Evelyn (Kovar) (55) Bayside Passes Away

Evelyn Thompson Bayside - Nee Kovar Died peacefully May 6, 2021 at the age of 84 years old. Beloved wife of the late Mahlon Thompson Jr. Dear mother of the late Barbara Bielicki and mother-in-law David Bielicki of Belgium and Katherine (David) Eurich of Bayside. Preceded in death by her siblings Earl (Disca Ann) Kovar, Betty Kovar and Agnes (Robert) Rafferty. Further survived by 4 grandchildren; Johnathan Bielicki, Christopher Bielicki, August Eurich and Anastasia Eurich; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Evelyn grew up on a farm in Rossville, Kansas and was truly an educator at heart. She was ahead of her time as a woman in both science and education, earning her bachelor's degree in Biological and Physical Science in 1958 and her masters degree in science in 1963, both from Emporia State University. She married Mahlon, the love of her life and also an educator, in 1965. After moving to the Milwaukee area in 1966 she taught at a number of institutions, including spending many years teaching Anatomy and Physiology to nursing students at Milwaukee Area Technical College. She also taught high school students as a science lab instructor for over 20 years at Pius XI high school until she retired in 1996. The number of lives that she touched through her teaching is countless and is something she took pride in during her life. She enjoyed spending time with her family and taking road trips across the United States. Her children and grandchildren were her pride and joy.

Visitation on Wednesday, May 19th at Schmidt & Bartelt Funeral Home, 10280 N. Pt. Washington Rd., Mequon from 4-6pm. Private burial at Wisconsin Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers please consider memorials to The Gathering of Southeast Wisconsin in Evelyn's name

RHS Softball At Sabetha Triangular

 The Lady Dawgs played softball in the Sabetha Triangular on May 13.

Rossville 12
Burlington 2

Rossville 7
Sabetha 2

This brings the Rossville overall record to 17-3 after winning the last ten games in a row.
Rossville is seeded number 1 in the 3A Regional which plas May 17-19.

First Day Results MEL Track

 Mid-East League Track and Field Meet - 5/13/2021 to 5/14/2021 at St. Marys High School

Team Rankings - Through Event 36

Female Team Scores

Place School Points

1 Silver Lake  166
2 St. Marys  122
3 St. George-Rock Creek  102
4 Riley-Riley County  82
5 Rossville  60
6 Alma-Wabaunsee  17

Male Team Scores

Place School Points

1 Silver Lake  179
2 St. George-Rock Creek  110
3 St. Marys  106
4 Riley-Riley County  89
5 Alma-Wabaunsee  41
6 Rossville  30

3A Regional Softball Schedule

 3A Regional Softball At Marysville May 17, 2021

Games Monday 
 At Rossville: Rossville (1: 15-3) vs. Riley County (8: 8-11), 3 p.m.; St. Marys (4: 11-9) vs. Sabetha (5: 9-9), 4:30 p.m.;
Semifinal: Rossville-Riley County winner vs. St. Marys-Sabetha winner, 6 p.m.;

 At Marysville: Rock Creek (3: 12-8) vs. Hiawatha (6: 9-11), 3 p.m.; Nemaha Central (2: 13-7) vs. Marysville (7: 9-11), 4:30 p.m.;
Semifinal: Nemaha Central-Marysville winner vs. Rock Creek-Hiawatha winner, 6 p.m. 

Game Tuesday — Championship, 5 p.m.

3A Regional Baseball Schedule

3A Regional Baseball At Rock Creek, May 17, 2021

Games Monday — Silver Lake (2: 15-3) vs. Marysville (7: 7-13), 1 p.m.; Rock Creek (3: 15-5) vs. Sabetha (6: 13-7), 2:30 p.m.; Nemaha Central (1: 17-3) vs. St. Marys (8: 4-16), 4 p.m.; Riley County (4: 13-5) vs. Rossville (5: 14-6), 5:30 p.m. 

Games Wednesday — Nemaha Central-St. Marys winner vs. Riley County-Rossville winner, 2 p.m.; Silver Lake-Marysville winner vs. Rock Creek-Sabetha winner, 3:30 p.m.; Championship, 5 p.m

Alex Sherer Qualifies For State Tennis

From the Capital-Journal

At long last, Alex Sherer was going to get his shot.

The Rossville senior is a tennis standout, has been for several years. The catch was, Rossville didn't have a tennis program.

But in the fall of 2019, the school worked out a co-op agreement with Hayden, allowing the Sherers a chance to compete as part of a high school team. Alex's younger sister Alivia got the first crack at it and made the most of it, qualifying for state in 2019 as a freshman.

Alex was ready to follow suit last spring, and he was chomping at the bit ready. Then the season was canceled by the Kansas State High School Activities Association due to COVID-19 concern and that opportunity was stripped away.

"A buddy of mind who graduated from Hayden last year (Ronan Boyle), we were hitting balls and getting ready for the season and they had just postponed school for another week," Sherer recalled. "Then it just happened. It was a little wild and a lot disappointing."

This spring, Sherer finally got his opportunity. And he's made the most of it. Not only has he joined his sister as a state qualifier — the first boy in Rossville history to accomplish that feat — he goes to this weekend's state tournament in Wichita as a serious contender for the Class 3-2-1A state singles title.

Sherer is 32-2 on the season with only Central Plains' Peyton Ryan (29-0) sporting a better overall record.

Unsure of exactly what to expect from his one and only high school season, Sherer said the only expectation he carried into it was to win as many matches as he could.

"It was just trying to enjoy it and me being me, I always want to win," said Sherer, who has been consistently ranked in the top 40 in the Missouri Valley Region during the summer. "Every time I step out on the court I'm trying to win, expecting to win because that's what you do. Ideally, going undefeated is what I wanted, but 32-2 isn't too bad so far."

Alumni Foundation Awards Scholarships

The Rossville High Alumni Foundation has chosen three Rossville High School seniors to each receive $1,500. scholarships.   Scholarship winners are:

Breck McCrory who will be attending Fort Hays State University where she will study Pre-Dental.

Madison Horgan will attend Fort Hays State University where she will study Elementary Education

Austin Klesath will attend Emporia State University where he will study Athletic Training.  

Rossville High Alumni Foundation is proud to give scholarships to Rossville Seniors.   The first scholarships were awarded in 1999.   Since then they have given over $40,000. in scholarships.

Jeffrey Fassbender Commands USS Seawolf

Navy Commander Jeffrey Fassbender from St. Marys, KS has recently taken over as skipper of the USS Seawolf.  You can see pictures and read an article about the Seawolf  and the recent transfer of command at   https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2021/05/10/uss-seawolf-earns-special-award-european-deployment-via-arctic/5025786001/

RHS 2021 Graduation

 Rossville High School graduation will be 2:00 PM on May 16 at the high school

RHS Pops Concert May 14

The Rossville High Band & Choir will present a POPS CONCERT on May 14 at  7:00 PM.

Caylee Douglass Up For Athlete Of Week

 CAYLEE DOUGLASS, ROSSVILLE SOFTBALL 

    Caylee was one of several athletes nominated for Athlete Of The Week.  The Capital-Journal reports that in a big doubleheader sweep for the Bulldawgs against Wamego on May 3, Douglass keyed Rossville's power surge. She tripled and homered twice in a 9-3 win in the opener, driving in three runs. In the nightcap, she added two more RBI in a 13-10 win.

KS High School Softball Rankings

MaxPreps has the below listed rankings for Kansas high school softball teams for May 7, 2021.  Note that most of  the teams ranked above Rossville are large  schools,  not 3A.    The W/L records they show are suspect,  so how important these rankings are would be questionable.

#	School	Ovr.	Rating	Str.	+/-
1	Washburn Rural (Topeka)	7-0	21.5	6.0	+4
2	Mission Valley (Eskridge)	17-1	19.8	4.3	-1
3	Lawrence Free State (Lawrence)	6-0	19.7	4.0
4	Jayhawk Linn (Mound City)	4-0	18.8	4.1	+2
5	Topeka	4-0	18.6	4.8	-3
6	Rossville	9-1	17.3	4.6	+6
7	Spring Hill	18-0	16.8	-1.2	-3
8	Prairie View (La Cygne)	7-1	16.3	5.4	+3
9	Clay Center	8-0	16.0	0.0	-2
10	Yates Center	6-0	15.4	-0.1	+6
11	Garden City	13-2	15.4	4.1	+6
12	Silver Lake	7-1	15.2	4.4	-2
13	Basehor-Linwood (Basehor)	4-1	14.9	6.9	+2
14	Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park)	9-1	14.7	1.7	-1
15	Clearwater	6-0	14.6	-1.6	-1

Dawgs Ranked No. 5 By MaxPreps

              School                                                                                    Overall        Rating       Str.

1	Southeast of Saline (Gypsum)	17-1	14.6	-0.3
2	Rock Creek (St. George)	11-3	12.6	1.7
3	Collegiate (Wichita)	12-4	12.2	3.5
4	Riley County (Riley)	10-33-1	11.8	3.3
5	Rossville	12-5	10.1	2.6
6	Silver Lake	10-4	9.8	2.1
7	Nemaha Central (Seneca)	10-3	9.8	0.0
8	Minneapolis	9-5	8.5	3.0
9	Maur Hill Prep-Mount Academy (Atchison)	17-1	8.3	-8.1
10	Southeast (Cherokee)	16-3	8.2	-4.1
11	Cheney	10-4	6.9	-0.2
12	Sabetha	13-6	6.9	0.0
13	Scott (Scott City)	13-3	6.1	-4.9
14	Jayhawk Linn (Mound City)	8-4	4.7	-1.3
15	Caney Valley (Caney)	8-4	4.2	-2.2

Dawgs BB Wins 11th Straight

On Thursday,  May 6,  the Rossville baseball team defeated Sabetha 8-6 and 6-1 for their 11th straight win.   They are 13-5 for the season and will play at Rock Creek on May 11 against the No. 2 ranked Mustangs.  Four MEL teams are ranked in the top six of Kansas 3A by MaxPreps.