An excellent performance as usual from our mass band performance today. A special thanks goes out to Mrs. Lloyd and all of our 180+ band students district wide for coming together, and making some amazing music. It really is something to see! Great job Falcons!
RCHS Baseball opened the season against Clay Center in Leonardville. The boys fell in both games of the double header.
Riley County USD #378 is currently seeking applications for multiple open positions for the 2025-26 school year. The graphic below lists our openings. For a more detailed job description, or to apply, visit the employment page on our website (https://www.usd378.org/page/employment-opportunities). Please help us spread the word!
Congratulations Falcons. All Big East League Girls and Boys Basketball:
Anna Lambert: First-team
Rileigh Mitoska: Third-team
Eli Harmison: Honorable mention
Congratulations to the 2025 3A State Chess Champions, the Riley County Falcons!!!’ Way to go!
RCHS cheerleaders performed at the Kansas 2A Basketball Tournament at Kansas State University. Way to go Falcons!
Riley County High School students toured the K-Stare Salina campus. There are over 25 programs on the Salina campus, including robotics, aviation maintenance, pilot, and drones.
Good luck to the RC Chess team as they compete tonight and Saturday at the State Chess Tournament in Emporia. Go Falcons!
USD 378 Board of Education will hold a special meeting on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 6:00pm in the RCHS Library. The agenda for the meeting is available on the website under Documents>District>Board of Education.
The Riley County Middle School and High School choirs performed in their Spring concert. The students and instructors put in a lot of effort and the performance was excellent. On March 11th, the high school will host the league music festival.
Key Club members Genayla Warnken, Ada Bishop, and Sophie Fajen, traveled to Great Bend, KS to attend District Convention this past weekend. Sophie was elected the new District 4 Lieutenant Governor and will work with the Kansas Key Club International board next year. Genayla competed in this year’s Oratory Competition and placed first place. The girls represented RCHS Key Club with pride and came home with new goals and ambitions for the next school year. Go Falcons!
The Falcon Varsity Girls basketball team battled this evening with Hesston but fell 38-45 in the Sub-State final. Riley County finished as the runner up. Way to go Falcons!
Congratulations to MaKenna Wamsher on signing with Tabor College to pursue her academic and athletic future. Go Falcons!
So proud of the Riley County Jazz Band for earning 2nd place in the 2-3A division of the Kansas Band Masters Association Jazz Band Championship held at Wichita State University today.
Earning top solos for our division were Kemper Schardien on set, Will Casebeer Tenor Sax, and Ryan Greathouse Bari Sax.
Earning top rhythm section was Kemper Schardien.
Halstead High School Main Gym
7:30 p.m. Hesston vs. Riley County
Admissions:
ADULT- $8.00
STUDENT (K-12)-$6.00 ***NO PASSES WILL BE ACCEPTED***
Livestream information:
Games will be streamed through the Halstead High School Facebook Page
Entering the facility:
With two games scheduled, we kindly ask that spectators wait for the gym to clear out before entering the game
AWARDS:
Plaques will be awarded to both the champion and runner-up. Following the presentation of the plaques, our auxiliary gym, located down the hallway, will be available for teams to take pictures. We kindly ask that teams use this space to allow us to efficiently clear the court and gymnasium in preparation for the next competition.
GO Falcons!
Our middle school scholar's bowl team concluded their season last night in an eventful evening at Royal Valley. 8th grade placed 3rd and 7th grade placed 5th in our new 12 team Big East league. Either grade has won multiple meets this year, including both our 7th and 8th grade winning the first scholar's bowl meet Riley County has hosted in some time. Our new league format has them attending 2 meets per week, and a total of 5-6 before the league tournament, so these kids and their sponsor Mrs. Fink have put in a lot of work this last month. Great work Falcons! We are excited to see what these 8th graders can bring to the high school team next year, and the 7th graders will do as 8th graders next year.
Falcon Fans
The girls' basketball team will play Hesston on Friday, March 7th, at 7:30 p.m. at Halstead High School.
Adult tickets $8.00
Student tickets $6.00
No passes accepted
Go Falcons!
In the second round of sub-state, RCHS Varsity Girls won 39-18 over Gypsum-Southeast of Saline. Way to go Falcons!
The February’s Glavan Ford Student-Athlete of the Month is Trent Webber. Trent is the son of Dustin and Jennifer Webber; he has a GPA of 3.98 and participates on the Football, Basketball, and Baseball teams. Trent is a SADD, STUCO, Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, TRI-M, Theater, and Key Club member. Trent plans to attend college to study computer engineering. Here is what his coach had to say: “Trent, this season, has been an outstanding vocal leader for the team. Even when games don't go his way in the scoring category, he always brings a positive attitude. He is also an outstanding student in the classroom.” Jacob Claycomb, RCHS Boys Basketball Coach.
Congratulations to the RCHS Student of the Month for February, Madden Watts.
Madden, a 12th Grader, has a cumulative GPA of 3.55 and is currently a Key Club, FFA, NHS, Tri-M, SADD, FCA, Theater, and Science Club member. She is also a member of the Marching Band, Volleyball, Basketball, and Softball teams.
Here is what Miss Netterman had to say:
“Madden always goes out of her way to help her friends, peers, and faculty. She embodies the ideals of RCHS and is a great role model! I love having her in my class and being her sponsor. She is engaged in multiple clubs/activities and gives her heart to each!”
Here is what Mrs. Lloyd had to say:
“If you need anything done, Madden will make it happen.”
Congratulations again to Madden.
