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Sunday, April 17, 2022
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Rock Creek Inv. Track & Field
The Rossville track and field team competed in the Rock Creek Invitational on April 14.
No order of finish for the teams was given. Rossville had somewhat greater success against stiffer competition. Schools competing were Silver Lake, St. Marys, Wabaunsee, Rock Creek, Riley Co., Council Grove, Flint Hills Christian, Wamego, Clay Center, Mission Valley.
Women
Event finishes of fifth or better include:
100 Meters Shayla Rezac Third
200 Meters Shayla Rezac First
400 Meters Kerrigan Foster Fifth
400 Meters Reagan Wonnell First
800 Meters Reagan Wonnell Ninth
300 M. Hurdles Keera Lacock First
High Jump Kendra Hurla Fourth
Shot Put Briar Gillum First
Discus Briar Gillum Third
4 x 800 Relay Rossville First
Men
Event finishes of fifth or better include:
100 Meters Pedro Arantes Third
200 Meters Pedro Arantes Fourth
400 Meters Braiden Hensley Sixth
Shot Put Hunter Broce Fifth
Javelin Hunter Broce First
4 x 100 Relay Rossville Fifth
Dawgs Baseball Team Tears Up Bears
The Dawgs defeated St. Marys 18-0 and 13-0 in their April 14 baseball double header. RHS is now 8-0 in the MEL and 9-1 overall.
Sofball Team Continues Win Streak
The Rossville High softball team defeated St. Marys 12-3 and 8-1 in their April 14 double header. They are now 8-0 in the MEL and 12-0 overall.
Hunter Broce In Top Sports News
Top Sports News In Shawnee Co Prep Honor Roll of April 11
JAVELIN
Broce, Rossville 160-9
J. Sulzen-Watson, Washburn Rural 151-11
Kaniper, Silver Lake 151-1
Godby, Washburn Rural 146-8
Friday, April 15, 2022
Marilene Stockman (59) Passes Away (updated)
Marilene F. Stockman, 80, passed away Friday, April 15, 2022, at her home in Rossville.
She was born August 15, 1941, in Topeka, the daughter of Warren and Naomi Masters Pendelton. Marilene grew up in the Willard and Rossville Communities.
Marilene worked at the St. Francis Cancer Center as a Radiation Dosimetrist. She and her husband Don owned and operated the Swirly Top, Stockman Mobile Home Park, and Stockman Seeding in Rossville. Marilene was a member of the Rossville United Methodist Church and Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion Auxiliary.
On September 10, 1960 she was united in marriage to Donald H. “Don” Stockman. He preceded her in death on June 28, 2019. She was also preceded in death by a son, Randy, and a great-grandson, John Charles Johnson.
Survivors include her son, Jared (Darci) Stockman, Hoyt; two daughters, Katherine Stockman and Marty (Bobby) Johnson, all of Rossville; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Graveside memorial services will be at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice or the American Cancer Society and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536
Vaughndlee Caudill Passes Away
Vaughndlee J. Caudill of Rossville, KS died April 14, 2022. She was born June 1, 1936 and was 85 years old.
Thursday, April 14, 2022
New Basketball Coach--Brandon McDonnell
From Tops In Sports:
Brandon McDonnell had a bird's eye view of the amazing turnaround that Rick Bloomquist's Topeka West's boys basketball team has put together in recent seasons.
Now the former Topeka High and Baker University player will try to engineer a similar turnaround in his first head coaching job at Rossville.
McDonnell was introduced Tuesday as the Bulldawgs' new head coach, taking over a team that was just 3-18 this past season but heading to a school that is very well-respected as a small-school athletic power.
The above was from a longer article that can be read in its entirety at:
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Royal Valley Inv. Track & Field
The Rossville track and field team competed in the Royal Valley Invitational on April 12. The women's team finished first of the nine teams and the men were ninth of nine.
Women
Event finishes of seventh or better include:
100 Meters Shayla Rezac Second
200 Meters Shayla Rezac Third
400 Meters Amelia Foster First
400 Meters Reagan Wonnell Second
800 Meters Amelia Foster First
800 Meters Reagan Wonnell Sixth
300 M. Hurdles Keera Lacock First
3200 Meters Alexis Zabala Second
High Jump Kendra Hurla Seventh
Shot Put Briar Gillum First
Discus Briar Gillum First
4 x 800 Relay Rossville Second
Men
Event finishes of sixth or better include:
100 Meters Pedro Arantes Third
200 Meters Pedro Arantes Third
400 Meters Braiden Hensley Fifth
So..Lyons Co Inv. Golf
Rossville participated in the Southern Lyons County Invitational at the Emporia Golf Course coming in third of the seven teams, right behind Jeff West and Silver Lake.
Medalists were Jonathon Hart (6th), Mshewe Hale (12th, Manual Vanderputten (15th) and Kyper Lundin (23rd).
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Lady Dawgs Get Two Wins At SL
From TopsInSports:
Six home runs and a walkoff win Monday was everything Rossville's softball team had been working for.
Rossville’s offense boosted the Bulldawgs to 10-0 on the season and it was evident throughout the course of the 10-1, 9-8 doubleheader sweep over Silver Lake why that is the case.
Kinley Porter, who didn’t have a home run on the season, hit two home runs against the Eagles, including the walk-off home run in Game 2 to give Rossville the sweep.
“Today was the first time I’ve ever hit a home run and the fact that I hit two tonight, it was special,” Porter said. “In practice, we practice every outcome and visualize winning games. We put our practice into real-life tonight and it paid off.”
The Monday home run derby was led by Kinsey Perine, who had a combined three home runs in the doubleheader.
Corban University commit Vanesa Quinones also hit a long ball in Rossville’s Game 2 win after pitching a stellar game in the first game of the doubleheader..
First Game
ROSSVILLE 10, SILVER LAKE 1
Silver Lake 000 100 0 – 1
Rossville 530 002 0 – 10
W – Quinones. 2B -- RossvilleL Dyche 2, Perine, Douglas. HR -- Rossville: Perine.
Second game
Silver Lake (4-2) 400 300 1 – 8
Rossville (10-0) 123 200 1 – 9
W – Quinones. L – Cook. 2B -- Silver Lake: McDaniel, Sterling, K. Kruger. Rossville: Dyche. 3B -- Silver Lake: Zordel. HR -- Silver Lake: Zordel. Rossville: Perine 2, Porter 2, Quinones.
Above is part of a complete article about the two games. To read the complete article, go to:
https://www.topsports.news/1927-rossville-softball-rides-homer-binge-to-sweep-over-silver-lake
Dawgs Defeat SL Baseball twice
Continuing their dominaion of the MEL this spring, Rossville rolled over Silver Lake 18-3 and 11-1 on April 11, 2022. They lead the MEL at 6-0 and are 7-1 overall. The Daws have outscored their MEL opponents 78-16 in the 6 ontests.
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Edward Brockamp At KWU
Edward Brockamp from Rossville is a sophomore at Kansas Wesleyan U. and is a pitcher on their baseball team. His bio can be read at: https://www.kwucoyotes.com/roster/23/3/12263.php
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Dawgs Defeat Wabaunsee Twice
Rossville picked up two more baseball wins with 18-0 and 8-5 victories over Wabaunsee on April 8. The Dawgs are 4-0 in the MEL and 5-1 overall.