Amanda Hill had 9 pts and 6 rebounds in Kansas Wesleyan's 59-54 loss to Friends on Feb. 19. Caila Hill had 7 recounds and 4 assists. To see more details, go to: Box Score KWU Feb. 19
KWU will begin play in the KCAC tournament on Monday.
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Amanda Hill had 9 pts and 6 rebounds in Kansas Wesleyan's 59-54 loss to Friends on Feb. 19. Caila Hill had 7 recounds and 4 assists. To see more details, go to: Box Score KWU Feb. 19
KWU will begin play in the KCAC tournament on Monday.
The Dawgs brought home four championships at the 321A Regional on Feb. 18-19. The Champions are Colby Hurla (138#), Sam Twombly (160#), Barrett Lietz (220#) and Jacob Carver (285#)
Team Standings
1. Sabetha
2. Silver Lake
3. Efingham
4. Rossville
5. Wellsville
6. Seneca
7. Onaga
8. Pleasant Ridge
9. St Marys
10. Osage City
Individuals
120# Mason Broce (26-13)
1W, 2L
132# Aryon Klesath (27-20)
3W, 2L
138# Coldy Hurla (40-8) 1st
4W
145# Krew Lacock (16-23)
2W, 2L
160# Sam Twombly (37-2) 1st
4W
170# John McGrath (3-26)
1W, 2L
220# Barrett Lietz (29-5) 1st
4W
285# Jacob Carver (31-3) 1st
4W
The Girls wrestling team placed 6th of 22 teams at the Regional.
1. Holton
2. Santa Fe Trail
3. Baldwin
4. Silver Lake
5. Eudora
6. Rossville
7. Tonganoxie
8. Oskaloossa
Individuals:
109 # Emma Plantz (1-23)
1W, 2L
120 # Kendra Hurla (35-0) 1st
4W
126 # Keera Lacock (33-6) 2nd
3W, 1L
132 # Cassie Fund (20-15)
3W, 2L
138 # Reagan Wonnell (27-4) 3rd
4W 1L
Girl's Game
The Lady Dawgs have make a big improvement over the early season, winning Seven of their last Nine games. On Feb 18 they defeated Riley Co 35-34.
Rossville 6 8 6 15 -- 35
Riley County 7 11 4 12 -- 34
Rossville Scoring:
Perine 0 2-2 2
Mitchell 7 (1) 4-5 19
Porter 3 (1) 0-0 7
Haehn 1 1-2 3
Gillum 2 0-2 4
Boy's Game
The Dawgs lost to MEL foe Riley Co 58-43 on Feb. 18, 2022
Riley County 16 10 15 17 -- 58
Rossville 7 16 14 6 -- 43
Rossville scoring:
Perine 6 0-1 12
Garcia 1 0-1 2
Patrizi 3 0-0 6
Horak 2 (2) 0-0 6
Bush 6 (1) 0-0 13
Lietz 0 4-6 4
The Rossville Girls Wrestling team dropped out of the Top Ten this week.
Individuals
120 # Kendra Hurla #1
126 # Keera Lacock #6
The latest 321A Boys rankings for Feb 15 are as follows.
1. Hoxie
2. Norton
3. Phillipsburg
4. Beloit
5. Plainville
6. Rossville
7. Hill City
8. Oakley
9. Silver Lake
10. Erie
RHS Individuals
138 # Colby Hurla #5
160# Sam Twombly #4
285# Jacob Carver #1
Girls Game
Rossville 17 18 14 10 -- 59
Wabaunsee 17 10 16 6 -- 49
Rossville scoring:
Perine 2 0-1 6
Douglas 3 2-2 8
Mitchell 8 (3) 3-4 22
Porter 5 (2) 2-2 14
Haehn 0 0-2 0
Gillum 4 (1) 0-0 9
Boys Game
Wabaunsee 16 14 16 12 -- 58
Rossville 13 8 12 16 -- 49
Rossville scoring:
Perine 3 (1) 6-8 13
Garcia 1 0-0 2
Horak 5 (5) 0-0 15
Bush 2 (1) 3-4 8
Lietz 4 1-4 9
Broce 0 2-2 2
There are two remaining games for each team; Riley Co. on 2/18 and Rock Creek on 2/22.
He was born November 26, 1941, at Topeka, the son of Francis J. and Flora E. (Harr) Heim. Howard graduated from Hayden Catholic High School in 1959. He served in the United States Army for four years, two years states side and two years in Germany.
Howard worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Topeka, retiring after 40+ years of service. Howard was a talented Banjo and Guitar player. He was a member of Reduced Speed Limit Band of Topeka.
Howard was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Mary Jo Lagers; step-son-in-law, Bill Morford and step-granddaughter, Kristin Morford.
He was married to Phyllis Plumberg, they later divorced. He later married Carol Rafferty (RHS 1960) Flerlage Heim. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include his children, Gregory P. Heim, Catherine Heim, and Charles Heim. Stepchildren, Jeanette (Dana) Grauerholz. Ken Flerlage, Loretta (Steve) VandeVelde, Nancy Morford, Tom (Muggins) Flerlage and Doug Flerlage; two sisters, Carolyn Eastwood, and Sharon Crow; 12 step-grandchildren and 16 step-great-grandchildren
Private family memorial graveside services will be at a later date. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Pottawatomie County EMS and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street St. Marys, Kansas 66536. To leave online condolences, go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.
ST. MARYS (KSNT) – Pam Sumner and Rita Muckenthaler have been to
all 50 states, thanks to K-State Athletics.
“I’m really on
a first-name basis with a lot of those people there,” 88-year-old Rita said.
Pam and Rita
might be K-State’s biggest fans.
“I’ve missed
probably two or three [games] since like 1983,” Pam said. “[Rita]’s probably
missed maybe four since 1989.”
They both got
degrees from K-State, and taught together in USD 321. In the 1980s, Pam wanted
to keep going to Wildcat football games, so Rita suggested they go together.
“We got
addicted when we went,” Rita said.
It snowballed
from there. The traveling best friends have been to every home football game
since 1991, plus 20 bowl games and about 75 percent of away games.
“We started
with her car, using her car,” Pam said. “Then, when I started driving, this is
about my third car we’ve gone through.”
There was one
game Pam missed that Rita still went to– the day of Pam’s dad’s funeral. Rita
went to the football game after the funeral because she knew Pam’s dad would
not want her to miss a game
Pam and Rita
also go to women’s basketball and volleyball games.
“You know how
many purple shirts I have?” Rita said. “I have drawers and drawers and drawers,
and they’re categorized. Long sleeve, short sleeve, sleeveless.”
They’ve
developed the perfect traveling system. Pam drives, and Rita pays for parking.
“I think going
to like Auburn, Marshall, USC, Stanford, to go to those iconic stadiums is just
awesome,” Pam said.
This duo will
keep visiting more iconic stadiums while visiting the new Big 12 teams.
“She’s my
second mother,” Pam said. “I’m like her daughter. We’re family more than
friends.”
Robert was born on November 1, 1929, to Russell W. and Lela A. (Ward) Cox at Emmett. He graduated from Delia High School in 1947 and served in the U.S. Army from 1947 until 1953. During his service in 1951, he married Agnes M. (Stum) Cox. He went to work for Goodyear, Wentz Equipment Co., and Kansas State University before retiring from the latter after 25 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Delia and the Sertoma Club in Manhattan.
Robert is remembered by his wife, Agnes of Topeka, his sisters, Marjorie (John) Houck, Galt, CA., and Carol Uhler, Fort Scott; his children, Juanita M. (Gabriel) Escobar, Topeka, and Ronald E. (Susan) Cox Hendersonville, NC; his four grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Phyllis Lundin,
Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Piper Funeral Home at St. Marys. Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Cox will lie in state, and the family will receive friends from 4:00 until 6:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at the funeral home.
Rossville finished 6th out of 23 teams competing in the 4321A Regional on Feb. 12 at Silver Lake, finishing only 4 points behind 4th place Silver Lake.
Kendra Hurla (35-0) continued her winning ways taking the 120# championship pinning Macey Gross of Holton to remain undefeated on the season at 35-0. . Keera Lacock lost the 126# championship match to Patz (22-1) of McLouth. Reagan Wonnell finished third in the 138# class. All three girls have qualified for the State tournament.
The top six teams were:
1. Holton
2. Santa Fe Trail
3. Baldwin
4. Silvr Lake
5. Eudora
6. Rossville
Individual Results
109# Emma Plantz (1-23)
1 bye, 2 L
120# Kendra Hurla (35-0) 1st
4 W
126# Keera Lacock (33-6) 2nd
3 W, 1 L
132# Cassie Fund (20-15)
3 W, 2 L
138# Reagan Wonnell (27-9) 3rd
4 W, 1 L
Girls Basketball Feb 11, 2022
Silver Lake 16 11 21 20 – 68
Rossville 12 13 8 13 – 46
Boy's Basketball, Feb 11, 2022
Rossville 13 9 13 11 – 46
Silver Lake 4 11 6 22 – 43