Derek Gentry To Wrestle At BCCC

 Derek Gentry is pictured seated with his parents, Shari and Jim Gentry, and brother Trent. 

Standing behind are RHS Head Wrestling Coach Curt Brecheisen and Asst. Coach Cody Lambotte.

 

Derek Gentry has also signed a letter of intent to walk on at Barton County Community College.  Derek was a 3 time state qualifier for the Dawgs and has led the team in reversals and headlocks the past 3 seasons.  Derek has put up 107 wins in his career at Rossville High.
                                                                                       Curt Brecheisen,  RHS Wrestling Coach

Alex Cavanaugh To Wrestle At Pratt

Photo courtesy of the Yearbook Staff

Alex Cavanaugh is pictured seated with his parents, Shawness and Patrick Cavanaugh. 

Standing behind are RHS Head Wrestling Coach Curt Brecheisen and Asst. Coach Cody Lambotte.

Alex Cavanaugh has  recently signed a letter of intent to wrestle at Pratt Community College next year.  Alex  is a 3 time state medalist, winning 3rd place the last two seasons as a Dawg wrestler.  He has posted 81 victories in his two seasons at Rossville and helped the Dawgs earn 2 state team trophies.
                                                                              Curt Brecheisen,  RHS Wrestling Coach

Rattler Season Starts June 2

  . Opening Night for the Rossville Rattler's 2016 season is 

Thursday, June 2nd at 7:00 PM! 

Make plans to be at Joe Campbell Stadium as the 

Rattlers take on the Junction City Brigade! 

Alan Jeffers Declared Hero

ROSSVILLE (KSNT) – Thursday’s thunderstorms and tornadoes caused a lot of damage throughout the state.

And for those who were caught in the thick of it, it could have been worse.

A Rossville man has been deemed a hero for his quick action by providing shelter.

Alan Jeffers says don’t call him special, he says he was just doing what was right.

High winds up to 70 miles per hour and brief tornado blew through Rossville and Silver Lake along Highway 24 Thursday afternoon.

With some quick thinking, Jeffers took action.

“When the sirens went off, we just kept the doors open for all our customers that was traveling,” said Jeffers.

Jeffers is the manager at the Casey’s General Convenience Store right off of Highway 24 in Rossville. During the storm he provided shelter for about 60 people, including a bus full of children, and a family from Missouri.

That family was Corey Sloan’s wife, his mother-in-law, his daughter and his two grand-children, ages 8 and 3.

“The last words I said to my wife was, ‘Get out of the vehicle’. I could hear the tornado sirens in the background,” said Sloan. “She told my granddaughter to run, and then the phone went dead. My entire life was in that Casey’s in Rossville, Kansas yesterday.”

During that tornado watch, Jeffers brought some of the children and adults to the cooler for shelter. Others found safety in the gas stations bathrooms, and storage rooms.

“It is pretty important to me to know that my family was taken care of by complete strangers,” Sloan says.

“I had no problem doing it. It just shows comfort to other people knowing that if their family is out on the road that they can go to a Casey’s or at least here…They can come and take shelter here,” says Jeffers.

Sloan say’s he personally thanked Jeffers for protecting his family. He even called the Casey’s General Store headquarters to tell them about his new found hero.

You can view KSNT video about Jeffers at:  http://ksnt.com/2016/05/27/small-town-hero-rossville-man-takes-action-during-severe-storms/

Rattler Baseball Clinic July 12

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Baseball Festival & Film

From the Capital-Journal:

Fans of both sports and history will have the opportunity this weekend to learn about baseball when it was spelled base ball and played without gloves or fences.

Six teams, some with players from as far away as Colorado and Minnesota, will compete Saturday and Sunday at the Free State Base Ball Festival on the Felker Soccer Fields, S.W. 25th and Gage Boulevard, in a tournament using the 1860 rules for the game.

The weekend also will include the Topeka debut of “Town Teams: Bigger than Baseball,” a 40-minute documentary on the influence of baseball on small Kansas towns at the turn of 20th century. The movie includes the reenactment of a 1919 game played near El Dorado that was filmed last October at the Joe Campbell Stadium in Rossville.

Members of the Topeka Westerns, the host team of the festival, participated in the game reenactment.

In addition to the Westerns, the games from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday will include the Topeka Shawnees, the Hodgeman Nine from the western Kansas town of Jetmore, the Emporia White Stockings, the Colorado Territorial All-Stars and a Minnesota Union team that includes players from the Rochester (Minn.) Roosters, the Lincoln (Neb.) Olympics and two Wichita players. Spectators can watch the games at no cost.

“Town Teams: Bigger than Baseball” will have its free Topeka screening at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Jayhawk Theatre, 720 S.W. Jackson.

The documentary was written and directed by Kansas City filmmaker Mark Honer, who said the movie “explores the role of baseball in everything from assimilating immigrants, to labor relations, to its function as a powerful tool in the battle between towns for economic supremacy.”

Honer, in a Sept. 29 story in The Topeka Capital-Journal, said he intended to make a documentary about the El Dorado oil field and the 100-year anniversary of the economic boom it created. When he discovered someone else had done such a documentary, he shifted his attention to something he found in his research: the prevalence of small-town baseball teams and the stiff competition among them.

“When I started researching the film, I fell in love with the players,” Honer said. “Most of them put in 70 hours a week at their jobs. But when the weekend came, they put on these heavy, wool uniforms and played baseball in the scorching hot sun. Now that’s loving the game.”

The game recreated for “Town Teams” was one between two towns, Midian and Oil Hill, which no longer exist. Joe Campbell Stadium was selected because it is the region’s oldest wood stadium.

The movie also includes Bill Hesse, a former town team player from Rossville, as he watches film of himself playing ball some 70 years earlier.

Also in “Town Teams” is rarely seen footage of the “Silver Ball” trophy that was awarded to the first Kansas state baseball champion in 1867. The first recipient was the Kaw Valley team from Lawrence.

Cultural context is provided by an all-star cast of baseball authors and historians.

“The amateur baseball players reflect the real America,” said Dorothy Seymour Mills, who co-authored the first scholarly history of the game. Her three-volume history, “Baseball: The Early Years” (1960), “The Golden Age” (1971) and “The People’s Game” (1990), still stands as the benchmark against which other baseball history books are measured. Honer also interviews state and local baseball historians, like Steve Dodson, a history professor at Allen County Community College in Iola.

“Town Teams” is produced and distributed by Destination Hope, which does business as DHTV Digital, a film and video production company in Shawnee.

Looking For Hosts For Rattler Players

Free Kids Lunches This Summer

      The St Stanislaus Catholic Church & Harvesters Community Food Network are sponsoring lunch to all kids 0-18 years of age from 12:30 to 1:00 every Tuesday, Thursday & Friday from June 2 to August 11 at the Rossville Park Shelter House. Lunch is free to all kids.  

3A State Golf Tournament

    The Rossville High golf team did not go to the 3A State tournament played on May 23 at the Salina Municipal Golf Course,  but three team members did qualify at the Regional.    Gabe Marney fnished the state meet in the 49th spot with an 88.  Andrew Hudson was 60th with a 91 and Kole Davoren was 98th with a 109.
   

RHS National Honor Society

RHS ANNOUNCES NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY MEMBERS

Rossville Jr./Sr. High School inducted 19 new members into the National Honor Society at the Spring Awards Night on May 4, 2016. Senior Ashley Broxterman; Juniors Paul Borcherding, Ryan Ehrlich, Bryce Gfeller, Malcolm Gillum, Andrew Hudson, Samantha Murray, Mitchell Porter, and Alyssa Thompson; and sophomores Kylee Badura, Breaira Bergstresser, Tronnie Blair, Maura Buhler, Perry Foster, Cory Hadsall, Abigail McCrory, Hannah Miller, Jalyn Porter, and Ashley Zemek lit the candle of honor and recited the pledge as new members.

RHS existing members are Seniors Katie Conley, Kole Davoren, Rachel Day, Britnee Douglas, Eric Ebert, Riley Falk, Zach Jensen, Chris Johnston, Justin Logan, Kyle Parr, Lauren Steckel, and Willow Stipp and Juniors Taylor Bittner, Morgan Foster, Laura Gillum, Amanda Hill, Ashley Rietcheck, Lora Shinn, Sara Shinn, Sierra Streit, and Emily Woodcock.

NHS officers for the 2016-2017 school year were recently elected and are as follows: President Taylor Bittner, Vice-President Mitchell Porter, Secretary Paul Borcherding, and Treasurer Laura Gillum.

Membership in the National Honor Society is based on a student’s performance in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, and character. In order to be eligible, students must first have a grade point average of at least 3.2 and have made significant contributions to their school and community, as well as maintain strong moral character.

                                                                                            Beth Shepard,  RHS Counselor

Alumni Dinner Reservations Due Now

7^th Annual All School 

Reunion & Dinner

Saturday, June 4^th 

Dekat Parish Center

Social Hour 4:00 p.m. 

 Catered Dinner 6:00 p.m.

I plan to attend the Celebration (list number attending)_________

_____ @ $22.50 = ____________ Add’l Donation(optional)_________

Total enclosed is __________________

Registration deadline is May 27th. 

Checks are made payable to RHS Alumni Foundation

Mail registration to: RHS Alumni Foundation, PO Box 803, Rossville KS 66533.

Name ___________________________________ RHS Graduate? Y___ N___ 

Year__________

Name ___________________________________ RHS Graduate? Y___ N___ Year__________

Address__________________________________City________________State-ZIP_________

E-mail Address_______________________________________

For Information call 785-584-6335 or 584-6080 or e-mail meburg@embarqmail.com

ROSSVILLE HIGH AWARDS

During the annual Spring Awards Night at Rossville Jr./Sr. High School 

held on May 4, 2016, the following awards were presented:

KSU OUTSTANDING MATH & SCIENCE AWARD = Eric Ebert

Each year, in conjunction with Kansas State University’s College of Engineering, Rossville High School’s math and science teachers are asked to nominate one individual they believe is the best student in each of these two subjects.

AMERICAN LEGION AWARDS (presented by Derek Froning) = Kyle Parr & Britnee Douglas. The American Legion Jimmy Lillard Post 31 awards two students each year with a certificate and medal. The students are chosen by the faculty based on the criteria of courage, honor, leadership, patriotism, scholarship, and service.

TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL ALL STATE ACADEMIC AWARD = Eric Ebert

This award is sponsored by the Topeka Capital-Journal. Every Kansas high school selects one individual to represent their school based on academic and extracurricular performances. (Topeka Capital-Journal Honorable Mention All-State Academic Team)

KSHSAA CITIZENSHIP AWARDS = Lorenzo Mason & Rachel Day

The Kansas State High School Activities Association each year awards one male and one female student from each high school with a citizenship award. Individuals receiving this award must demonstrate respect for fellow students, the citizens of the community, adults, and their country. They must also show respect and tolerance for others, good sportsmanship, and good citizenship.

DALE DENNIS AWARD = Eric Ebert

The Dale Dennis Excellence in Education Award was established in 1996 by Kansas administrators to honor the long and valuable service that Dale Dennis gave to Kansas education. It is based on Citizenship, Service, Scholarship, and Common Sense.

BENNY STACH AWARD = Zach JensenBenny Stach was a Rossville student who lost his life in an auto accident during his Senior year. His classmates and family began the award in Benny’s memory.  It is awarded to an RHS student who displays many of the qualities Benny possessed. Nominations and the final selection are made by the faculty based on several qualities, including friendliness, helpfulness, understanding, and warmth for others.

U.S. ARMY SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARDS = Tucker Horak & Britnee Douglas

Recipients of this award are determined by faculty nominations and must demonstrate commitment to both academics and athletics.

U.S. MARINES OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS

SSgt. Samuel Wallace of the U.S. Marine Corps presented awards in three different categories. The Scholastic Excellence Awards were presented to Chris Johnston and Riley Falk for their academic achievements. The Semper Fidelis Award was given to Rachel Day for excellence and commitment to the band program. The Distinguished Athlete Awards were presented to Isaac Luellen and Heidi Nitsch for their accomplishments in sports throughout the school year.

JOHN JOHNSON LEADERSHIP AWARD = Kole Davoren

The John Johnson Leadership Award was created to honor Mr. Johnson for his years of dedication to the students of Rossville High School. The award began in 2007 and is presented annually to the student who demonstrates quiet leadership and service.

SENIOR INSPIRATION AWARD = Ashley Broxterman and Alex Cavanaugh.

Ashley always maintains a positive outlook on life. She places others above herself and is always ready to volunteer no matter what is asked.

Alex meets challenges head on with spunk, perseverance, determination, and an amazing work ethic. He doesn’t take others support for granted and shows his appreciation and respect for others by his actions in daily life.

MICHAEL KELLER AWARD = Justin Logan

The Michael Keller Award is presented to honor the long and dedicated service provided to RHS by Mr. Michael Keller. Mr. Keller began his teaching career in 1978 and dispensed his wisdom, sense of humor, and discipline to countless students over this 35-year period. The recipient of this award must display strong citizenship, respect for others, attention to details, and have excellent attendance and punctuality.

RONALD REAGAN STUDENT LEADER AWARDS = Britnee Douglas, Eric Ebert, Justin Logan, and Kyle Parr (receiving a certificate and silver coin)

Students selected must exemplify the meaning of student leadership to honor Pres. Reagan’s legacy of leadership and service. Students were chosen for their participation in extracurricular activities and pursuit of leadership roles that make a positive difference in their school and community. Recipients must value education, have an affinity for discovery and lifelong learning, and display drive, integrity, and good citizenship.

                                                                                By Beth Shepard,  RHS Counselor

Baseball Documentary Premiere May 28

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY CELEBRATES TOWN TEAM BASEBALL

AND ITS IMPACT ON EARLY KANSAS

TOPEKA, KS – A new documentary film premiering in Topeka, KS May 28^th captures both the heart and the historical importance of town team baseball on early life in Kansas. “Town Teams: Bigger than Baseball” examines baseball at the turn of the 20^th century, when hundreds of small Kansas towns formed teams to play for pride and love of the game.

That passion, and the fierce competitiveness of the players and fans, became part of the culture that helped build Kansas. “Town Teams” explores the role baseball played in everything from assimilating immigrants, to labor relations, to its function as a powerful tool in the battle between towns for economic supremacy.

The documentary short (40 minutes) was written and directed by Kansas City filmmaker Mark Honer.

Honer portrays the heart of the game when cameras capture Bill Hesse, a former town team player from Rossville, as he watches film of himself playing ball from some 70 years earlier.

“When I started researching the film, I fell in love with the players,” said Honer. “Most of them put in 70 hours a week at their jobs. But when the weekend came, they put on these heavy, wool uniforms and played baseball in the scorching hot sun. Now that’s loving the game.”

The film brings the drama of a long-forgotten era back to life, with photos that reach back over 100 years, and a reenactment of a 1919 baseball game played near El Dorado. It features footage of the Topeka Westerns vintage baseball team, and rarely seen film of the ‘Silver Ball’ trophy that was awarded to the first Kansas state baseball champion in 1867. It was the Kaw Valley team from Lawrence.

Cultural context is provided by an all star cast of baseball authors and historians. “The amateur baseball players reflect the real America”, says Dorothy Seymour Mills, who co-authored the first scholarly history of the game. Her three-volume history, Baseball: The Early Years (1960), The Golden Age (1971), and The People’s Game (1990), still stands as the benchmark against which other baseball history books are measured. Honer also interviews state and local baseball historians, like Steve Dodson, a history professor at Allen County Community College in Iola.

Town Teams: Bigger than Baseball is produced and distributed by Destination Hope LLC, d.b.a DHTV Digital, a film and video production company in Shawnee, KS. It premieres at 7 p.m., May 28 at the Jayhawk Theater in Topeka, KS. Admission is free with a panel discussion following the film. Additional screenings are scheduled in El Dorado, Shawnee, and Wichita. 

Tom Stockman (62) Passes Away

      Thomas E. "Tom" Stockman, 71, of Topeka, passed away May 15, 2016.
      He was born December 11, 1944 to Francis and Martha Stockman. Tom grew up in the Rossville and St. Mary s area, graduating from Rossville High in 1962,  before moving to Topeka. Tom served in the US Army in the Vietnam War. He worked at a flour mill and for many years for Midwest Health.
      He is survived by his wife, Dixie Payne Stockman. They were married in 2002. He is also survived by four brothers: Bob (Mary T.), Don (Marilene), Henry (Delores) and Phil (Lana) Stockman; two sisters: Betty (Bob) Hazzard and Frances Carlson; sisters-in-law: Judy Stockman, and Charla (Jerry) Webb; brother-in-law Jay Payne; step- father-in-law Bob Cotter; step-children: Terri, Ron and David Reasner. He was preceded in death by his step-son Noah Akers, sisters Regina and Patricia; four brothers Harold, Leo, Ted and Joe; and his mother-in-law Bernadean MeMa Cotter.
      A private service will be held. Condolences may be left at www.dovecremation.com

Rossville Loses Championship Game

    The Lady Dawgs lost the championship game of the Regional 3A softball tournament 2-4.

Lady Dawgs Thrash Eagles 11-1

    The Lady Dawgs won their Regional semi-final match against Silver Lake 11-1.
    The Championship game was scheduled for Thur evening against the winner of the Marysville-Council Grove game but was rescheduled for 2:00 PM on Friday.  The results of that game against Council Grove will be posted when available.

Regional Baseball Tournament

3A Regional Baseball Tournament At Rossville

Results Wednesday

Silver Lake 2, St. Mary’s 1

Royal Valley 2, Rossville 1

Championship — Royal Valley 1, Silver Lake 0

Regional Softball At Silver Lake

Results of 3A Regional softball trounament at Silver Lake

Results Wednesday

Marysville 6, Nemaha Central 3

Council Grove 9, Mission Valley 4

Silver Lake 8, St. Mary’s 6

Games Thursday

Rossville  vs. Silver Lake, 2 p.m.

Council Grove vs. Marysville, 3:30 p.m.

Championship, 5 p.m.

John Meinhardt Passes Away

      John L. (Bud) Meinhardt, age 85, passed away  March 5, 2016 after a long battl with multiple myeloma.      
      A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys.   Inurnment will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Newbury.  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Multiple  Myeloma Research Foundation and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, St. Marys, Kansas.     
      To read the complete obituary,  or to leave condolences,  go to:  http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/john-l-bud-meinhardt/

Golf Team Member Honors

Three of the RHS Boys golf team attained special honors to culminate their outstanding season.  The recipients were:

Gabe Marney

All Mid-East League

3A Regional Second Place

Andrew Hudson

All Mid-East League/Medalist

3A Regional Sixth Place

Kole Davoren

3A Regional Eighth Place

CJOnline 3A Golf Regional Article

From the Capital Journal:

By Brent Maycock

brent.maycock@cjonline.com

It wasn’t a single club in his bag Matt Percy credited for his Class 3A regional golf title Monday at Lake Shawnee Golf Course.

Instead, the Central Heights standout knew exactly what his biggest weapon was. His mind.

“Mentally, is where I saved most of my shots,” Percy said. “You had to be so strong mentally out there to know that even if you made a big score on one hole you had to recover because you can’t let the lead to two or three big scores in a row.

“It was definitely a battle out there. Probably some of the toughest conditions I’ve ever played in.”

Despite playing Monday’s regional in a steady downpour, Percy survived the elements and the field with a strong performance. He limited his big scores to a trio of double bogeys, but mixed two birdies and enough pars to battle his way to a 7-over 77 that was good enough to win by five strokes over Rossville’s Gabe Marney.

Only four golfers in the field of 37 players broke 90 — Marney (82), West Franklin’s Austin Gilkey (85) and Osage City’s Ryan Haskins (89) joining Percy — and only eight broke 100. Osage City captured the team title with a 381, while West Franklin and Rossville tied for second with 387s, West Franklin earning the second team berth for state via a fifth-player tiebreaker.

Percy admitted he wasn’t exactly thrilled seeing the conditions in which the regional would be played. But he also quickly developed a game plan to get through with a round that wasn’t too far off his season stroke average of 73.7.

“You just have to know it’s going to be a grind out there and change your mind set from trying to attack the course to taking it one shot at a time and if you hit it to the middle of the green and make par you’re in good shape,” Percy said. “When I saw the weather wasn’t going to be good, I thought sneak something in around a 75 and see where that puts me. The conditions were worse than I thought and a 77 was pretty dang good.”

After early an early double bogey on No. 2, Percy played his next five holes in 1-under, sticking a punched 6-iron to three feet on the par-3 No. 6. The round started to get away when he made two bogeys and two doubles in a five-hole stretch to finish the front and start the back, but he played even over the final six holes, offsetting a bogey on 15 with another birdie on 16, coming up just short of an eagle on the par-5 hole.

Marney struggled at the start of each of his nines, playing his first three holes on the front in four over and his first three on the back in three over. But eight pars on the remaining 12 holes kept him from a bigger number.

Haskins and Duncan Fort finished 4-5 to lead the Indians to the regional title. Marney and fellow Bulldawgs Andrew Hudson (95) and Kole Davoren (95) earned individual state berths for next Monday’s meet at Salina Municipal Golf Course.

CLASS 3A REGIONAL

At Lake Shawnee GC (par 70)

Team scores (Top 2 qualify for state)

Osage City 381, West Franklin 387*, Rossville 387, Council Grove 437, Silver Lake 448, Perry-Lecompton 490.

Individual medalists

1. Percy, Central Heights, 77; 2. Marney, Rossville, 82; 3. Gilkey, West Franklin, 85; 4. Haskins, Osage City, 89; 5. Fort, Osage City, 91; 6. Hudson, Rossville, 95; 7. Powelson, Wellsville, 95; 8. Davoren, Rossville, 96; 9. Lindstrom, Silver Lake, 100; 10. McDowell, Osage City, 100.

Individual qualifiers — Percy, Central Heights, 77; Marney, Rossville, 82; Hudson, Rossville, 95; Powelson, Wellsville, 95; Davoren, Rossville, 95.

*–Earned state berth on fifth-player tiebreaker

All-MEL Academic Team

RHS MID-EAST LEAGUE ALL ACADEMIC TEAM

The Mid-East League each year awards a medal to all students who have participated in at least 3 activities sponsored by the Kansas State High School Activities Association and have maintained a 3.5 Grade Point Average in the first 3 quarters of the school year. Rossville High School had 42 students that met the requirements for the 2015-2016 school year:

Freshmen        Sophomores     Juniors           Seniors

Jordan Bittner            Kylee Badura              Taylor Bittner            Alex Cavanaugh

MaKenzie Decklar    Tronnie Blair Paul        Borcherding              Kole Davoren

Katie Dohrman          Rylee Brecheisen        Jacob Bradshaw       Rachel Day

Caila Hill                    Perry Foster                Bryce Gfeller             Britnee Douglas

Phoenix Thomas        Cory Hadsall               Laura Gillum             Riley Falk

                                   Holden Hurla               Dawson Hammes     Tucker Horak

                                   Meg Kirk                     Amanda Hill              Chris Johnston

                                   Abigail McCrory         Danielle Mason         Kyle Parr

                                   Hannah Miller             Mitchell Porter          Christian Roduner

                                   Jalyn Porter                 Ashley Rietcheck     Nick VanderPutten

                                   Cassie Punchard          Fred Schuler

                                   Kathleen Schuler         Lora Shinn

                                   Ashley Zemek              Sara Shinn

                                                                        Emily Woodcock

                                                                                  Reported by Beth Shepard,  RHS Counselor

Golf Team Ties For Second In Regional

The RHS boys golf team was second at the 3A Regional.  Gabe Marney led the team with an 82 followed by Andrew Hudson with a 95.  Kole Daveson had a 96 and Trey Anderson finished with a 114 stroke total to give the team a very respectable 387 total..  However,  the 5th player tie-breaker caused West Franklin to be the 3A State Qualifying team.

1.    Osage City HS                     381
2.    Pomona-West Franklin          387
2.    Rossville HS                        387
4.    Council Grove HS                437
5.    Silver Lake HS                     448
6.    Perry-Lecompton HS             490

Kyle Parr Signs With MSSU

Kyle is pictured seated with his mom Rhonda, father Howard and RHS 

Track coaches Rachel MacNevin, Brad Anderson, and Jason Broaddus.

      On Wednesday, April 27th, Kyle Parr signed a letter of intent for Track and Field at Missouri Southern State University. Kyle is a senior at Rossville High School and has competed all four years in track. Kyle is a three time state qualifier and state placer (2013, 2014, and 2015) in the events of High Jump, Triple Jump, 110 High Hurdles and the 300 Hurdles. He is the school record holder in the triple jump with a distance of 44’01’’. Kyle is also a competitor for the NEK Track Club, participating in multiple events around the country. Kyle plans to continue his career as a “Multi” athlete, competing in several different events as part of the heptathlon or decathlon for MSSU.

                                                                                   By RHS Track & Field Coach Brad Anderson

Steven Wehmeier (62) Passes Away

        Steven C Wehmeier Steven Wehmeier, 71, passed away at home in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on Sunday, November 1, 2015.
        Born April 24, 1944 in Waterville, KS to George and Thelma (Keefover) Wehmeier. He graduated from Rossville KS High School. He was proud of his Navy service, receiving the National Defense Service Medal. He later graduated from Washburn University in 1971. He was married to Nancy (Kramer) Wehmeier, the love of his life for 27 years. His work included years as a printing industry representative, a personnel manager, and a safety manager in construction. Steven loved Colorado and the outdoors, camping, fishing and hunting with family and friends.
        He is survived by his wife Nancy, his sister Donna, his mother-in-law Shirley, brother-in-laws Steve and John, numerous nieces and nephews, Godchild Elienor, and best friend Ernie. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers George and Larry, and sisters Marjorie and Linda. 
        Graveside service will be on May 21, 10:00 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery, 2199 4th Rd, Waterville, KS followed by a luncheon at Waterville Methodist Church, 103 Main St, Waterville KS 66548. Sign guest book at: www.allstatescremation.com/obituaries-page/ In Steven s memory, donations can be made to the American Legion at: www.legion.org Steven Wehmeier
        A more complete obituary is available at:  http://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2015/11/steve-wehmeier-62-passes-away.html

RHS Defeats Mission Valley

The Dawgs baseball team beat Mission Valley 7-4 in the first round of the 3A Regional.  While scheduled for Joe Campbell Stadium,  the games were moved to Lake Shawnee because of the recent rains.
Video coverage of the game can be seen at:  http://ksnt.com/2016/05/17/high-school-regional-baseball-soccer-gets-underway/

Rossville will play Royal Valley on Wendesday at 4:00 p.m. St. Marys will play Silver Lake on Wendesday at 2:00 p.m. with the tournament moved back to Rosville.  The winners will play at 6:00 Wed.for the Regional championship and a slot in the 3A state tournament.

RHS Curriculum Completers

ROSSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCES CURRICULUM COMPLETERS

Rossville Jr./Sr. High School had three seniors this year who completed the required curriculum as set forth by the Kansas Board of Regents and earned the designation of State of Kansas Curriculum Completer. In order to earn this distinction, students must have completed 4 years of English, 4 years of Math, 3 years of Science, 3 years of Social Studies, and 2 years of Foreign Language. The students who met these criteria are Eric Ebert, Kyle Parr, and Willow Stipp

All Curriculum Completers are then eligible to be considered for an additional award. The Kansas Board of Regents on behalf of the Kansas Legislature ranks these Curriculum Completers based on their GPA and ACT scores. Eric Ebert and Willow Stipp were designated as 2016 Kansas State Scholars.

                                                                            Beth Shepard,  RHS Counselor

Heidi Nitsch To Play For Cowley Co.

Heidi is pictured with her sister Chelsea Trimble holding her son Bryxton, 

mother Tracy Nitsch, and father John “Dink” Nitsch. 

Head RHS Softball Coach Curt Brecheisen is pictured standing.

Rossville High School Senior Heidi Nitsch has signed a National Letter Of Intent to play softball at Cowley County Community College in Arkansas City, Kansas. Cowley is a program that is usually in the top end of the very competitive Jayhawk JuCo conference. Entering her senior season at Rossville High, Heidi was a 2 time first team All Mid East League selection, as well as a 2 time Kansas Softball Coaches Association 3A All- State selection. She has also been a multiple time Sparkler All Star selection for her summer team, Kansas Heatwave. Heidi currently has a .456 career batting average as a Lady Dawg and finished last season with a .533 batting average. Her .641 on base percentage helped her lead the team last season with 34 runs scored. Heidi’s hard working, hard-nosed, high energy style of play as well as her coachability will make her a good fit for Cowley County and beyond with her softball career.

                                                                                     By Curt Brecheisen, RHS Softball Coach

RHS Top Scholars For 2016

Rossville High School announced their top scholars at graduation on May 15, 2016. Pictured from left are Valedictorians Kyle Parr and Eric Ebert and Salutatorians Justin Logan and Britnee Douglas.

Rossville Girls Hope To Go To State

From the Capital Journal

By Brent Maycock

Graduation didn’t claim a ton of players off last year’s Rossville softball team that finished the season 16-4 and as Class 3A regional runner-up.

But what it didn’t take in quantity, it definitely took in quality. Two of the four departed seniors — pitcher Taylor Kirk and infielder-outfielder Taylor Brecheisen — were All-State selections.

“With our seniors last year, we lost over half of our runs,” Rossville coach Curt Brecheisen said. “These girls had a lot to pick up and put in a lot of extra work to make up for what we lost.”

Not only did Rossville’s 2016 team do that, but made history in the process. The Bulldawgs claimed the first Mid-East League title in program history, going 10-0 through what has traditionally been one of the toughest leagues in the state at any level.

Just how tough? Rossville now has as many league titles as state titles, winning the program’s only state crown in 2000 in Class 2-1A while fellow MEL member St. Marys took the 3A crown.

“It’s about time is what it is,” Brecheisen said. “We’ve had some really good groups come through here and we just haven’t been able to get over that hump. Last year, we had a state champion and state champion (Silver Lake) and a 4A (Division II) runner-up (Rock Creek) and we beat the snot out of the 4A team. The league’s like that just about every year, though, so winning it is really special.”

Rossville would like to continue to add titles to its resume this year and takes a 17-3 record into this week’s Class 3A regional at Silver Lake, the only losses coming to 6A Manhattan (twice) and fellow 3A Oskaloosa. The Bulldawgs are the No. 1 seed in the regional and are looking for their first state berth since 2013.

That year, Rossville had to face league rival Silver Lake in the first round of the state tourney, falling 6-3 as the Eagles went on to capture the first of three straight state championships. To get back to state, the Bulldawgs likely will have to down their arch rivals again, this time in the regional semifinals.

Silver Lake (11-9) is the regional’s No. 4 seed and if it beats St. Marys (9-10) in Monday’s quarterfinal game, the War on 24 rivals will square off in the 2 p.m. Tuesday semifinal. Even though Rossville swept the regular-season showdown, the postseason is a different situation altogether.

Other top seeds in the regional are No. 2 seed Council Grove (14-5) and No. 3 Marysville (13-5).

“We’re trying not to look at it any differently than we normally would,” Brecheisen said. “We’ve got to play our best ball to win, period. We’ve had some close games this year, some that maybe shouldn’t have been, but that’s good because we didn’t have a lot of those last year. That’s helped us because we’ve battled through games where we didn’t hit so well but eventually found a way.”

Graduation Day

Graduation Day May 15, 2016

Photos by Shari Gentry

The entire class of 2016 on graduation day

Seniors from 2016 3A State Champion Football Team

Rossville Announces Top Ten

    Rossville High School announced the Top 10 Seniors of the Class of 2016 at graduation exercises on Sunday, May 15, 2016. The following seniors were recognized for their academic accomplishments: Katie Conley, Rachel Day, Britnee Douglas, Eric Ebert, Zach Jensen, Chris Johnston, Justin Logan, Kyle Parr, Lauren Steckel, and Willow Stipp

Baseball and Softball Videos

There is video of both the Rock Creek baseball and softball games on May 10 at:
http://ksnt.com/2016/05/10/seaman-rossville-silver-lake-baseball-sweep-doubleheaders-other-scores/

Softball Regional (Updated)

The Class 3A regional at Silver Lake moved Monday’s first-round games to Tuesday and Tuesday’s semifinals and championship games to Wednesday with game times remaining the same.

Rossville will be competing in the 3A softball Regional at Silver Lake on May 17-18.   The schools at that Regional will be:  Council Grove, Eskridge-Mission Valley, Marysville, Rossville, Seneca-Nemaha Central, Silver Lake, St. Marys.  Rossville,  as the number 1 seed, gets a bye on Tuesday.

Marysville (13.5) vs Nemaha Central (7-13) 2:00 Tue.

Council Grove (14-5) vs Mission Valley (4-16) 3:30 Tue.
Winners play 3:30 on Tue.

Silver Lake (11-9) vs St. Marys (9-10)  5:00 PM Tue.
Rossville (17-3) plays SL-SM winner at 2:00 Wed.

Championship game 5:00 Wed.