[3] Rossville HS (14-6)
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Girl's BB First Sub-State Game 2/26
[8] Mission Valley HS (14-9)
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Individual Boy's Wrestling Results 321A Regional
KSHSAA 3-2-1A Regional D Results for Rossville HS
106
Brodyn Price (27-12) placed 2nd and scored 17.5 team points.
113
Lochlan Culbertson (19-19) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.
120
Creighton Vanvleck (19-9) placed 4th and scored 15.0 team points
126
Brady Miller (13-12) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.
132
Kelton Lacock (19-16) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.
138
Cole Graves (13-13) place is unknown and scored 7.0 team points.
144
Remington Droegemeier (24-16) place is unknown and scored 9.5 team points.
150
Lakin Gentry (19-17) place is unknown and scored 9.0 team points.
190
Anderson Chance (14-19) place is unknown and scored 7.0 team points.
215
Charlie Chance (22-13) place is unknown and scored 9.5 team points.
Brodyn Price and Creighton Vanvleck qualified for State.
RHS Boys 5th in 321A Wrestling Regional
1 Effingham-Atchison Co Community HS 231.0
2 Silver Lake HS 190.0
3 Sabetha HS 133.0
4 Pomona-West Franklin HS 124.0
5 Rossville HS 86.5
6 Easton-Pleasant Ridge HS 68.0
7 Riley County HS 64.0
8 Richmond-Central Heights HS 58.0
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Rossville Boys Roll Over Riley Co.74-47
Rossville 29 18 22 5 -- 74
Riley County 20 9 11 7 -- 47
Rossville Scoring:
McDonnell 8 2-2 18
Donovan 7 (5) 3-3 22
Horgan 1 0-0 2
Bush 1 (1) 0-0 3
Miller 8 (1) 4-7 21
Henry 1 0-0 2
Johnson 2 2-3 6
Totals 28 (7) 11-15 74.
RHS Girls Basketball Lose To Riley Co.
Riley County 8 7 7 17 -- 39
Rossville 5 10 3 19 -- 37
Rossville Scoring:
Dick (1) 8-12 17
M. Sanders 0 1-2 1
Burdiek 2 7-11 11
B. Miller 2 (1) 3-4 8
Totals 8 (2) 19-29 37.
Friday, February 20, 2026
McDonnell Gets Winner at Buzzer
A father coaching his son can be complicated. It can also produce some unforgettable moments. Tuesday night’s meeting between rivals Silver Lake and Rossville ended with one of those moments.
Senior Jakoby McDonnell celebrates his game-winning basket in Rossville's 51-50 win over Silver Lake Tuesday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Rossville coach Brandon McDonnell shared a special Senior Night memory with his son, Jakoby, in Tuesday's 51-50 win over rival Silver Lake. [File photo/TSN]
Trailing by one point with 8.7 seconds remaining, Rossville coach Brandon McDonnell called a play to produce a shot for the win. The play broke down due to the roar in the crazed Rossville gymnasium. The coach could do nothing but watch helplessly as his son Jakoby improvised. The senior decided it was up to him to win the game.
“At that point, with just (a few) seconds left, you just got to go down the court and get to the basket, either make it or get fouled,” Jakoby McDonnell said. “I knew once I saw a little bit of space, I was going to get downhill and try to get fouled or get the basket.”
The senior stands just 5-foot-6, but he drove into the teeth of the Silver Lake defense, bounced off the chest of an Eagle defender, and banked a jumper through the rim as the buzzer sounded.
“I’ve been smaller my whole life and I’ve been playing against bigger people,” Jakoby McDonnell said. “So, the only way for me to make something happen…is to go downhill, get a little bit of contact and score or get to the free throw line. It’s just something I’ve always done.”
The shot by McDonnell the player gave McDonnell the coach one of the biggest wins in his four seasons as head coach of the Bulldawgs. And it came just shortly after the McDonnells participated in Rossville’s Senior Night ceremony.
Regional Wrestling At Rossville Feb. 20.
- The following RHS Girl's Wrestlers qualified at the 321A Regionals.
- Joanie Pottorf (100), 5th
- Nora Mitchell (105), 1st
- Aliahna Kepner (110), 7th
- Ariana Moses-Prospere (130), 6th
- Madelyn Wonnell (145), 1st
Thursday, February 19, 2026
2A Boys Basketball Ranking by MaxPreps
| 1 | Sterling | 19-0-0 | 23.22 | 4.7 |
| 2 | Berean Academy | 18-2-0 | 19.01 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Sacred Heart | 19-2-0 | 18.80 | 4.2 |
| 4 | Moundridge | 17-3-0 | 18.76 | 6.2 |
| 5 | Classical | 17-3-0 | 13.95 | 1.2 |
| 6 | St. Marys | 16-6-0 | 13.86 | 5.9 |
| 7 | Ell-Saline | 16-4-0 | 13.42 | 1.9 |
| 8 | Thomas More Prep-Marian | 15-5-0 | 12.92 | 3.9 |
| 9 | Cair Paravel | 19-2-0 | 11.13 | -3.3 |
| 10 | Rossville | 13-6-0 | 11.12 | 5.2 |
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Dawgs Lose to Eagles 51-50
Silver Lake 9 9 16 16 -- 50
Rossville 15 4 15 17 -- 51
Silver Lake (15-5, 9-1) – Kruger 3-9 0-0 9, Johnson 8-20 4-4 20, Rooks 1-6 0-0 3, Bergman 1-5 0-0 2, Miller 3-8 0-0 9, Womack 1-3 0-0 2, Kraus 2-6 0-0 5, VanVactor 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 19-57 4-4 50.
Rossville (13-6, 7-4) – McDonnell 6-13 0-0 12, Donovan 5-11 2-2 12, Bush 1-2 0-0 2, Miller 4-6 0-0 10, Johnson 3-4 1-2 7, Horgan 2-3 0-0 6, Lewis 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 22-40 3-4 51.
KWCA 321 Girls Wrestling Rankings On Feb. 17
1 Russell
2 Norton
3 Oakley
4 Plainville
5 Smith Center
6 Phillipsburg
7 Minneapolis
8 St. Francis
9 Rossville
10 Leoti
RHS Girls ranking in the top six of their class include Nora Mitchell (105) in third place and Madelyn Wonnell (146) in second place.
Rossville Powers Past Mahattan Chnrstian
Rossville 10 11 9 16 -- 46
Manhattan 14 6 8 8 -- 36
Rossville Scoring:
Perine 1 0-0 2
Bunck 2 (2) 1-4 7
E. Sanders 1 0-0 2
Dick 2 (1) 4-4 9
M. Sanders 2 (1) 1-2 6
Burdiek 7 2-7 16
B. Miller 0 4-8 4
Totals 15 (4) 12-25 46.











