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

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

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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 1^st 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/

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.

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