By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Rossville volleyball stretched its winning streak to seven matches with a dominating performance in Saturday's Rossville Invitational, with the Bulldawgs posting five straight-set victories to claim the tournament championship.
Rossville volleyball is now 7-0 on the 2025 season after winning its invitational tournament on Saturday with a 5-0 day. [Rossville volleyball]
Rossville, which was ranked No. 10 in the Kansas Volleyball Association Class 2A preseason state rankings, opened its day with a 25-11, 25-21 win over Waverly, followed by a 25-14, 25-23 win over Baldwin, a 25-20, 25-17 victory over Iola and a 25-19, 25-15 win over Iola before winning the tournament title with a 25-19, 25-19 win over Burlington.
Dani Dodge's Bulldawgs got a dominating performance at the net from junior Nora Burdiek, who registered double-digit kills in all five matches.
Burdiek had 11 kills against Waverly, 15 against Baldwin, 14 versus Iola, 12 against Wellsville and 12 kills in the Bulldawgs' final match win over Burlington.
Burdiek now has 90 kills on the season for the 7-0 Bulldawgs after posting 26 kills in a pair of Big East League wins over Sabetha earlier in the week.
Rossville also got a big day from freshman setter Kenna Perine on Saturday, with Perine contributing 117 assists in her five matches.
Perine registered 27 assists against Waverly, 21 against Baldwin, 24 against Iola, 21 against Wellsville and 24 against Burlington.
Perine had a total of 35 assists in her high school debut on Tuesday against Sabetha and now has 152 assists on the year.
Junior G'Honi Montgomery rushed for 113 yards on 12 carries in Friday's 32-6 Highland Park win at KC-Wyandotte. [File photo/TSN]
Scots roll to 32-6 season-opening win over Bulldawgs
Highland Park football began its quest for a fourth straight winning season Friday night with a 32-6 Meadowlark Conference road win over Kansas City-Wyandotte.
Scot junior G'Honi Montgomery rushed for 113 yards on just 12 attempts against Wyandotte while junior JoJo Kingcannon had 103 yards on just four carries.
Senior quarterback Dontrail Fox had 22 passing yards and a touchdown for Hi Park.
Defensively, junior Rayshon Pollard led the Scots with seven tackles while also recording a pair of sacks.
Highland Park will be at Hummer Park Friday to host KC-Sumner Academy in a Meadowlark Conference contest (7 p.m. kickoff).
Lions open season with 60-14 win over Falcons
For the second straight year Cair Paravel Latin football opened its season with a dominating performance against West Franklin, with the Lions rolling to a 60-14 win Friday night at Washburn's Yager Stadium.
The Lions took control with a 20-0 first quarter and Cair Paravel took a 26-8 lead to the locker room at halftime.
Cair Paravel turned the game into a rout with a 26-0 third quarter before outscoring West Franklin 8-6 in the final quarter.
The Lions will be back at Yager Stadium Friday to host Osage City (7 p.m. start).
Wildcats top Chargers 47-12 in opener
United Kansas Conference power De Soto topped Topeka West 47-12 Friday night in the 2025 season-opener for both schools at Hummer Sports Park.
The Wildcats took a 7-0 lead at the 8:08 mark of the opening quarter and went on to take a 34-0 advantage at halftime before cruising the rest of the way.
Topeka West will return to action Friday with a UKC game at Shawnee Heights (7 p.m. kickoff).
Rooks, Gerber pace Silver Lake cross country
Juniors Hunter Rooks and Alessandra Gerber paced the host Eagles in Saturday's Silver Lake Invitational cross country meet at the Kanza Park course.
Rooks placed sixth in the boys race in a five-kilometer time of 17 minutes, 32.27 seconds, leading Silver Lake to a third-place team finish with 75 points.
Gerber finished eighth in the girls race in a time of 20:47.22 as the Eagles finished sixth as a team with 130 points.
Rock Creek won the girls team title with 51 points while West Franklin won the boys championship with 41 points.
