Rossville KS Alumni News

This blog is for posting all news of Rossville residents and Rossville High alumni. Bookmark this page and send any appropriate news (births, deaths, engagements, marriages, anniversaries, job changes, honors, etc.) items to: Frank.Ruff@juno.com . Feel free to add comments to any of the articles. Check this site often because I sometimes delete items. There are SEARCH (top left of page) and LINK (bottom of page) features. For photos, see link at bottom.

Thursday, December 23, 2021

RHS Basketball Struggles

Kade Perine shooting

The Capital Journal has a nice article about the struggles of the RHS basketball team. In most small schools, the best athletes play multiple sports. But in Rossville, only a few football players also play basketball.

https://www.cjonline.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/12/23/kansas-high-school-basketball-rossville-shaking-off-football-playoffs-rust-2-a-kade-perine/8981382002/

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Republic Co. Duals

The Rossville High boys wrestling team competed in the Republic Co. Holiday Duals Dec. 21. The results were as follows:

Rossvillle 30 Burlington 39
Rossville 30 Sabetha 54
Rossville 36 Republic Co 42
Rossville 24 Concordia 54

Individual results
Name and W-L tournament record:

Mason Broce 2-1
Johnny Robb 1-3
Aaron Klesath 1-3
Colby Hurla 3-1
Krew Lacock 0-4
Corey Catron 2-2
Sam Twombly 4-0
John McGrath 0-4
Barrett Lietz 3-1
Jacob Carver 4-0

Saturday, December 18, 2021

RHS Boys Lose To Atchison

From the Capital-Journal

Kade Perine drives to basket Friday night.

ATCHISON 49, ROSSVILLE 40 — The effort to follow a state-championship football season with a successful basketball season continues for the Rossville boys program. The Bulldawgs took 4-2 Atchison to the wire, but couldn’t make the plays they needed in the final minute.

Kade Perine took over in the fourth quarter, scoring seven points to lead Rossville back to within four points. But the Bulldawgs were forced to foul late, and failed to convert into points at the offensive end.

Kade Perine’s free throws with 57 seconds remaining pulled the Bulldawgs to within four points at 44-40. But a couple of missed opportunities let the chance for Rossville’s second win of the year slip away.

Perine led the Bulldawgs with 12 points, followed by seven from Patrizi and Brody Lietz.

To read the complete game details, go to:

https://www.cjonline.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/12/18/rossville-basketball-splits-atchison-before-winter-break/8935716002/

Rossville Girls Destroy Atchison 63-25

From the Capital-Journal

Caylee Douglas in white

The Rossville girls concluded the fall semester with a 63-25 romp over Atchison to head to the holiday break with a 4-1 record.

A 4-0 burst by Atchison to start the game didn’t faze the Bulldawgs. They quickly rebounded with a 12-0 run to take command. Their full-court pressure shut the Phoenix down for the next four minutes. By the end of a dominant first quarter, Rossville led 21-6.

The game was effectively over at halftime, when the Bulldawgs had extended the gap to 41-15.

Kinley Porter and Shyanne Haehn led the scoring at the half with nine points apiece.

The Bulldawgs got everyone in the game in the second half and still won with a running clock.

Porter and Kinsey Perine finished as the leading scorers with 12 points each.

Rossville scoring:

Horgan 1 0-0 2,

Perine 3 (1) 5-8 12

Douglas 3 (1) 3-4 10

Mitchell 4 2-3 10

Porter 3 (2) 0-2 12

Haehn 3 3-5 9

Rezac 2 0-0 4

Gillum 1 2-4 4

To read the complete game details, go to:

https://www.cjonline.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/12/18/rossville-basketball-splits-atchison-before-winter-break/8935716002/

Friday, December 17, 2021

Horak and Catron Make Eagle's List

The Wichita Eagle has released their list of the top 33 football players for all classes in Kansas.

Torrey Horak is in the second eleven and Corey Catron is in he third eleven.

RHS Boys BB Lose At Wamego

The boys basketball team lost at Wamego 67-30 on Dec. 13, 2021

Wamego 17 17 22 11 -- 67
Rossville 9 8 9 4 -- 30

Rossville scoring
Perine 2 0-0 4
Badura 1 (1) 4-6 7
Mildren 2 0-0 4
Patrizi 2 2 -3 6
Horak 0 1-2 1
Bush 1 3-4 5
Lietz 0 3-4 3

Girls BB Lose To Wamego

Rossville lost to Wamego on Dec. 13 at Wamego.

Wamego 14 10 25 22 -- 71
Rossville 14 18 8 16 -- 58

Rossville scoring:
Perine 1 2-2 4
Douglas 2 (1) 4-4 9
Mitchell 5 (1) 2-4 13
Porter 6 (1) 0-1 13
Rezac 1 1-1 3
Gillum 5 (1) 5-6 16.

Amanda And Caila Hill In KWU-Avila Game

Kansas Wesleyan lost to Avila University of Kansas City 67-60 on Dec. 13. Amanda Hill had 13 pts, 4 rebounds, l block, and l assist in 35 minutes. Caila Hill had 8 pts, 4 rebounds, 1 steal, and 3 assists in 21 minutes of playing time.

You can read the details of any KWU game this season at

https://www.kwucoyotes.com/schedule/23/2

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Wayne Rasch (60) Passes Away

Wayne Charles Rasch of Athens, GA. passes away on Nov. 15, 2021. The URL below is very brief but there are a number of comments from friends.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/athens-ga/wayne-rasch-10445664

Wayne was raised in Rossville, KS on a farm next to the City Park and attended Rossville schools. He also attended Wichita State U. and was a Vietnam vet. He was married to the former Linda Dennis who passed away a few years ago . You can SEARCH "Linda Rasch" (Upper left corner) to see her obituary which has family informaton.

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Raymond Bush (55) Passes Away

Raymond D. Bush, age 84, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at the Topeka V.A. Hospital. Ray was born May 8, 1937 in Rossville, KS the son of John and Opal (Kirkpatrick) Bush. He graduated from Rossville High School in 1955.
Ray served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War where he earned several honors for marksmanship and mortar combat. He married Ellen Juanita Funk June 15, 1963 in Miami, OK. She preceded him in death January 16, 1989. Ray worked at American Linen Supply in Topeka.
Ray was preceded in death by two sons, Warren Lambert, Bradley Bush, and a brother, Jackie Bush. He is survived by two sons, Russell (Anita) Lambert of Topeka and Randy (Jennifer) Bush of Rossville, KS; 10 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Raymond enjoyed his grandchildren, especially attending their sporting events.

Memorial services are pending at this time. davidsonfuneral.com