Jeff North Girls BB Tournament

JEFFERSON NORTH INVITATIONAL
Games Tuesday 
High school: 
Cornerstone vs. Pleasant Ridge, 6 p.m. 
Jefferson North vs. Perry-Lecompton, 7:30 p.m.

Middle school: 
Valley Falls vs. Atchison County, 6 p.m. 
Rossville vs. Oskaloosa, 7:30 p.m. 

Games Friday  
Valley Falls-Atchison County winner vs. Rossville-Oskaloosa winner, 6 p.m at  high school, 
Cornerstone-Pleasant Ridge winner vs. Jefferson North-Perry-Lecompton winner, 7:30 p.m at high school. 
Consolation semifinals, 6 & 7:30 p.m at middle school. 

Games Saturday  
Championship, 4:30 p.m. 
Third place, 3 p.m. 
Fifth place, 1:30 p.m. 
Seventh place, noon.

Individual Results At Holton Wrestling

Holton High School Sadowski Tournament Results for Rossville

106

Zach Archer (15-11) placed 4th and scored 15.50 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Zach Archer (Rossville) 15-11 received a bye () (Bye)
• Quarterfinal - Zach Archer (Rossville) 15-11 won by fall over La`Quavis Stewart (Bryan High) 14-11 (Fall 2:25)
• Semifinal - Mark Hernandez (JC Harmon) 15-6 won by fall over Zach Archer (Rossville) 15-11 (Fall 3:09)
• Cons. Semi - Zach Archer (Rossville) 15-11 won by tech fall over Ethan Seager (Maur Hill) 8-12 (TF-1.5 4:53 (16-1))
• 3rd Place Match - Jake Barnes (Holton) 17-9 won by decision over Zach Archer (Rossville) 15-11 (Dec 9-5)

113

Layne Hurla (20-8) placed 5th and scored 14.50 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Layne Hurla (Rossville) 20-8 won by tech fall over Kadyn Humphrey (Gardner-Edgerton) 7-11 (TF-1.5 4:00 (15-0))
• Quarterfinal - Monty Christo (Andover Central) 14-8 won by fall over Layne Hurla (Rossville) 20-8 (Fall 1:10)
• Cons. Round 2 - Layne Hurla (Rossville) 20-8 received a bye () (Bye)
• Cons. Round 3 - Layne Hurla (Rossville) 20-8 won by fall over Leif Malm (Maur Hill) 5-5 (Fall 0:39)
• Cons. Semi - Braden Woodson (Perry-Lecompton) 16-9 won by major decision over Layne Hurla (Rossville) 20-8 (MD 13-3)
• 5th Place Match - Layne Hurla (Rossville) 20-8 won by fall over Kevin Rosales (JC Harmon) 14-9 (Fall 2:07)

120

Alex Archer (14-11) placed 3rd and scored 16.00 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Alex Archer (Rossville) 14-11 won by fall over Nigusse Haggos (JC Harmon) 14-6 (Fall 2:47)
• Semifinal - Colin Henderson (Chapman) 25-5 won by fall over Alex Archer (Rossville) 14-11 (Fall 3:12)
• Cons. Semi - Alex Archer (Rossville) 14-11 won by fall over Kye Humphrey (Gardner-Edgerton) 6-15 (Fall 3:47)
• 3rd Place Match - Alex Archer (Rossville) 14-11 won by decision over Wyatt Pringle (Perry-Lecompton) 15-9 (Dec 10-3)

126

Colin Culbertson (7-12) placed 4th and scored 12.00 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Colin Culbertson (Rossville) 7-12 won by fall over Kaiden Colston (JC Harmon) 14-9 (Fall 3:58)
• Semifinal - Jake Patch (Andover Central) 20-4 won by fall over Colin Culbertson (Rossville) 7-12 (Fall 2:29)
• Cons. Semi - Colin Culbertson (Rossville) 7-12 won by decision over Michael Gugleman (Sabetha) 6-9 (Dec 5-3)
• 3rd Place Match - Tye Paluso (Chapman) 20-4 won by fall over Colin Culbertson (Rossville) 7-12 (Fall 0:48)

145

Garrett Carver (15-6) place is unknown and scored 4.00 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Garrett Carver (Rossville) 15-6 won by fall over Trent Stevenson (Topeka West) 1-2 (Fall 3:05)
• Quarterfinal - Christian Hannon (Andover Central) 8-3 won by fall over Garrett Carver (Rossville) 15-6 (Fall 5:21)
• Cons. Round 2 - Zach Ghale (Gardner-Edgerton) 3-6 won by major decision over Garrett Carver (Rossville) 15-6 (MD 15-6)

152

Holden Hurla (19-4) placed 2nd and scored 22.00 team points.

• Champ. Round 1 - Holden Hurla (Rossville) 19-4 received a bye () (Bye)
• Quarterfinal - Holden Hurla (Rossville) 19-4 won by fall over Isaac Vizcaino (JC Harmon) 2-2 (Fall 2:00)
• Semifinal - Holden Hurla (Rossville) 19-4 won by fall over Cael Jackson (Holton) 21-8 (Fall 5:03)
• 1st Place Match - Conner Greig (Gardner-Edgerton) 13-3 won by decision over Holden Hurla (Rossville) 19-4 (Dec 5-0)

195

Kody Davoren (19-9) placed 1st and scored 24.00 team points.

• Quarterfinal - Kody Davoren (Rossville) 19-9 won by fall over Colby Peck (Oskaloosa) 12-10 (Fall 2:18)
• Semifinal - Kody Davoren (Rossville) 19-9 won by decision over Salvador Aleman (JC Harmon) 19-6 (Dec 9-4)
• 1st Place Match - Kody Davoren (Rossville) 19-9 won by injury default over Cauy Rokey (Sabetha) 13-2 (Inj. 1:49)

Holton Wrestling Tournament Team Results

		Team	Season Team	Abbr	Count	Points
1		Andover Central, KS	Andover Central, KS (GET)	AC	13	206.5
2		Holton, KS	Holton, KS (GET)	HOLT	9	162.0
3		Gardner-Edgerton, KS	Gardner-Edgerton, KS (GET)	GE	14	131.0
4		Chapman, KS	Chapman, KS (GET)	CHAP	11	116.5
5		Bryan High, NE	Omaha Bryan, NE (GET)	BRYA	9	110.0
6		Rossville, KS	Rossville, KS (GET)	ROSS	7	108.0
7		Sabetha, KS	Sabetha, KS (GET)	SAB	8	98.0
8		Perry-Lecompton, KS	Perry-Lecompton, KS (GET)	PL	9	93.5
9		ElDorado, KS	El Dorado, KS (GET)	ElDO	5	93.0
10		JC Harmon, KS	Kansas City-JC Harmon, KS (GET)	HAR	12	67.0
11		Oskaloosa, KS	Oskaloosa, KS (GET)	OSKA	5	64.0
12		Topeka West, KS	Topeka West, KS (GET)	TW	15	60.0
13		Doniphan West, KS	Highland-Doniphan West, KS (GET)	DW	2	28.0
14		Wichita East, KS	Wichita-East, KS (GET)	WICE	3	18.5
15		Maur Hill, KS	Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy, KS (GET)	MH	8	18.0

Dawgs Win Two Straight

    The RHS Boys basketball team picked up their second straight victory in their game for fifth place at the Valley Falls tournament on Sat.   The Dawgs defeated Atchison County High 52-35.

Atchison County  4  19  8   4    =   35
Rossville               16 10 14 10   =   52

Rossville scoring:
Hulbert              9 (1)     3-4     22
Sumner              7 (3)     2-2     19
Reeves                3           1-2       7
Sowers                1           0-0      2
Badura                1           0-4      2
Totals                21 (4)    6-12   52

Craig Carlson Passes Away

Craig Burns Carlson, 80, of Topeka and Rossville Health Care died on January 18, 2018. Craig was born July 17, 1937 in Topeka to John August and Beulah (Brown) Carlson. Craig's parents, his brother John A. Carlson, Jr. (Jac), and former wife Linda preceded him in death.

Craig attended school at Gage, Boswell and Topeka High ('55). He graduated from Washburn University ('61) and was an elementary school teacher until the mid-70's. He then trained in electronics and later taught a night class at Kaw Valley Technical School. He worked for State Office Systems.

In the early 1990's, after recovering from coronary bypass surgery, Craig worked with mentally-challenged adults in Topeka, an employment which became his labor of love. He was also a proud Topekan, proclaiming "I didn't always live here, but my soul did . . .and does."

Craig was briefly married to Arthella Hammar. On August 6, 1978 he married Linda May Pederson. They divorced in 2010.

Survivors include sister-in-law Barbara Carlson as well as nephews Allan and David Carlson of Colorado. 

Services will be Saturday, January 27 at 11am at NextGen Restaurant in Maple Hill, KS. Private inurnment follows at Maple Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to TARC (tarcinc.org). Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel is assisting the family. To leave a message for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com.

RHS Boys Get Win At Valley Falls

    The Rossville  boys basketball team won their second round gave against Valley Falls in the Valley Falls Tournament on Jan. 19 by a score of 57-49.
    On Sat., the Dawgs will face  the AACHAS boys for fifth place. AACHAS won their game against Oskaloosa 60-53.

Valley Falls    14   8  10  17   =   49
Rossville        20 14  11   12   =   57

Rossville scoring:
Sumner                  5 (2)     7-8    19 
Hulbert                  6 (2)     2-2    16 
Sowers                   2            6-6    10 
Reeves                   2            3-7      7 
Brummer              2            0-0     4 
Badura                  0             1-4      1 
Totals                   17 (4)    19-27  57

Several Days Away From Here

I've been in bed for the past 3 days with the flu or some virus.  So,  I have not been able to post during that time.  So,  doing a little bit of catching up.

Rossville Makes KWCA Top Ten

    In the new KWCA rankings for this week,  Rossville is now in the TOP TEN,  along with three other MEL schools.  Holden Hurla in ranked third in the 152 lb. class and Isaiah Luellen maintains his number one ranking in 160 lb.


Complete rankings can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/rankings

Rossville At Valley Falls Tourney

The Rossville Boys will play Valley Falls Friday evening in the Valley Falls Basketball Tournament.  The final game will be played on Sat.

The complete bracket for the toutnament can be read at:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_IPGyR26lDqziwf9SleaDzQVyUzjhcf7/view

Rossville Boys Lose To Jeff North

JEFFERSON NORTH 60, ROSSVILLE 42

Rossville               5  17    9  11   =  42
Jefferson North 16  16  21   7   =  60

Rossville scoring:

Hulbert     9       6-7    24
Sumner     3 (1) 0-0     7
Reeves       3       0-2    6
Badura       1       0-0    2
Brown        1       0-0    2
Sowers       0       1-2    1 Totals       17 (1) 7-11 42

Jefferson North — Lane 5 (1) 11-14 24, Summers 9 2-2 20, Fowler 3 2-2 8, Gill 2 0-0 4, McAfee 1 0-0 2, Tweed 0 1-2 1, Kramer 0 1-2 1. Totals 20 (1) 17-23 60.

Peter Stickel Passes Away

Peter J. Stickel, 77, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

Requiem Mass for Mr. Stickel will be at 7:00 A.M. Friday, January 19, 2018, at Assumption Chapel in St. Marys.  A rosary will be recited at 5:20 P.M. Thursday, January 18th at the church.  Interment will be in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, St. Marys.

Luellen On List For Athlete Of Week

    Isaiah Luellen is still unbeaten  this season and was one of the nominees for Area Athlete Of The Week by the Topeka Capital.  Luellen captured the 160-pound title at the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic, going 5-0 with the closest win a 15-7 decision in the semifinals over Class 4A No. 4 Gavin Cullor of Prairie View. In the finals. Luellen took a 16-8 major decision win over Class 6A No. 3 Jensen McDermott of Gardner-Edgerton.   He has been ranked #1 in 3A wrestling in the 160 pound class the whole season. 

Valley Falls Boys BB Tourney

VALLEY FALLS INVITATIONAL BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Games Tuesday — West gym: Valley Falls vs. Cornerstone, 6 p.m.; Jefferson Noth vs. Rossville, 7:30 p.m.; East gym: Perry-Lecompton vs. Oskaloosa, 6 p.m.; Pleasant Ridge vs. Atchison County, 7:30 p.m.
Games Friday — West gym: Perry-Lecompton-Oskaloosa winner vs. Pleasant Ridge-Atchison County winner, 6 p.m.; Jefferson North-Rossville winner vs. Valley Falls-Cornerstone winner, 7:30 p.m.; East gym: Consolation semifinals, 6 & 7:30 p.m. Games Saturday — Championship, 4:30 p.m.; Third place, 3 p.m.; Fifth place, 1:30 p.m.; Seventh place, noon.

Basehor -Linwood Wrestling Results

    The Dawgs came in 15th of 30 teams competing in the Basehor-Linwood wrestling tournament Jan 12-13,

Team results: Goddard 230, Olathe North 169.5, Bonner Springs 161, Mill Valley 155.5, Platte County 155, St. Thomas Aquinas 127.5, Abilene 119, Free State 109.5, Schlagle 100, Gardner Edgerton 89, Leavenworth 89, Paola 89, Tonganoxie 85, Basehor-Linwood 84, Rossville 73, Andale 72, Turner 69, St. James Academy 67, Santa Fe Trail 64, Columbus 62.5, Prairie View 61.5, Lansing 59, Chapman 53, Wabaunsee 51, Shawnee Mission East 41, Eudora 36.5, Pittsburg 36.5, Topeka Seaman 31.5, Piper 29.5, Lawrence 24.5, Harmon 20, Perry-Lecompton 17, Fort Scott 6.

     Rossville wrestlers placing in top 8 were:
    Layne Hurla finished 8th in the 113# class.
    Holden Hurla finished 5th in 152#.
    Isaiah Luellen was first in the 160# class,
    Kody Davoren was 6th in 195#.

Bear Shooting Dooms Dawgs

    Despite an outstanding 35 point effort by Hulbert,  the St. Marys Bears boys basketball team buried the Dawgs with an avalanche of eleven 3 point makes. 

St. Marys 21 12 16 16   =   65
Rossville 10  15 11 18   =   54

St. Marys scoring:
Rabe            7 (4)      0-1     18
Flanagan     6 (4)       0-1     16
Hurla            3 (3)       0-0      9
Schindler      2            1-2      5
Ewing           2             1-1     5
Rieschick      2             0-0    4
Rieschick      2             0-2    4
Schoemann  2             0-0    4 
Totals          26 (11)      2-7  65

Rossville scoring:

Hulbert         14 (1)       6-7    35 
Sumner          2 (1)       5-6    10
Quiett             1 (1)       0-0      3
Sowers           0            3-4      3
Badura           1            1-3      3 
Totals           18 (3)     15-20  54

In other MEL action,  Rock Creek defeated Wabaunsee 65-39.

Rossville Girls Lose Struggle With Bears

    The Dawgs fought a good battle,  but the Bears shooting was more accurate and they prevailed because of five 3 point makes while Rossville only made two 3 point shots.  The Bears were 16 of 26 from the free throw line while Rossville was 8 of 16 attempts.   Most of the Bear free throws were in the fourth quarter as Rossville attempted to overcome the Bear lead that they opened up in the third after hitting 3 point shots during 3 successive trips down the court.

St. Marys 15 13 13 10   =   51
Rossville  13 14   8   9   =   44

St. Marys scoring:
Hurla            5 (2)     3-6    15
Hurla            2 (1)     6-8    11
Harrison       2 (2)     3-5      9
Schoemann 3           2-2      8
Hurla            1           2-4     4
Harrison       1           0-0     2
Lett               1           0-0     2 
Totals          15 (5)   16-26 51

Rossville scoring
Anderson       4        1-2       9
Buhler            3 (1)   2-4      9 
Hill                 2         3-4      7
Douglas         2 (1)    0-0     5
Porter             2         1-2     5
Kirk                2          0-0     4
Morelli           1          1-2     3
Badura          1          0-0     2 
Totals          17 (2)     8-14 44

    The Wabaunsee girls, taking over the MEL lead,  showed their power with a 50-27 drubbing of 4A Rock Creek.

Progress Of Girls St. Marys BB Game

    The Bears have a narrow 1 pt lead at the half,  28-27.
    In the third quarter,  the St. Marys girls were deadly shots from 3 point range.  They made 3 pointers on 3 consecutive trips  up the court to break open a game that had been very close.   They finished the quarter with a 41-35 lead.
     Rossville stayed within 4-6 points until the closing minutes when they had to resort to fouling and the game ended at 51-44.

Mid-East League Basketball Standings

Mid-East League basketball standings as of Jan 11, 2017
Boys            League  Overall

Rock Creek  … 5-0 … 8-0
Silver Lake   … 4-1 … 7-1
St. Marys      … 2-2 … 5-2
Riley County … 1-3 … 4-4
Wabaunsee  … 0-3 … 3-4
Rossville       … 0-3 … 1-8

Girls           League  Overall

Rossville       … 3-0 … 7-2
Wabaunsee   … 3-0 … 6-1
Riley County  … 3-1 … 5-2
St. Marys       … 2-2 … 4-3
Silver Lake     … 1-4 … 1-7
Rock Creek    … 0-5 … 0-8
Note that the girl's standings are the exact opposite of the boy's standings.

RHS Boys Fall To Rock Creek

Rock Creek  20  17  25  11  =   73
Rossville       10 10  15  20  =   55

Rossville scoring:
Hulbert             10        4-4   24 

Sumner              4        2-2   10 

Brummer            2 (2)   2-2    8 

Badura                          3-6  18 

Pfaff                   3         4-4  10 

Quiett                 2 (1)    0-0   5 

Sowers              1          0-0   2  

Totals               22 (3)    8-8 55.

NOTE:  Obvious errors in reported individual scores as they do not compute.
              

RHS Girls Get Easy Win Over Rock Creek

The Lady Dawgs are unbeaten in league play knocking off their Mid-East rivals one by one.   Tuesday night,  it was 4A Rock Creek feeling the bite.

Rock Creek  10    8    9    8  =   35

Rossville         9  17  15  15  =   56

Rossville scoring:

Hill                  6 (1)     2-3      15 

Porter             6 (2)      0-0      14
Morelli            3            2-2        8 

Buhler            3 (2)       0-0        8 

Kirk                2             0-0       4 

Anderson       2             0-4       4 

Badura          1              0-2       2 

Douglas         0             1-2       1 

Totals           23 (5)       5-13   56

Emma Jean Wyckoff Passes Away

    Erma Jean Wyckoff, 91, passed away Tuesday, January 9, at the Rossville Nursing Home in Rossville Kansas. She was born May 2, 1926 in Abilene, Kansas, the daughter of William C. and Gladys M. (Shuey) Miley. Growing up, Erma Jean attended local schools and graduated from Abilene High School. On October 12, 1947, she was married to Duaine Wyckoff in Abilene. Erma Jean and Duaine lived in Carlton, Junction City, Council Grove and Clay Center. Erma Jean was a housewife and a cook at the Presbyterian Manor in Clay Center for 27 years. Her husband Duaine preceded her in death February 24, 1999.
    Erma Jean is survived by: Daughter Donna (Guy) Horton of Emporia Kansas. Son, Dennis (Deb) Wyckoff of Berryton Kansas, and two grandchildren Christie and McKinlea Wyckoff.
    Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. Friday, January 12th at the Danner Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Tessaro officiating. Interment will be at the Fairview Cemetery south of Holland.
    The Family suggest memorial contributions in her name be made to the Clay Center Lutheran Church. They may be left at or sent in care of the Danner Funeral Home POB 758 Abilene, Kansas 67410, until day of the service.

Willard Bridge $6Mil Under Budget

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) The Shawnee County Commission put the final cost of replacing the Willard Bridge under $6 million dollars.

Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to approved a last change order to the county's contract with the company who replaced the Willard Bridge, bringing the budget down another $15,000. The vote puts the total cost of the bridge project at just over $17,900,000, $6 million less than the $24,700,000 budgeted.

The project was also finished three months ahead of schedule.

Commissioners complimented the County's Public Works Department for their hard work.

Foreign Exchange Students In Rossville

Julie Spring has hosted four foreign exchange students who have attended Rossville Jr/Sr High. 

The school is currently hosting nine visiting students through the Academic Year 

in America program that has an estimated 50 students in Kansas this school year.

    Rossville High is very involved in hosting foreign exchange students from around the world, typically as many at ten at one time.    You can read about the program at:
http://cjonline.com/education-local-state/2016-01-10/rossville-residents-gain-cultural-perspective-through-interactions

3A Wrestling Rankings

     The new KWCA wrestling rankings are out after a three week hiatus.  Iasiah Luellen is still in his customary position as number one in the 160# class for 3-2-1A.    Holden Hurla has moved up to third place in the 152# class. 
     Wabaunsee, Silver Lake, Riley Co.,   are in the 7-9 positions.    Wabaunsee has seniors Tubbs and Drogemeier holding down the top position the 132# and 138# classes,  which has been quite normal for the two competitors. 
     The complete rankings can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/rankings

Morelli and Stipp Make All-State

    Results from the All-State auditions in Salina on Saturday, January 6th are in. Rossville had two clarinets make the 1A-4A All-State band again this year.  Taylor Morelli and Ava Stipp will travel to Wichita on February 22-24 to rehearse and perform with this premier group! 
     Although not selected this year, a big congratulations is in order for Bryson Hase and Meagan Huston as well.  Simply making it to the All-State audition is a huge task, and a testament to how hard these students have worked.  Ava has made Rossville history by become the first EVER to be a two-time All-State member.  Since students can only audition for All-State as a 10th-12th grader (current KSHSAA rules), being a two-time or three-time member is extremely rare, and a very prestigious honor.

Student of the Week

     Dawson Schaefer used his talents as a trumpet player to play the Star Spangled Banner for the Wrestling tournament. The school received several compliments on his behalf and it set the tone for a great wrestling meet.

Ernest Rezac Passes Away

Ernest E. "Ernie" Rezac, 85, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at the Medical Lodge of Jackson County in Holton.

He was born October 28, 1932 at Emmett, the son of Ernest W. and Ruby Steele Rezac. He grew up in the Rossville community and attended Twin Rose Country School. Ernie graduated from Rossville High School. He served in the US Army during the Korean War from February 10, 1953 until January 18, 1955.

Ernie was a farmer and stockman all of his life. He raised cattle into his 80's.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter Nancy Dickerson in 1986.

On December 13, 1952, he was united in marriage to Martha Wood in Rossville. They just celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include his son, David (Vicki) Rezac, Delia; his daughter, Janice (Dennis) Prior, Rossville; a brother, Darrel Rezac, Rossville; 6 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, January 13, 2018, at the Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Rezac will lie in state and the family will receive friends on Friday, January 12, 2018, from 6:00 until 7:30 P.M. at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Interment is in the Rossville Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be given to Croix Hospice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St, St. Marys, Kansas 66536. To leave online condolences please go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

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