Friday, February 28, 2014

Sub-State Basketball Brackets.

The girls basketball brackets for the Silver Lake Sub-State can be seen at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/girls_basketball/13-14/KSHSAA%20Basketball%20Brackets%20girls.pdf

The boys  basketball brackets for the Silver Lake Sub-State can be seen at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/boys_basketball/13-14/KSHSAA%20Basketball%20Brackets%20boys.pdf
Note:  the above URL is correct,  but sometimes does not work.

RHS Girls Win Over Rock Creek

The RHS girls  disposed of Rock Creek 47-37  on Feb. 27 at Rock Creek, finishing with a 10-10 overall record.

Rossville          12   19    7    9    =    47
Rock Creek     12     7    7   11   =    37

Rossville scoring:
Kirk                   7        1-4     15
VanderPutten     2        4-4       8
Nitsch                2 (2)   0-0      6
Hill                    3         0-0      6
Dick                  1 (1)   1-2       4
Steckel             1 (1)    1-4       4
Little                 1         0-0       2
Shinn                1          0-0      2


Totals             18 (4)    7-14   47

Dawgs Lose Last League Game

    The RHS boys ended their regular season on Feb. 27 with a loss to Rock Creek.

Rossville              6     6     12     15     =     39
Rock Creek       20   14    16      15     =     65

Rossville scoring:
Schultz-Pruner             4         1-1      9
Sowers                        3         2-2      8
Horak                           3         0-0      6
Horak                           2         2-2      6
Horak                           2         0-0      4
Roduner                       2         0-0      4
Woodcock                   0         2-2      2
Totals                         16 (0)   7-9    39

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Rattler's Coaching Staff For 2014

The Rattlers organization would also like to announce the 2014 Coaching staff: 
 
Tobi Cowdin (Manager) - Managing the Rattlers this season is Tobi Cowdin. Tobi takes over full time as manager after being under the tutelage of his father Brett Cowdin the past two seasons. Tobi brings many years of summer baseball experience to the plate, as a player and as a coach.
 
T.J. McGreevy (Pitching Coach) - Returning to coach the pitching staff this summer is former Wichita State standout and Hayden product T.J. McGreevy. T.J. has plenty of expierence in summer baseball, as a two-time NBC World Series Champion with the Santa Barbara Foresters.
 
Cameron Renfro (Fielding Coach) - The Rattlers welcome in Cameron Renfro this season as fielding coach. Cameron, a native of nearby Silver Lake, Kansas; will round out an excellent coaching staff with his expertise.
 
 

Basketball Sub State Tournament

    The Silver Lake basketball substate tournament begins Monday,  March 3 with eight area teams competing,  including all of the Mid-East league teams.
    In the boys bracket,  Rossville (6-13) will play Pleasant Ridge (4-15)  at Rossville in the first round.  The winner will face the winner of the St. Marys (1-18) vs. Rock Creek (16.3) game on March 6 at Silver Lake.
    In the girls bracket,  Rossville (9-10) with face off against Pleanant Ridge (10-9) on their court with the winner going up against the winner of the Oskaloosa (1-18) vs. Riley County (18/1) game on Thursday, March 6,  at Silver Lake.
   

3A Wrestling Rankings

This week's 3A wrestling rankings have shifted.  The top 5 ranked schools are:
1.    Norton
2.    ACCHS
3.    Beloit
4.    Rossville
5.    Phillipsburg

Silver Lake has dropped to #9

Individual RHS rankings include:
106 lb.    Bryce Gfeller         #3
132 lb.    Jacob Gentry        #6
152 lb.    Tagen Lambotte    #1
172 lb.    Isaac Luellen         #2

The complete list of rankings can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/images/docs/Rankings/3a.pdf

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Article About Tagen Lambotte

ROSSVILLE — It was easy to chalk the feelings up as a brother just being proud, or perhaps even just hopeful.
Or maybe Cody Lambotte really knew.
Before his younger brother Tagen Lambotte had ever wrestled one high school match, Cody was envisioning big things for his sibling. There weren’t loud and boastful claims, but rather just a mention here or there.
“Keep an eye on him,” Cody Lambotte would say. “He’s going to be a good one.”
Cody was dead on, though Tagen’s accomplishments may have even exceeded his wildest dreams. A three-time state champion already, Tagen Lambotte stands on the brink of becoming just the 30th wrestler in state history to win four state titles.
History may await, but Lambotte said this weekend’s Class 3-2-1A state tournament in Hays isn’t much different than the season-opening Mission Valley Invitational.
“My expectations the first meet of the year were to win; my expectations the last meet of the year are to win,” Lambotte said. “And my expectations are to wrestle at a high level no matter the meet. Obviously, the stakes are higher this weekend, but I just have to go out and wrestle the way I expect myself to wrestle.
“Anybody can be beat, but I feel like I should win,” Tagen said, not with an air of cockiness, but rather with a strong conviction that has been steeled by countless hours of work. “That’s the attitude you have to take. If you think there’s only a chance, you’re going to hold back and not go all out. You just have to step on the mat, lace them up and get after it.”

* * * * *
Wrestling wasn’t even a sport Tagen Lambotte was sure he liked when he first began. He didn’t immediately see success, taking his lumps early and often.
But he never really thought about quitting, and once he decided to stick with the sport, Lambotte only knew one way to go about it. All out.
In Rossville coach Curt Brecheisen’s mind, it’s that trait that has separated Lambotte from being just a good wrestler to among the state’s elite.
“His work ethic and attention to details are second to none,” Brecheisen said. “Those little bitty things he will do over and over and over. In junior high, he was good, but not where he’s at now. But he’s paid attention to every little detail of skill work and if he doesn’t hit something just right, he works until he does.
“His family’s work ethic is top notch. In college, Cody was one of the hardest-working guys I’d heard about. I knew how hard he worked in the practice room and at college and that carried over to Tagen. He’s done nothing but worked his tail off since he’s been here.”
Tagen doesn’t know any other way, to be honest.
“I feel if you train aggressive every single day, one match is nothing,” he said. “When I’m in the room, I’m aggressive. If I’m lifting weights, I’m aggressive. If I’m running to lose weight, I’m aggressive. Every single drill or sprint or whatever, I’m doing it aggressively and that carries over to your matches. It’s muscle memory and your brain just clicks that when you’re on the mat, it’s time to go.”
Cody indeed has been a big influence on Tagen’s success. An accomplished high school wrestler himself with 133 career victories and two state medals, including a runner-up finish in 2002, Cody learned what it took to be successful on the mat. He went on to wrestle for a National Junior College Championship team at Labette County and then for Division II champion Nebraska-Kearney.
And once he returned to Rossville, Cody began imparting everything he learned to Tagen, who is 10 years younger. An assistant coach for the Bulldogs, Cody has been there every step of the way, serving as both a mentor and critic, as well as being a brother.
“When it comes to training, he’s never, ever fought me on anything,” Cody said. “He’s coachable and understands that everything I ever do, it’s to his benefit. ... My brother understands that and we’re always trying to build and get better.”
“He pretty much brought me up from nothing,” Tagen said. “He’s been a driving force. He ground it into my head that I was going to go in as a freshman and not expect anything less than to be the best. The workouts he puts me through and the training we do, that gives me the confidence to win.
“We butt heads a lot, like most brothers probably do, have our arguments and choice words. But at the end of the day, we love each other and we both know that we’re on the same page.”

* * * * *
The pages of Tagen’s resume are impressive, resulting in a scholarship for Division I powerhouse Iowa.
He went 48-2 as a freshman, capturing the 135-pound state title with an 11-7 win over Norton’s Brett Terrell, a senior. Despite battling a shoulder injury as a sophomore, Lambotte still managed a 34-1 mark and took a 3-2 win over Marysville’s Eddie Creek in the 145 state finals.
Halfway home to becoming a four-time state champion, Lambotte hardly let off the throttle and arguably even stepped it up a notch or two. He rolled to a 41-1 record as a junior, toying with Sedgwick’s Nic Johnson in the 145-pound title match on his way to a dominating 20-8 victory.
This year, he will take a 37-1 record at 152 pounds to the state meet, his lone loss came to Lansing’s Michael Olsen, the state’s top-ranked 145-pouner who stepped up a weight class to face Lambotte at the Eudora Tournament of Champions.
Lambotte admitted that loss stung, denying him a chance to become an undefeated state champion for the first time in his career. Yet he also acknowledged he took it as a chance to get better.
“That loss hurt, but I made some changes that needed to be changed,” Lambotte said of the 3-2 loss. “It showed some weaker points in my wrestling. I hated for it to happen, but it kind of lit a match under me.”
Since, Lambotte has been pretty much unstoppable. He won the prestigious Basehor-Linwood Invitational for the first time ever, beating Aquinas’ Isaac Dulgarian — the state’s top-ranked 160-pounder — in the finals. He also has beaten Andover Central’s Paul Suhr, No. 1 in 4A at 152.
“I love big matches and I love getting up for that,” said Lambotte, who is 160-5 in his career. “Wrestling guys like that is what I love. I put myself on that level and those are the guys I want to beat. I love the limelight.”

* * * * *
The spotlight will definitely be on Lambotte this weekend at Fort Hays State’s Gross Memorial Coliseum.
The bracket sets up nicely with four of the wrestlers ranked Nos. 2 through 6 in the final KWCA poll on the opposite side. Only Norton’s Mike Kasson, who is No. 5 and upset previously unbeaten Clint Rogers of Smith Center last week at regionals, would seem to stand between Lambotte and the finals.
Some would call that pressure. Not Lambotte.
“I put pressure on myself to perform the way I expect to perform,” he said. “That’s the only pressure I feel because I’m my biggest critic.”
It’s something Brecheisen sees all the time.
“He gets upset with himself if he doesn’t perform up to his expectations,” Brecheisen said. “If he doesn’t hit a move, even in practice, he’s mad at himself. I think a lot of people take that the wrong way, as he’s being a bad sport or something along those lines. But it’s nothing to do with that and everything to do with expectations of himself.
“He wants to do everything right and be the best he can be.”
And if that results in yet another state title?
“It means I did my job,” Lambotte said. “If I’m doing everything right ... there’s no reason I shouldn’t expect to win.”
Brent Maycock can be reached at (785) 295-5662 or brent.maycock@cjonline.com.

Rattlers Return 3 From Last Year

The Rossville Rattlers are excited to welcome back three players from the 2013 NBC 19U National Championship squad.
 
Luke Bordewick (OF Pittsburg State University) - Luke is back for his third season with the Rattlers. The outfielder from Pittsburg State is in the midst of his Junior year with the Gorillas. Luke brings a very reliable bat and a big time arm in Right Field. Luke hit .333 last season with the Rattlers, driving in 22 runs and hitting two home runs in 30 games. Luke's steady and solid performance in the outfield will continue to make the Rattlers a contender in 2014.

 Ethan Beckett (2B Independence Community College) - Ethan is also back for his third summer in Rossville. Beckett is a very patient batter at the plate, his 23 walks last season lead the entire team. His ability to get on base was very valuable for the Rattlers, as he scored 20 runs last season and also lead the team in On-Base Percentage (.471). Ethan is a sophomore at Independence Community College this spring and will be a key part of the Rattlers first season in the Mid-Plains League.
 
Ryan Huth (1B Emporia State University) - The Rattlers welcome back Ryan Huth for his second season. Now a Sophomore at Emporia State, Huth will be part of the offensive production at 1st Base for Rossville. Huth led the team in triples last season (2) and was 8th on the team in On-Base Percentage (.382) Huth also showed some patience at the plate, as he was 8th in walks with 11 in 72 plate appearances.

Riley Co. Basketball Photos


    For additional photos at the Riley Co.-RHS basketball games on Feb. 21 at Riley Co., go to:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2014/02/riley-county-basketball.html

Burglary On Arn Road

    A burglary was reported to the Shawnee County Sheriff in the 7900 block of N. W. Arn Road northwest of Rossville sometime between 12 AM on Feb. 16 and 3 PM on Feb.  22.

Monday, February 24, 2014

First Round Matches at State Wrestling

    Rossville High will have five wrestlers  competing at the State Championships this weekend at Hays.  Following are the first round match-ups.  
106  —  Trevor Haun (24-6), sr., Fredonia vs. bye; Hunter Ostertag (25-8), fr., Atchison County vs. Brayden Winters (12-14), fr., Stockton; Denzale Clark (22-8), fr., Lyons vs. Dallas Parker (22-16), fr., West Elk; Bryce Bacon (20-9), so., Hoxie vs. Dylan Leckner (27-9), so., Wellsville; Bryce Gfeller (24-7), fr., Rossville, sv. Junior Torres (20-5), jr., Sublette; Holden Butler (34-6), fr., Council Grove vs. Diego Dominguez (11-5), fr., Beloit; Skylar Johnson (23-2), so., Norton vs. Michael Marsh (25-12), jr., Silver Lake; Austin Constable (19-10), fr., Minneapolis vs. Jarrett Johnson (29-10), fr., Marion.
132  —  Logan Bowen (22-1), jr., Atchison County vs. Gabe Anderson (23-23), jr., Oberlin; Tristyn Goebel (24-14), so., Council Grove vs. Marshall Barkow (23-10), sr., Ellsworth; Clay Cassaw (23-7), so., St. Francis vs. Wes March (23-19), fr., Riley County; T.J. Ragnoni (27-8), so., Bennington vs. Hunter O’Brien (19-9), so., Chase County; Casey Garner (30-4), jr., Bluestem vs. Tommy Jenkins (18-14), sr., Hesston; Hunter Howerton (33-6), so., Silver Lake vs. Mason Bannister (22-16), sr., Phillipsburg; Brandon Ball (40-0), jr., Hoisington vs. Robert Hutchins (20-14), jr., Burlingame; Toby Nickell (8-9), sr., Norton vs. Jake Gentry (31-11), sr., Rossville.
138  —  Alec Hager (38-5), sr., Norton vs. Mikey Aguilar (32-9), so., Stafford; Colton Stafford (30-7), jr., Caney Valley vs. Tommy Truesdale (30-12), so., Riley County; Carter Wessling (33-5), so., Riley County vs. Adam Gehring (19-14), sr., Plainville; Corey Tyler (37-6), so., St. Marys vs. Trever Melcher (14-1), sr., Herington; Brogan Humphrey (34-1), sr., Fredonia vs. Derek Gentry (22-18), so., Rossville; Rhett Mizer (33-7), jr., Atwood vs. Zach Martin (25-8), jr., Ellsworth; Willy Dieckmann (27-6), jr., Atchison County vs. Zach Thornburg (28-11), sr., Remington; Jonathan Ball (38-2), fr., Hoisington vs. Taylor Murphy (28-8), jr., Oakley.
152  —  Lane Moran (32-5), so., Bluestem vs. Brodey Watts (7-2), so., Beloit-St. John’s; Clint Rogers (35-1), sr., Smith Center vs. Justin Wagner (29-9), sr., Atchison County; Tanner Niemczyk (30-4), sr, Beloit vs. Dakota Cline (21-10), sr., Eureka; Andrew Beck (33-6), sr., Centralia vs. Chris Anderson (35-8), sr., Oberlin; Mike Kasson (26-10), so., Norton vs. Chase Ridder (34-14), jr., Rock Creek; Cody Delk (28-14), sr., Hillsboro vs. Petter Ekroll (27-5), sr., Halstead; Tagen Lambotte (37-1), sr., Rossville vs. Trevor Dessaire (15-14), sr., Plainville; Kyler Mick (24-6), so., Bennington vs. Austin Jones (18-15), sr, Burlingame.
170  —  Adam Janzen (25-3), jr., Marion vs. Trevor Fee (25-9), sr., Doniphan West; Keith Short (28-5), sr., SE-Saline vs. Grant Gilliam (31-10), sr., Oberlin; Isaac Luellen (38-8), so., Rossville vs. Logan Litke (25-17), jr., Council Grove; Cole Renner (33-10), sr., Norton vs. Austin McHenry (37-7), so., Hoisington; Dalton Langham (25-12), sr., Beloit vs. Dajuen Chapman (11-9), fr., Hill City; Paxton Noll (33-6), sr., West Elk vs. Michael Baumgartner (28-9), sr., Sabetha; Dylan Wiesner (33-2), sr., Plainville vs. Ray Farnsworth (30-12), sr., Republic County; Scott Birkinsha (27-6), sr., Atchison County vs. Kaleb Grimsley (23-14), sr., Central Heights.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

321A Wrestling Regional At Sabetha


Team scores
Marysville 199.5, Atchison County 177, Rossville 125, Silver Lake 117, St. Marys 110.5, Wellsville 91, Sabetha 88, Riley County 86, Rock Creek 82, Onaga 66, Doniphan West 53, Pleasant Ridge 52, Troy 43, Mission Valley 41, Wabaunsee 38, Oskaloosa 36, Centralia 19, Immaculata 19, Maur Hill 16.5, Riverside 14, Hiawatha 6.

Championship finals
106 Gfeller, Ross pinned Ostertag, AC, 5:08. 113 — Deters, Mary dec. Dultmeier, SL, 2-0. 120 — Perez, Mary dec. Wilmart, Well, 5-4. 126 — Schaefer, SL pinned Smith, Mary, 0:40. 132 — Bowen, AC dec. Howerton, SL, 11-5. 138 — Dieckmann, AC dec. Tyler, SM, 3-1. 145 — Toole, SM won by tech. fall over Jones, Mary, 18-3. 152 Lambotte, Ross maj. dec. Beck, Cent, 17-5. 160 — Nelsen, Mary dec. Dunlap, DW, 5-3. 170 Luellen, Ross pinned Birkinsha, AC, 2:31. 182 — Grater, Riley won by tech. fall over Lockhart, SL, 23-7. 195 — Speer, Troy pinned Blow, Onaga, 3:03. 220 — Correll, Rock dec. Hilton, Mary, 2-1 2OT. 285 — Leuthold, Sab pinned Hite, MV, 4:19.

Consolation finals
106 — D. Leckner, Well pinned Marsh, SL, 4:18. 113 — Herrman, AC pinned G. Leckner, Well, 2:27. 120 — Nickels, Osk pinned Ross, Onaga, 1:25. 126 — Graham, PR maj. dec. Williams, Well, 12-1. 132 — Jacob Gentry, Ross pinned  March, Riley, 1:17. 138 — Truesdale, Riley pinned Derek Gentry, Ross, 0:34. 145 — Reiss, Rock dec. Hurla, Wab, 13-9.  152 — Wagner, AC maj. dec. Ridder, Rock, 9-1. 160 — Chew, AC dec. Bleakley, SM, 7-4. 170 — Baumgartner, Sab dec. Fee, DW, 3-2. 182 — Ames, Onaga dec. Ward, Rock, 3-1. 195 — Wages, SM pinned Harrell, Sab, 2:29. 220 —McKinney, PR pinned Handke, AC, 2:37. 285 — Kleinert, Mary pinned Forbes, AC, 3:49.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Dawgs Win Second Straight

    The Dawgs were down early,  but fought back to claim their second straight Mid-East League victory on Friday night.

Rossville            14    12     12     12     =     50
Riley County      22     5       6      10     =     43

Rossville  scoring:
Horak                     4 (1)     4-6     13
Schultz-Pruner         3 (1)     4-6     11
Horak                     4 (2)     1-3     11
Horak                     1           3-4      5
Sowers                   1           2-8      4
Roduner                  1 (1)     1-2      4
Woodcock              1          0-0      2

Totals                    15 (5)  15-29   50

RHS Girls Lose To Riley County

    The RHS girls lost their basketball game against Mid-East rival Riley County 41-31 on Friday night.

Rossville             6     8     4     13     =     31
Riley County       9   12     4     16     =     41

Rossville scoring:
Kirk                        2         4-6       8
Hill                         3 (2)     0-0       8
Dick                       2 (2)     0-1       6
Steckel                   1 (1)     2-2       5
Nitsch                     0          4-4       4

Totals                     8 (5)   10-13   31

RHS Boys Win On Fourth Period Rally

    The Winter Royalty activities at half time didn't seem to affect the Dawgs as they took down the St. Marys Bears 46-42.  The RHS boys were down 3 points at the half,  but came back energized  during the second half for the victory on the home court on Feb. 20.

St. Marys     13     7     10     12     =     42
Rossville       11     6     11     18     =     46

Rossville  scoring:
Horak                 5 (4)      1-2     15
Horak                 4 (1)      3-5     12
Schultz-Pruner    2           7-10   11
Sowers               1           2-4      4
Roduner              0           2-4      2
Woodcock          1           0-0      2

Totals                13 (5)    15-25  46

RHS Girls Defeat St. Marys

    The RHS girls cruised  to a 47-34 victory over the St. Marys Bears on Thur., Feb. 20 on the Rossville court.

St. Marys        8     6     7     13     =     34
Rossville        10   10   10     17     =     47

Rossville scoring:
Hill                                   7           2-2     16
Kirk                                  4           1-2       9
Steckel                             2           3-4       7
VanderPutten                    2           1-6       5
Nitsch                               2 (1)      0-0      5
Dick                                 0            2-2      2
Shinn                               1            0-0      2
Conley                             0            1-2      1

Totals                             18 (1)     10-20   47

Friday, February 21, 2014

David Streeter To Head New Baseball League

    The Rossville Rattlers are pleased to announce that they have joined the new Mid-Plains League starting in the summer of 2014.
    The Rattlers will join the Topeka Golden Giants, their brand new sister team the Topeka Senators, the Junction City Brigade, Midwest A's and Baldwin City Blues.
    The Mid-Plains League has also named Rattlers General Manager David Streeter the league's first Commissioner.
    "We put in a lot of hard work behind the scenes to get this league formed, I'm very happy assume the position of commissioner and will work even harder to make this league a success," Streeter said.
    The Rattlers will hit the field in late May of 2014. Stay tuned for more information on the Mid-Plains League and the 2014 schedule.

RHS Winter Royalty Crowned


    Rossville High crowned its Winter Royalty during half-time of the St. Marys Rossville boys basketball game on Feb. 20.  Pictured above are King Jacob Gentry and Queen Samantha Thompson.  Other attendants were Davids Warton, Zach Nitsch, Therese VanderPutten, and Briena Duryea.  Additional  photos are at:

http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2014/02/2014-winter-royalty.html

This Week's Wrestling Rankings for 3A

This week's 3A wrestling rankings are unchanged from last week.
The top 5 ranked schools are:
1.    Norton
2.    Hoisington
3.    Rossville
4.    ACCHS
5.    Silver Lake

Individual rankings include:
106 lb.    Bryce Gfeller         #3
132 lb.    Jacob Gentry        #6
152 lb.    Tagen Lambotte    #1
172 lb.    Isaac Luellen         #2

The complete list of rankings can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/images/docs/Rankings/3a.pdf

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Winter Royalty At St. Marys Game Feb. 20

Winter Royalty & St. Marys game is rescheduled for Thursday,  Feb. 20, with games starting at 4:45.
Winter royalty will be crowned during the half-time of the varsity boys game.
Candidates for queen are  Briena Duryea, Samantha Thompson and Therese VanderPutten.Candidated for king are Jacob Gentry, Zach Nitsch and Davis Warton.

RHS Boys Notch a Decisive Win

    The RHS boys had a narrow 28-26 lead at half-time,  but poured in the baskets during the second half for a decisive 68-47 victory on Feb. 18.
Wabaunsee       6     20     10     11     =     47
Rossville          14     14     21     19     =     68
Rossville  scoring:
Horak                          6 (3)       7-8       22
Schultz-Pruner        5              3-6      13
Horak                          4              3-5      11
Roduner                     3              1-3         7
Horak                          3              0-0        6
Jenkins                       2 (1)        0-0        5
Miller                          1               0-0        2
Woodcock                1               0-0        2

Totals                       25 (4)    14-22   68

RHS Girls Lose to Wabaunsee

    The RHS girls lost another Mid-East League game on Tuesday night to Wabausee 50-30.
Wabaunsee               8     18     10     14     =     50
Rossville                    7       2        8     13     =     30
Rossville  scoring:
Kirk                             3         4-4       10
Nitsch                         2 (1)  0-0         5
Hill                               2         0-0        4
Shinn                          0          3-4        3
VanderPutten         1          0-0        2
Dick                            1           0-2        2
Steckel                      0           2-2        2
Little                           1           0-0       2
Totals                       10 (1)  9-14   30

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Order RHS Wrestling Tee Shirts

    Order your RHS Wrestling Tee Shirts now.
Arrival scheduled prior to State Tourney.
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Geraldine Blanchat Passes Away

    Geraldine Marie Blanchat, 86, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at the St. Marys Manor.
    She was born May 23, 1927 at Olpe, the daughter of Leo and Mary Nuessen Voeste.
    She moved to St. Marys in 1951. 
    Mrs. Blanchat was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church where a Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, February 20, 2014 with internment  in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys.  She will lie in state after 5:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Piper Funeral Home where there will be a Rosary recited at 7:00 P.M.  
    To read her complete obituary or guestbook,  go to:  http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/geraldine-marie-blanchat/

Nellie Mauck Passes Away

Nellie N. Mauck, 99, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at the Rossville Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born April 29, 1914 in a sod house at Forgan, Oklahoma, the daughter of Walter Scott and Julia Mae Spruill Kennedy.   She graduated from Our Lady of The Plains High School at Dodge City.
Mrs. Mauck had lived in Silver Lake for many years.   She was a member of the 1st Baptist Church in Silver Lake and was a 50 year member of the Eastern Star.

Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the Silver Lake Cemetery.

To read her complete obituary or guestbook,  go to:   http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/nellie-n-mauck/

Monday, February 17, 2014

Annual Alumni Dinner on June 7.

     The Alumni Dinner evening will be the first Saturday night in June, the 7th at the Indian Center in Rossville..The evening will be basically as it has been previously. There will be  a social hour, dinner, short business meeting with election of officers and giving out of scholarships, and possibly a dance to follow. The committee will meet in March to plan more details, such as the cost of the dinner etc. Several alumni indicated they did not want the dance as many just come to eats and visits awhile and then go home.

Zach Nitsch Signs Baseball LOI

RHS senior Zach Nitsch has signed a Letter Of Intent to play baseball with Highland  Community College next year.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Wrestling Regionals on Feb. 21

The 321A Regional Wrestling Tournament will be at Sabetha on Feb. 21.  The teams competing are:
Atchison-Maur Hill Mount Academy, Centralia, Easton-Pleasant Ridge, Effingham-Atchison Co. Comm., Eskridge-Mission Valley, Hiawatha, Highland-Doniphan West, Horton, Leavenworth-Immaculata, Marysville, McLouth, Onaga, Oskaloosa, Riley County, Rossville, Sabetha, Silver Lake, St. George-Rock Creek, St. Marys, Troy, Wabaunsee, Wakefield, Wathena-Riverside, Wellsville

Mid East Wrestling Tournament


Three RHS wrestlers won their class at the Mid-East Tournament on Feb. 14 as the Dawgs placed third.   The class champions were Bryce Gfeller, Tagen Lambotte, and Isaac Luellen.

106 Bryce Gfeller      1st
120 Trevor Balch      2nd
132 Jacob Gentry     2nd
138 Derek Gentry     3rd
152 Tagen Lambotte 1st
170 Isaac Luellen      1st

The team standings for the tournament were:
St. Marys           145
Silver Lake         124.5
Rossville             110.5
Onaga                106.5
Rock Creek       106.5
Riley Co.             77
Wabausee            50
Burlingame           47

Girls Basketball Stats.

    The below link lists all the girls basketball statistics through Feb. 7.
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/girls_basketball/13-14/ind_stats.htm

Silver Lake Wins in Boys Basketball

Silver Lake beat the Dawgs 61-51 on Feb. 14 on the Rossville court.
Silver Lake            15    15      9     22     =     61
Rossville                11     14     7     19     =     51
Rossville scoring:
Horak                       5 (2)       2-2       14
Horak                       3 (3)       0-0        9
Sowers                     4              1-3         9
Roduner                  3              3-3        9
Totals                    15 (5)        6-8     51

Burlington Double Dual Wrestling

Following are the results of RHS wrestlers competing in the Burlington Double Dual wrestling tournament on Feb. 11.

106 Bryce Gfeller (Rossville High School) won by pin over Nathan Skillman (Bur) 0:19.
106 Bryce Gfeller (Rossville High School) won by pin over Levi McDaniel (Mv) 1:37.
120 Connor Rychlec (Bur) won by pin over Trevor Balch (Rossville High School) 4:57.
120 Will Binkley (Mission v) won by pin over Trevor Balch (Rossville High School) 5:28.
132 Jake Gentry (Rossville High School) won by pin over Nik Alfers (Bur) 0:55.
132 Jake Gentry (Rossville High School) won by forfeit over Bye Bye (Unattached).
138 Alex Bird (Rossville High School) won by forfeit over Bye Bye (Unattached).
138 Derek Gentry (Rossville High School) won by tech fall over Dan O`Keefe (Bur) 6:00 18-3.
138 Derek Gentry (Rossville High School) won by forfeit over Bye Bye (Unattached) .
145 Lee Hester (Rossville High School) won by decision over Hunter Isch (Bur) 5-4.
145 Lee Hester (Rossville High School) won by forfeit over Bye Bye (Unattached).
152 Alex Bird (Rossville High School) won by pin over Ben Allen (Bur) 0:55.
152 Tagen Lambotte (Rossville High School) won by tech fall over Chris Ferguson (Bur) 2:35 18-3.
152 Tagen Lambotte (Rossville High School) won by pin over Patrick Schuler (MV) 1:29.
152 Caleb Lovejoy (Rossville High School) won by pin over Ben Allen (Bur) 3:15.
160 Josh Young (Bur) won by pin over Alex Bird (Rossville High School) 1:24.
160 Dalton Handley (Bur) won by pin over Alex Bird (Rossville High School) 0:56.
160 Kobe Hill (Bur) won by decision over Caleb Lovejoy (Rossville High School) 9-3.
160 Caleb Lovejoy (Rossville High School) won by pin over Dalton Handley (Bur) 4:34.
170 Isaac Luellen (Rossville High School) won by tech fall over Maxx Serl (Bur) 5:45 23-8.
170 Isaac Luellen (Rossville High School) won by pin over Derrick atwood (MV) 0:47.
182 Nate Vander Linden (Bur) won by decision over Zach Jensen (Rossville High School) 5-0.
182 Zach Jensen (Rossville High School) won by pin over Dylan Weekly (MV) 0:33.

Friday, February 14, 2014

This Week's Area Stat Leaders

Wrestling stat leaders from eastern Kansas per the 2/13/14 Capital Journal.
106 — Butler, Council Grove, 29-5; McDowell, Abilene, 25-3; Gfeller, Rossville, 24-7; Davis, Santa Fe Trail, 23-9; Gallegos, St. Marys, 22-10; D. Leckner, Wellsville, 20-7; Marsh, Silver Lake, 19-6; Bloom, Wamego, 19-9; Braun, Manhattan, 16-14; Merriman, Onaga, 11-8.
132 — Jo. Lutz, Holton, 28-1; Clemens, Manhattan, 28-4; Himpel, Tonganoxie, 25-3; Hutchins, Burlingame, 24-7; J. Gentry, Rossville, 23-9; Canfield, Concordia, 23-16; Howerton, Silver Lake, 21-4; Goebel, Council Grove, 20-11; Russell, Emporia, 19-13; Mullin, Clay Center, 19-14.
152 — Failer, St. Marys, 30-9; Lovvorn, Holton, 29-4; Leeper, Manhattan, 28-6; Lambotte, Rossville, 26-1; Huseman, Tonganoxie, 26-4; Asebedo, Wellsville, 22-5; Beck, Onaga, 20-3; Ridder, Rock Creek, 19-8; Johnson, Wabaunsee, 17-5; Mintzmeyer, Marysville, 16-7.
170 — Harris, Atchison, 27-0; Luellen, Rossville, 27-8; Ogden, Royal Valley, 25-7; Dowding, Jefferson West, 22-8; Baum, Holton, 21-9; Litke, Council Grove, 20-13; Parenti, Ottawa, 19-7; Mullin, Manhattan, 19-10; Torres, Emporia, 18-13; Birkinsha, Atchison County, 17-4.
PINS
25 — Bleakley, St. Marys; Scott, Jefferson West.
22 — Harris, Atchison.
21 — Grater, Riley County; Speer, Doniphan West.
18 — Dunlap, Doniphan West.
17 — Failer, St. Marys; Lisher, Baldwin.
16 — Chauncey, Manhattan; Huseman, Tonganoxie; Tyler, St. Marys.
15 — Butler, Council Grove; Gfeller, Rossville; Lambotte, Rossville; Litke, Council Grove; Quaney, Burlingame; Wages, St. Marys.
14 — Ashley, Royal Valley; Erickson, Santa Fe Trail; Ogden, Royal Valley; Wallace, Manhattan.
13 — Forrestt, Burlingame; Hayden, Chapman; Schaefer, Silver Lake.
12 — Blow, Onaga; Cavanaugh, Silver Lake; Clemens, Manhattan; Dean, Santa Fe Trail; Fee, Doniphan West; Gallegos, St. Marys; Goebel, Council Grove; Holt, Burlingame; Howerton, Silver Lake; Russell, Emporia; Skerce, Council Grove; Swartz, Council Grove; T. Truesdale, Riley County.
11 — Burenheide, Rock Creek; Davis, Santa Fe Trail; J. Gentry, Rossville; Jones, Burlingame; Leeper, Manhattan; McDowell, Abilene; Metzger, Burlington; Mullin, Manhattan; Pawley, Santa Fe Trail; Perry, Emporia; Torres, Emporia; Wallingford, Atchison; Ga. Ware, Clay Center; Zook, Chapman.
10 — Bailey, Royal Valley; Baugh, Abilene; Beck, Onaga; Clark, Baldwin; Dultmeier, Silver Lake; Feyh, Wamego; Fredrick, Onaga; T. Garcia, Baldwin; No. Kirmer, Emporia; Luellen, Rossville; Picou, Manhattan; Rychlec, Burlington; Wilson, Abilene.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Benefit Raffle For Karen Crow

    There will be a benefit raffle to help cover medical expenses for Karen Crow who has pancreatic cancer.  The drawing will be Feb. 20 at the St. Marys-Rossville basketball games.  For details,  go to:

http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/pdfs/kcrow.pdf

Mid-East League Basketball Standings.

Boys Standings
                                 ... League         ... Overall
Rock Creek         ... 7-0                ... 12-3
Silver Lake          ... 6-1                 ... 11-4
Wabaunsee          ... 3-3                 ... 8-6
Rossville               ... 1-4                 ... 3-12
St. Marys              ... 1-5                  ... 1-13
Riley County       ... 1-6                  ... 4-11

Girls  Standings
                                   ... League          ... Overall
Riley County        ... 7-0                 ... 14- 1
Wabaunsee           ... 5-1                  ... 11-3
Silver Lake            ... 4-3                 ... 9-6
Rossville                ... 2-3                  ... 8-7
Rock Creek           ... 1-6                  ... 3-12
St. Marys               ... 0-6                 ... 4-10

Bryce Gfeller Nominated

Nominations for the Capital Journal Athlete of the Week include Bryce Gfeller who won the 106 pound class at the big Silver Lake Invitational wrestling tournament on Feb. 8.

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

New 3A Wrestling Rankings

This week's 3A wrestling rankings look much better for Dawg fans.  The top 5 ranked schools are:
1.    Norton
2.    Hoisington
3.    Rossville
4.    ACCHS
5.    Silver Lake

Individual rankings include:
106 lb.    Bryce Gfeller         #3
132 lb.    Jacob Gentry        #6
152 lb.    Tagen Lambotte    #1
172 lb.    Isaac Luellen         #2

The complete list of rankings can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/images/docs/Rankings/3a.pdf

RHS Girls Roll Over Osage City

Rossville        9     15     12     9     =    45
Osage City    9       4       8     7     =    28

Rossville scoring:
Nitsch            5 (1)     5-7     16
 Kirk              4          0-3       8
Hill                 2         2-2       6
Little               2 (1)    0-0       5
VanderPutten  1         1-4       3
Dick                1         1-2      3
Shinn               1         1-2      3
Shinn               0         1-4      1 

Totals            16 (2)    11-26   45

RHS Boys Lose to Osage City

Rossville             8      10     16     14     =     48
Osage City        22      17     13     19     =     71

Rossvillescoring

Horak                    8 (1)       8-10       25
Horak                    2            2-3          6
Schultz-Pruner       2            1-5          5
Horak                    2             0-0         4
Roduner                1             1-2         3
Jenkins                 1             0-0         2
Woodcock             0             2-2         2
Miller                     0             1-2         1
Totals                   16 (1)      15-25      48

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Harry Hammer Passes Away

     Harry M. Hammer Jr., 72, passed away Monday, February 10, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
     He was born March 26, 1941 at Wichita, the son of Harry M. and Estyl M. Hall Hammer.   Harry graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1959.     Mr. Hammer was in law-enforcement working for the Kansas Highway Patrol Capital Police and for the city of Rossville as Chief of Police for many years before he retired.  He was a member of the Rossville Christian Church and was an active member of the Legion Riders at Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 in Rossville.   Harry was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Topeka.     He was married to Shirley Goodwin on October 17, 1965 at Perry. She survives of the home.     Other survivors include four sons, Trey Hammer, Rossville, Kevin Hammer in Colorado, Scott (Cathy) Hammer and Jason (Chris) Hammer all of Rossville; two daughters, Brenda (Kevin) Warner, Oklahoma City, OK, and Teresa Kole, Wichita; 15 grandchildren.
     Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M.Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Interment will be in the RossvilleCemetery.  Mr. Hammer will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Harry M. Hammer Memorial Fund and sent in care of Rossville State Bank, Rossville, Kansas 66536
    To sign the guest book,  go to:  
http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/harry-m-hammer-jr/


Monday, February 10, 2014

Winter Royalty Candidates

    The King and Queen candidates for Rossville High School's Winter Royalty.
Front row:  Briene Duryea, Samantha Thompson, Therese VanderPutten
Back row:  Jacob Gentry, Zach Nitsch, Davis Warton.
The crowning ceremony will be during the halftime of the varsity boys basketball game on 
Feb. 20 against St. Marys High. 

Pictures of 2014 Wrestling Team


Center Front row:  Cody York (Mgr)Back Row, Left to right:  Madi Lira (Mgr), Tori DuBois (Mgr), Bryce Gfeller, Courtney Horgan (coach), Trevor Balch, Zach Jensen, Derek Gentry, Lee Hester, Caleb Lovejoy, Tagen Lambotte, Alex Bird, Jacob Gentry, Isaac Luellen, Nick Reesor, Curt Brecheisen (Coach), and Cody Lambotte (Coach).  Not pictured Riley Brecheisen (Mgr).
SENIORS
Jacob Gentry, Tori DuBois (Mgr) and Tagen Lambotte

Silver Lake Invitational Wrestling Results

From CJOnline"  
    Though Greg Tooley has had his share of decent tests this season, both he and St. Marys coach Travis Van Vleck knew Saturday’s Silver Lake Invitational would be the ultimate challenge for the 145-pound junior.
    “We’ve had this date circled since after Christmas,” Van Vleck said. “We knew this was going to be his toughest tournament leading up to state.”
    Indeed, the challenge seemed formidable with Class 5A No. 2 Andrew Tujague of St. James Academy and Class 4A No. 2 Kaleb Konitzer of Prairie View — both returning state champions from a year ago — in the same bracket. Yet Tooley kept his undefeated season going, defeating both on his way to capturing the title.
    “I was scared to death against Tujague going into the match,” Tooley said of the title showdown with last year’s 5A 138 state champion. “I saw he had a one-point match with Michael (Olson of Lansing, 5A’s top-ranked 145-pounder) and thought, ‘Oh man.’”
    Tooley calmed those fears before facing Tujague, however, getting a big boost from an 8-7 semifinal win over Konitzer. Tooley was taken down for the first time this season in that match, falling behind 3-2 early, but came back to take down Konitzer two more times, building an 8-5 lead before hanging on.
    The title match with Tujague wasn’t that close. After the two battled through a scoreless first period, Tooley got an escape and takedown in a five-second span and then added another takedown later in the period to lead 5-2 going into the third.
    After Tujague worked an early escape to start the third, Tooley ended the match with one move. In taking Tujague straight to his back on a takedown, the St. James standout’s left leg got pinned under him and he cried out in immediate pain.
    Tooley was somewhat distraught coming to his corner, yelling, “I heard it snap!” Tujague was helped off the mat with knee and ankle injuries, ending the match with an injury default.
“I felt bad because he’s probably going to win state and I was scared I took away that chance,” Tooley said. “I just did everything I wish I would have done in the state finals against Brogan (Humphrey of Fredonia). They both have the same style and both are small and down to the ground. In the state finals, I was scared and today I just saw all the moves I needed to do.”
    Tooley improved to 33-0 with the title and was named the tourney’s most outstanding wrestler.
“Konitzer and Tujague, they’re amazing wrestlers,” Van Vleck said. “Greg wants to be considered one of the best and this was a very important day for him. This can catapult him to truly thinking he can go back and take state.”
    Two other area wrestlers entered Saturday’s tournament with undefeated records, but only one joined Tooley unscathed. Doniphan West’s Tristan Speer pinned his way to the finals for a showdown with Iola’s Bryce Misenhelter, who had just one loss on the season.
Speer grabbed a 4-2 lead before getting Misenhelter to his back and working the pin with 1:15 left in the third period.
    Silver Lake freshman Dalton Dultmeier also reached the finals at 113 with easy wins. But he couldn’t work any takedowns against St. James’ Stephen Tujague and dropped a 1-0 decision for his first loss of the year.
    Rossville’s Tagen Lambotte captured his third Silver Lake title, but seemed none to pleased about how he got it. Though he beat Prairie View’s William Holland 11-6 in the finals to improve to 26-1, Lambotte was far from satisfied with his performance.
    “Not at all,” said Lambotte, who got three of his five takedowns in the final period after trailing 1-0 in the first. “I have to get to my offense. I was in position, but I just have to execute better.”
Rossville also got a title from Bryce Gfeller at 106, who took an 11-3 win over Prairie View’s Tanner Snow in the finals. Bulldog Isaac Luellen also reached the finals but fell 5-2 to St. James’ Matt Pratt.
St. James ran away with the team title, getting seven champions to score 250 points and easily outdistance runner-up Baldwin (182.5), which had one champion — 220-pounder Tiler Garcia, a 7-4 winner over St. James’ David Feist.

Team scores
St. James Academy 250, Baldwin 182.5, Prairie View 142, Rossville 96.5, Silver Lake 94, Salina South 89.5, Doniphan West 69.5, St. Marys 69, Leavenworth 65.5, Free State 62, Wamego 60, Iola 55, Osawatomie 52.5, Erie 43, Clay Center 42, Anderson County 33, Chase County 10.

Championship finals
106 — Gfeller, Rossville maj. dec. Snow, Prairie View, 11-3.
113 — S. Tujague, St. James dec. Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 1-0.
120 — Heberly, Salina South pinned Christie, Wamego, 1:33.
126 — Cokeley, St. James maj. dec. Lisher, Baldwin, 12-0.
132 — Hensley, St. James dec. Howerton, Silver Lake, 9-2.
138 — Lautt, St. James dec. Clark, Baldwin, 3-1.
145 — Tooley, St. Marys won by injury default over A. Tujague, St. James.
152 — Lambotte, Rossville dec. Holland, Prairie View, 11-6.
160 — Van Lerberg, St. James pinned Tuckfield, Baldwin, 3:00.
170 — Pratt, St. James dec. Luellen, Rossville, 5-2.
182 — Salsbury, St. James pinned Koch, Anderson County, 5:07.
195 — Speer, Doniphan West pinned Misenhelter, Iola, 4:45.
220 — Garcia, Baldwin dec. Feist, St. James, 7-4.
285 — Colborn, Erie pinned Katzer, Baldwin, 1:57.

The details of all matches can be read at:  http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/wrestling/13-14/14_sl.pdf

The Burlington Double Dual tournament scheduled for Feb. 6 was canceled.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Class Reunions For This Year

If your graduating class year ended in 09 or 04,  then you should be starting to plan for a class reunion this summer.
Let me know when and where it will be.    frank.ruff@juno.com

Upcoming Wrestling Tournaments

The Mideast League wrestling tournament will be at Silver Lake on Feb. 14

The 321A Wrestling Regionals will be on Feb. 21-22 at Sabetha, and will include:
Atchison-Maur Hill Mount Academy, Centralia, Easton-Pleasant Ridge, Effingham-Atchison Co. Comm., Eskridge-Mission Valley, Hiawatha, Highland-Doniphan West, Horton, Leavenworth-Immaculata, Marysville, McLouth, Onaga, Oskaloosa, Riley County, Rossville, Sabetha, Silver Lake, St. George-Rock Creek, St. Marys, Troy, Wabaunsee, Wakefield, Wathena-Riverside, Wellsville.

The State 321A State tourney will be Feb. 28-Mar1 at Hays.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

RHS Girls Lose At Wabaunsee


Rossville         7      15     11     9     =     42
Wabaunsee     8      12     11    20    =     51

Rossville scoring:   
Hill                     7          2-2     16
Kirk                    4          2-4     10
Nitsch                 4 (2)     0-0     10
Steckel               1          2-2      4
VanderPutten      1          0-0      2
Totals               17 (2)     6-8     42

Wabaunse Gets Overtime Win

     The Dawgs had a 5 point half-time lead,  but Wabaunsee whittled it down during the second half  to force the game into overtime.  Wabaunsee then outscored the visitors 11-6 during OT to win 57-52.

Rossville                 14      12     11     9      6      =      52
Wabaunsee             10      11     14   11    11      =      57

Rossville scoring:
Schultz-Pruner             3          9-12       15
Horak                          3 (3)      2-4        11
Horak                          2           5-5         9
Horak                          3           2-2         8
Roduner                       2 (1)      0-0         5
Sowers                        0           2-5         2
Woodcock                   1           0-2         2

Totals                        14 (4)    20-30      52

Friday, February 7, 2014

Winter Royalty Crowning Rescheduled For Feb. 20

Winter Royalty was scheduled for Tuesday Feb 4th   at the St. Marys basketball game.  But  the weather caused school to close and the game has been rescheduled  for Thursday, Feb 20th.   The  Game will still be against St. Marys and the crowning will occur during half-time of the boys game. 
Candidates this year for queen are  Briena Duryea, Samantha Thompson and Therese VanderPutten
Candidated for king are Jacob Gentry, Zach Nitsch and Davis Warton.