RHS Girls Defeat Rock Creek

    The RHS girls picked up a road win at Rock Creek on Jan. 13 with a convincing 59-46 victory.  The girls are 6-3 overall and 1-2 in the Mid-East League.

Rossville          9   15   14   21   =   59
Rock Creek      5   19   10   12   =   46

Rossville scoring:
Nitsch                  5 (4)     3-8       17
Hill                       4 (2)     4-6       14
Kirk                      4          6-9       14
Conley                 3          1-1         7
Steckel                1 (1)     2-2         5
Shinn                   1          0-0         2
Totals                18 (7)   16-26     59.

Veterans Appreciation Night Jan 16

    They are asking that Rossville fans wear Red and White (with no black) and St. Marys fans wear Blue and White.

RHS Girls Lose At Riley Co.

Rossville           10   10     8   11   =   39
Riley County      17   13   15   12   =   57

Rossville scoring:

Hill                      6 (1)      0-0     13
Kirk                     5           0-0     10
Nitsch                 2 (1)      0-2       5 
Shinn                  2           0-0       4
Buhler                 1 (1)     0-0        3
Steckel                1          0-0        2
Day                     1          0-0        2 

Totals                18 (3)     0-2      39

RHS Boys Win Over Riley County

Rossville           9 17 15 11 — 52
Riley County   13   9   7 11 — 40

Rossville scoring:

Horak                5 (3)       2-4       15
Sowers              5            1-2       11
Hulbert              3             3-4        9
Schultz-Pruner   1             1-2        3
Roduner            0              2-2       2
Totals              14 (3)        9-16    52

Rossville Invitational Wrestling Tournament

    Attending the Rossville Invitational wrestling tournament on Jan. 10 were ACCHS, Bellevue-Republic County, Clay Center, Doniphan West, Hiawatha-Horton, Immaculata, Maur Hill Prep,Perry-Lecompton,Pleasant Ridge, Riley County, Rossville, Sabetha, Santa Fe Trail, St. Marys, Topeka Hayden,Wellington. 

    The Dawgs finished fourth of sixteen teams with 144.5 points,  behind Santa Fe Trail (206) Clay Center (193) and Atchison Cou. (171).

    Rossville wrestlers picking up medals were:

Bryce Gfeller                   113           1st
Holden Hurla                    120          5th
Alex Cavanaugh              126          1st
Isaiah Luellen                   138           4th
Derek Gentry                   152            2nd
Nick Reesor                     160            1st
Koles Davoren                 220            6th
Kody Hurla                        285            8th

For complete results of each class,  go to:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/wrestling/14-15/15_ross.pdf

For photos taken at the tournement,  go to:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2015/01/rossville-invitational-wrestling-jan-10.html

Eagles Soar Over RHS Boys BB Team

SILVER LAKE 50, ROSSVILLE 31

Silver Lake     13  15  14    8      =    50

Rossville        10   2    8   11     =     31


Rossville   scoring:
Th. Horak            4-14(1)    0-0      9
Sowers                2-3          3-6      7
C. Horak             1-6          1-3      3
Woodcock           0-4           0-1     0
Schultz-Pruner     2-6(1)       2-2     7
Roduner              1-3           1-1     3
Hulbert                1-3           0-2     2
Hammes             0-2           0-0     0
Morris                  0-1           0-1     0
Mason                 0-0           0-0     0

Totals                11-42       7-16    31

The team is now 3-4 overall and 0-1 in the Mid East League.

Eagles Defeat RHS Girls in BB

SILVER LAKE 59, ROSSVILLE 51

Silver Lake     11 14 21 13   =   59

Rossville         8 14 16 13   =   51


Rossville  scoring: 
Nitsch                        3-12(1)   0-2        7
Steckel                      4-9 (1)    1-3      10
Conley                       2-6         0-0        4
Kirk                            1-4         0-0        2
Hill                             7-13       2-2      16
L. Shinn                     0-2         0-1        0
Day                            4-7         0-2        8
S. Shinn                     1-1         2-4        4
Porter                         0-0         0-0        0
Buhler                         0-0         0-0        0

Totals                       22-54(2)   5-14      51 

Rossville's record is now 5-2 overall and 0-1 in the Mid East League

Thatcher Horak In All Star Game

     RHS Senior Thatcher Horak will play on the East Squad in the 2015 Kansas Shrine Bowl.  The game will be played July 25, 2015, at the Ft. Hays State's Lewis Field.
     As the Dawgs running back and corner back,  he helped Rossville win their first  3A state championship.    He was All-State in 3A russing for 992 yards and 14 TDs in 80 attempts for a 12.4 yards per carry average.  He also had 32 pass receptions for 542 yards and eight TDs.  On defense,  he totaled 43 tackles and four interceptions,  one of which was for a TD.  He also returned one kickoff for a TD.

Kaw Valley Duals Wrestling Tourney

State Champ Shirts Have Arrived

Rossville High School State Champion football shirts have arrived! 

 All orders were mailed out or delivered to the high school today.  If you had your order shipped to the high school please arrange for pick up on Friday night from 5-7 January 9 or Saturday during the home wrestling tournament.  Thanks for supporting your high school champions!

Donald Redmon Passes Away

    Rossville- Donald Dean “Don” Redmon, 83, passed away Saturday, January 3, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
    He was born June 30, 1931 at Emmett the son of Homer and Mary O’Connor Redmon.  He grew up in the Emmett, Delia, Rossville and Silver Lake communities and graduated from Silver Lake High School.  Don served in the United States Army.
    Mr. Redmon was a farmer and had been a salesman.  He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville and was a past Commander.  He took pride in serving on the funeral detail team.
    He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Carl, John and Lee Redmon; sisters Margaret Ballard and Mary Ann Bryant.
    On May 21, 1950 he was united in marriage to Louise Martinek in Silver Lake.  She survives of the home.
    Other survivors include his son, Mike Redmon, Rossville; two daughters Linda Esquivel and Donna Porter both of Topeka; brothers, Ed and Lloyd Redmon both of Topeka, Theron, Gene, and Billy Redmon all of Valley Falls; sisters, Anna Lou Lahey, California and Monica Olson, Topeka; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Interment with Military Services will be in the Czech-Moravan Cemetery, Rossville.
    Mr. Redmon will lie in state after 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys where the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.
    Memorial contributions may be made to Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536.  Condolences can be left at the Piper Funderal Home web site.

RHS Third at Quest Academic Competition

  The RHS Scholar's Bowl team competed in the 2014-2015 Quest Academic Competition on Dec. 6 at Washburn University.  The Rossville team was third in 3A.  Below are the top three teams in each class.

This is a photo of the Rossville team

Row 1: Bilal Channa, Emily Woodcock, and Andrea Rietcheck

Row 2: Jason Broaddus (Coach), Ethan Woodcock, Samuel Thederahn, and Mitchell Porter

 

3A Wrestling Rankings For Kansas

The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Assn rankings for 3A this week are out and RHS maintains its number 2 ranking.  The Dawgs have  three wrestlers ranked number 1 in their class,  and another at number 3 which is unchanged from last week.

Teams:
1.  Norton
2.  Rossville
3.  Silver Lake
4.  Hoisington


113 lb.   Bryce Gfeller       #1
126 lb.  Alex Cavanaugh   #1
160 lb.  Nick Reesor          #3
182 lb.  Isaac Luellen        #1

For details of each class,  click on below image:

1958-59 RHS Cheerleaders

RHS Cheerleaders for 1958-59.
All are 1959 graduates.

L to R: Virginia (Shannon) Allen, Linda (Ungeheuer) Raine, 

Janice (Brown) Grooms, Patty (Coffey) Essman, ,Helen (Stadler) Huffman.