Rossville Girls in JCN Tournament Final

Rossville won the first two rounds and will meet Oskaloosa for the tournament championship on Jan. 23..  Oskaloosa earned the right to play in the game with a 65-16 win ofer NorthEast KS and a 65-26 win over Atchisson in the semi-final 

RHS Girls At Jeff North Tournament Semi (updated)

Rossville                20 15   5 14 -- 54
Perry-Lecompton     9 16 12   7 -- 44

Rossville Scoring: 

Bunck        3 (2) 0-0  8
E. Sanders      2 1-1  5 
Dick        4 (1) 7-10 16
M. Sanders     1 8-8 10
Mitchell           1 0-0   2
Burdiek           3 1-3   7
B. Miller          3 0-0   6 

Totals 17 (3) 17-22 54.

This semi-final win puts Rossville into the Tounament Championship Game on Jan 23

Lady Dawgs Bury Jeff North (updated)

The  RHS Girls got an easy win against the Jeff Co. North girls to open the Jeff Co. North tournament on Jan   19, 2026.  The Lady Dawgs dominated the opposition 60-22.

Rossville             22 21 9 8 -- 60
Jeff County North  6  9 7 0 -- 22

Rossville  scoring:

Dick             9 (7) 2-4 27
M. Sanders        2 2-2  6
Burdiek        8 (1) 6-8 23
B. Miller             2 0-1  4. 

Totals       21 (8) 10-15 60.

Boys BB Team Gets 63-54 Win (updated)

The RHS boy's basketball team defeated Jeff West 63-54 in the Valley Falls Tournament on Jan 20, 2026

Rossville 14 10 19 20 -- 63
Jeff West 11 14   9 20 -- 54

Rossville Scoring: 

McDonnell       6 4 -5 16,
Donovan     5 (3) 0-0 13
Horgan             1 0-0   2
Bush                 1 0-0  2
Miller         10 (2) 1-2 23
Lewis                2 0-0  4
Johnson           0 3-4  3 

Totals 25 (5) 8-11 63.

Dorothy Pokorney Passes Away

 Dorothy Joanne “Dottie” Pokorney, 87, of Silver Lake, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2026.

She was born February 24, 1938, in Clay Center, Kansas, the daughter of Floyd and May (Nemnich) Streeter. She grew up in Clay Center and was a graduate of Clay Center Community High School.

Dottie and her husband Jim owned and operated Pokorney Construction in Silver Lake, KS for many years until retiring.

She was a 50-year member of First Baptist Church in Silver Lake and longtime member of the Loyal Chapter #176 Order of the Eastern Star in Silver Lake, Kansas.

Dorothy married James “Jim” Pokorney on June 5, 1955 in Clay Center, KS. He preceded her in death on February 10, 2020. Survivors include two sons, Sheldon Pokorney (Deb D’Orvilliers) of Lawrence, KS and Kevin Pokorney of Rossville, KS; two grandsons, Shawn Pokorney (Brittany Martin) of Overland Park, KS and Shane (Cassie) Pokorney of Dallas, TX; two great-grandsons, Abel Pokorney of Overland Park, KS and Max Pokorney of Dallas, TX; and her sister, Rita (Corky) Acker of Topeka.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her two brothers, Bob and Bill Streeter.

Dorothy was an avid bowler and in her 50 plus years of bowling, bowled in Topeka and many tournaments around the country. She loved gardening, traveling and spending time with her grandsons. She rarely missed a televised Royals game, closely followed her K-State Wildcats and traveled the state to watch her grandson’s sporting events.

The family will receive friends at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at the Parker Price Cremations, Funerals & Receptions, 245 NW Independence Ave., Topeka where a funeral ceremony will begin at 11:00 a.m. Private interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery, Topeka. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Silver Lake, 3439 NW Hoch Rd., Silver Lake, KS 66539 or to Helping Hands Humane Society, 5720 SW 21st St., Topeka, KS 66604.

RHS Girls in Jeff North BB Tourney

The Rossville Girls basketball team will play in the Jeff North tournament Jan 19, 21, 23.

Game One will be against Jeff North  on Jan. 19 at 6 PM

Bobcat Classic Boys Wrestling

 Bobcat Classic Results for Rossville 

106 Brodyn Price (11-6) place is unknown and scored 8.5 team points

113 Lochlan Culbertson (6-9) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.  

126 Brady Miller (6-9) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. 

132 Kelton Lacock (5-6) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points. 

138 Lakin Gentry (4-6) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points 

144 Remington Droegemeier (7-7) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. 

165 Cooper Meyer (8-4) place is unknown and scored 6.0 team points. 

215 Charlie Chance (7-4) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.

St. Marys Invit. Girls Wrestling

 St Marys 2026 GIRLS Wrestling Invitational Results for Rossville 

 The Lady Dawgs placed 5th out of 16 Teams

100 Joanie Pottorf (10-5) placed 3rd and scored 13.5 team points.

110 Aliahna Kepner (7-9) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

120 Hadley Brown (13-9) placed 3rd and scored 16.0 team points

125 Junne Paine (9-12) placed 5th and scored 10.0 team points.

130 Ariana Moses-Prospere (10-10) placed 4th and scored 18.0 team points

Aaron Patton Memorial Girls Wrestling

 Aaron Patton Memorial Girls 2026 Results for Rossville 

The Lady Dawgs finished 8th of 16 teams

100 Joanie Pottorf (9-6) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.

105 Nora Mitchell (18-7) place is unknown and scored 6.0 team points.

110 Aliahna Kepner (5-10) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

120 Hadley Brown (11-10) place is unknown and scored 7.5 team points.

125 Junne Paine (8-12) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points

130 Ariana Moses-prospere (8-10) place is unknown and scored 5.0 team points. 1

145 Madelyn Wonnell (18-4) placed 1st and scored 26.0 team points.   In her 1st Place Match  Madelyn  (18-4) won by fall over Shaelynn Smail (Paola HS) 16-5 (Fall 1:49)

Rossville BB Loses By 2 Pts

Perry-Lecompton 20 14 20 21 -- 75
Rossville              23 12 11 27 -- 73

Rossville Scoring 

McDonnell            9 5-10 23, 

Donovan           6 (3) 2-3 17 

Horgan                   0 1-2   1 

Bush                       1 2-2   4 

Miller                       6 4-4 16

 Lewis                     1 0-0   2

 Johnson                4 2-6 10. 

Totals            27 (3) 16-27 73

Rylee Dick Scores 26 in Loss

The RHS girls BB team lost to  Riley County 62-50 on Jan. 13

Riley County 15 18 14 15 -- 62
Rossville         9 18   9 14 -- 50

Rossville scoring

E. Sanders         0 1-2 1, 

Dick               8 (6) 4-4 26, 

M Sanders          1 1-2   3, 

Burdiek         6       2-2 14, 

B. Miller        2 (2)  0-0  6. 

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Totals         17 (8) 8-10 50.

Rylee Dick Signs LOI

 

RHS senior Rylee Dick has signed a letter Of Intentt to play basketball at Rockhurst College.

KWCA wresttling Rankings as of Jan. 13

 Madelyn Wonnll has maintained her #2 ranking in the 146# class in the latest rankings.  Nora Mitchell is presently number 6 in the 105# class

There re no RHS boys ranked in the top six of their claass.

Boys BB Team Gets Win At Riley Co,

 ROSSVILLE 48, RILEY COUNTY 44

Rossville           6 12 16 14 -- 48
Riley County   16   9   9 10 -- 44

Rossville  scoring-- 

McDonnell         3 0-2   6,
Donovan      6 (1) 1-3 14,
Horgan              2 0-0   4,
Bush                  1 0-2   2,
Miller            4 (1) 4-6 13,
Lewis                0 2-2   2,
Johnson            3 1-5   7. 

Totals         19 (2) 2-8 48.