Track and Field Schedule

April 15       3:30      Rock Creek Invitational
April 22       12:30    Rossville Invitational
April 29       12:30    Ray Kovar Invitational
May  6          3:00     Riley Co. Invitational
May 12                     Mid-East League (Loc and Time TBA)
May 20                     Regional (Loc and Time TBA)
May 27-28                State  (Cessna Stadium, Wichita)  

Boy's Golf Schedule For 2016

Rossville High Boy's Golf Schedule for 2016.

April

5        Wamego Inv.               1:00 PM
12      South Lynn Co. Inv.    1:00 PM
14      Osage City Inv.            3:00 PM
18      Horton Inv.                  3:00 PM
25      Silver Lake Inv.          10:00 AM
29      St. Marys Inv.               9:00 AM

May

3        Rossville Inv.               1:00 PM
5        Perry-Lecompton         3:00 PM
10      Mid-East League          3:00 PM
16      3A Regional                  8:30 AM
23      3A State at Salina          8:30 AM

Annual Alumni Dinner June 4th

     The Rossville High Alumni Foundation will hold their annual reunion, dinner and party  on Saturday, June 4th.  It will be held at the Dekat Parish Hall.  A catered dinner will be served at 6:00 with plenty of time before that to visit with friends and former classmates.   As in years past, we will honor our two $ 1,000 scholarship winners.   They will be chosen sometime near the end of April.   More details will be provided when plans are finalized.  

     If you have questions or wish to assist the committee, contact June Burgett at  meburg@embarqmail.com

 

 

Lydia (Smatla) Carl (35) Nearing 100

      Lydia F. Carl  (Lydia Frances Smatla), who lives at Overland Park Place, will turn 100 years young on the 28th. of July, this year.  While she deals [now] with difficulty in hearing and vision, and other issues, she's still living "essentially" on her own.
      Having joined the Overland Park Presbyterian Church (OPPC) in January of 1958, she  continues to keep OPPC in her life.  Her husband DON (deceased) was a Ruling Elder, and her son Tom continues to be a member, attending when he's in town from the "wilds" of Colorado.  Her second husband (Jim Carl) was a regular attendee as well.

Tucker Horak Article

    This article from Sports In Kansas is several months old,  but has a lot of information about Tucker Horak,  RHS quarterback.
http://kansas-sports.com/ks/news/?id=5983&t=faces-in-ks-tucker-horak

Ethan Woodcock (15) at McPherson

    Ethan Woodcock of Rossville is a freshman at McPherson College and plays Outfield for their baseball team.  His bio can be read at:
http://www.macbulldogs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2571&path=base

Band and Choir Concert

TODAY, March 7th at 7:00pm is the

7-12th Band & Choir Concert in the RJSHS auditorium.  

Come hear a wide-variety of musical performances, featuring some of the small ensembles that received high ratings at the Mid-East League Music Festival hosted at Rossville on Wednesday, February 17th.

Fire At I70 & Carlson

From the Capital-Journal:

An out of control brush fire has shut down traffic as of 3:30 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 70 at Carlson Road, according to Kimberly Qualls with Kansas Department of Transportation.

Fire Chief Dirk Christian, of Shawnee County Fire District 4, said the fire was reported at 11:45 a.m. near Maple Hill.

High winds, clocked at 30 mph according to Christian, caused the “pretty significant fire” to spread.

The fire came “right up to the highway,” he said. Crews worked to protect nearby structures and no damage was reported to any structures.

The blaze is believed to have been started after a fire at Stallion and Creek Road yesterday was rekindled.

A number of fire and emergency response agencies were on scene from Shawnee, Wabaunsee and Jefferson counties. Christian said 15 fire departments had responded with more than 100 firefighters battling the blaze throughout Sunday.

As of 5:35 p.m., the fire had been contained and crews were working to extinguish small spots still on fire and flare ups, Christian said.

Carlson Road is near the Wabaunsee and Shawnee County border. Wabaunsee County is under a wind advisory while Shawnee County is under a red flag warning, according to the National Weather Service. Christian said a burn ban for the Dover area, in effect until noon on Monday, is likely to be extended.

Town Team Baseball Showing Schedule

Message from Mark Honer about the Town Teams Baseball documentary filmed last summer.

Hey everybody. We're now in post production on the Town Teams film and we have been busy working with various organizations around the state to set up a screening schedule. 
And here it is: 

- April 28th, 7pm, Shawnee 18 Theaters - 16301 Midland Dr, Shawnee, KS. Film and panel discussion. Free admission 
- April 30th, 7pm, Central Cinema 7 - 300 East Central 
El Dorado, KS. Film and panel discussion. $20 tickets(proceeds go to the YMCA and The KS Oil Museum) 
- May 28th(tentative), time tba, Jayhawk Theater Topeka - film and panel discussion. 
- There will be one other screening in Wichita at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. The date is tba. 

We'll have more updates and panelists announcements here in the weeks ahead.

RHS Vs Osage City

    The boys basketball team played Osage City for the Sub-State Championship at 7:30 Sat. night at Council Grove.   The final score was 61-51 in favor of Osage City which now heads to the state tournament.

Rossville     9 12 13 17 = 51

Osage City 10 18 16 17 = 61

Rossville scoring:
Roduner        4 (1)      4-6      13
Mason           5 (3)      0-0      13
Schumacher  4            0-0       8
Bradshaw       2            2-3      6
Horak             2 (1)       0-0      5
Hammes        2            0-2      4
Morris            0            0-0      2 

Totals           19 (5)      6-11    51

Rossville Defeats St. Marys

    Rossville easily defeated St. Marys in the Sub-State semi-final at Council Grove 56-32.  The Dawgs now face Osage City in the Sub-State Championship game on Sat.

Rossville     15   16   13   12   =   56

St. Marys      8     5   10     9   =   32

Rossville scorimg:
Mason          6 (4)     1-3     17
Schumacher 8 (1)     0-1     17
Roduner       4 (2)     2-2     12
Horak           1 (1)     2-2       5
Hammes       1          1-2       3
Bradshaw      1          0-0       2 
Totals         21 (8)     6-10    56.

St. Marys  scoring:
Mioni               4 (1)    2-2    11 
Schoemann     4         1-4      9
Kleinsmith        2         0-0      4
Schindler          2         0-4      4
Rabe                 0         3-4      3
Flanagan          0          1-3      1 
Totals              12 (1)    7-17  32.

Record Setting Game On Replay

    The Rossville-Royal Valley record setting game can be viewed on REPLAY at:
http://thecube.com/event/rossville-vs-royal-valley-kshsaa-sub-state-622576

Laura (VanVleck) Thomas Passes Away

    Laura L. Thomas, 68, of Topeka passed away on March 2, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital.
    She was born July 30, 1947 in Rossville, Kansas the daughter of Gerald VanVleck and Luella Beck VanVleck. She attended Rossville schools. During high school she moved to Topeka and lived with her aunt and graduated from Highland Park High School. She enjoyed playing bingo at Post 400 and the lottery, fishing and Coca-Cola. She also enjoyed hanging out at Walmart. Laura was a devoted mom and grandma. She just loved everybody. She also enjoyed watching old episodes of Gunsmoke.
    Survivors include her husband, Albert Christian of Topeka; two children, Jeff Lance Thomas (fiancé Angelica) of Topeka and Korinna Osipovitich and husband Jerry of Overbrook; brother, Clifford VanVleck, sister, Mary Kay Neidfelt, Wamego; grandchildren, Casey, Jeffrey, Isiah, Iluvani, Angel, Brenda, Monica, Austin, Alexander and Cheyanne; step-daughters, Kellie Thompson of Ionia, Michigan and Christina Christian of Bay City, Michigan.
    She was preceded in death by Parker, Charles, and Richard VanVleck.
    Memorial services will be 6:00 p.m. Monday, March 7, 2016 at Davidson Funeral Home with Paster John Cross officiating.
    To read or post on the guest book,  go to: 
https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/home/index.cfm?action=public%3Aobituaries.view&CFID=c0bdc150-31b1-4b87-ab88-96d4aa72d91a&CFTOKEN=0&o_id=3615951&fh_id=14610

Willard Bridge Photos

    Here are some recent photos of the construction of the Willard Bridge.
http://www.snco.us/publicworks/willard_bridge_photos_feb_29.asp