New Video from Rossville High about safe driving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs0RKSP6ksg&feature=em-subs_digest-g
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Two Vehicle Accident On Main St.
From the Capital Journal:
by phil.anderson@cjonline.com
ROSSVILLE — No
serious injuries were reported Monday morning in a two-vehicle collision in
northwestern Shawnee County that restricted traffic on a highway for about an
hour.
Emergency crews were called about 7:45 a.m. to the intersection of
N.W. US-24 highway and Main in Rossville after a pickup truck and passenger car
collided.
Authorities initially indicated one person suffered serious
injuries in the crash, but officers later said those injuries didn’t require
ambulance transportation to a hospital.
Shawnee County sheriff’s deputies on the scene said the crash
occurred when a white Chevrolet passenger car that was northbound on Main
failed to yield the right of way, pulling out in front of a gray Ford F-150
pickup truck that was eastbound on US-24 highway.
The driver’s side of the Chevy was heavily damaged, and the pickup
truck’s front end also was damaged.
The vehicles came to rest against each other facing east on the
northeast corner of the intersection.
Officers directed traffic around the crash scene until tow trucks
arrived and moved the crashed vehicles.
Monday, November 9, 2015
Pre-Season 321A Wrestling Rankings
The Dawgs are ranked #3 in the pre-season ranking by the KWCA. Ahead of them are Norton (1)and Hoisington (2). Trailing Rossville is Scott City (4) and Silver Lake (5). Ranked in the top six of their weight classification are: Bryce Gfeller (113#), Alex Cavanaugh (126#), Isaiah Luellen (138$), Derek Gentry (152#, Isaac Luellen (182#) and Kole Davoren (220#).
Click on image below to enlarge.
Seniors Attend KU Honors Program
RHS Seniors Attend KU Honors Program Reception
The Kansas Honors Program sponsored by
KU Endowment and Alumni Associations recognizes and awards high
school seniors for their academic achievements. Each year, the
alumni gather in more than 40 locations across the state for an
awards ceremony and reception. All high school seniors in the top ten
percent of their graduating class are recognized and presented a
certificate and a special edition dictionary. The Scholars are
selected based on academic records through the end of their junior
year.
Rossville High School recognized four
seniors at the Kansas Honors Program held on November 3, 2015, at the
Ramada Inn Downtown in Topeka. The seniors recognized were Eric
Ebert, son of Kyle & Karen Ebert; Justin Logan, son of Spencer &
Cindy Logan; Kyle Parr, son of Howard & Rhonda Parr; and Britnee
Zemek, daughter of Harley & Amy Douglas.
RHS Kansas Honors Scholars
pictured
with their dictionaries are from left:
Eric Ebert, Kyle Parr, Britnee
Zemek, and Justin Logan.
Rossville Football Video
Here is KSNT video of the Rossville-Nemaha game and also the Silver Lake-Sabetha game:
http://ksnt.com/2015/11/07/h-s-football-playoffs-rossville-sabetha-burlingame-axtell-advance/
WIBW also has video of the game at:
http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/KPZ-Week-10-Rossville-at-Nemaha-Central-342748242.html
http://ksnt.com/2015/11/07/h-s-football-playoffs-rossville-sabetha-burlingame-axtell-advance/
WIBW also has video of the game at:
http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/KPZ-Week-10-Rossville-at-Nemaha-Central-342748242.html
Meeting To Decide Bridge Funding
From the Capital Journal:
The Topeka and Shawnee County Joint Economic Development Organization will meet Nov. 18 to discuss the allocation of revenue from a countywide half-cent sales tax dedicated to infrastructure and economic development.
Whether the city and county can reach an agreement at that meeting on how the funds will be used is unknown — there appear to be more worthy causes on the board than can be funded. But it is good that the meeting, called by Mayor Larry Wolgast in response to a request from Shawnee County Commission Chairman Kevin Cook, will occur.
Topeka officials had planned to wait until December to conduct such a meeting but the county has a pressing issue it wants decided earlier — the funding available for construction of a new, $24 million bridge over the Kansas River to replace the deteriorating Willard Bridge.
As of this writing, the city and county governing bodies differ on how they would allocate the revenue generated by a 15-year extension of the sales tax, which voters approved last year. Now, they must draft an interlocal agreement, which has to be approved by both governing bodies, on the use of that money.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Article About Horak & RHS
Here is a very interesting article about Tucker Horak and the Rossville football team written back before the current season started.
http://kansas-sports.com/ks/news/?id=5983&t=faces-in-ks-tucker-horak
http://kansas-sports.com/ks/news/?id=5983&t=faces-in-ks-tucker-horak
3A Playoff Picture
The Dawgs will play Pittsburg St. Marys Colgan next Friday at Rossville. The Dawgs are now 11-0 and Golgan is 9-2.
Sabetha's surprise 34-28 win at Silver lake on Saturday means that there will not be an encore of the 2015 War on 24. In recent years, the two schools have usually met a second time in the playoffs, usually the state semi-final. Sabetha (7-4) will play at Wellsville (9-2) on Friday and the winner will play the winner of the Rossville - Colgan game.
In other 3A playoff games this Friday will be Hoisington (11-0) at Halstead (11-0) and Norton (9-2) at Wichita Colegiate (11-0).
Sabetha's surprise 34-28 win at Silver lake on Saturday means that there will not be an encore of the 2015 War on 24. In recent years, the two schools have usually met a second time in the playoffs, usually the state semi-final. Sabetha (7-4) will play at Wellsville (9-2) on Friday and the winner will play the winner of the Rossville - Colgan game.
In other 3A playoff games this Friday will be Hoisington (11-0) at Halstead (11-0) and Norton (9-2) at Wichita Colegiate (11-0).
Willard Bridge Budget To Be Set
On Monday, Shawnee County public works director
Tom Vlach will ask county commissioners to approve the operating budget for the
pending Willard Bridge reconstruction project. That budget calls for
$23,546,466 from Shawnee County. Those funds will come for a combination of
sources:
■ Remainder from the 2004 countywide half-cent sales tax. About $6
million is left over.
■ Between $7 million and $10 million for a Kansas Department of
Transportation loan.
■ A still unknown amount from the 2017 sales tax extension.
■ A yet-to-be-determined amount from federal obligation funds, a
federal match for roads and bridge projects and temporary financing or general
obligation bonds, if necessary.
How much money will come from each source will be determined after
the county knows exactly how much to expect from the sales tax extension and
KDOT loan, Vlach said.
Another $1,158,406 will come from Wabaunsee County. Shawnee County
already has spent $1.4 million on bridge design.
Setting the project budget is necessary for drafting an agreement
with Wabaunsee County, Vlach wrote in a memo to the commissioners. The county
will be able to open bidding for the project at 2 p.m. on Dec. 2 with the
contract awarded by Dec. 22.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
3A Playoff Scores For Nov. 7
Other 3A playoff scores include:
Sabetha 34
Silver Lake 28
Wellsville 56
Neodesha 7
St. Marys Colgan 28
Galena 14
Halstead 48
Wichita Independent 0
Hoisington 50
Washington County 6
Wichita Collegiate 41
Garden Plain 6
Norton 28
Scott City 24
Sabetha 34
Silver Lake 28
Wellsville 56
Neodesha 7
St. Marys Colgan 28
Galena 14
Halstead 48
Wichita Independent 0
Hoisington 50
Washington County 6
Wichita Collegiate 41
Garden Plain 6
Norton 28
Scott City 24
Horak And Dawgs Blast Nemaha
From the Capital-Journal
SENECA — Every chance he gets,
Rossville quarterback Tucker Horak doles out heaps for his success to his
teammates, and in particular, bragging on his offensive line.
And to be sure, those guys have been stellar as Horak has put up
video game-like numbers during his career.
There’s also something to be said for Horak’s ability to make a
play on his own when he has to. And that trait was a huge reason Rossville
turned Saturday night’s Class 3A playoff showdown with fellow unbeaten Nemaha
Central from a nip-and-tuck affair into a 61-20 blowout win for the Bulldawgs.
“I don’t even know where he’s going sometimes,” Rossville senior
lineman Gabe Marney said of Horak, who ran for 328 yards and four touchdowns
and threw for 210 yards and two scores. “I think I even may have tackled him
once because he cut back into me. He just runs so hard and sees things before
they happen.”
Two Horak runs in particular seemed to break Nemaha Central’s
spirit after the Thunder trailed just 21-12 at halftime. They weren’t Horak’s
80-yard run on Rossville’s first offensive play of the game nor his 64-yard
scamper one play after Nemaha Central had cut Rossville’s second-quarter lead
to 14-12.
Nope, these were plays that seemed to defy logic and leave almost
everyone in the massive crowd in Seneca asking, “How’d he do that?”
Deep in Nemaha territory on Rossville’s opening drive of the
second half, the Thunder had Horak dead to rights in the backfield for a big
loss. Instead, he stiff-armed and threw the first would-be tackler to the turf,
broke through another tackle in the backfield and then busted free for a
23-yard touchdown burst.
If that was highlight worthy enough, Horak may have topped it
later in the quarter. Going left on a sweep, no fewer than five Thunder
tacklers had their hands firmly on Horak. He fought through each of the tackles
and dove to the pylon for a back-breaking 43-yard touchdown run that made it
42-12.
“Tucker can make one miss,” Rossville coach Derick Hammes said. “What
we really do a good job of is we’re good up front, but our down-field blocking
is good as well. I think that attributes to some of his success as well. If we
can put a body on 10, he can make one miss and that’s usually what happens.
They understand if they get a hat on their guy, Tucker can take it to the house
at any time.”
Rossville scored 40 straight points in the second half — 28 in the
third quarter alone — to put away a Nemaha Central team that had stood
toe-to-toe with the Bulldawgs in the first half.
The Thunder saw their opening drive of the game thwarted by a
Jacob Bradshaw interception in the end zone, but then answered Horak’s 80-yard
touchdown with a 48-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Hasenkamp to Dalton
Hiltibrand.
After Horak hit Dawson Hammes for an 11-yard score, Nemaha came
right back and Dylan Steinlage hit Tristan Allen for a juggling 38-yard
receiver touchdown pass to make it 14-12.
Horak took over from there, hitting the Thunder with a 64-yard
scoring run to complete a half where he ran for 202 yards and then devastating
them with the superhuman touchdown runs in the second half.
“We went in at half and Coach Hammes wrote some stuff on the board
that we’d gone over,” Marney said. “Once we got it figured out, everything
started clicking on offense.”
Hasenkamp threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns for the Thunder,
who saw their season end at 10-1 — its best record since 1973.
Rossville (10-0) has now won 25 straight games and will play host
to Colgan (9-2) in the state quarterfinals after the Panthers topped Galena
28-14.
Rossville (11-0) 7 14 28 12 — 61
Nemaha Central (10-1) 6 6 0 8 — 20
Ross — Horak 80 run (Nascimento kick)
NC — Hiltibrand 48 pass from Hasenkamp (kick failed)
Ross — Hammes 11 pass from Horak (Nascimento kick)
NC — Allen 38 pass from Steinlage (run failed)
Ross — Horak 64 run (Nascimento kick)
Ross — Horak 23 run (Nascimento kick)
Ross — Roduner 50 pass from Horak (Nascimento kick)
Ross — Horak 43 run (Nascimento kick)
Ross — Roduner 10 run (Nascimento kick)
Ross — Balch 14 run (kick failed)
Ross — Hammes 3 run (kick failed)
NC — Allen 48 pass from Hasenkamp (Hiltibrand pass from Hasenkamp)
GAME IN FIGURES
Ross NC
First downs 26 12
Rushes-yards 41-415 28-63
Passing 210 212
Comp-Att-Int 19-25-0 12-22-3
Punts 0-0 4-26.2
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-25 1-5
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — Rossville: Horak 25-328, Roduner 3-11, Hammes 6-28,
Balch 4-28, Bradshaw 1-36, Cavanaugh 1-1, Team 1-minus 17. Nemaha Central:
Rethman 13-48, Hasenkamp 10-7, Henry 2-1, Koelzer 3-7.
PASSING — Rossville: 19-25-0, 210 yards. Nemaha Central: Hasenkamp
10-20-3, 169 yards, Steinlage 1-1-0, 38 yards, Allen 1-1-0, 5 yards.
RECEIVING — Rossville: Schumacher 4-13, Roduner 7-96, Bradshaw
5-58, Hammes 3-43. Nemaha Central: Allen 6-122, Henry 3-10,, Hiltibrand 1-48,
Steinlage 2-32.
Dawgs Turn It Up in Second Half
The second half scoring started with a busted play, but Tucker Horak recovered his composure and went around left end to put the Dawgs up 28-12. A 50 yard pass from Horak to Christian Roduner increased the lead to 35-12. A few minutes later, the Dawgs went up 42-12 when Tucker had another of his tackle breaking runs.
With the Nemaha QB under pressure, Christian Roduer intercepted a pass on the next drive. Moments later, Christian went around left end for another TD to up the Dawgs lead to 42-12. Balch added another TD to up the score to 55-12.
Roduner soon intercepted another Nemaha pass and Jacob Bradshaw had a long pass reception to the 4 yard line to set up a Bradshaw to Hammes 4 yard TD to put the Dawgs up 61-12. With less than 2 minutes left, Nemaha scored the final TD and 2 pt. conversion to make the final score 61-20.
With the Nemaha QB under pressure, Christian Roduer intercepted a pass on the next drive. Moments later, Christian went around left end for another TD to up the Dawgs lead to 42-12. Balch added another TD to up the score to 55-12.
Roduner soon intercepted another Nemaha pass and Jacob Bradshaw had a long pass reception to the 4 yard line to set up a Bradshaw to Hammes 4 yard TD to put the Dawgs up 61-12. With less than 2 minutes left, Nemaha scored the final TD and 2 pt. conversion to make the final score 61-20.
Dawgs Lead Nemaha At Half
Nemaha Central received the first kick off and drove nearly the full length of the field However, Jacob Bradshaw intercepted a Thunder pass in the end zone to end the threat. On the Dawgs first play from scrimmage, Tucker Horak kwpt the ball and went up the center and took it to the end zone with an 80 yard run. Nemaha then scored on a passing TD of about 50 years, but missed the extra point. The Dawgs came back with a Horak to Hammes pass for their second TD. Nemaha answered with another long passing TD of about 40 yards, but couldn't convert on the two point conversion. On the first play of the next Dawgs possession Horak again went up the center for a TD of about 65 yards to put the Dawgs up 21-12 at the half.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Donald DeHart Passes Away
Donald Eugene DeHart, 88 years old, passed away October 30 2015 surrounded by his loving family.
Don was born May 26, 1927 in Rossville Kansas to parents Prentis and Lula (Trimble) DeHart. Don graduated from Silver Lake High School. He was pround to have served his country in the US Army Signal Corps in Korea and was a member of American Legion Post 400, and VFW 1650. He worked at Southwestern Bell and AT&T, as well as the State of Kansas for a combination of over 40 years. Then, Don was a distributor of DriWash and Guard and enjoyed sales and detailing cars for the last 20 years. Don loved God and was so thankful and proud of all his grandchildren. He was a member of Northland Christian Church.
Don is survived by his wife of 66 years, Marian DeHart; sons, Steve DeHart who resides in Olsberg, Kansas, Dan DeHart who resides in Loveland, Colorado; daughters; Susan Holsteen from Aurora Colorado and Sherry Muller from Centennial Colorado; 14 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren on the way. Don was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be so greatly missed by all his friends and family.
A private family memorial service will be held at the grave site in January. Memorial contributions may be made to the Topeka Rescue Mission and sent in care of the Chapel Oaks Cremation & Funeral Services, 235 SW Topeka Blvd, Topeka, Kansas 66603.
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