Christmas Dawgfeed

You can watch the Christmas edition of Rossville High's Dawgfeed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BXOiYS-lE

Melvin Wehner Passes Away

A Mass of Christian burial for Melvin George Wehner, 93, Lawrence, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery in Eudora. He passed away on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Neuvant House of Lawrence.

He was born on October 6, 1926 in Delia, KS the son of John and Mary (Stallman) Wehner.

He served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War.

Melvin owned and operated the family grocery business in Sunflower Village and later owned and operated Wehner Retail Liquor in Lawrence. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, 3rd degree knight with the Knights of Columbus and the American Legion.

He served on the City of Eudora Planning Commission, was on the Board of Directors for the Eudora Nursing Homes, and was a Board Member of the National Retail Liquor Association.

He married Nina B. Koci on October 12, 1950 in Delia, KS. She preceded him in death on June 29, 2013.

Survivors include his children; Doug (Ginger) Wehner, Greg (Beth) Wehner, Karen (David) Hull, seven grandchildren; Shannon Cates, Allison (Aaron) Swaim, Mathew (Dyan) Wehner, Brandon Hull, Lacey (Doug) Brown, Stacey (Trevor) Niedfeldt, Rebecca (Joe) Male, eleven great grandchildren; and brother, Francis Wehner. He was also preceded in death by his parents; siblings, Irene, Clarence, Katherine"Katie", Florence and John A.

A parish Rosary will be said at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 21, 2019 with visitation to follow until 11:30 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora.

Memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Holy Family Catholic Church or to Elara Hospice and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

For more information or to post a condolence go to

warrenmcelwain.com.

Dawgfeed 6 On-Line

Dawgfeed 6  for 2019-20 is now on-line and can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akPkxpd3AO4

Anita Armstrong Passes Away (Updated)

Anita R. Armstrong, 72, of Rossville, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2019. She was born March 24, 1947 in Holton, Kansas, the daughter of William L. and Erma Gail (Olds) Riley.

Anita graduated from Holton High School and attended Clark’s School of Business. She retired from Wehner’s Thriftway in Rossville. She was a member of Rossville United Methodist Church.

Anita married Raymond Vern Armstrong. They later divorced.

Survivors include children, Jaimi Armstrong (Phil) Olson of Rossville, Christian Armstrong of Rossville, Travis (Lisa) Armstrong of Rossville, Lance (Shawna) Armstrong of Concord, California and Mysti (Dustin) Moore of Killeen, Texas, 16 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandson, extended children, Lynn Fast of Minnesota, Deborah Trice of Rossville, and her siblings, Nancy Mitchell of Crossville, Tennessee, William “Bill” Riley of Holton, John Riley of Wamego and Steve Riley of Holton.

Anita was preceded in death by one grandson, Anthony Vern "Tony" Armstrong Olson.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Rossville United Methodist Church where the family will receive friends one hour prior to service time. Cremation will follow the service and private inurnment will take place at a later date.

Dove Southeast Chapel, 2843 SE Minnesota Ave. is assisting the family.

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Zach Archer's 2018-19 Season

Here is info about Zach Archer's 2018-19 wrestling season:
https://www.trackwrestling.com/membership/ViewProfile.jsp?twSessionId=rqkkrpqgyr&twId=42344009

Dawgfeed 5 Now On-line

Dawgfeed Five starts off with a special salute to the girls outstanding cross country team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=284YNQr125c

Macy Gillum Receives Masters

 Macy Gillum receiving her Masters Degree in clinical psychology at Emporia State University.

No School Monday

No School in USD 321 on Monday

Annual Christmas Concert

The annual Rossville Christmas concert and silent auction will be Dec. 17.

Santa Fe Trail JV Mixer

Several Rossville 9th graders competed in the Santa Fe JV Mixer on Dec. 13
Their placements were as follows

113  Aryon Klesath     5th
126  Krew Laycock     1st
152  Trenton Barker    1st
285  Jason Carver        5th

Eudora Wrestling Tournament (updated)

Rossville finished 8th of 13 teams in the  Eudora Tournament of Champions on Dec. 14.
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1) Lansing
2) Ottawa
3) Emporia
4) Eudora
5) Wellsville
6) Wamego
7) Lawrence
8) Rossville

RHS wrestlers competing were as follows with prior record and finish at Eudora

113     Zach Archer (5-0)      1st
120    Colby Hurla (3-2)      4th
126    Krew Lacock (2-3)      na 
138    Lane Hurla (3-2)       4th
145    Sam Twombly (4-1)   3rd
152    Corey Catron (3-2)     5th
152    Trenton Barker           7th
160    Cody Barker (1-4)      4th
285   Jacob Carver (4-1)      5th

Irish Classic Basketball Tournament

The Lady Dawgs lost their game against Chapman on Dec. 14 in the Irish Classic Tournament.

Chapman    17    14    8    8  -  47
Rossville       6     0    4  15  -  25

Rossville scoring: 
Dyche                 1 (1)     0-0    3
Streit                  1           0-0    2
Bergstresser     1           0-1     2
Rabe                  2          3-3     7
Wonnell           0           1-2     1
Morelli             4           0-0    8
Foster              0            1-2     1
Gillum             0            1-2     1

The boys lost their game but were only one point behind at the half, 27-26,    But a poor 3rd quarter ruined the effort.

Chapman    11    16    14     9  -  50
Rossville      8    18     4     11  -  41

Rossville scoring:  

Perine                       2         0-0    4
Morelli                     3          1-2     7
Reeves                      3         2-2     8
Badura                     5 (2)   2-2   14
Brown                      1          0-0    2 
Garcia                      2 (1)    1-2     6

321A Wrestling Rankings

For the week of Dec. 10,  The KWCA ranked the following top 10 321A wrestling teams.

1.   Norton
2.   Colby
3.   Hoxie
4.   Beloit
5.   Phillipsburg
6.   Eureka
7.   Hoisington
8.   Rossville
9.   Oberlin
10. Goodland

Rossville wrestlers in the top six of their class were:
113 #    Zach Archer   1st
145#    Sam Twombly 6th
220#    Kody Davoren 4th

RHS Basketball At Chapman

The RHS boys basketball team lost to Sacred Heart on Friday night at the Irish Classic in Chapman.

Sacred Heart      17   19   24   11  -  71

Rossville              4   12   11    6   -  33

Rossville boys scoring:

Perine                 0            2-2      2 
Morelli                2 (1)      1-4      6 
Reeves                 2           2-4      6 
Badura                3            1-8      7 
Brown                 4            0-2     8 
Garcia                 0            2-3     2 
Brockamp           1            0-0    2

The Rossville girls also were defeated by Sacred Heart 53-44.

Sacred Heart   19    11    12    11  -  53

Rossville           9    12    12    11  -  44

Rossville girls scoring:  

Dyche                1              0-0       2 
Streit                 1              3-4        5 
Bergstresser    2              0-0       4 
Rabe                  1              8-8      10 
Morelli              7 (2)       0-0      16 
Gillum               3             1-2         7