James Pokorney Passes Away

    James H. "Jim" Pokorney James Harvey Pokorney, 84, passed away Monday, February 10, 2020 at Midland Hospice House.
    He was born October 4, 1935 in Concordia, the son of Harry and Ella (Jackson) Pokorney. He grew up in Aurora and Miltonvale, graduating from Miltonvale High School. Jim was a farmer, a telegrapher for Union Pacific Railroad for nine years, and then found his real calling in 1969, building houses. He ran his construction company for 30+ years, retiring in 2000. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Lake Lodge #50 AF & AM, and Loyal Chapter #176 OES, all of Silver Lake. He was a member of the Scottish Rite in Topeka and the Antique Automobile Club of America, Topeka Region. He loved woodworking, raising flowers, restoring old cars and all cats. His happiest times were with all of the family for celebrations.
    On June 5, 1955 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Streeter in Clay Center. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Sheldon Pokorney, Lawrence and Kevin Pokorney, Rossville; two grandsons, Shawn Pokorney, Overland Park and Shane (Cassie) Pokorney; and one great-grandson, Abel Pokorney. Memorial contributions may be made to Helping Hands Humane Society or The First Baptist Church of Silver Lake.

Remember When? Paul Steinke Record

   A little over 5 years ago,  a German exchange student decided to try American football and tried kicking for Rossville High.  Paul Steinke performed flawlessly from the first game and broke the existing Kansas high school record of 82 continuous PAT kicks.  He finished the year with over 100 consecutive kicks,  all in one year without a miss.  Oh, and he didn't miss any field goals either.

Here is a video about Paul:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-symantec-ext_onb&hsimp=yhs-ext_onb&hspart=symantec&p=rossville+kansas#id=76&vid=253bae23ac1d341e9f65bab6afb61f95&action=view

An article from CatchItKansas about Paul:
https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/search?q=steinke

KWCA Rankings For 321A

KWCA Rankings for week of Feb. 11, 2020.  Rossville switched places with Larned, moving from  fifth to fourth.  The only other changes were in places 8, 9, and 10.

1.  Hoxie    (1)
2.  Beloit    (2)
3.  Norton    (3)
4.  Rossville   (5)
5.  Larned       (4)
6.  Hoisington (6)
7.  Republic Co. (7)
8.  Southeast of Saline(9)     
9.  Plainville       (8)
10. Jayhawk-Linn    (NR)

Zach Archer is still #1 in 113 lb.  Layne Hurla is still #4 in 138 lb, and Kody Davoren is still #2 in 220 lb.

Davoren Up For Athlete Of Week

  Kody Davoren was in the Top 10 for CJ Athlete of the week this week.  He captured the 220-pound title at the Phillipsburg Invitational last weekend, taking a 6-3 decision over Class 3-2-1A No. 5 Judson Wiltfong of Norton in the title match. Davoren pinned his other tourney foe after getting a first-round bye and improved to 22-3 on the season.    He has been the #2  ranked wrestler in the 220# class in Kansas in recent weeks

RHS Girls Nab Easy Win

Rossville     17 4 19 10  —  50
Osage City  11  3  7  15  —  36

Rossville scoring:
Streit               3 (1)   0-0    7
Bergstresser 4         1-2     9
Rabe                 3         2-3    8 
Morelli            9         1-2   19 
Rodehorst      3         1-2    7

RHS Boys and Osage City BB

Rossville     5  14  13  6  —  38
Osage City 12 13  18  7  —  50

Rossville scoring:
Perine      1     0-0     2 
Morelli    2     3-3     7  
Reeves     4     6-7   14 
Badura     2     4-6   8 
Brown      1      1-3    3 
Lietz         2     0-0    4

Panther Classic Wrestling

Panther Classic at Phillipsburg team standings, Feb. 8, 2020

1.  Hoxie, KS 
2,  Norton, KS 
2.  Great Bend High School, KS 
4.  Abilene, KS 
5.  Beloit, KS 
6.  Phillipsburg, KS 
7.  Rossville, KS 
8.  Ellsworth, KS
9.  Fredonia, KS
10.Oakley, KS
11.Stockton High School, KS
12.Lincoln, KS 
13.Minneapolis, KS 
14.Russell, KS 
15.Ell-Saline, KS 
16.TMP, KS 

The following RHS wrestlers finished in the top 4 of their class.

113      Zach Archer 1st.
138      Layne Hurla 3rd
152      Corey Catron 4th
220      Kody Davoren 1st

MEL Basketball Standings

MID-EAST League Basketball Standings

Boys            ... League ... Overall

Rock Creek       ... 6-1 ... 14-1
Riley County    ... 5-1 ... 10-3
St. Marys          ... 4-3 ... 7-8
Rossville           ... 2-4 ... 4-11
Wabaunsee      ... 1-5 ... 5-9
Silver Lake       ... 1-5 ... 1-13

Girls        ... League ... Overall

Riley County   ... 6-0 ... 13-0
Wabaunsee      ... 5-1 ... 12-2
St. Marys          ... 4-4 ... 7-8
Rock Creek       ... 3-4 ... 8-7
Silver Lake        ... 1-5 ... 7-7
Rossville           ... 0-6 ... 3-12

Lady Dawg BB At Wabaunsee

Rossville        15    12      9      9  —  45
Wabaunsee    18    13    16    13  —  60

Rossville scoring: 
Streit              3        0-0     6
Bergstresser 2        0-0     4 
Rabe              5         1-4     11
Morelli          2        7-14    11
Foster            1        2-2       4
Rodehorst    2 (1)  0-0      5
Gillum          0        4-4      4

RHS Boys At Wabaunsee

Rossville        8  11    8   10  -  37
Wabaunsee  9  11  17  18  -  50

Rossville scoring:

Perine      0        2-2     2 
Morelli    4        0-0     8
Reeves     1         1-4     3
Badura    5 (1)    1-4   12
Brown     0          0-2   0
Garcia     2 (1)     2-3   7
Lietz        2 (1)     0-0  5

Wrestling Honor Roll

The Capital-Journal Wrestling Honor Roll  for Feb, 6 can be read at:
https://www.cjonline.com/sports/20200206/northeast-kansas-high-school-wrestling-honor-roll-feb-6-2020-update

Heartland Dueling Pianos Mar 7

The Heartland Dueling Pianos will be at the Rossville American Legion on March 7, 2020 at 7:30,
Go to the below URL to learn more about them.
https://www.facebook.com/heartlandduelingpianos/?eid=ARCfVhURY0GtNESRJLptEvlmQELWSfAWKZV08DGcbOZK8VNVlvJCnd-DJ4g-SP3ojdrA5kjAMAazSOUO

Dawgs Defeat Bears Feb. 4

    The Rossville boys bsketball team won at St. Marys on Feb. 4 in a close 42-39 match.
Details will be posted when available.

KWCA Rankings For 321A Wrestling

Rankings for week of Feb. 4, 2020

1. Hoxie
2. Beloit
3. Norton
4. Larned
5. Rossville
6. Hoisington
7. Republic Co.
8. Plainville
9. Southeast of Saline
10. Jayhawk-Linn

Zach Archer is still #1 in 113 lb.  Layne Hurla is still #4 in 138 lb, and Kody Davoren is still #2 in 220 lb.