Jean Deiter Passes Away

   Jean Deiter of Silver Lake died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Midland Care Hospice of Topeka. She  was born February 6, 1933 in Akron, OH, the daughter of Carl C. and Pauline B. (Mitchell) Honeycutt who moved to Topeka in 1945.
    She married Robert T. (Bob) Deiter of Maple Hill in 1956.  They raised 3 children from their previous marriages and 4  of their own.
    Jean was an active member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville for 47 years and Mother Teresa Catholic Church since 2005 serving both in many ways.
    Jean and husband Bob from operated a farm from 1958 until his death in 1986 and also  Deiter Christmas Tree Farms beginning in 1981.   She also worked for FSA, and served on the Silver Lake school board and City Council.
    A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Friday, January 11, 2013 at Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church in Topeka.  She will lie in state and the family will receive friends after 6:30 P.M. Thursday, January 10, 2013 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys where there will be a Rosary recited at 7:30 P.M. Interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Topeka.
    To read her complete obituary or to leave a memorial or note to the family,  go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

RHS Girls Lose to Rock Creek

Rock Creek          9     15     8     18     =     50
Rossville              12       8     7       8     =     35

Rossville  scoring:
Brown              3          5-8      11
Nitsch               3 (1)    2-5       9
Channel            3          0-0       6
Dantzson          1          2-2       4
Catron             1           2-4       4
Day                  0          1-2       1
Totals             11 (1)    12-21  35

Rossville Invitational Wrestling

    The RHS Werestling team came in 5th of 15 teams at the Rossville Invitational on Jan. 5.
    Tagen Lambotte was the sole class champion, winning the 145 pound class.  Jacob Gentry (126) Nick Ressor (152) and Isaac Luellen (160) were runners up in their respective classes.  Derek Gentry was third in the 138 class.
    Details of all the matches in the tournament can be seen at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rhs/athletics/wrestling/12-13/rossteam.pdf

Riley County Girls Get Win

Riley County                  7         10       11          14     =     42

Rossville                         4            9         5            7      =     25

Rossville scoring:
Brown                        3 (1)       2-2       9
Channel                     3 (1)       2-2      9
Catron                        2             0-0      4
Dantzson                   1             0-0      2
Nitsch                         0            1-1       1 Totals                          9 (2)     5-5    25

Rossville Boys Defeat Riley Co.

Riley County     6     12     7     11    =        36

Rossville             2       9    11    20    =       42

Rossville scoring:
Greco                                          8 (1)       2-9       20
Immenschuh                            2              2-6        6
Sowers                                        2              2-8        6
Horak                                          2              1-3        5
Catron                                         1              2-3        4
Davis                                           0              2-2        2 Totals                                       15 (1)      11-31  42

Kayla Johnston on Tabor College Softball Team

    RHS graduate Kayla Johnston is on the Tabor College Softball roster for 2013.  Kayla is a senior at Tabor and transferred from Allen County Community College.

Josephine Pressgrove to Celebrate 100th

Jopsephine Pressgrove will celebrate her 100th birthday on Saturday,  Dec. 29, with an Open House at the Rossville Healthcare Center at 600 East Perry St. from 2:00 to 3:00 PM.

Rossville Rattlers 2013 Outlook and Schedule

    The Rattlers have published their schedule for the summer of 2013.  You can read about the team at:
http://www.wibw.com/sports/headlines/Rossville-Rattlers-Announce-2013-Schedule-181597151.html

Track Team a Highlight of 2012

    The Topeka Capital Journal listed the top sports stories of 2012 and the RHS girls track team made the list.   The girls track team won its third straight Class 3A team title, highlighted by the trio of Shannon Parr and Mandy and Mindy Wilson, who combined for 16 state track titles. Mandy finished her career sweep of the 400, and Parr set the 3A state meet high jump record with her third title in the event.

Area Wrestling Leaders

126 — Himpel, Tonganoxie, 17-0; Gentry, Rossville, 11-4; Mundy, Santa Fe Trail, 9-2; Failer, St. Marys, 9-3; Tye, Royal Valley, 9-7; Vesta, Manhattan, 8-3; G. Whitson, Emporia, 8-4; Dietrich, Wamego, 5-1.
145 — Millsap, Junction City, 14-0; Piper, Santa Fe Trail, 11-4; Dunlap, Doniphan West, 11-5; Lambotte, Rossville, 10-0; Golightley, Royal Valley, 9-6; Matthews, Manhattan, 8-3; Swartz, Riley County, 7-4; Mason, Atchison, 7-5; Krehbiel, Sabetha, 7-5; Lamprecht, Silver Lake, 6-2; Wolf, Tonganoxie, 6-4; Hurla, St. Marys, 5-1.

152 — Huseman, Tonganoxie, 15-2; T. Ogden, Royal Valley, 14-1; Denton, Junction City, 13-2; Reesor, Rossville, 13-4; Bleakley, St. Marys, 9-2; Fee, Doniphan West, 9-2; Leeper, Manhattan, 8-2; Craige, Council Grove, 8-3; Campbell, Wamego, 6-1; Payear, Pleasant Ridge, 5-3; Jackson, Emporia, 4-2.

160 — Torres, Emporia, 11-0; Wright, Santa Fe Trail, 11-4; Von Bargen, Baldwin, 10-3; Luellen, Rossville, 10-5; C. Ogden, Royal Valley, 10-6; Chauncey, Manhattan, 8-3; Dowding, Jefferson West, 7-2; Miller, St. Marys, 6-2.

285 — Cooper, Rossville, 14-3; Kissinger, Tonganoxie, 11-3; Rafalko, Junction City, 8-1; Funk, Atchison, 6-3.

MID-EAST League Basketball Standings

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

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

Dawgs Lose To Eagles

Silver Lake's 6'-7" Tyler Brown was nearly unstopable in Tuesday nights game against the Dawgs.  He was 7 of 10 in the field and 12 of 13 at the charity stripe for a total of 26 points.

Silver Lake       15     15     15     22     =     67
Rossville           8     12       6     16     =     42

Rossville  scoring (3 pts in parenthesis):
Catron                          1-3           1-5       3
Hammer                       3-9  (1-3)   5-6     12
Davis                           1-4  (1-2)    0-0      3
Immenschuh                1-4 (1-2)     0-0      3
Greco                          3-10(1-3)    0-0      7
Th. Horak                     2-6 (0-1)     4-4      8
Sowers                        1-1             0-0      2
Tu. Horak                     0-2 (0-1)     0-0      0
Day                             0-1             2-4      2
Schultz-Pruner             0-0             2-2      2 
Totals                        12-40(4-12) 14-21  42.

Additional info about the game (and also the girls game) can be read at:
http://cjonline.com/sports/2012-12-18/silver-lake-girls-heat-second-half-trip-rossville

RHS Girls Lose After Half-Time Lead

    The Silver Lake Eagles girls overcame a one point half-time Rossville lead and pulled away in the second half for a 50-31 victory.  A CJonline article describes the game in much detail at:

http://cjonline.com/sports/2012-12-18/silver-lake-girls-heat-second-half-trip-rossville


Silver Lake         9     8     14     19     =     50
Rossville          10     6     10       5     =     31

Rossville scoring  (3 pt. shots in parenthesis):
Brown                      0-2 (0-1)                1-2           1
Nitsch                      2-5                       0-0           4
Kirk                          2-5  (0-6)              0-0           4
Dantzson                  2-5                       0-2          4
Channel                    6-11                     3-6        15
Catron                      1-3 (0-1)               0-1          2
Dick                         0-0                       0-0          0
Steckel                    0-2 (0-1)                1-2          1
Cooper                     0-0                       0-0          0
VanderPutten            0-1                       0-0          0 
Totals                    13-34 (0-9)              5-13       31

Rossville Photos Web Site

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