Leadership Challenge Event

Pictured are this year’s Rossville High School LCE™ participants: 

Morgan Foster, Fred Schuler, Emily Woodcock, Mitchell Porter, and Shanel Cooper.

The Leadership Challenge Event™ (LCE™) is hosted annually by the Washburn University Leadership Institute and was held on Mar. 31-Apr.1. It is a unique inter-scholastic and inter-collegiate leadership competition which enables high school and college students an opportunity to participate in an organized competition that simulates real-life experiences. Students address a variety of problems and situations where the outcome of the simulation is dependent on the leadership decisions made throughout the course of the competition. Student teams must fulfill the challenges and overcome the obstacles placed before them in a manner that demonstrates exemplary leadership knowledge and execution. This year’s scenario required students to prepare a proposal to acquire new business to the fictitious town of Metropolis.

                                                                                                           Bu Beth Shepard, RHS Counselor  

Britnee Douglas Receives WU Awards

Rossville High School senior Britnee Douglas was recently honored at a recognition reception held on Washburn University’s campus on Wed., April 27, 2016. She was among over 200 Shawnee County seniors receiving awards. Each received a certificate and computer bag with the Washburn University insignia. Britnee was awarded an Academic and Presidential Scholarship based on her GPA and ACT scores. Both scholarships are renewable for all four years she attends Washburn. Britnee will be playing softball for the Ichabods while she is pursuing her degree in Nursing.

                                                                                       By Beth Shepard, RHS Counselor

Lawrence Bowers Passes Away

Lawrence A. Bowers Jr., 76 passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016 at the St. Marys Manor.

He was born February 1, 1940 at Topeka the son of Lawrence A. Bowers Sr. and Christina L. Thompson Bowers.  Mr. Bowers was raised in the Delia community and graduated from Delia High School.  He served in the United States Marine Corp Reserves.

Larry was an electrician and had worked for Santa Fe Railroad and Jeffrey Energy Center before he retired.  He was a member of Our Lady of Snows Catholic Church on the Potawatomi Indian Reservation.  He was a member of Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville and was a member of Local No. 304 Electrical Union.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

On November 9, 1963 he was united in marriage to Marla Brooks at Great Falls, MT.  She survives of the home.

Other survivors include his son, Fr. Larry Bowers, Osage City; two daughters Theresa (Glenn) Swisher, Emmett and Christine (Mike) Kuestersteffen, El Dorado; a brother, John Bowers, Joliet, IL; three sisters, Christina Brennan-Rezac, St. Marys, Ruth Ann Walker, Auburn and Diane Budden, St. Marys; a sister-in-law, Ann Bowers, Chapel Hill, TN; grandchildren, Morgan (Siera), Mattie, Benjamin, Joshua (Elizabeth), Caleb, Zachary and Anna; two great-grandchildren, Carter and Philomena.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 14, 2016 at Sacred Heart Conservatory in Delia. A rosary followed by visitation will be at 9:00 A.M. Saturday.  Interment will be in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Emmett.  Memorial Contributions may be made to Our Lady Of Snows Catholic Church and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home.  To leave an online condolence please go to www.piperfuneralhome.com

Lady Dawgs Are Mid-East Champs

    The Lady Dawgs softball team picked up their eighth straight win on Tuesday when they defeated Rock Creek 2-1 and 12-0.  The team now stands at 10-0 in the Mid-East League and 17-3 overall.

Dawgs Win Two Against Rock Creek

    The RHS baseball team picked up two more wins by defeating Rock Creek 6-2 and 3-2 on May 10 at Joe Campbell Stadium.
    The Dawgs are 7-3 in the Mid-East league and 12-6 overall.

Isaac Luellen To Become A Loper

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Isaac is pictured seated with his parents, Jonette & Mike Luellen. 

Standing behind are RHS Wrestling Coach Curt Brecheisen,

 RHS Asst. Coach Courtney Horgan, Coach Cody Lambotte, and Isaac’s brother Isaiah.

Rossville High School Senior Isaac Luellen has signed a National Letter of Intent to wrestle at University of Nebraska-Kearney. The UNK Lopers are a NCAA DII power house wrestling program. In the past 10 years they have been National Champions 3 times and National Runners up 5 times. While at Rossville High, Isaac has been a 3 time state qualifier and 2 time state finalist. In his sophomore season, Isaac placed 2^nd at 171 pound. Last year as a Junior, Isaac won the 182 pound weight class after battling back from a dislocated elbow he suffered in the state championship football game. He finished last season with a 20-0 record and currently has a 94-23 career record in high school. Isaac has put a lot of time in the wrestling room outside the high school season as well. The past two summers he has competed in the Asics Fargo Junior-Cadet National Championships, which is one of, if not the largest national tournaments in the summer. At Fargo, Isaac has earned “All American” honors by placing in the top 8, 2 times in freestyle and 2 times in Greco which is a pretty major feat. He was also an All American at the Cedar Falls National Folkstyle tournament last spring.
                                                                  Curt Brecheisen,  RHS  Wrestling Head Coach

Zemek Inks With Washburn

Britnee is pictured seated with her younger brother Dreyson and parents, Harley and Amy Douglas. 

Standing behind are RHS Softball Coach Curt Brecheisen, sisters Ashley and Caylee, 

Kansas Heatwave Coach Dink Nitsch, and Topeka Extreme Coach T.L. Price.

Rossville High School senior Brittnee Zemek has signed her National letter of Intent to play softball at Wasburn University. Brittnee is a two time All Mid-East league selectee. Last season, she was a 1^st Team All MEL selection. Offensively Brittnee finished the last high school season with a .517 batting average and a .571 on base percentage and 7 doubles. She also scored 29 runs and had 28 RBI’s. Defensively she played a very solid and sure handed 2^nd base for the Lady Dawgs. She has played summer ball for the Topeka Extreme and most recently with the Kansas Heatwave. Her gritty, hardworking attitude as well as her coachability will make her a great fit for the Lady Bods softball squad.

                                                                   Curt Brecheisen,  RHS Head Softball Coach  

Golf Team 2nd At Mid-East Meet

The RHS boys golf team came in second just 4 strokes off first place St. Marys in the Mid-East League golf tournament on May 10 at the Stagg Hill course.

St. Marys        407
Rossville         411
Silver Lake     428
Riley Co.        465

Andrew Hudson shot a 96 for first place individually.  Gabe Marney was 6th with a 103, followed by Trey Anderson, 9th,  at 106 and Nathan Dohrman, 10th,  with a 106

New Dawgfeed Video

    The newest Dawgfeed video is now on-line at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b9ECagqLns&feature=em-subs_digest

Boys Track At Riley Co.

The Rossville boys competed in the Riley County Invitation by combining with St. Marys and competing as Kaw Valley.  The Kaw Valley team came in 2nd of the 11 teams.


Team Standings:
1) Council Grove 121
2) Kaw Valley 77
3) Eskridge-Mission Valley 66
4) Riley-Riley County 56
5) Frankfort 50
6) Axtell 47
7) Valley Heights 43
8) Wakefield 42
9) Randolph-Blue Valley 32
10) Alma-Wabaunsee 23
11) Cornerstone Family School

Girls Track At Riley County

    The Rossville girls competed in the Riley County Invitation by combining with St. Marys and competing as Kaw Valley.  The Kaw Valley team came in 4th of the 12 teams.
    Rachel Day came in 3rd in the 100 M Dash after having the fastest time in the preliminaries.  Taylor Bittner was 4th in the 1600 M run and 3rd in the 3200 M run.

1) Alma-Wabaunsee 100
2) Axtell 94
3) Valley Heights 89
4) Kaw Valley 56
5) Council Grove 50
6) Riley-Riley County 44
7) Wakefield 37
8) Frankfort 36
9) Randolph-Blue Valley 21
10) Eskridge-Mission Valley 19
11) Cornerstone Family School 8
12) Junction City-Saint Xavier 1

Boys Golf Team At Perry

    The RHS boys golf team came in 4th of 10 teams at the Perry-Lecompton Invitational at the Lake Perry Country Club.    Gabe Marney was 6th high individual with an 81.  Andrew Hudson tied for 15th with an 88 stroke total.

Team Standings were:
1st – Maur-Hill 328
2nd – Jeff West 335
3rd – Mill Valley 340
4th – Rossville 365
5th – Basehor-Linwood 366
6th – Tonganoxie 386
7th – Perry-Lecompton 410
8th – St. Mary’s 410
9th – DeSoto 418
10th – Atchison 428

Rossville Woman Jailed For Stabbing

From the Capital Journal

A woman was jailed Tuesday in connection with an overnight stabbing during a domestic disturbance in Rossville, authorities said.

The woman, Krystle M. Schreiner, 23, was booked into the Shawnee County Jail at 12:46 a.m. in connection with aggravated battery and aggravated endangering a child.

According to Shawnee County sheriff’s officials, the incident was reported at 11:18 p.m. at a residence at 203 E. Perry St. in Rossville.

Deputies who investigated the incident determined a disturbance had occurred between Schreiner and Jeffrey W. Ard, 35. During the disturbance, sheriff’s officials said, Schreiner cut Ard with a knife.

Ard’s injuries were considered minor, and authorities said he refused ambulance transportation to a hospital.

The Rossville Fire Department also responded to the residence.

Willard Bridge Construction Started

     The new Willard Bridge is now under construction.  Here are photos by George Brown on May 2.

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