Undefeated Rossville Leads KS In Home Runs

From Sports In Kansas:

Rossville currently leads Kansas in homers with twelve, per MaxPreps and other publicly available softball statistics. Ottawa and Wichita Heights have hit 11, per MaxPreps.

Kinsey Perine has delivered a .529 average with seven homers. Vanesa Quinones has a .552 mark with two homers. Kinley Porter has two homers and a .433 average. She had a walk-off to beat Silver Lake. Brinley Dyche, an under-the-radar player, has one strikeout with a .343 mark.

Caylee Douglas (.300 average, seven steals) and Kinsey Perine (12 steals) have ran well. Emma Mitchell has a .552 average and .759 slugging percentage. Ryan Leathers (.333) and sophomore Kiera Barber (.292 mark) have been solid players.

The school mark for single season homers is 10, set by Taylor Kirk in 2014 and Sara Shinn in ’17.

To read the remainder of the long and informative article,  go to:

Rossville leads Kansas In Homers

Max Preps Softball Rankings

 Max Preps Softball rankings for Kansas high schools on April 14.    At this time,  Rossville is 12-0;, not 6-0

1	Wamego	10-0	22.5	6.5
2	Rossville	6-0	21.1	6.8
3	Spring Hill	8-0	19.8	3.4	+1
4	Derby	9-0	19.5	4.8	-1
5	Holton	8-0	17.7	1.8	-3
6	Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park)	7-1	15.0	3.2	+6
7	Council Grove	7-0	14.8	-2.0	-1
8	Shawnee Mission North (Shawnee Mission)	6-0	13.2	-3.5

Max Prep Baseball Rankings

Baseball Rankings by Max Preps on April 15.  Does not include most recent games against St.  Marys. 

                    Team                                             Overall

1	Rossville	7-1-0
2	Mill Valley	7-1-0
3	Mission Valley	8-0-0
4	Valley Center	7-1-0
5	McPherson	7-1-0
6	Southeast of Saline	9-1-0

Baseball Stat Leaders.

 After 8 games,  the baseball team stat leaders according to Max Preps are listed bwelow. They do not include the two St. Mars games where the Dawgs had active bats which likely boosted everyone's average.

                                Bat. Ave            HR
Torry Horak               .522                  3
Kaden Brown            .500                  0
Brody Lietz               .481                  1

Dawgfeed 6 for 2021-22.

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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

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.   

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:

https://www.topsports.news/1931-rossville-taps-west-assistant-mcdonnell-to-take-over-boys-basketball-program

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).