Martha Long Passes Away

      Martha Long, 92, of Topeka, Kansas died Monday, January 25, 2016 at Rossville Health Care and Rehabilitation.
      She was born June 2, 1923 in Neosho, Missouri, the daughter of Marshall and Alice (Russell) Robinson. She married Donald Long on April 1, 1945 in Tyler, Texas. They later divorced. Martha enjoyed crocheting and jigsaw puzzles.
      Survivors include her sons, Donald (Peggy) Long of Topeka, and Tony (Gloria) Long of Manhattan, Kansas; a sister, Edna (Charles) Young of Albuquerque, New Mexico; six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Martha was preceded in death by a son Roger, her grandson, Scott, her five brothers, and three sisters.
      Martha will lie in state from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Thursday at Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be given in her memory to the , sent in care of Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, 800 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66603. Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.brennanmathenafh.com.

Rossville Dominates Cornerstone

The Lady Dawgs won their first round of the Jefferson Co. North Invitational on Jan. 26.

Cornerstone    0  11  7 14   =   32

Rossville       11 12 13 11   =   47

Rossville scoring:

Nitsch             2 (1)        3-6      8
Hill                  4              0-0      8
Conley            2              3-4      7
Porter             2 (1)         2-4      7
Steckel            1              3-5      5
Day                 2              0-0      4
Shinn              1               2-6      4
Hill                   2              0-0      4
Totals            16 (2)       13-25   47.

Other tournament results include:

ACCHS 37,  Jeff Co. North 43
Valley Falls 59, Osawatomie 12Oskaloosa 31, Perry-Lecompton 47

Rossville will play Jeff. Co. No. Friday  at 6:00 in their semi-final matchup.
The results of that game determine whether Rossville plays for first or third on Sat.

Final Results at Holton

    Seven Dawgs competed in the championship match at the Sadowski Tournament at Holton on Jan. 22-23
    Five Dawgs winning championship medals were Alex Cavanaugh (120), Byrce Gfeller (126), Holden Hurla (132). Isiah Luellen (152) and Isaac Luellen (182).
    Finishing in second place were Phoenix Thomas (138) and Kole Davoren (220). 

Final Holton Standings

Final team standings at the Holton tournament on Jan. 23

		Team	Season Team	Abbr	Count	Points
1.		Shawnee Heights, KS	Shawnee Heights, KS (GET)	SH	14	190.5
2.		Andover Central , KS	Andover Central High School, KS (GET)	AC	15	178.5
3.		Gardner-Edgerton , KS	Gardner Edgerton, KS (GET)	GE	20	167.0
4.		Rossville, KS	Rossville High School, KS (GET)	Ross	9	165.5
5.		Holton, KS	Holton High School , KS (GET)	Holt	10	124.5
6.		Wabaunsee , KS	Wabaunsee, KS (GET)	Wab	6	72.0
7.		Tonganoxie, KS	Tonganoxie, KS (GET)	Tong	8	71.0
8.		Wichita East, KS	Wichita East, KS (GET)	WE	6	68.5
9.		Central Heights, KS	Central Hts, KS (GET)	CH	7	33.5
10.		Onaga , KS	Onaga High School, KS (GET)	Ona	2	31.0
10.		Topeka West, KS	Topeka West, KS (GET)	TW	9	31.0
12.		Oskaloosa, KS	No Match (GET)	Osk	2	25.5

Jeff North Defeats Dawgs

    The Dawgs played their second game of the Valley Falls tournament and lost to Jefferson North 44-36 on Friday night.  They will play again on Saturday evening.

Jefferson North 18   4  13  9   =   44

Rossville            9  13  11  3   =   36

Rossville    scoring:

Horak               4 (3)      1-2      12 
Schumacher    2            4-7       8 
Morris              2 (2)       0-0      6 
Bradshaw        2            1-2      5 
Mason             1 (1)      1-2      4 
Roduner           0           1-2      1 

Totals            11 (6)      8-15    36

Wrestling Honor Roll

From CJ Online:

120 — Riedel, Tonganoxie, 29-4; Cavanaugh, Rossville, 22-2; Casteel, Abilene, 20-4; Skerce, Council Grove, 19-2; Wilson, Manhattan, 19-9; H. Williams, Emporia, 18-6; Dorr, Pleasant Ridge, 17-6; Bober, Burlington, 15-1; Crownover, Marysville, 15-9; Edwards, Concordia, 14-9; Negron, Wamego, 13-9; Kuhn, Silver Lake, 11-5; Kohr, Chase County, 11-9; Holloman, Jefferson West, 9-3; King, St. Marys, 9-4; Scholz, Atchison County, 9-4; Greenfield, Santa Fe Trail, 9-8; Brandhorst, Clay Center, 7-4; Shanks, Free State, 7-4; Bridgeman, Mission Valley, 7-5.

126 — Bailey, Royal Valley, 26-6; Huseman, Tonganoxie, 26-7; Tubbs, Wabaunsee, 22-0; Gfeller, Rossville, 22-4; C. Steele, Council Grove, 19-2; Wuthnow, Abilene, 19-7; Parenti, Ottawa, 19-8; Harrell, Sabetha, 16-5; Widmer, Marysville, 16-7; T. Steele, Free State, 15-0; Sandoval, Emporia, 14-7; Good, Wellsville, 13-4; Green, Baldwin, 12-5; Owen, Chase County, 10-7; Gibson, Jefferson West, 9-8; Warren, Wamego, 7-4; Jacobs, Free State, 3-1.

132 — Erickson, Santa Fe Trail, 29-1; Starcher, Tonganoxie, 25-7; Norris, Manhattan, 23-6; Deters, Marysville, 22-1; Hurla, Rossville, 20-7; Ostertag, Atchison County, 19-4; Karn, Riverside, 17-4; Brownlee, Sabetha, 16-9; Wilmarth, Wellsville, 15-2; Bradford, Silver Lake, 15-7; Rychlec, Burlington, 13-5; Ross, Onaga, 13-6; Strauss, Abilene, 13-6; L. Sharp, Chase County, 13-7; House, Royal Valley, 13-10; Jacobs, Free State, 12-1; Simonsson, Wamego, 12-9.

138 — Harper, Manhattan, 25-4; Resler, Riverside, 20-1; Lane, Clay Center, 19-10; Johnson, Burlington, 18-0; Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 18-3; Thomas, Rossville, 17-4; Martinek, Santa Fe Trail, 17-10; Pierson, Wamego, 16-2; Goebel, Council Grove, 16-5; Dak. Whiteley, Abilene, 15-4; Morgenstern, Baldwin, 15-5; Pool, Holton, 14-3; Vice, Atchison, 14-6; Cunningham, Wellsville, 13-4; Brase, St. Marys, 12-9; Miller, Free State, 10-7; Wilson, Maur Hill, 10-7; Merriman, Onaga, 10-8; Welsh, Ottawa, 9-7; Halls, Sabetha, 7-5.

152 — Hart, Royal Valley, 32-2; Mullin, Clay Center, 27-1; Isaiah Luellen, RossvilIe, 21-5; B. Lemon, Chapman, 20-6; H. Howerton, Silver Lake, 19-1; Delgado, Emporia, 19-5; Hoerner, Abilene, 19-5; Truesdale, Riley County, 18-3; Price, Holton, 18-4; Killham, Manhattan, 18-5; Koger, Santa Fe Trail, 18-12; Speer, Doniphan West, 17-8; Schoenfeld, St. Marys, 15-10; Campbell, Wamego, 14-8; Hand, Tonganoxie, 14-12; O’Brien, Chase County, 10-7; Hinck, Mission Valley, 10-8; Moorman-Meador, Herington, 10-8; Heiden, Jefferson West, 6-5.

160 — Failer, St. Marys, 26-2; Dunlap, Doniphan West, 25-2; Gentry, Rossville, 22-4; Stryker, Marysville, 21-1; Tuckfield, Baldwin, 20-3; E. Lemon, Chapman, 19-8; Waggoner, Riley County, 18-3; Wilson, Lawrence, 18-6; Bridges, Pleasant Ridge, 15-7; Winn, Rock Creek, 15-8; Polston, Wabaunsee, 15-10; Miller, Oskaloosa, 14-4; Wilson, Abilene, 14-9; Reeb, Jefferson West, 13-5; Haney, Chase County, 12-10; Workman, Concordia, 11-5; Louden, Central Heights, 11-7; Henderson, Manhattan, 8-2; Van nest, Perry-Lecompton, 5-2; Streit, Rock Creek, 4-0; Foster, Free State, 3-1.

182 — Box, Royal Valley, 31-3; Isaac Luellen, Rossville, 25-0; Gab. Ware, Clay Center, 23-7; Collins, Doniphan West, 22-4; Ray, Ottawa, 22-4; Ackerman, Marysville, 19-4; Cruickshank, St. Marys, 18-3; Simonsen, Wamego, 17-6; Hornbuckle, Ottawa, 15-12; Jo. Katzer, Baldwin, 13-5; Holt, Burlingame, 12-2; Houston, Manhattan, 11-7; Harvey, Oskaloosa, 10-4; Gladden, Chapman, 10-9; Gibb, Chase County, 9-6; Knapp, Concordia, 8-5.

220 — Shane, Royal Valley, 21-12; Ja. Katzker, Baldwin, 19-1; Davoren, Rossville, 20-4; Renfro, Silver Lake, 18-6; Burt, Abilene, 19-8; Detimore, Marysville, 17-9; Lara, Onaga, 15-3; Forrestt, Santa Fe Trail, 14-4; Reed, Riley County, 14-6; Wittmer, Holton, 13-4; Hinton, Hiawatha, 11-3; Moore, Santa Fe Trail, 11-5; Carter, Wamego, 10-2; Lister, Chapman, 10-8; Smith, Wellsville, 9-1; Hawkins, Burlington, 8-2; Carey, Free State, 7-4; Vander Linden, Burlington, 3-1.

PINS

20 — Gav. Ware, Clay Center.

19 — Butler, Council Grove; Zook, Chapman.

18 — Box, Royal Valley; Dunlap, Doniphan West; Hart, Royal Valley; Mullin, Clay Center;

17 — Juhl, Riverside; Resler, Riverside; C. Steele, Council Grove.

16 — Deters, Marysville; Erickson, Santa Fe Trail; Hastings, Santa Fe Trail; Gab. Ware, Clay Center.

15 — Bailey, Royal Valley; Collins, Doniphan West; Droegemeier, Wabaunsee; Skerce, Council Grove.

14 — Cavanaugh, Rossville; Davis, Santa Fe Trail; Goebel, Council Grove; McLemore, Wamego; Simonson, Wamego; Speer, Doniphan West; Strait, Concordia; Dak. Whiteley, Abilene.

13 — Crownover, Marysville; Gentry, Rossville; Gfeller, Rossville; Ja. Katzer, Baldwin; Mintzmyer, Marysville; Polston, Wabaunsee; Tiers, Clay Center; Truesdale, Riley County; Wuthnow, Abilene.

12 — Cragg, Wamego; Davoren, Rossville; Hurla, Rossville; Isaac Luellen, Rossville; Patrick, Wamego; Wessel, Chase County.

11 — Burenheide, Rock Creek; Harper, Manhattan; Killham, Manhattan; Lux, Royal Valley; Picou, Manhattan; Richard, Riley County; Schoenfeld, St. Marys; Tubbs, Wabaunsee.

10 — Bloom, Wamego; Burt, Abilene; Damm, Chapman; Hoerner, Abilene; Jo. Katzer, Baldwin; Kohr, Chase County; Miller, Concordia; Pierson, Wamego; Riedel, Tonganoxie; Shuler, Mission Valley; Stoneberger, Chapman; Tyler, St. Marys; Vogelsberg, Marysville; Waggoner, Riley County; Wilson, Abilene; Wynn, Clay Center.

9 — Ackerman, Marysville; Beaumont, Concordia; Brase, St. Marys; Cruickshank, St. Marys; Failer, St. Marys; Garrison, Royal Valley; Hight, Marysville; McGivney, Abilene; Modrow, Chapman; Shane, Royal Valley; Simonsson, Wamego; Smith, Council Grove; Stanely, Rock Creek; Stryker, Marysville; Whitehair, Abilene.

8 — Brehm, Clay Center; Campbell, Wamego; Casteel, Abilene; Edwards, Concordia; Haney, Chase County; Holt, Burlingame; Huseman, Tonganoxie; Jones, Burlingame; Knapp, Concordia; Leiszler, Concordia; Rose, Wabaunsee; Snellings, Marysville; Strauss, Abilene; Thomas, Rossville; Wallace, Manhattan; Dau. Whiteley, Abilene; Workman, Concordia.

7 — Burnworth, Royal Valley; Gee, Lawrence; Gleason, Mission Valley; Knitter, Clay Center; Lane, Clay Center; E. Lemon, Chapman; Lister, Chapman; Morgenstern, Baldwin; O’Brien, Chase County; L. Sharp, Chase County; D. Ware, Royal Valley; Wilson, Lawrence; Wynn, Clay Center.

6 — Brandhorst, Clay Center; Braun, Manhattan; Bridgeman, Mission Valley; Brown, St. Marys; Christiensen, Abilene; Harman, Baldwin; C. Henderson, Chapman; J. Henderson, Chapman; Isaiah Luellen, Rossville; T. Metzger, Mission Valley; Miller, Concordia; Neff, Wamego; Perry, St. Marys; Roever, Marysville; Searcy, Tonganoxie; Widmer, Marysville; Winn, Rock Creek.

New Dawgfeed On-line

    The latest version of Dawgfeed is not on-line at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ2Oxf_3TYc&feature=em-subs_digest

Atch Co. No Match For Dawgs

Atchison County   4 10 11  6    =   31

Rossville            23 18 15 12    =   68

Rossville  scoring:
Roduner                4 (2)     4-5     14
Horak                    4 (2)     1-2     11
Mason                   4 (1)     1-1     10
Schumacher          5          0-0     10
Anderson               3          2-2      8
Hammes                0          7-8      7
Hudson                  1          0-0      2
Morris                    1          0-0      2
Bradshaw              0          2-2      2
Dyche                    1          0-0      2
Totals                   23 (5)   17-20  68.

Cavanaugh Is CJ Athlete Of Week

CJ Athlete Of The Week

Alex Cavanaugh Rossville senior wrestler

His performance: Cavanaugh captured the 120-pound title at the Basehor-Linwood Invitational, knocking off Class 5A No. 1 Tanner Hitchcock of Bonner Springs 1-0 in the championship match. Cavanaugh beat returning state champion Alex Rivara of Smithville, Mo., 2-0 in overtime in the semifinals after beating 5A No. 3 Mason Turner of Schlagle 5-4 in the quarterfinals.

Coach’s comment: “Alex had a great weekend,” Rossville coach Curt Brecheisen said. “He avenged a loss to (Turner) and beat the No. 1 and No. 3 kids in the all-class rankings.”

One of the runner's up for the week was Isaac Luellen, wrestling for  Rossville.  Isaac won 182 title at Basehor-Linwood Inv, beating  5A No. 1 in the finals

New Wrestling Rankings

    The new 321A wrestling rankings came out today and Rossville maintains it #1 ranking.  RHS wrestlers Isaac Luellen, Isiah Luellen and Alex Cavanaugh are ranked #1 in their classes.  Kole Davoren and Bryce Gfeller are ranked #3 and Derek Gentry is ranked #5.
 

Baseball Documentary Update

    While working on the Kansas baseball documentary,  Mike Horner interviewed noted historian Dorothy Jane Mills, an expert on baseball history.  Dorothy writes a blog,  and below is a link to her entry of Jan 17 about Mike Horners film.
http://www.dorothyjanemills.com/blog/94-blog-jan-17=2016

Dawgs At The Bobcat Classic

   As the Bobcat Classic  at Basehor-Linwood on Jan 15-16,  the Dawgs did well with the following wrestlers finishing as noted.    RHS  had eight wrestlers in competition.  All other teams in the top 20 had 8-14 wrestlers.

120#    Alex Cavanaugh won the championship.
126#    Bryce Gfeller won his first 3 matches, then lost to Bowen of Goddard in semi-final, then lost to  Browne of Sumner in match for 3rd
132#    Holden Hurla won his first two matches, lost 3rd to Sutton  of Turner, lost next bout, and then beat Bollinger of Smith Center for 7th place
138#    Reed Miller lost his first match,had a bye for the second,won the 3rd and lost the 4th.
152#    Isaih Luellen won his first two matches, lost the 3rd,  won the 4th and 5th, lost 6th against Hoerner of Abilene  in bout for 5th.
160#    Derek Gentry won the 1st, lost the 2nd, won the 3rd, 4th, 5th, but lost the 6th against Ewalt of Pleanant Valley for 7th.
182#    Isaac Luellen won the championship match against Smith of Turner High.
220#    Kole Davoren had a bye in the first round, won the 2nd and 3rd, lost in the semifinal to Katzer of Baldwin High., then lost to Atkins of Goddard in match for 3rd.

Rossville Fourth At Bobcat Classic

   Here are the final standings of the top 30 of the 36 teams at the Bobcat Classic at Basehor-Linwood this weekend.

		Team	Season Team	Abbr	Count	Points
1.		Goddard, KS	Goddard High School, KS (GET)	GOD	12	221.0
2.		Smithville, MO	Smithville, MO (GET)	SMITH	14	206.5
3.		Platte County, MO	Platte County, MO (GET)	PC	14	206.0
4.		Rossville, KS	Rossville High School, KS (GET)	ROS	8	135.0
5.		Glenwood, IA	Glenwood, IA (GET)	GLE	12	115.0
6.		St. James Academy, KS	Saint James Academy, KS (GET)	SJA	11	109.5
7.		Abilene, KS	Abilene, KS (GET)	AB	14	103.5
8.		Santa Fe Trail, KS	Santa Fe Trail, KS (GET)	SFT	8	96.5
9.		Olathe North, KS	Olathe North, KS (GET)	ON	8	90.0
10.		Pittsburg, KS	Pittsburg, KS (GET)	PITT	11	82.0
11.		Clay Center, KS	Clay Center, KS (GET)	CC	11	81.5
12.		Blue Springs, MO	Blue Springs, MO (GET)	BLUE	13	79.0
13.		Turner, KS	Turner High School, KS (GET)	TUR	9	76.5
14.		Basehor-Linwood, KS	Basehor-Linwood, KS (GET)	BAS	12	74.0
15.		Mountain Range, CO	Mountain Range High School, CO (GET)	MRC	12	68.5
16.		Andale, KS	Andale, KS (GET)	AND	8	66.5
17.		Riley County, KS	Riley County High School, KS (GET)	RC	8	66.0
18.		Olathe South, KS	Olathe South, KS (GET)	OS	9	65.0
19.		Tonganoxie, KS	Tonganoxie, KS (GET)	TON	10	61.5
20.		Blue Valley, KS	Blue Valley High School, KS (GET)	BV	12	54.0
21.		Lansing, KS	Lansing High School, KS (GET)	LS	10	53.0
22.		Wabaunsee, KS	Wabaunsee, KS (GET)	WAB	7	52.0
23.		Baldwin, KS	Baldwin High School , KS (GET)	BAL	5	51.5
23.		Topeka Seaman, KS	Topeka Seaman, KS (GET)	SEA	4	51.5
25.		Prairie View, KS	Prairie View, KS (GET)	PV	9	51.0
26.		Chapman, KS	Chapman, KS (GET)	CHAP	9	45.0
27.		Bonner Springs, KS	Bonner Springs, KS (GET)	BS	10	38.5
28.		Columbus, KS	Columbus, KS (GET)	COL	5	37.5
29.		Fort Scott, KS	Fort Scott High School, KS (GET)	FS	7	34.0
30.		Sumner, KS	Smith Center, KS (GET)	SUM	6	31.0

Gfeller Adjusts To New Weight

By brent.maycock@cjonline.com

ROSSVILLE — For each of his first two high school wrestling seasons, Rossville’s Bryce Gfeller was pretty much the big dawg on the block in more ways than one.

For starters, Gfeller spent both years pushing the top end of his weight class — 106 as a freshman, 113 as a sophomore. Making weight was never really a problem, but also something Gfeller had to work at.

His combination of size and strength made him tough to beat and very few did. Gfeller went 38-7 as a freshman and 27-2 as a sophomore, capturing state titles each year.

Jumping up two weight classes to 126 this year, Gfeller is in somewhat new territory. And yet things seem awfully familiar.

“I’m not as big at 126, but it’s really not that much different,” Gfeller said. “It hasn’t been that big of an adjustment.”

So far whatever adjustment there’s been, Gfeller has handled it fine. After pinning Sabetha’s Seth Harrell in the finals of last Saturday’s Rossville Invitational, Gfeller is now 18-2 on the season.

His only losses this year have come to Marysville’s Chris Deters in the finals of the Mission Valley Invitational and KC Sumner’s Emmanuel Browne in the finals at the Eudora Tournament of Champions. The loss to Deters came at 132 coming out of football and both wrestlers who have beat him are ranked No. 1 at their respective weights in their respective classes.

The past two seasons, Gfeller relied heavily on his strength to overpower opponents. If he got in a bad spot, or even a good one for that matter, more times than not he simply could muscle his way through it to be in control of the match.

Even though he’s stronger this year than in past, he’s found he’s had to draw on other aspects of his game to be successful.

“I’ve definitely improved a lot on my technique,” Gfeller said. “A lot of guys I’m facing are bigger, taller. I’m pretty quick and agile and my technique has gotten a lot better. I worked on it a lot during the summer and me and Coach (Cody) Lambotte have worked on my feet and on shots. It’s a slower pace than at 106 or 113 where there was a lot of action.

“Before I could use my strength to force my shots. Now I have to kind of wait and set them up in the right position.”

Rossville coach Curt Brecheisen has noticed a difference in his two-time state champion.

“Like the rest of the guys here, he spent a lot of time in the weight room in the summer and that was a good step for him in the right direction,” Brecheisen said. “He’s quick enough and fast enough that it hasn’t been a hard transition for him. He’s got enough in his tank and he’s a little more aggressive, more physical. He realized he had to get more physical and everything now has a little more pop to it.”

Halfway home on his quest to become a four-time state champion, Gfeller is ranked just No. 3 at 126 this year in Class 3-2-1A. Ahead of him are No. 1 David Hileman of Smith Center, who captured the 126 title last year, and No. 2 Riley Tubbs of Wabaunsee, who was runner-up to Hileman at state last year as a freshman.

Both will be major obstacles for Gfeller with Tubbs a Mid-East League rival whom Gfeller should see plenty of over the next month, including possibly at this weekend’s Basehor-Linwood Invitational. Other ranked wrestlers in the Basehor field are Sumner’s Browne, Tonganoxie’s Gad Huseman, Baldwin’s Levi Green, Goddard’s Christian Bowen and Olathe North’s Tyler Flood with Browne (4A) and Bowen (5A) each ranked No. 1 in their respective classes.

“There are definitely a lot of good kids at 126 and I’m going to have challenges,” he said. “I have a lot of confidence knowing what I’m doing and that I know what it takes to win, how hard I have to work. I’ve watched them wrestle Alex a lot and know how they like to wrestle.”