Friday, May 14, 2021

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."

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

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.


Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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.

Sunday, May 9, 2021

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.

#SchoolOvr.RatingStr.+/-
1Washburn Rural (Topeka)7-021.56.0+4
2Mission Valley (Eskridge)17-119.84.3-1
3Lawrence Free State (Lawrence)6-019.74.0
4Jayhawk Linn (Mound City)4-018.84.1+2
5Topeka4-018.64.8-3
6Rossville9-117.34.6+6
7Spring Hill18-016.8-1.2-3
8Prairie View (La Cygne)7-116.35.4+3
9Clay Center8-016.00.0-2
10Yates Center6-015.4-0.1+6
11Garden City13-215.44.1+6
12Silver Lake7-115.24.4-2
13Basehor-Linwood (Basehor)4-114.96.9+2
14Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park)9-114.71.7-1
15Clearwater6-014.6-1.6-1

Dawgs Ranked No. 5 By MaxPreps

              School                                                                                    Overall        Rating       Str.

1Southeast of Saline (Gypsum)17-114.6-0.3
2Rock Creek (St. George)11-312.61.7
3Collegiate (Wichita)12-412.23.5
4Riley County (Riley)10-33-111.83.3
5Rossville12-510.12.6
6Silver Lake10-49.82.1
7Nemaha Central (Seneca)10-39.80.0
8Minneapolis9-58.53.0
9Maur Hill Prep-Mount Academy (Atchison)17-18.3-8.1
10Southeast (Cherokee)16-38.2-4.1
11Cheney10-46.9-0.2
12Sabetha13-66.90.0
13Scott (Scott City)13-36.1-4.9
14Jayhawk Linn (Mound City)8-44.7-1.3
15Caney Valley (Caney)8-44.2-2.2

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.

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Softball Team Stat Leaders

 Softball team stat leaders thus far in the 2021 season as published by the Capital Journal are below.

Batting

Ave     Bergstresser    .527
           Mitchell            .415
           Dyche              .464
           Douglas           .451
           
RBIs  Bergstresser       31
          Rabe                   24
          Dyche                 16
          Perine                 15 

HRs  Bergstresser          5
          Douglas                2
          Rabe                     2 

Pitching

Wins  Rabe               7
          Dyche             6

ERA   Rabe        2.24
           Dyche      3.36   

SO      Dyche        50
           Rabe          58         

Baseball Team Stat Leaders

The RHS baseball team leaders per the Capital-Journal are below.

The batting leaders are below.

Ave   Brown    .475

RBIs Brown      15

Pitching Leaders are below.

Wins    Brown      3
            Garcia      3
            Horak       3
            McGrath   2
            Catron      2

ERA    Brown       0.39
            Garcia      3.08
            

SO       Horak       36
            McGrath   27
            Brown       23
            Garcia       23


Friday, May 7, 2021

Riley County Inv. Track

 Rossville attended the Riley County Invitational Track and Field meet on May 6, 2021.

 The girls team finished 7th of the 11  teams competing.  Their best performances are below.

100 M          Alexis Bittner       11th
200 M          Alexis Bittner       10th
400 M          Amelia Foster        1st
800 M          Amelia Foster        1st
1600 M        Julia Streit             5th
1600 M        Audrie Davis         6th
3200 M        Audrie Davis         6th
100 M Hur   Ean Haynes           4th
300 M Hue   Keera Lacock       5th
Shot Put       Briar Gillum          3nd
Discus          Briar Gillum          7nd
The 4 x 800 relay team came in second.  Team members were Streit, Lacock, Davies, Foster.

The Boys team finished 12th of the 12 teams competing.  Best performances were:

100 M           Woodrow Rezac   1st
400 M           Braiden Hensley   6th
Javelin          Hunter Broce        6th 


Thursday, May 6, 2021

3A Track And Field Regional May 21

 Osage City HS - Friday, May 21

Regional #16
Manager:
Tony Heward
Field Events:
1:30pm
Prelims:
3:30pm
Finals:
4:30pm
Council Grove HS
Easton-Pleasant Ridge HS
Hoyt-Royal Valley HS
Kansas City-Bishop Ward HS
LaCygne-Prairie View HS
Meriden-Jefferson West HS
Osage City HS
Osawatomie HS
Oskaloosa HS
Perry-Lecompton HS
Pomona-West Franklin HS
Rossville HS
Santa Fe Trail HS
Silver Lake HS
St. Marys HS
Wellsville HS

Rossville Invitational Golf May 4

1.    St. Marys Academy       347
2.    Silver Lake                    357
3.    St. Marys                       405
4.    Rossville                        413
5.    Perry                              440
6.    Horton                           552  

The Dawgs were led by:

Mahewe Hale                10th     92
Chris Vanderputten       11th     96
Aiden Baumchen          16th    108
Manuel Vanderputten    23rd   117