3A Girls Basketball Rankings

3A GIRLS Basketball Rankings by Capital-Journal

    Team                      … record

1. TMP-Marian (2)        … 7-1
2. Garden Plain (3)      … 7-0
3. Nemaha Central (1) … 7-1
4. Haven (5)                 … 7-0
5. Halstead (NR)          … 8-0

Others — Beloit 6-1, Council Grove 6-1, Eureka 6-2, Hesston 6-2, Kingman 6-1,
MIssion Valley 6-2, Norton 5-2, Riley County 5-2, Rossville 6-2, Russell 6-2, Scott
City 5-1, Sterling 6-2, St. Marys 4-2, Wellsville 4-2, Wichita Independent 5-2.

Andrew Sopoci Killed In Accident

Andrew Tyler "Drew" Sopoci of Maple Hill was killed in an auto accident near Alma on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2018 at the St. Mary's United Methodist Church.  Interment will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery.  Drew will lie in state and the family will receive friends Thursday, January 11, 2018 from 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. at Piper Funeral Home in St. Mary's.  To read his complete obituary or leave an online condolence please go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

Rossville Invitational Wrestling Tournament (Updated)

1 Sabetha, KS Sabetha,                            11   164.0
2 Riverside, KS Wathena-Riverside,         10   148.5
3 Santa Fe Trail, KS Santa Fe Trail           10   143.5
4 Perry LeCompton, KS Perry-Lecompton 11   135.5
5 Riley County, KS Riley County                11   131.0
6 Rossville, KS Rossville,                            9    127.5
7 Clay Center, KS Clay Center                   11    119.0
8 Shawnee Mission East, KS                     10    109.0
9 Wellington, KS Wellington                       11    107.5
10 Royal Valley, KS royal valley                 10      88.0
11 St Marys, KS St. Marys,                          6      69.0
12 Doniphan West, KS                                 4      45.0
13 Pleasant Ridge, KS Easton-Pleasant Ridge, 4 43.0
14 Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy, KS 10    34.0
15 Hayden, KS Topeka-Hayden                    7     31.0
16 Belleville-Republic County                       9     28.0
17 Atchison County, KS Atchison                  8     27.0

The complete results can be read at:    www.kansaswrestling.org.  Click on Results, Varsity Tournaments, 1/6/17, Rossville, 17-18.

The following seems to only work sometimes.

http://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&loadBalanced=true&sport=wrestling&TIM=1515366232707&pageName=&ie=false&frameSize=949

Individual Rossville Results were:

Zach Archer (7-12) 106# placed 3rd, 13.5 pts
Lost to BradenWoodson (Perry-Lecompton), beat J R Thelwell (Riley Co), beat Eathen Seager (Mauer Hill), beat Braden Woodson for third.

Layne Hurla (13-4) 113# placed 2nd , scored 20.5 pts
Beat Leif Malm (Mauer Hill), beat Dalton Kahle (Perry-Lecompton) and lost to Kaden Dillon (Sabetha) (12-0) in championship match.

Alex Archer (8-12) 120# scored 3 pts.
First round bye, lost to Parker Tholstrup (Clay Center), beat Nico Munson (Doniphan W.), lost to Wyatt Pringle (Perry-Lecompton)

Colin Culbertson (2-9) 126#
Lost to Beau Horn(Riverside) (16-1), lost to Caleb McEntire (Royal Valley).
 
Marvin Cummings (1-7) 132# placed 6th, 6 pts.
First round bye, lost to Braden Mitchell (Sabetha), rcvd bye, beat Mitchell Root (Perry-Lecompton), lost to Jace Jones (Shawnee Mission E., lost to Quinton Redford (Wellington).

Garrett Carver (16-5) 145# Placed 3rd, 16 pts.
Beat Zach Jeanneret (Santa Fe Trail), Lost to Brandon Brownlee (Sabetha), beat Andrew Schmidt (Shawnee Mission E.).

Holden Hurla (11-2) 152# p;laced 1st, scored 26 pts
Beat John Gorman (Shawnee Mission E.), beat Karsen Smith (Royal Valley), beat Caleb Jeanneret (Santa Fe Trail).

Isaiah Luellen (5-0 placed 1st 26 pts.
Beat Dakota Garrison(Santa Fe Trail) beat Brayden Seimears (Riverside), beat Zeb Speer (Doniphan W.).

Kody Davoren (12-7) 220 @ placed 3rd 18 pts.
Beat Clayton Stephenson (Hayden) beat Collin Rossillion (Perry Lecompton), lost to Justin Schuman (Shawnee Mission E.) (9-2) beat Nathan Raignell (Riley Co), beat Reice Randles (Santa Fe Trail).

MEL Basketball Standings

Mid-East League basketball standings as of Jan 6, 2017
Boys            League  Overall

Rock Creek  … 4-0 … 7-0
Silver Lake   … 3-1 … 6-1
St. Marys      … 1-2 … 4-2
Riley County … 1-2 … 4-3
Wabaunsee  … 0-2 … 3-3
Rossville       … 0-2 … 1-7

Girls           League  Overall

Rossville       … 2-0 … 6-2
Wabaunsee   … 2-0 … 5-1
St. Marys       … 2-1 … 4-2
Riley County  … 2-2 … 5-2
Silver Lake     … 1-3 … 1-6
Rock Creek    … 0-4 … 0-7
Note:  This is based on a Jan 4 list published in the Capital which has an error.
One of the girl's teams has an extra loss.  Results from Jan 5 were added to that list.

New School Classification

CLASS 2A FOOTBALL FOR 2018-2019

Range: 178-116 Students

Atchison County 118; Belle Plaine 145; Central Heights 128; Chaparral 158; Cherryvale 157; Cimarron 153; Conway Springs 136; Council Grove 156; Douglass 160; Ellinwood 116; Ellsworth 148; Erie 130; Eureka 126; Fredonia 171; Garden Plain 125; Hoisington 163; Horton 122; Humboldt 131; Hutchinson Trinity 144; Jayhawk-Linn 127; Lakin 129; Lyons 144; McLouth 125; Minneapolis 128; Maur Hill 165; Mission Valley 132; Nemaha Central 153; Neodesha 156; Northeast-Arma 117; Norton 167; Osage City 165; Oskaloosa 120; Phillipsburg 147; Pleasant Ridge 160; Remington 122; Riley County 178; Riverside 138; Riverton 176; Rossville 122; Silver Lake 151; St. Marys 136; Sterling 119; Southeast-Cherokee 121; Southeast-Saline 146; Southwestern Heights 143; TMP-Marian 149; West Franklin 140; Wichita Indpendent 125.

Wabaunsee is in 1A and Rock Creek is in 3A.

Boys BB At Riley Co. (Updated)

    The Dawgs were down only 4 points (47-43) with one minute remaining in the game.  However, their desperation fouling to increase possessions resulted in a final score of 55-43 in favor of Riley Co.

    You can see video of the Silver Lake-Rock Creek and Wabaunsee-St. Marys games at:
http://ksnt.com/2018/01/05/full-court-press-01-05-18/

    No box scores of the games in the Capital-Journal  as of 8:30 AM on Sat.  Finally posted on the RHS web site on Jan. 10.

Riley County    9 12 14  20  =  55

Rossville        10   8   8  17  =  43

Rossville scoring:
Brummer           1 (1)     0-0    3
Quiett                4 (2)      0-0  10
Morris                1 (1)      1-3    4
Badura               0           0-2    0
Reeves              1            0-0    2
Hulbert               6            5-6  17
Sumner              2            0-1    4
Sowers               1           1-2     3 
Totals                14 (3)    7-14   43

    

Girls BB Game At Riley Co. (Updated)

The Riley Co.-RHS girls basketball game was tied 50-50 at the end of regulation time forcing and Overtime period. 

After falling 7 points behind in the 2nd quarter,  Rossville closed the gap and led by 1 at the end of the 3rd.  The  Dawgs then led until the closing minutes of the fourth quarter,  when Riley Co. closed the gap at the end to tie the game.

In the overtime,  Rossville scored 4 points and Riley  2 points resulting in a Dawg victory.

Rossville        6 10 17  17  4 -- 54

Riley County  6 17   9  18  2 -- 52

Rossville scoring:

Buhler             5 (5)     1-2     16 

Hill                   7          2-3     16 

Porter              4          2-3     10
Badura            3          2-2       8 

Kirk                 1          0-1       2 

Anderson        1          0-2       2  

Totals             21 (5)   7-15    54

Eugene Spetter Passes Away

Eugene N. Spetter, 92, Delia, passed away Friday, December 29, 2017, at the St. Mary’s Health Center.

Eugene was born March 3, 1925, at home on a dairy farm on the outskirts of Topeka, Ks., the son of Otis and Sophe Polenek Spetter. Eugene married Nellie Dain at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church on May 1, 1950. She preceded him in death on October 13, 2007. Eugene retired from Ed Marlings as a TV technician in 1988. He dearly loved the game of golf and played his last game at the age of 89. He was very proud of the fact he made a total of 5 holes in one!

Eugene is survived by his children Judy (Verlon) Cress, Sarah (Mike Richmond) Bahner, Cecil (Anna) Spetter, Ramona "Cookie" (Dan) Kochaniec, Patti (Richard) Jordan & Leo Sam Spetter, 26 Grandkids, 46 Great-Grandkids, & 8 Great-Great-Grandkids. He was predeceased by his parents, 4 brothers, 4 sisters and 2 grandsons, Sean Donnelly & John Kochaniec.

Eugene was cremated. Visitation will begin at 11:00 AM, Friday, January 5, 2018, at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence Avenue, Topeka, Ks. The funeral service will begin at Noon.

In Lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society , 1315 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, KS 66604.

Family graveside services will be held on the dairy farm where he was born which is now West Lawn Memorial Gardens, I-70 & Auburn Road.

Sports This Week

There will be wrestling on Fri. (1/5) at 5 PM and also Sat. (1/6) at 9 AM in the Rossville gym.

Competing in this tournament will be:   ACCHS, Bellevue-Republic County, Clay Center, Doniphan West, Hiawatha-Horton, Maur Hill Prep, Perry-Lecompton, Pleasant Ridge-Immaculata, Riley County, Rossville, Sabetha, Santa Fe Trail, St. Marys, Topeka Hayden,Wellington, 

The boys and girls basketball teams will be playing at Riley Co. on Friday.

MID-EAST League Basketball Standings

Boys            League  Overall

Rock Creek … 3-0 … 6-0
Silver Lake  … 3-0 … 6-0
Wabaunsee … 0-1 … 3-2
Rossville      … 0-1 … 1-6
St. Marys      … 0-2 … 3-2
Riley County … 0-2 … 3-3

Girls           League  Overall

St. Marys      … 2-0 … 4-1
Rossville       … 1-0 … 5-2
Wabaunsee   … 1-0 … 4-1
Riley County  … 2-1 … 5-1
Rock Creek    … 0-3 … 0-6
Silver Lake     … 0-3 … 0-6

Jaycob Dalton Mulanax Pe Nosh Wah (12) Passes Away

 Jaycob Dalton Mulanax, Pe Nosh Wah, died Sunday, December 24, 2017.

He was born December 14, 1993 in Topeka, the son of Gary and Lori Roberts Mulanax.  He graduated from Rossville High School in 2012.

Jaycob loved working outdoors and had been a foreman with Luxury Lawn and Landscape in Topeka.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Irvan and Janet Mulanax, and his great grandma, Vena Mae Thompson.

Survivors include his father, Gary Mulanax and wife Shelly, Hoyt, his momma, Lori Roberts, Topeka, grandparents, Kenneth and Marilyn Roberts, Burlingame, two sisters, Madison Mulanax, Topeka and April Melton, Osage City, two step brothers, Dalton Quimby and Wyatt Lickteig, both of Topeka, three nieces, Trinaty and Caydance Eastman, and Kensley McAvoy and a nephew, Kamdyn Melton.
 
Cremation is planned.  A visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on Friday, December 29th at the Citizens Potawatomi Community Building in Rossville, followed by a Memorial Service at noon.  Memorials are suggested to the Jaycob Mulanax Memorial Fund in care of Envista Credit Union in Topeka.  Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt is assisting the family.

 On-line condolences may be made at chapeloaksfuneralhome.com

Bearded Sinners Pool Tournament

    The bearded Sinners Club Of Kansas recently held a pool tournament in Rossville to raise money to purchase stuffed animals for children in the Stormont-Vail pediatric unit.
http://cjonline.com/news/local/good-news/2017-12-22/bearded-sinners-club-delivers-stuffed-animals-kids-stormont-vail

321A Wrestling Rankings

    In the Dec. 19 rankings by KWCA,  Holden Hurla is 6th in the 152 lb. class and Isaiah Luellen maintained his number one ranking in 160 lb.
    Norton holds down the #1 ranking  and   Wabaunsee is #7,  Riley Co. is #8,  and Silver Lake is #9, 
    For complete rankings,  go to:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/rankings

Rossville Man Raises $5,000 For Food Pantry

In just two weeks Chad Shafstall, his family and their community raised around $5,000 in cash, pantry items and hygiene products.    For video of Mr. Shafstall and his efforts,  go to:
http://www.wibw.com/video?vid=465549573