerety, Nemaha Central, .508; Greaser, Troy, .508; Langvardt, Council Grove, .508; T. Morris, Troy, .492; Brumfield, Clay Center, .488; Long, Santa Fe Trail, .480; Horak, Rossville, .476; C. Huss, Troy, .475; Gehrt, Rock Creek, .471; Haggard, Marysville, .471; Breithaupt, Wellsville, .466; Barger, Royal Valley, .464; L. Smith, Troy, .462;

Home runs

W. Smith, Troy, 8; Hawkins, Santa Fe Trail, 5; Langvardt, Council Grove, 4; Niehues, Nemaha Central, 4; Dean, Santa Fe Trail, 3; Honas, Council Grove, 3; Roduner, Rossville, 3; Trotter, Maur Hill, 3; Webb, Oskaloosa, 3

RBI

W. Smith, Troy, 40; Langvardt, Council Grove, 24; Halstead, Riley County, 22; T. Morris, Troy, 22; Schrick, Atchison, 22; L. Smith, Troy, 22; Niehues, Nemaha Central, 21; Baniewicz, Maur Hill, 20; T. Dougan, Wellsville, 20; Hawkins, Santa Fe Trail, 20; Honas, Council Grove, 20; C. Huss, Troy, 20; Keller, St. Marys, 20; Trotter, Maur Hill, 20; Breithaupt, Wellsville, 19; Gerety, Nemaha Central, 19; Zenger, Rock Creek, 19; Allen, Nemaha Central, 18; Boatwright, Atchison, 18; A. Dougan, Wellsville, 18; Lerner, Council Grove, 18; A. Smith, Atchison, 18; Tubbs, Wabaunsee, 18; Webb, Oskaloosa, 18; Winkel, Troy, 18; Boyd, Silver Lake, 17; Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 17; Peyla, Junction City, 17; Roduner, Rossville, 17.

Stolen bases

Coltrane, Santa Fe Trail, 26; Hodge, Mission Valley, 19; Trotter, Maur Hill, 19; James, Concordia, 17; Boatwright, Atchison, 16; Cl. Phillips, Mission Valley, 16; Schlochtermeier, Rock Creek, 16; A. Smith, Atchison, 16; Barger, Royal Valley, 15; Halstead, Riley County, 15; Imthurn, Wabaunsee, 15; Sudbeck, Nemaha Central, 15; Tubbs, Wabaunsee, 15; Demars, Clay Center, 14; Atwood, Mission Valley, 12; Bonnel, Atchison, 12; Horak, Rossville, 12.

PITCHING

Wins

Boatwright, Atchison, 7; Bachura, Council Grove, 6; Engle, Riley County, 6; Larson, Concordia, 6; Schraad, Nemaha Central, 6; VanHoutan, Oskaloosa, 6; Winder, Troy, 6; Finch, Council Grove, 5; W. Huss, Troy, 5; Trotter, Maur Hill, 5; Webb, Oskaloosa, 5; Baniewicz, Maur Hill, 4; Bonnel, Atchison, 4; Coltrane, Santa Fe Trail, 4; D. Gatzemeyer, Valley Falls, 4; Gerety, Nemaha Central, 4; Greaser, Troy, 4; Greening, Rock Creek, 4; Kahle, Perry-Lecompton, 4; Martin, Silver Lake, 4; Moylan, St. Marys, 4; Reiss, Rock Creek, 4; A. Smith, Atchison, 4; Adams, Silver Lake, 3; Allen, Valley Falls, 3; D. Balch, Rossville, 3.

Earned run average

Dwyer, Wellsville, 0.44; Larson, Concordia, 0.70; Havenstein, Rock Creek, 0.87; Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 1.00; Uphaus, Nemaha Central, 1.10; Shalkoski, Wellsville, 1.14; VanHoutan, Oskaloosa, 1.20; Zenger, Rock Creek, 1.35; Huske, Silver Lake, 1.45; Greaser, Troy, 1.50; Bell, Junction City, 1.62; Christman, Perry-Lecompton, 1.86; Adams, Silver Lake, 1.91; Schraad, Nemaha Central, 1.94; Boatwright, Atchison, 1.97; T. Dougan, Wellsville, 2.00; Baniewicz, Maur Hill, 2.02; J. Morris, Rossville, 2.04; Winder, Troy, 2.06; W. Huss, Troy, 2.14; Trotter, Maur Hill, 2.18; Boyd, Silver Lake, 2.19; Bond, Perry-Lecompton, 2.21; Shields, Central Heights, 2.33; Webb, Oskaloosa, 2.33; A. Dougan, Wellsville, 2.39; Bradshaw, Rossville, 2.47.

Softball Area Stat Leaders

From the Capital-Journal

High school Softball Area Stat Leaders

HITTING

Average

Kearney, Valley Falls, .671; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, .644; A. Miller, Tonganoxie, .642; Beam, Royal Valley, .590; Crome, Marysville, .583; Smith, Junction City, .576; Crawford, Chase County, .569; Starr, Free State, .548; Nitsch, Rossville, .547; Sh. Emling, Burlington, .544; Kippes, Rossville, .544.

Home runs

H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 7; Starr, Free State, 7; Stringfield, Wellsville, 7; T. Crome, Marysville, 6; R. Johnson, Wabaunsee, 6; Langvardt, Chapman, 6; Robertson, Perry-Lecompton, 6; Yoder, Silver Lake, 6; Beam, Royal Valley, 5; Carlson, Council Grove, 5; Courter, Oskaloosa, 5; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 5; Hildebrand, Wamego, 5; Kunkel, Rock Creek, 5; Nitsch, Rossville, 5; Pacha, Marysville, 5; Pemberton, Wellsville, 5; Spurgeon, Lyndon, 5; Woods, Ottawa, 5

PITCHING

Wins

Crawford, Chase County, 13; Downard, Marysville, 11; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 10; Hammett, Rock Creek, 9; Pemberton, Wellsville, 9; Sweet, Chapman, 9; Ettleman, Atchison, 8; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 8; Kearney, Valley Falls, 8; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 8; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 7; Bond, Holton, 7; Carlson, Council Grove, 7; Sy. Emling, Burlington, 7; Erickson, Perry-Lecompton, 7; Hill, Rossville, 7; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 6; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 6; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 6; Becker, Jefferson West, 5; Blevins, Ottawa, 5; Crosby, Council Grove, 5; Fluderer, Wellsville, 5; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 5; Hildebrand, Wamego, 5; Murray, Rossville, 5; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 5.

Earned run average

H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 0.43; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 1.38; Crawford, Chase County, 1.43; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 1.48; Downard, Marysville, 1.53; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 1.63; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 1.68; Holaday, Holton, 1.93; Hill, Rossville, 2.05; Kearney, Valley Falls, 2.14; Becker, Jefferson West, 2.18; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 2.19; Hammett, Rock Creek, 2.34; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 2.53; B. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 2.55; Lierz, Holton, 2.73; Davis, Central Heights, 2.76; Sweet, Chapman, 2.89; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 3.05; S. Murray, Rossville, 3.27.

Strikeouts

Crawford, Chase County, 159; Downard, Marysville, 105; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 100; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 93; Hammett, Rock Creek, 78; Bond, Holton, 71; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 68; Hill, Rossville, 68; Pemberton, Wellsville, 66; Ettleman, Atchison, 65; Owens, Lyndon, 57; Sweet, Chapman, 53; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 49; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 48; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 47; Kearney, Valley Falls, 45; Becker, Jefferson West, 42; Akers, Burlingame, 40; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 40; Crosby, Council Grove, 36; Fluderer, Wellsville, 35; Hamm Oskaloosa, 34; Koranda, Riverside, 33; Kippes, Rossville, 30.

Boys Track Team At Mid-East Meet

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD MID-EAST MEET AT SILVER LAKE MAY 12, 2016

Boys Team scores

Silver Lake 218, St. Marys 96, Riley County 90, Rossville 72, Rock Creek 52, Wabaunsee 29.

Individual winners

100 — Schoenfeld, SM, 11.40. 200 — Wichman, SL, 23.41. 400 — Gomez, SM, 54.10. 800 — Gerber, SL, 2:06.71. 1,600 — Kulp, RiCo, 4:47.39. 3,200 — Kulp, RiCo, 10:48.47. 110 hurdles — Parr, Ross, 15.40. 300 hurdles — Parr, Ross, 40.79. 400 relay — St. Marys, 44.15. 1,600 relay — St. Marys, 3:36.12. 3,200 relay — Silver Lake, 8:38.39. High jump — Gerber, SL, 5-10. Pole vault — Jones, SL, 11-6. Long jump — Wichman, SL, 20-2.5. Triple jump — Parr, Ross, 41-9.25. Shot put — Wolfley, SL, 48-1. Discus — Zabel, RoCr, 158-2. Javelin — Wolfley, SL, 185-11.5.

Kyle Parr running the hurdles at the Mid-East Meet

Girls Track Team At Mid-East Meet

MID-EAST  TRACK MEET MAY 12 AT SILVER LAKE

Team scores

Silver Lake 148, St. Marys 143, Wabaunsee 90, Riley County 62, Rossville 58, Rock Creek 48.

Individual winners

100 — Heiman, SL, 12.46. 200 — Heiman, SL, 26.19. 400 — Hurla, Wab, 1:01.86. 800 — Bittner, Ross, 2:37.82. 1,600 — Bittner, Ross, 5:54.10. 3,200 — Hess, Wab, 12:33.80. 100 hurdles — White, SL, 15.62. 300 hurdles — Schultz, Wab, 46.83. 400 relay — Silver Lake, 50.50. 1,600 relay — Wabaunsee, 4:15.98. 3,200 relay — St. Marys, 10:38.98. High jump — Stewart, SM, 4-8. Pole vault — Perry, SM, 10-0. Long jump — Heiman, SL, 16-5.75. Triple jump — White, SL, 36-3.5. Shot put — Flach, SM, 32-9. Discus — Foster, SM, 111-2. Javelin — Nelson, RoCr, 113-0.

Recent Signings By Rattlers

Recent signings by the Rossville Rattlers include:
1)  Left Handed Pitcher Hayden Weaver from the U. of Arkansas-Little Rock.
2)  Right Handed Pitcher Daniel Kohl, Barton Community College.
3)  Rright Handed Pitcher Blake Peterson from Washburn Rural.

Alumni Reunion and Dinner June 4

    Remember the RHS Alumni Reunion and Dinner on Sat., June 4,  at the Dekat Parish Center.  For more info or registration form,  go to:  http://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2016/04/7th-annual-reunion-dinner.html