Rattlers Win Series Against Lobos

The Rattlers won 18-4 Thursday night  and take the series with Sabetha 2-0. 
They will travel to Junction City Friday to begin the West Division  Finals at 7:00 pm against the Brigade..

JC Brigade Advances to Semi in Playoffs.

   The Junction City Brigade won their  series 2-0 with the Topeka Golden Giants and advance to the semifinals to face the winner of Rossville/Sabetha series. The Rattlers lead the series 1-0 with Game Two of their series Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. in Rossville..

Wed Night Game Postponed

     The Rattler's Wed. night game has been Postponed  due to field conditions and forecasted rain. Game two will be played Thursday in Rossville at 7:00 pm.

Wed. Baseball Camp Canceled

Due to the Severe Thunderstorm heading toward Rossville, we will be cancelling today's Youth Camp.

We will resume the Camp on Thursday and Friday. In order to make sure everyone gets their six hours of camp time, we are looking at doing the camp Saturday at noon to make up today's lost hours.

Please let us know if that works.

Thank you,

Rossville Rattlers Staff

Hit & Run Accident In Rossville

ROSSVILLE, Kan. (KSNT) – The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a hit and run injury accident involving a vehicle and pedestrian in Rossville.

The sheriff’s office says deputies were sent to the 600 block of East Perry Street in Rossville at 10:40 Sunday night in reference to a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident.

Reports say a Blue Jeep Cherokee had backed into a 14-year-old. The juvenile’s mother took them to a Topeka area hospital with what is believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

The accident is still under investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy Colton Johnson or Deputy Todd Keefover with the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office at 785-251-2200.

Lon Kruger Article

Below is a link to former Silver Lake baseball and basketball star Lon Kruger who has had a very successful coaching career in both  college and the NBA  He is currently the head basketball coach at Oklahoma U.  He played and later coached at Kansas State.
http://cjonline.com/sports/catzone/2016-07-10/lon-krugers-first-love-baseball-provides-fond-fun-memories

Rattlers Win First Playoff Game

    The Rossville Rattlers won their first game of the playoffs with a 7-5road win at Sabetha Tuesday night.  The Rattlers host the Lobos on Wed. evening at 7 PM in game two of their three game series.

Tall Corn Festival Aug. 12-14

Special License Plates, Mugs, etc.

Ray McCollum is doing special coffee mugs, etc.  Here is a message from him.
If anybody would like a custom made coffee cup or license tags I will be at the tall corn festival in the park set up so bring your favorite pictures just going to concentrate on license tags and coffee cups and maybe a little bit more stuff I don't know yet so come see me. MC U NEEK

Cowdin Cup Playoffs Set

      The Cowdin Cup Playoffs begin  Tuesday night at 6:30 pm in Sabetha against the Lobos. Game two will be Wednesday night at 7:00 pm in Rossville. Game three, if needed,  will be Thursday night in Sabetha at 6:30 pm.

Tucker Horak Article

    This is an old article (2015) about Tucker Horak,  but it has some interesting information about last year's QB for Rossville.  
http://kansas-sports.com/ks/news/?id=5983&t=faces-in-ks-tucker-horak

Willard Bridge Progress

Photos by George Brown

Rattlers Close Season With 17-16 Win

    The Rattlers closed out their regular season with a 17-16 win over the Topeka Golden Giants at Lake Shawnee.  Video of the game can be seen at:
http://ksnt.com/2016/07/09/rattlers-use-big-start-hold-of-golden-giants-rally-to-win-in-high-scoring-game/

    The Rattlers first home game of the playoffs is tentatively scheduled for July 13th at 7 PM.   Come join all the pre-game festivities including  host family recognition and  annual awards night and then a post game potluck,  More info when available.

Rattlers Get Late Rally For 4-3 Win

From the Capital-Journal:

The Rossville Rattlers couldn’t produce much offense against the assembly line of pitchers employed by the Topeka Golden Giants, but they made the most of what they had.

Managing only four hits, the Rattlers manufactured a pair of runs then got a go-ahead, two-run double from Michael Sinks in the top of the eighth inning to pull out a 4-3 victory over the Giants in a Mid-Plains League game Friday at Jerry Robertson Field.

“We got all we could out of four hits,” Rattlers coach Tobi Cowdin said.

Jacob Schwandt, the fifth of six Topeka pitchers, alternated two walks and two strikeouts when he entered the game in the top of the eighth before Sinks drove in two runs with a double to center field for the 4-3 lead.

“Michael Sinks did a great job with a two-out, two-strike hit,” Cowdin said. “That was huge for us.”

The Giants had taken a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Will Brennan and a suicide squeeze bunt by Connor Rule that knocked out Rossville starter Blake Peterson.

Nick Cole relieved Peterson and worked the final 22/3 innings to earn the win.

“Cole did a real good job coming in and throwing strikes to get us out of that inning after they took the lead,” Cowdin said. “He gave us a chance to win the game.”

Peterson — the Washburn Rural product who is transferring from Texas State to Washburn to play baseball and football — allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits with four strikeouts and no walks in 61/3 innings.

“He’s been working hard all summer at both baseball and football doing double-duty,” Cowdin said. “It was an outstanding performance tonight. He looked as good as he has all summer throwing strikes with multiple pitches in the zone. He’s a very dynamic pitcher.”

The first two runs scored by the Rattlers (13-20) both came home on wild pitches. The first of those in the fifth inning came about when Brandon Wilkerson walked, moved to second on a passed ball, stole third and scored on the wild pitch.

“They were bringing a whole slew of pitchers at us and they were all doing a really great job of throwing strikes and keeping us off-balance,” Cowdin said. “We were able to manufacture a couple of runs and get the lead, then we gave it back and we came back and got it. It was a good back-and-forth game.”

The three-game series is tied 1-1 with the rubber game at 6:15 p.m. Saturday, the final regular-season home game for the Giants (13-19).

Rossville 000 011 020 – 4 4 1

Topeka 010 000 200 – 3 7 0

Peterson, Cole (7) and Gragg. Lawrence, Wheeler (3), Middendorf (5), English (6), Schwandt (8), Halter (9) and Rule. W – Cole. L – Schwandt. 2B – Rossville: Eckberg, Sinks. Topeka: Farthing.