By CHARLES SPURLOCK
TopSports.news
NORTONVILLE -- The Rossville Lady Dawgs, ranked No. 3 in Class 3A, began the Jefferson County North Invitational Tournament playing the Tigers from Atchison County Community High School. The Lady Dawgs dominated from start to finish, winning 78-16.
Rossville sophomore Rylee Dick scored a career-high 27 points in Tuesday's 78-16 win over Atchison County. [File photo/TSN]
The game was never in doubt with Rossville leading 35-3 after one quarter, 52-3 at halftime and outscoring ACCHS 26-13 in the second half.
The Lady Dawgs were led by sophomore Rylee Dick with a career-high 27 points, while freshman Nora Burdiek had 20 points and senior Emma Mitchell scored 17 points. Burdiek led Rossville with 7 rebounds, 8 steals and 4 blocked shots.
The Tigers were led by junior McKinzee Bauerle with 8 points, sophomore Madison Martin with 7 points and junior Mackenzie Scholz had one point. Martin also led the Tigers with 6 rebounds and 3 blocks.
Rossville will play in the semifinal on Friday night at 6:00 at Jefferson County North High School in Winchester against Perry-Lecompton.
ACCHS will take on Oskaloosa on Friday night at 6:00 in the consolation bracket at Jefferson County North Middle School.
ROSSVILLE GIRLS 78, ATCHISON COUNTY 16
ACCHS 3 0 10 3 -- 16
Rossville 35 17 19 7 -- 78
ACCHS (3-6) -- E. Speer 0-3 0-0 0, Fultz 0-0 0-0 0, Martin 2-4 2-2 7, Caplinger 0-0 0-0 0, Kim 0-0 0-0 0, Bosch 0-0 0-0 0, Scholz 0-2 1-4 1, Wagner 0-5 0-0 0, Bauerle 3-11 1-4 8, A. Speer 0-2 0-0 0, Chew 0-0 0-0 0, Crockett 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 5-27 4-10 16.
Rossville (9-1) -- Horgan 0-2 0-0 0, Perine 2-4 1-2 5, Haehn 1-5 0-0 3, Mitchell 7-12 2-2 17, Porter 0-2 0-0 0, Dick 11-19 1-2 27, Sanders 0-1 0-0 0, Lewis 0-3 0-0 0, Burdiek 9-14 2-4 20, Spielman 3-6 0-2 6. Totals 33-68 6-12 78.
3 point goals - ACCHS 2 (Martin, Bauerle), Rossville 6 (Haehn, Mitchell, Dick 4). Total Fouls - ACCHS 8, Rossville 10. Fouled out - none.
JCN INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Rossville 78, Atchison County 16
Perry-Lecompton 42, Oskaloosa 24
Northeast Kansas Home School 46, Valley Falls 32
JCN 51, Atchison 48
