Otis Stroup Passes Away

Otis Scott "Scottie" Stroup, 85, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020.

He entered this life on July 9, 1934, the first child of Otis Fuller and Julia Ruth (Burlew) Stroup-Morris in Rossville, KS. On March 12, 1955, Scottie was married to Elinor Louise Baker.

He served 32 years in the U.S. Navy.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years; daughter, Brenda Donaldson; son, Douglas Scott (Patty) Stroup, Sr.; 5 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother, Larry Stroup.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Dove Southwest Chapel, 3700 SW Wanamaker Road. Burial will follow at the Rossville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Central Church of Christ, 1250 SW College, Topeka, KS 66604 or , 2200 SW Gage Blvd, Topeka, KS 66622. To view a full obituary and leave a special message for the family online, visit www.DoveTopeka.com.

Kyle Parr Wins Heptathlon

MAHATTAN, Kan. – Closing the second home meet of the 2020 indoor season, the Kansas State men's and women's track and field teams clinched a multitude of victories and personal bests in the final day of the DeLoss Dodds Invitational. Senior Kyle Parr secured the overall win in the men's heptathlon, scoring 4,962 points to kick of the final day of the invitational.
 
Parr, who came into the latter part of the heptathlon trailing teammate Matas Adamonis, used three straight victories on the second day of the meet to overtake the top of the leaderboard with wins in the men's 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000-meter competitions. Parr ran a time of 2:48.03 in the 1000-meter competition while compiling personal records in the pole vault and 60-meter hurdle events.
 
"Each year we readjust expectations," said Parr. "I was expecting a few PR's, but I got a few more than I thought, which was good. My 60 was a surprise, I am not usually the best the 60 but I got an overall PR, which isn't until conference time I run well, so that was a surprise. Getting the bar in the pole vault, that is one of my weaker events. So, getting up and getting more points, that was awesome."
 
Director of Track and Field Cliff Rovelto had his take on Parr's performance this weekend.
 
"Kyle ran exceptionally well," said Rovelto. "For a young guy and his first race on a 200-meter track, that was pretty special. There have been guys who have made their country's world championship's Olympic teams. When they ran that fast, they were running where we didn't break. To run that kind of time where you break, and you run the second lap in lane one the whole way is pretty good."

You can read Kyle's bio at:    https://www.kstatesports.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/kyle-parr/7089

Taylor Kirk Gets BA From Washburn

Taylor Kirk has graduated from Washburn University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. She will be pursuing her Masters of Arts in Communication and Leadership starting Fall of 2020.

Football Field Getting New Turf

Kaw Valley USD #321 is getting Kansas Turf on both of their football fields. Rossville & St. Mary’s High School are partnering with Mammoth Sports Construction & Kansas Turf to make their dream fields a reality. Kansas Turf is the official partner of Sports in Kansas! #sportsinkansas

Taylor Kirk Now WU Asst Coach

Former Washburn softball player Taylor Kirk was named a full-time assistant coach on the Ichabods’ staff after serving as a student assistant coach during the 2019 fall season.

“Getting to join the WU softball coaching staff to me means gaining experience and having the opportunity to teach others my passion for the game,” Kirk said.

While at Washburn, Kirk played in 106 games in two seasons, starting 105, and earned first-team all-MIAA honors as a senior at shortstop and second-team all-MIAA as a utility player as a junior after transferring from Johnson County Community College. Overall, she finished with a .309 batting average with 26 home runs, 101 hits and 70 runs scored, while driving in 92. At JCCC, she batted .326 and was a first-team all-district and all-conference selection, finishing in the top 15 in the nation in home runs. The Rossville native was a four-year starter and a three-time all-state selection.

There are numerous articles about Taylor on this news site.  You can find them by doing a Search (upper left hand corner of page).

Zach Archer Up For Athlete Of Week

Zach Archer was one of 10 runner's up for the Capital Journal Area Athlete of the Week for this week.   Archer became just the fourth Rossville wrestler to capture a title at the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational. Archer won the 113-pound crown, going 5-0. Now 16-0 on the season, Archer pinned two foes, had a technical fall win and won two major decisions, including a 12-4 win over St. James Academy’s Max Schemmel in the finals.

CJ Wrestling Honor Roll

    The Capital-Journal has published the standings of high school wrestlers in NE Kansas showing win/loss record and number of pins.
  
https://www.cjonline.com/sports/20200123/northeast-kansas-high-school-wrestling-honor-roll-jan-23-2020-update

https://www.dodgeglobe.com/sports/20200123/northeast-kansas-high-school-wrestling-honor-roll-jan-23-2020-update

Shirley Keyser Passes Away

St. Marys—Shirley J. Keyser, 73, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020, at Stoney Brook in Manhattan.

     She was born on February 3, 1946, at Easton, the daughter of Herman and Rita Siebert Brockish. Shirley grew up in the Flush and St. Marys communities.  She graduated from St. Marys High School in 1964.

     Shirley worked for the St. Marys State Bank for years.  After retiring from the bank, she worked at Ray’s Apple Market.  She enjoyed cooking and being on the farm.

     Shirley and Gary L. Keyser were united in marriage on May 21, 1966, at Silver Lake.  He preceded her in death on September 24, 2006.  Shirley was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother Lawrence “Larry” Brockish.

     Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Dale (Bobbie) Keyser, Maple Hill; her brother, Tim Brockish, St. Marys; two sisters, Mary Frances Meyer, North Bend, NE, and Rose Ann Daniels, Columbus, KS; her grandchildren, Katie, Daniel, and Alex.

     A Memorial Visitation will be on Friday, January 31, 2020, from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. at Piper Funeral Home.  You may stop by the funeral home after 2:00 on Friday to sign the book.  Inurnment will be at a later date in the Greenwood Cemetery, Belvue.  Memorial contributions are suggested to the  St.Marys High School Alumni Association and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

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KWCA Rankings for 321A

Rossville has moved up to fourth in 321A this week.  Zach Archer stayed in his number one spot in the 113 lb class and Kody Davoren maintained his third place ranking at 220 lb..  Layne Hurla moved up from sixth to fourth place this week.

1.   Hoxie
2.   Beloit
3.   Norton
4.   Rossville
5.   Republic Co.
6.   Hoisington
7.   Larned
8.   Hill City
9.   Phillipsburg
10. Riverside

Rossville-Pleasant Ridge BB (Updated)

Rossville played the Pleasant Ridge Rams in game one of the Valley Falls tournament on Jan 21, 2020.    The Rams easily won  45-36.

Dawgs    4    4    15    13  -  36
Rams     11   16  10      8  -  45

Rossville scoring:
Perine           1     0-0    2 
Morelli           5     4-6  14 
Reeves         6      0-0 12 
Badura          1      0-0   2 
Brown           1      0-1   2 
Hale              1      0-0   2 
Brockamp     1      0-0   2

Rossville will play AACHS (Atchison) on Friday at 6:00 PM.  The tournament will wrap up on Sat. The teams for the final game will depend on Friday's result.

The bracket for the tournament can be seen at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-i0lVMAbOlsT1BrMHpNNThuNlpLUEtiSkl0a0VJRjNJWlFj/view

Riley Co. Girls Get Easy Win

The out-matched Lady Dawgs were easily defeated 54-22 on Jan. 18 at Riley Co.

Rossville          4   5   7  6 — 22
Riley County  14 17 15  8 — 54

Rossville  scoring:
Streit              3 (2)    0-0   8
Rabe              2         3-4   7
Morelli            2         1-2   5
Bergstresser  1         0-0   2

Boys BB At Riley Co.

The Riley Co. Falcons rolled over the visiting Dawgs on Jan. 18.

Rossville          7   3   8 16 — 34
Riley County  19 16 15   5 — 54

Rossville scoring:
Kenney        2 (1)   0-0   5 
Perine          1        0-0   2
Morelli          1 (1)  1-6   4 
Badura         2        5-6   9 
Garcia          2 (1)   0-0   5 
Brockamp    4 (1)    0-0   9

Bobcat Classic Wrestling

Rossville finished 15th of the 23 teams in the Bobcat Classic Jan 17-18.  The complete team standings can be seen at:
https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1579448858376&pageName=

Individual results:

113    Zach Archer(16-0) placed 1st with 5 wins and 1 bye,
120    Colby Hurla (7-9)  placed 12th going 2-4.
138    Logan Hurla (14-4) placed 3rd going 6-1.
145    Sam Twombly (9-7) went 0-4 in this event.
152    Corey Catron (8-7)  placed 11th going 4-3
160    Joe McGrath (7-5) went 0-3.
220    Kody Davoren (10-2) placed 4th going 5-2,
285    Jacob Carver (10-6) went 2-2.
 
For more details go to:
https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1579449116393&pageName=