Saturday, May 13, 2017

All Mid-East League Golfers

    Four members of the RHS Boys golf team were named All Mid-East League.  Fred  Schuler, Andrew Hudson, Trey Anderson, and Cory Hadsall were all in the top 8 at the Mid East League tournament.    Nathan Dohrman just missed the honor as he was 9th just one stroke behind Cory.

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Two Semis Collide Near Rossville

    Two semis collided going westbound on Highway 24 near Rossville about 8:00 PM on Monday night.  The driver of one of the semis slowed down for an unknown reason and the second driver could not stop in time.
    The driver in the front vehicle was injured and taken to St. Francis Hospital.   Investigators say it is unclear whether the driver was wearing a seatbelt

Auction June 3, 2017

Auction in Dover, June 3, 2017.  For particulars,  go to:
http://www.wischroppauctions.com/

City Wide Garage Sales

Rossville City Wide Garage Sales---May 10 - May 14, 2017

Rossville Golf Team Wins MEL Title

   The Rossville boys golf team are the Mid-East League champions after winning  the league meet at the Stagg Hill Country Club on May 9.
    The team standings were:

1.  Rossville      379
2.  St. Marys     388
3.  Silver Lake  422

The top nine individuals were:

1.  Tegan Linstrom   SL   87
2.  Fred Schuler        Ro   90
3.  Andrew Hudson   Ro   91
4.  Mitch Roche        SM  93
5.  Will DeDonder    SM  95
6.  Trey Anderson     Ro   98
7.  Scott Ewing         SM  99  
8.  Cory Hadsall       Ro   100
9.  Nathan Dohrman Ro  101

3A Baseball Regional

The RHS baseball team will play  at the Riley County 3A regional the week of May 15.  Rossville is seeded #7 of the seven teams and will fact #2 seed Riley Co on Monday.

Games Monday — St. Marys (5: 5-15) at Marysville (4: 7-12), 5 p.m.; Rossville (7: 3-15) at 
Riley County (2: 13-7), 5 p.m.; Royal Valley (6: 4-12) at Council Grove (3: 11-9), 5 p.m. 

Games Wednesday — Silver Lake (1: 12-4) vs. Marysville-St. Marys winner, 2 p.m.; Riley 
County-Rossville winner vs. Council Grove-Royal Valley winner, 4 p.m.; Championship, 6 p.m.

3A Softball Regional

There are three 3A regional softball tournaments the week of May 15.  Rossville is seeded number one in the one at Royal Valley and will get a bye the first round.  The game schedule is:   
Games Monday — Osage City (4: 15-5) vs. Council Grove (5: 15-5), 3:30 p.m.; Silver Lake (2: 16-1) vs. Mission Valley (7: 4-13), 5 p.m.; Royal Valley (3: 16-4) vs. St. Marys (6: 9-9), 6:30 p.m. 
Games Tuesday — Rossville (1: 17-0) vs. Osage City-Council Grove winner, 3:30 p.m.; Silver Lake-Mission Valley winner vs. Royal Valley-St. Marys winner, 5 p.m.; Championship, 6:30 p.m.

Baseball Team Loses Two

    The RHS baseball team finished Mid-East League competition Tuesday evening against Rock Creek losing two games by scores of 14-2 and 9-1.  The Dawgs finished 1-9 in the MEL and 3-15 overall and will now prepare for the playoffs.

Softball Team Notches Two More Wins

     The RHS softball team finished their Mid-East League play with a 9-0 record,  and 17-0 overall with two lop-sided victories over Rock Creek Tuesday evening.  The scores were 11-0 and 19-1

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Riley County Inv. Track & Field

Overall team results  not available.
Rossville athletes scoring points and their events were:

400 M      Taylor Bittner       3rd
                 Kylee Badura      5th

800 M      Taylor Bittner       3rd

1600 M    Kaytlin Dohrman  3rd

3200 M    Kaytlin Dohrman  4th

100 M Hur  Danielle Mason  6th

Shot put   Mary Shults          5th

Discus      Mary Shults          4th

Javelin      Maura Buhler       6th

4 x800 Relay                         First Place
    (Hutley, Dohrman, Huston, Bittner)

Taylor Kirk (15) Makes All Region First Team

     Taylor Kirk,  third baseman for the Johnson County Community College softball team,
was selected to the NJCAA Region VI  Division II All District D First Team.  
    To see the other players selected for this All Star team,  go to: 

JoAnn Nitsch Passes Away

    JoAnn Nitsch, 79,  of Delia,  passed away Monday, May 8, 2017 at a Topeka Hospital.
    She was born June 2, 1937 at Beloit, the daughter of Gail and Delila Colby Hyman.  She grew up in the Beloit community and lived there many years before moving to Topeka and then Delia in 1972.
    JoAnn was the bookkeeper for Nitsch Trash Service for many years.  She also had been a cook at the Rossville Senior Center.  JoAnn was a member of the Delia Presbyterian Church and the Delia Pride Committee.
    On January 29, 1971 she was united in marriage to John I. Nitsch at Lincoln, Kansas.  He preceded her in death on November 26, 2002.  She was also preceded in death by her siblings Bob, Ronnie, Gail and Dale Hyman; a daughter, Kim Creipe, on September 3, 2011; a son, Joe Caraway, January 6, 2014 and a grand-daughter, Kayla Caraway.
    Survivors include four sons, Jim, Rick and Tom Caraway and John E. "Dink" Nitsch; five brothers, Darrel "Heavy"Hyman, Edwin  "Whitney"Hyman, Morris Hyman, Wayne Hyman and Raymond Hyman; a sister, Mary Mallory; 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
    Memorial visitation will be on Sunday, May 14, 2017 from 2:00 until 4:00 P.M. at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Inurnment will be in the Delia Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Delia Pride Committee and sent in care of the funeral home

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Perry-Lecompton Invitational Golf

    The team standings at the Perry-Lecompton Invitational golf tournament at the Lake Perry Golf Club on May 4 were:

1.    Jeff West     349
2.    Baldwin       363
3.    Rossville      378
4.    Immaculata  383
5.    Atchison       394
6.    Maur Hill      402
7.    St. Marys     445

Cory Hadsall was 9th with an 89.  Andrew Hudson was right behind with a 90 good for 10th place.

Taylor Kirk (15) is All Conference At JCCC

    Taylor Kirk,  a freshman at Johnson County Community College, plays third base on their softball team and was selected First Team on the All Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.  
    The other people selected from the conference can be seen at:

http://kjccc.org/sports/sball/2016-17/2017_ALL_KJCCC_D2_SELECTIONS.htm