Rossville KS Alumni News

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Boys Wrestling 30th Annual Eureka Inv.

Boys Team Scores (top 18)

1 Newton 254.5
2 Winfield 181.5
3 Field Kindley 111.0
4 Columbus 106.0
5 Caney Valley 89.0
6 Rose Hill 81.5
7 Herington 77.5
8 Clearwater 76.0
9 Burlington 73.5
10 West Elk 67.5
11 Hillsboro 57.0
12 Rossville 55.5
13 Douglass 51.0
14 Humboldt 50.0
15 Erie 49.5
16 Cherryvale 48.0
17 Central Burden 30.0
18 El Dorado 29.5

Individuals

113      Kelton Lacock (14-13) 5th Place         7 pts
126      Remi Drogemeier( 18-9) 3rd Place    15.5 pts
132      Maon Broce (10-11)      2-2                  5 pts
144      Seth Basemore (1-10) 0-2                      0 pts
165      Jordan Johnson (0-6)      0-2                  0 pts
175      Joel McGrath (3-21)      0-2                      0 pts
180      Charles Chance (2-16) 0-2                  0 pts
215      Barret Lietz (23-5) 1st                  28 pts

Monday, January 22, 2024

Lady Dawgs Roll Over St. Marys Lady Bears in BB

Rossville 18 23 20 11 -- 72
St. Marys 15 8 12 2 -- 37

Rossville scoring-

Burdiek 7 3-3 17
Perine 5 (2) 0-0 12
Dick 6 1-1 13,
Haehn 4 (2) 1-2 11
Mitchel 4 (1) 1-2 10
Porter 3 0-0 6
Spielman 1 1-2 3.

RHS Boys Win Osky Tournament Championship

The Dawgs have been hot recently racking up win after win. In last week's Oskaloosa Invitational tournament the Dawgs won all three games including a decisive 57-37 win over Perry-Lecompton for the Championship.

Rossville 14 16 15 12 -- 57
Perry-Lecompton 13 6 11 7 -- 37

Rossville Scoring

McDonnell 0 1-2 1
Badura 7 2-4 16
Donovan 9 (4) 6-6 28
C. Bush 0 1-2 1
Jones 2 1-1 5
Miller 2 (1) 1-2 6.

Friday, January 19, 2024

Semi-Final Win At Oskaloosa Tourney

Semi-final game of Oskaloosa Tournament Jan 19.

Rossville 57
JCN 38

Rossville Scoring:

Horak 8 (4) 0-0 20
Donovan 8 (3) 0-0 19
Miller 5 (1) 0-0 11
Badura 2 (1) 4-4 9
Jones 3 0-2 6
McDonnell 2 1-2 5
Johnson 0 0-2 0

Up and Coming Basketball Future Stars

NORA BURDIEK, Rossville

Rossville freshman basketball standout Nora Burdiek (22)
has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency
girls Rising Star of the Week. [File photo/TSN]

A 5-foot-10 freshman, Burdiek has made an immediate impact for Rossville, which is ranked No. 4 in Class 3A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.

Burdiek is coming off a pair of double-figure performances for the Bulldawgs to open 2024 as Rossville improved to 7-1 on the season.

Burdiek scored 10 points in last Friday's 40-33 Mid-East League victory over Riley County and scored 17 points in Thursday's 66-41 non-league win over previously-undefeated Valley Heights.

Rossville sophomore Jack Donovan is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency boys Rising Star of the Week after helping the Bulldawgs post a pair of wins to open 2024. [File photo/TSN]

JACK DONOVAN, Rossville

Donovan, a 5-foot-11 sophomore, has helped lead Rossville to a pair of victories to open the 2024 portion of its boys basketball season.

Donovan has scored a total of 33 point in his past two games as the Bulldawgs evened their record at 4-4 on the season.

Donovan scored 13 points in last Friday's 60-57 come-from-behind Mid-East League victory over Riley County and scored 20 points with four 3-pointers in Rossville's 75-43 non-league win over Valley Heights Thursday night

Bracket For Boys' BB At Oskaloosa

Bracket For Oskaloosa Tourney

RHS Boys BB Coach Interview

The Capital-Journal has an excellent interview with Rossville basketball head coach McConnell with the team playing in the background.

Capital Interview of Rossville Coach

Jeff Co Basketball Tourney Bracket

https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3398/rossvillejrsrhigh/3899702/2024_Jeff_County_North_Tournament_Bracket.pdf

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Boy's BB Win At Oskaloosa Tourney

Rossville 18 16 27 10 -- 71

Oskaloosa 3 10 10 15 -- 38

Rossville scoring

Horak 8 (4) 0-0 20,
Donovan 8 (3) 0-0 19,
Miller 5 (1) 0-0 11,
McDonnell 2 1-2 5
Badura 2 (1) 4-4 9,
Jones 3 0-2 6
Johnson 0 0-2 0.

The Dawgs play in the semi-finals of the tournament on Friday.

Dutch Heslet Passes Away

Dutch Heslet, 73, passed away Monday, January 15, 2024, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

Dutch was born in Salina on July 25, 1950, the son of Elmer R. and Norma Meier Heslet. He was raised in the Rossville community and graduated from Rossville High School. Following graduation, Dutch worked at Rossville Grain Elevator and many years at Jeffrey Energy Center before owning and operating Heslet trucking. Dutch proudly served in the United States Navy.

He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville and was an avid hunter in Wyoming, Kansas, and Alaska. He loved hunting with his son and granddaughters.

Dutch married Linda Tholl. They later divorced. To this union, a son Chad was born.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Darrel Heslet.

Survivors include his son, Chad (Darcy) Heslet; brothers, Bert (Paula), Howard (Laura) and William (Bert) Heslet; his sister Rosa (Gene) Lytle; two granddaughters and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Funeral Services will be at 2:00 P.M. Monday, January 22, 2024 at the Rossville United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will be in the Rossville Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 until 5:00 P.M. Sunday, January 21, 2024 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be made in Dutch's name for his Granddaughter's College Educational Fund and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

Boys BB At Oskaloosa Tourney

At Oskaloosa Invitational

The 4-4 Bulldawgs will face off against tournment host Oskaloosa in a 7:45 p.m. first-round game that was postponed from Tuesday. The Rossville-Oskaloosa winner will move on to a 6 p.m. semifinal game on Friday to face the winner of the first-round game between Jefferson County North and St. Mary's Academy. Consolation games between the first-round losers will also be played on Friday. The tournament championship game is set for 4:30 p.m. Saturday, following the other place games, which will start at 12 p.m.

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