Heidi Nitsch (16) On Cowley Softball Team

    Heidi Nitsch is a freshman at Cowley County Community College and is an infielder on the Cowley Tigers softball team.  Her bio can be read at:
http://cowleytigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2714&path=softball

Softball Area Stat Leaders

From the Capital-Journal

High school Softball Area Stat Leaders

HITTING

Average

Kearney, Valley Falls, .671; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, .644; A. Miller, Tonganoxie, .642; Beam, Royal Valley, .590; Crome, Marysville, .583; Smith, Junction City, .576; Crawford, Chase County, .569; Starr, Free State, .548; Nitsch, Rossville, .547; Sh. Emling, Burlington, .544; Kippes, Rossville, .544.

Home runs

H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 7; Starr, Free State, 7; Stringfield, Wellsville, 7; T. Crome, Marysville, 6; R. Johnson, Wabaunsee, 6; Langvardt, Chapman, 6; Robertson, Perry-Lecompton, 6; Yoder, Silver Lake, 6; Beam, Royal Valley, 5; Carlson, Council Grove, 5; Courter, Oskaloosa, 5; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 5; Hildebrand, Wamego, 5; Kunkel, Rock Creek, 5; Nitsch, Rossville, 5; Pacha, Marysville, 5; Pemberton, Wellsville, 5; Spurgeon, Lyndon, 5; Woods, Ottawa, 5

PITCHING

Wins

Crawford, Chase County, 13; Downard, Marysville, 11; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 10; Hammett, Rock Creek, 9; Pemberton, Wellsville, 9; Sweet, Chapman, 9; Ettleman, Atchison, 8; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 8; Kearney, Valley Falls, 8; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 8; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 7; Bond, Holton, 7; Carlson, Council Grove, 7; Sy. Emling, Burlington, 7; Erickson, Perry-Lecompton, 7; Hill, Rossville, 7; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 6; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 6; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 6; Becker, Jefferson West, 5; Blevins, Ottawa, 5; Crosby, Council Grove, 5; Fluderer, Wellsville, 5; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 5; Hildebrand, Wamego, 5; Murray, Rossville, 5; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 5.

Earned run average

H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 0.43; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 1.38; Crawford, Chase County, 1.43; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 1.48; Downard, Marysville, 1.53; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 1.63; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 1.68; Holaday, Holton, 1.93; Hill, Rossville, 2.05; Kearney, Valley Falls, 2.14; Becker, Jefferson West, 2.18; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 2.19; Hammett, Rock Creek, 2.34; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 2.53; B. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 2.55; Lierz, Holton, 2.73; Davis, Central Heights, 2.76; Sweet, Chapman, 2.89; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 3.05; S. Murray, Rossville, 3.27.

Strikeouts

Crawford, Chase County, 159; Downard, Marysville, 105; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 100; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 93; Hammett, Rock Creek, 78; Bond, Holton, 71; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 68; Hill, Rossville, 68; Pemberton, Wellsville, 66; Ettleman, Atchison, 65; Owens, Lyndon, 57; Sweet, Chapman, 53; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 49; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 48; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 47; Kearney, Valley Falls, 45; Becker, Jefferson West, 42; Akers, Burlingame, 40; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 40; Crosby, Council Grove, 36; Fluderer, Wellsville, 35; Hamm Oskaloosa, 34; Koranda, Riverside, 33; Kippes, Rossville, 30.

Baseball Area Stat Leaders

Baseball High School Area stat leaders

HITTING

AVERAGE
Fleming, Council Grove, .611; Bachura, Council Grove, .595; Glissman, Valley Falls, .594; Fine, West Franklin, .571; Boucher, Mission Valley, .567; Gilbert, Concordia, .571; Nordell, Concordia, .545; D. Hake, Concordia, .522; L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, .511; Shirley, Council Grove, .487; Brecheisen, Rossville, .474; Goodmiller, Rock Creek, .474; Thomas, Junction City, .474; Burns, Valley Falls, .472; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, .472; Nitsch, Rossville, .471; Swinehart, Lyndon, .469; Sage, Santa Fe Trail, .463; Gieber, Concordia, .459; Kruger, Silver Lake, .447; Thurber, Royal Valley, .447; Broadbent, Mission Valley, .444; DeMars, Clay Center, .438; Lutgen, Rock Creek, .438; Leydig, Council Grove, .432; T. Clark, Mission Valley, .429; Reesor, Rossville, .421; Smith, Wabaunsee, .444; Burkdoll, Central Heights, .419; Horstick, Central Heights, .415; Pfannenstiel, Silver Lake, .415; Masters, Troy, .409; Turpin, Perry-Lecompton, .409; Stepan, Junction City, .406; M. Catron, Rossville, .405; Goehring, Rock Creek, .404.

HOME RUNS
L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, 6; Fleming, Council Grove, 3; E. Clark, Valley Falls, 2; Denton, Junction City, 2; Glissman, Valley Falls, 2; Israel, Troy, 2; Pearson, Concordia, 2; Pfannenstiel, Silver Lake, 2; Tessendorf, Royal Valley, 2; Thurber, Royal Valley, 2.

RBI
L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, 31; Fleming, Council Grove, 26; Glissman, Valley Falls, 26; A. Pryor, Central Heights, 22; Bachura, Council Grove, 21; Horstick, Central Heights, 21; Gieber, Concordia, 20; Noble, Oskaloosa, 20; Kruger, Silver Lake, 19; Miller, Rock Creek, 19; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 19; Weishaar, Valley Falls, 19; Berry, Abilene, 18; Goodmiller, Rock Creek, 18; Pfannenstiel, Silver Lake, 18; Broadbent, Mission Valley, 17; Leydig, Council Grove, 17; Steward, Oskaloosa, 17; Tessendorf, Royal Valley, 17; Thurber, Royal Valley, 17; Moore, Silver Lake, 16; Shinn, Rossville, 16; Smith, Central Heights, 16; Thomas, Concordia, 16; Brown, Silver Lake, 15; Freeman, Silver Lake, 15; Hittle, Concordia, 15; Winkel, Troy, 15; Beck, Wamego, 14; Burdiek, Silver Lake, 14; Burkdoll, Silver Lake, 14; Burns, Valley Falls, 14; Gloss, Santa Fe Trail, 14; Kolde, St. Marys, 14; Mills, Abilene, 14; Allen, Mission Valley, 13; Feldkamp, Rock Creek, 13; Fitch, Lyndon, 13; J. Pryor, Central Heights, 13; Reiss, Rock Creek, 13; Swinehart, Lyndon, 13; Herren, Wabaunsee, 12; Nitsch, Rossville, 12; Ross, Troy, 12; Sage, Santa Fe Trail, 12; Beckwith, Central Heights, 11; E. Clark, Valley Falls, 11; Davis, Central Heights, 11; Denton, Junction City, 11; Fine, West Franklin, 11; Gorman, Chapman, 11; Robinson, Perry-Lecompton, 11; Turpin, Perry-Lecompton, 11; Woodruff, Lyndon, 11; Brecheisen, Rossville, 10; Brown, Central Heights, 10; K. Clark, St. Marys, 10; T. Clark, Mission Valley, 10; Eck, Marysville, 10; Eckenroed, West Franklin, 10; Hartshorn, Rossville, 10; Herren, Wabaunsee, 10; Homer, West Franklin, 10; Israel, Troy, 10; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 10; Prichard, Abilene, 10; Renfro, Silver Lake, 10.


PITCHING

WINS
Fleming, Council Grove, 7; Leydig, Council Grove, 7; Brown, Silver Lake, 5; Lutgen, Rock Creek, 5; Adams, Rock Creek, 4; Berry, Abilene, 4; Burdiek, Silver Lake, 4; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 4; Gieber, Concordia, 4; Harden, Perry-Lecompton, 4; Hortsick, Central Heights, 4; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 4; Shinn, Rossville, 4; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 4; Gaarder, Troy, 3; Harris, Chapman, 3; Herren, Wabaunsee, 3; Hittle, Concordia, 3; Holz, St. Marys, 3; Perry, Silver Lake, 3; Robertson, Central Heights, 3; Royer, St. Marys, 3; Scrimsher, Perry-Lecompton, 3; Terrapin, Wabaunsee, 3; Winkel, Troy, 3; T. Allen, Mission Valley, 2; Z. Allen, Valley Falls, 2; Boucher, Mission Valley, 2; Burns, Valley Falls, 2;   M.  Catron, Rossville,   2; E. Duda, West Franklin, 2; Harris, Oskaloosa, 2; Herdman, Lyndon, 2; Kallenbach, Wamego, 2; L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, 2; Sellers, Lyndon, 2; Smith, Central Heights, 2; Steward, Oskaloosa, 2; Thurber, Royal Valley, 2; Wahweotten, Royal Valley, 2; Watts, Marysville, 2.
ERA
Burns, Valley Falls, 0.00; Gieber, Concordia, 0.44; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 0.47; Horstick, Central Heights, 0.51; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 0.66; Perry, Silver Lake, 0.82; Hittle, Concordia, 1.05; T. Horak, Rossville, 1.11; Burdiek, Silver Lake, 1.12; Shinn, Rossville, 1.12; Winkel, Troy, 1.19; Royer, St. Marys, 1.67; Brown, Silver Lake, 1.71; Gaarder, Troy, 1.71; Leydig, Council Grove, 1.73; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 1.80; Masters, Troy, 1.84; Thurber, Royal Valley, 1.93.

STRIKEOUTS
Lutgen, Rock Creek, 56; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 55; Holz, St. Marys, 52; Brown, Silver Lake, 43; Adams, Rock Creek, 42; Fleming, Council Grove, 42; Leydig, Council Grove, 42; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 40; Thurber, Royal Valley, 40; Watts, Marysville, 40; Burdiek, Silver Lake, 36; M. Catron, Rossville, 36; Steward, Oskaloosa, 33; Wahweotten, Royal Valley, 32; Woodruff, Lyndon, 32; Horstick, Central Heights, 31; Shinn, Rossville, 29; Berry, Abilene, 26; Ketter, Marysville, 26; E. Duda, West Franklin, 24; Gieber, Concordia, 24; Harris, Chapman, 23; Herren, Wabaunsee, 23; Swinehart, Lyndon, 23; Black, Clay Center, 22; Combes, Abilene, 22.

Eagles and Dawgs Spilit in Baseball

With a 12-0 record and a number one 3A ranking,  Silver Lake appeared to be the favorite over the 9-1 Bulldogs in a double header pitting the two leading teams in the Mid-East League.
But the Dawgs were not impressed and inflicted a 7-2 beating of the Eagles in the first game.  Scott Shinn only allowed 4 hits,  but one was a home run.
But,  the Eagles bounced back and the wheels came off in a 6 run third to put an 11-1 hurt on the Dawgs.

Game One:  ROSSVILLE 7, SILVER LAKE 2

Rossville ...       220 ... 300 ... 0 ... — ... 7 ... 10 ... 1
Silver Lake ...   101 ... 000 ... 0 ... — ... 2 ..  . 4 ... 2

Shinn and Nitsch. Brown and Moore. WP — Shinn. LP — Brown. 2B — Rossville: Hartshorn, D. Catron. HR — Silver Lake: Pfannenstiel.

Game Two:  SILVER LAKE 10. ROSSVILLE 1

Rossville ...         100 ... 000 ... 0 ... — ...   1 ...   2 ... 4
Silver Lake ...     006 ... 031 ... x ... — ... 10 ... 10 ... 0

M. Catron, Nitsch (3) and Reesor. Burdiek and Moore, Pfannenstiel (7). WP — Burdiek. LP — M. Catron. 2B — Rossville: Hartshorn. HR — Silver Lake: Pfannenstiel.
Records -- Rossville 10-2; Silver Lake 13-1.

For more details about the games,  go to:
http://cjonline.com/sports/2013-04-29/rossville-silver-lake-face-adversity-split

John Ntsch Is 3A Softball Coach Of Year

Sports in Kansas has named Rossville coach John Nitsch as the 3A Softball Coach of the Year: A Bulldawg alum, Nitsch led Rossville to the program’s first state title since 2000. He has coached softball at some level for 25+ years. Rossville took 4th at state in 2022. Finishing 20-4 overall this season, Rossville defeated Columbus, Southeast of Saline, and Santa Fe Trail for the 3A state championship. 

Baseball Area Stat Leaders

AREA BASEBALL STAT LEADERS

HITTING

AVERAGE

Fine, West Franklin, .666; Bachura, Council Grove, .630; Boucher, Mission Valley, .624; Nitsch, Rossville, .619; Fleming, Council Grove, .615; Glissman, Valley Falls, .567; Altic, West Franklin, .555; L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, .551; W. Duda, West Franklin, .545; Gilbert, Concordia, .545; Thurber, Royal Valley, .545; Cunningham, Perry-Lecompton, .533; Reed, West Franklin, .533; Clark, Mission Valley, .524; Freeman, Silver Lake, .524; Sage, Santa Fe Trail, .523; Watts, Marysville, .522; Goodmiller, Rock Creek, .516.

HOME RUNS

L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, 4; Clark, Valley Falls, 2; Glissman, Valley Falls, 2; Pearson, Concordia, 2; Tessendorf, Royal Valley, 2; Thurber, Royal Valley, 2; Weishaar, Valley Falls, 2; Allen, Mission Valley, 1; Brecheisen, Rossville, 1; Broadbent, Mission Valley, 1; Burget, Royal Valley, 1; Clark, Mission Valley, 1; Clark, St. Marys, 1; Denton, Junction City, 1; Fine, West Franklin, 1; Harden, Perry-Lecompton, 1; A. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, 1; Shinn, Rossville, 1; Swartz, Silver Lake, 1; Thomas, Concordia, 1.

RBI

Glissman, Valley Falls, 22; L. Rodriguez, Oskaloosa, 18; Broadbent, Mission Valley, 17; Fleming, Council Grove, 17; Pryor, Central Heights, 17; Bachura, Council Grove, 16; Kruger, Silver Lake, 16; Weishaar, Valley Falls, 16; Horstick, Central Heights, 15; Freeman, Silver Lake, 14; Moore, Silver Lake, 14; Goodmiller, Rock Creek, 13; Tessendorf, Royal Valley, 13; Allen, Mission Valley, 12; Burns, Valley Falls, 12; Shinn, Rossville, 12; Thurber, Royal Valley, 12; Clark, Valley Falls, 11; Clark, Mission Valley, 10; Fitch, Lyndon, 10; Herren, Wabaunsee, 10; Miller, Rock Creek, 10; Nitsch, Rossville, 10; Bailey, Mission Valley, 9; Beckwith, Central Heights, 9; M. Catron, Rossville, 9; Clark, St. Marys, 9; Kolde, St. Marys, 9; Swinehart, Lyndon, 9; Robinson, Perry-Lecompton, 9.

STOLEN BASES

Langvardt, Council Grove, 16; Zimmerman, Council Grove, 14; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 12; Crome, Marysville, 10; W. Duda, West Franklin, 9; Feldkamp, Rock Creek, 9; Christen, St. Marys, 8; Herren, Wabaunsee, 8; Clark, Mission Valley, 7; Fine, West Franklin, 7; Griffee, Marysville, 7; Pfannenstiel, Silver Lake, 7; Wahweotten, Royal Valley, 7.

PITCHING

WINS

Fleming, Council Grove, 5; Leydig, Council Grove, 5; Brown, Silver Lake, 4; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 4; Harden, Perry-Lecompton, 3; Holz, St. Marys, 3; Hortsick, Central Heights, 3; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 3; Lutgen, Rock Creek, 3; Perry, Silver Lake, 3; Adams, Rock Creek, 2; Allen, Mission Valley, 2; Allen, Valley Falls, 2; Boucher, Mission Valley, 2; Burns, Valley Falls, 2; M. Catron, Rossville, 2; Herren, Wabaunsee, 2; Scrimsher, Perry-Lecompton, 2; Shinn, Rossville, 2; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 2; Thurber, Royal Valley, 2; Wahweotten, Royal Valley, 2.

ERA

Burns, Valley Falls, 0.00; M. Catron, Rossville 0.00; Gieber, Concordia, 0.00; Harris, Oskaloosa, 0.00; Mehl, Concordia, 0.00; Shinn, Rossville, 0.00; Smith, Central Heights, 0.00; Boucher, Mission Valley, 0.58; Horstick, Central Heights, 0.64; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 0.66; Allen, Mission Valley, 0.70; Brown, Silver Lake, 0.75; Linquist, Perry-Lecompton, 0.91; E. Duda, West Franklin, 1.00; Reed, West Franklin, 1.00; Scrimsher, Perry-Lecompton, 1.02; Griffee, Marysville, 1.08; Perry, Silver Lake, 1.12; Fleming, Council Grove, 1.22.

STRIKEOUTS

Thurber, Royal Valley, 40; Holz, St. Marys, 39; Fleming, Council Grove, 36; Brown, Silver Lake, 33; Lutgen, Rock Creek, 32; Leydig, Council Grove, 31; M. Catron, Rossville, 26; Wahweotten, Royal Valley, 25; Horstick, Central Heights, 22; Watts, Marysville, 22; Adams, Rock Creek, 21; Herren, Wabaunsee, 21; Shinn, Rossville, 21; Burkdoll, Central Heights, 20; Burdiek, Silver Lake, 19; Ketter, Marysville, 19; E. Duda, West Franklin, 18; Reese, St. Marys, 18; Stottlemire, Oskaloosa, 18.

Dawgs and Eagles Split

From CJ Online

SILVER LAKE — Coming out of the holiday break, it’s only natural for a coach to be concerned about his team being rusty offensively.

And facing an undefeated Rossville team in Tuesday’s return to the court, Silver Lake coach Loren Ziegler was certainly a bit anxious.

“We had a couple of average practices (over the break),” Ziegler said, then added, ”but we’ve got a pretty focused team. They’re a veteran group who’s been through the wars and know what it takes.”

Those veteran Eagles quickly put Ziegler’s mind at ease. After missing three of its first four shots, Silver Lake hardly missed the mark the rest of the way.

A string of four straight makes got the Eagles going and the offense looked in postseason form as No. 1 Silver Lake easily handled the battle of unbeatens with a 73-49 rout of visiting Rossville. The Eagles improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in Mid-East League play.

“We had some lapses defensively, but that’s because Rossville’s so good,” Ziegler said. “But our intensity level was good and our execution level was really good.”

It didn’t take long for that execution to hit full rhythm and it was a trio of seniors who got it going. Alexis Gifford hit her first five shots of the game and never really cooled off, gouging the Rossville defense with 3-of-6 accuracy from 3-point range to complement slashing drives to the basket. She finished with 27 points, hitting 9 of 14 shots overall.

Madison Wegner added 12 of her 14 points in the first half, seven coming in the second quarter when the Eagles blew open the game with a 20-6 quarter to build a 36-18 halftime lead. Rachel Heiman added 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting and Silver Lake finished the game making 29 of 51 shots overall.

“We forced them to play at our speed, in catch-up mode, and that’s what we want,” Ziegler said. “Lexie got us off to a good start and we got into a good flow and we had a lot of good things happen offensively, which helped our defense.”

Rossville fell to 6-1 and was led by Amanda Hill’s 13 points.

ROSSVILLE BOYS 37, SILVER LAKE 34 — A thing of beauty it was not.

But given Rossville hadn’t won at Silver Lake in more than a half decade, well, beauty took on different meaning for the Bulldawgs.

“We’ll take them any way we can get them,” Rossville coach Derek Dick said. “We haven’t won here in like six years, so it’s good to get one here. The thing I like about our kids and their kids is they just competed so hard and even when it’s ugly like it was tonight, they still competed because they don’t like to lose.”

Tied 20-20 at the half, Rossville opened the second half with a 5-0 run that proved to be a significant offensive burst on Tuesday night. Jacob Bradshaw scored all five points in the run that put the Bulldawgs ahead for good.

Rossville never led by more than six and didn’t do a lot to put the Eagles away, missing five of six free throws in the final 1:55, including the front end of three one-and-one situations.

But Silver Lake couldn’t take advantage, going 2 for 9 on its final shots.

Bradshaw led all scorers with 12 points.

SILVER LAKE GIRLS 73, ROSSVILLE 49

Rossville      12      6    18    13   —   49

Silver Lake   16   20    22   15   —   73

Rossville (6-1, 0-1) — Nitsch 3-10 0-0 8, Steckel 2-9 0-0 4, Conley 5-8 1-2 11, Day 1-6 0-0 2, A. Hill 6-14 0-0 13, S. Shinn 2-4 0-0 4, Porter 0-1 0-0 0, C. Hill 1-3 0-0 2, L. Shinn 1-3 3-5 5, Buhler 0-1 0-0 0, Badura 0-0 0-0 0, Kirk 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-59 4-7 49.

Silver Lake (5-1, 3-0) — White 2-3 0-0 4, Wegner 5-12 2-2 14, Heiman 8-11 0-1 16, Gifford 9-14 6-9 27, Yoder 2-4 0-0 4, Calderwood 1-1 0-0 3, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Lane 0-1 1-2 1, Krogman 0-1 0-0 0, Burkhardt 0-1 0-0 0, Bates 2-3 0-0 4, Fischer 0-0 0-0 0, Mountain 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-51 9-14 73.

3-pointers — Rossville 3-7 (Nitsch 2-3, A. Hill 1-2, Steckel 0-1, Buhler 0-1); Silver Lake 6-16 (Gifford 3-6, Wegner 2-6, Calderwood 1-1, White 0-1, Lane 0-1, Burkhardt 0-1). Total fouls — Rossville 16, Silver Lake 13. Fouled out — none.

ROSSVILLE BOYS 37, SILVER LAKE 34

Rossville      8   12   10   7   —   37

Silver Lake   8   12    5   9   —   34

Rossville (5-2, 1-0) — Roduner 2-5 3-5 8, Schumacher 1-7 0-2 2, Bradshaw 4-6 4-6 12, Horak 2-8 0-2 5, Hammes 1-3 1-3 3, Dyche 0-2 0-0 0, Mason 2-3 0-0 4, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Morris 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 13-38 8-18 37.

Silver Lake (3-2, 2-1) — Hallacy 2-12 3-4 7, Koelzer 0-2 0-0 0, Wagner 2-9 0-0 4, Griffin 3-8 1-1 7, Adams 1-2 1-2 3, Byrne 1-2 0-0 2, Baird 3-6 3-6 9, Matzke 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 13-443 8-15 34.

3-pointers — Rossville 3-14 (Roduner 1-1, Horak 1-6, Morris 1-4, Dyche 0-2, Mason 0-1); Silver Lake 0-16 (Hallacy 0-7, Griffin 0-4, Wagner 0-3, Koelzer 0-2). Total fouls — Rossville 18, Silver Lake 18. Fouled out — none.

Hulbert and Golder Are Winter Royalty

Chayne Hulbert & Maddie Golder are the Rossville High 2016 Winter Royalty King & Queen!
 Lorenzo Mason, Ashlyn Miller, Christian Roduner, Heidi Nitsch were the attendants.

Ashlynn Miller, Maddie Golder, Heidie Hitsch

Chayne crowning Maddie

Quenn Maddie Golder and King Chayne Hulbert

Quenn Maddie Golder and King Chayne Hulbert

Additional photos can be seen at:
http://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2016/02/winter-royalty-candidates.html

RHS Girls Destroy Northfield 60-13

    The RHS girls totally dominated Northfield Academy in their Jan 24 game at the Burlington Invitational walking away with an easy lopsided 60-13 victory.

Northfield Ac.        5      3     3     2     =     13
Rossville               21    15   20    4     =     60

Rossville scoring:
Nitsch                   4 (2)       2-4     12
Hill                        5            0-0     10
Little                     3 (1)       2-3       9
VanderPutten        2            4-4       8
Shinn                    3            1-2       7
Kirk                       2            0-0       4
Shinn                    2            0-0       4
Dick                     1            0-0       2
Steckel                 1            0-2       2
Hill                       1            0-0       2 
Totals                 24 (3)      9-15   60

RHS Student Athlete Nominees

    On Thursday morning, the Topeka Shawnee County Sports Council announced its Class of 2016 high school student-athlete nominees.   The Rossville athletes from the class of 2016 that were nominated were:  Kole Davoren,  Britnee Douglas,  Tucker Horak, Heidi Nitsch and Christian Roduner.
    There is video on the subject at: http://www.wibw.com/content/news/Shawnee-County-Sports-Hall-Of-Fame-and-high-school-nominees-381709461.html

RHS-SMHS Split Basketball Games

    The RHS boys basketball team defeated St. Marys 57-46,  but the girls varsity team lost 42-27 in their Jan 16 Mid-East matchup on the Rossville court.


Boys Game
St. Marys        8    17   13     8   =   46
Rossville       12    14   17   14   =   57

Rossville  scoring:
Schultz-Pruner                3 (1)       6-8         13
Horak                            3            5-10        11
Horak                            4 (1)       2-4         11
Roduner                        3 (2)       3-5         11
Woodcock                     2            2-2           6 
Sowers                         2            1-3           5 

Totals                         17 (4)      19-32        57

Girls Game
St. Marys        13     11     7     16   =   47
Rossville         12      5    14     11   =   42

Rossville scoring:  
Kirk                     4         5-10        13
Steckel                2          5-12         9
Hill                      2          3-5           7
Nitsch                 2 (2)     0-6           6
Little                   0          3-3           3
Day                    1          0-0           2
Shinn                  0          2-2           2 

Totals              11 (2)    18-38         42

There is video for both the boys and girls games at:
http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/January-St-Marys-at-Rossville-288859281.html

Dawgs Shut Out Bears

    The RHS baseball team mauled the St. Marys Bears in two games on April 17 with both being shortened to 5 innings with the Dawgs leading 12-0 in the first game and 11-0 in the second game.  The Dawgs are now 6-0 for the season.
    In game one,  eight Dawgs had RBIs with shortstop Corbin Horak leading the team with three of the RBIs.  Zach Nitsch had two RBIs
    In game two,  third baseman Marcus Catron led the team with four singles in four times at the plate.  He scored three runs and brought his season batting average up to .750.

HCC Baseball Roster

   The fall 2014 Baseball Roster for Highland Community College has three  players from Rossville.      They are:

  Scott Schinn, sophomore,   right handed pitcher.
  Marcus Catron, freshman,  right handed pitcher.
  Zach Nitsch,  freshman,      catcher.

  The complete roster can be read at:  https://highlandcc.edu/pages/roster

RHS Gets Softball Sweep At RC

    The Lady Dawgs added another win with a 13-4 night cap Victory at Rock Creek on May 12 though the outcome was in doubt for the first six innings.  A ten run seventh inning rally sealed the win for the visitors.
    Taylor Kirk led the batters with three hits.  Lauryn Shinn led RBIs with two.  Heidi Nitsch had two walks.
    Taylor Kirk was the winning pitcher going all seven innings allowing nine hits, getting five strike-outs and  20 first pitch strikes.

RHS    1   0   0   1   0   1   10      13   13   2
RC      0   0   0   1   1   0     2        4     9   4

RHS Girls Lose To Riley Co.

    The Riley County girls had a strong second quarter gain a big half time lead and then maintained that lead to end up as 44-34 victors.

Riley County             14    15      4     11    =    44
Rossville                   13      3      6     12    =    34

Rossville scoring:
Steckel                              2 (1)        5-7        10
Hill                                     4 (1)        0-0         9
VanderPutten                      2             1-2         5
Kirk                                   1              3-6         5
Nitsch                                0             3-4         3
Shinn                                 1             0-1         2
Totals                               10 (2)    12-20    34

Lady Dawgs Win Easy At OC

    The Lady Dawgs  had an easy win at Osage City on May 5th.

Ro      3   0   0   0   8     11    10    1
OC     0   0   0   0            0      1    2

    Taylor Kirk, Heidi Nitsch and Britnee Zemek each had two hits.  Kirk led the RBI column with two.
    Amanda Hill pitched the four innings of the "mercy rule" game.  She had 10 first pitch strikes and seven strike-outs.

Dawgs Win Two at Nemaha Valley (Updated)

    The Rossville High baseball team picked up a couple easy wins at Nemaha Valley on May 8.

FIRST GAME:

Rossville             2  0  3  1  1  1  1      9   10   0
Nemaha Valley   0  0  0  0  0  0  1      1     8   2

    The Dawgs offensive leader was Nick Reesor who picked up four RBIs and two runs on two singles and a sacrifice fly.
    Tucker Horak had one RBI and two runs on a double, a single, and a sacrifice bunt.
    Zach Nitsch had one RBI and one run on two singles.
    Marcus Catron had one RBI and 2 runs on a single and two walks.

SECOND GAME:

    The Dawgs won the second game 16-3.

Rossville            2   3   0   4   7     16   11   3
Nemaha Valley  0   1   0   0   2       3     2   2  

    Marcus Catron had three RBIs on two singles.
    Nick Reesor had three RBIs on a double and a single.
    Christian Rodunner had three RBIs on a single and also reached base on a walk and Hit By Pitch
    Devin Morris gets the Sharp Eye award garnering four walks along with one single which netted two RBIs and four runs scored.
    Thatcher Horak also picked up two RBIs on two singles.
    Corbin Horak reach base four times on two singles, a walk, and a Hit By Pitch which allowed him to score two runs and pick up one RBI.

    The RHS baseball team has a 15-1 record to this point of the season.

Rossville-Wabaunsee Game On-Line

    This was a rather exciting game at the end during overtime with the lead going back and forth,  but the RHS girls scored a basket just before time ran out to get a 60-59 wiin,
    The Dawgs were down 31-9 at the half but had strong third and fourth quarters to tie the game at 50-50 during regulation.  
    The game can be viewed in its entirety at:
http://www.team1sports.com/index.php/videoPlayer/view?broadcast=99592&referrer=ihigh

Rossville          5     4     21   20   10   =   60
Wabaunsee    11   20    10     9     9   =   59

Rossville scoring:
Steckel          5 (3)      2-3     15
Hill                 3           5-6     11
Kirk                2           6-7     10
Nitsch            3 (3)      1-2     10
Conley           3           2-3       8
Shinn             1           2-2       4
Day                1           0-0       2

Totals          18 (6)    18-23   60

RGS Girls Top Perry

Perry-Lecompton     12 10   7   11 -- 40
Rossville                17   9 13   10 -- 49

Rossville scoring:
Hill               6        0-0    12
Nitsch          2 (1)   6-7    11
Steckel         2 (2)   5-10  11
Buhler          2 (1)   0-0      5
Day             2        0-2      4
Shinn          1        0-0      2
Hill              1        0-0      2
Conley        0        1-2      1
Porter          0        1-2      1
 Totals      16 (4) 13-25   49

RHS Girls Get Win #2 Against Atchison

    After a 16 point outburst in the first inning,  the RHS Lady Dawgs coasted to a 20-1 three inning win on March 31 against Atchison.  Amanda Hill pitched a no hitter during her three innings,  getting five strike-outs  and eight first pitch strikes.
    Taylor Kirk led the team with three hits and Heidi Nitsch pushed across three RBIs in those three short innings.

Scoring                Tot   Hits   Er
RHS  16   4   0     20     10     0
Atch.   0   0   0       1       0     5