Larry Kramer Passes Away

    Larry Ronald Kramer, age 71, born April 6, 1942 in Austin, Minn., died Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Rossville Health Care and Rehabilitation Center with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).
    http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/heralddemocrat/obituary.aspx?n=Larry-Kramer&pid=169380657

    Larry Kramer has his own Wikipedia page which outlines his football coaching career at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kramer_(American_football)

Dalton McIntyre-Nichols (10) Passes Away

   Dalton Ray McIntyre-Nichols, 21, died Monday, January 27, 2014 at his home in Manhattan as a result of end stage renal disease.

    He was born February 22, 1992 at Topeka the son of Sage Nelson and Steven G. McIntyre and was adopted by his grandparents G. Gene and Arletta Sage Nichols.  He grew up in Rossville and attended school there graduating from RHS is 2010.  Dalton had lived in Manhattan the past three years.

    He was preceded in death by a grandfather Kenneth Ray Smith who also died of renal disease.

    Survivors include his mother, Sage Nelson, Manhattan; his father Steven McIntyre, Clay Center; his grandparents, Gene and Arletta Nichols, Topeka and Edith McIntyre, Clay Center; a brother, Jeramy Matyak, Silver Lake; two sisters, Karey Sublett-Nichols, Rossville and Katey Sublett-Nichols, Dennison.

    A Memorial pot-luck dinner will be held at 200 P.M. Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the Rossville Community Center, Rossville.  Memorials to help with funeral expenses may be sent to Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.    To view he guestbook,  or to leave condolences,  go to:    http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/dalton-ray-mcintyre-nichols/ 

RHS Boys Get Win Over Frankfort

    The RHS boys basketball team hit eight 3-point shots to make for an easy victory at Frankfort on Jan. 28.    The Dawgs are now 3-10 for the season.

Rossville                15     15     18     12     =     60
Frankfort              15       8        9      12     =     44

Rossville scoring: 

Horak                             6 (2)       0-0       14
Horak                             4 (4)       2-4       14
Horak                             3 (1)        6-8       13
Schultz-Pruner           3 (1)        0-0        7
Sowers                            3               1-6        7
Woodcock                    0              3-4        3
Roduner                        1               0-2        2 

Totals                           20 (8)    12-24   60

Lady Dawgs Defeat Frankfort 46-34

    The RHS girls picked up an easy road win at Frankfort to bring their season record to 7-6 on Jan. 28.

Rossville          7     11     12     16     =     46

Frankfort        9        6     11       8     =     34

Rossville  scoring:

Hill                            6 (3)           3-4        18
Kirk                          4                  2-2        10
Steckel                    2 (2)           0-0          6
VanderPutten      2                  0-0         4
Nitsch                      1                  2-3          4
Dick                          1                  0-0          2
Shinn                       0                  2-4          2
Totals                     16 (5)         9-13      46

RHS Wrestling at Holton Invitational

The RHS wrestling team competed in the Holton Invitational on Jan. 25 and finished sixth of the 17 teams entered.

The team standings  and points were:
1.    Holton    231.5
2.    Gardner-Edgerton  200.5
3.    Baldwin   177.5
4.    Andover  Central  161
5.    Lansing   121.5
6.    Rossville   107.5
7.    Shawnee Hts.    106
8.    Pratt        100
9.    Tonganoxie    79.5
10.  Osawatomie  79
11.  Ottawa     78
12.  Wichita East    64.5
13.  Onaga       59
14.  Oskaloosa   36
15.  Pleasant Ridge   17
16.  Alma-Wabaunsee    4
17.  Perry-Lecompton    3

Individual efforts:
106 lb.    Bryce Gfeller (20-7) placed 2nd and scored 24 points.
120 lb.    Trevor Balch (11-6) placed 5th and scored 15 points
132 lb.    Jake Gentry (21-7) placed 3rd and scored 19.5 points
138 lb.    Derek Gentry (13-12) placed 5th and scored  11 points
145 lb.    Alex Bird (9-17) did not place.
152 lb.    Tagen Lambotte (24-1) placed 1st and scored 26 points
160 lb.    Lee Hester (4-10) did not place.
170 lb.    Isaac Luellen (25-7) placed 5th and scored 11 points.
182 lb.    Zach Jensen (3-9) did not place

Match by match results can be read at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/wrestling/13-14/14_holton.pdf

St. Stanislaus Parish bingo Feb 9

St. Stanislaus Parish bingo will be held at 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, in Dekat Hall, Rossville.
Sandwiches and desserts will be available.
Proceeds benefit the St. Stanislaus Building Fund.

RHS Girls Lose To Labette Co.

    The Lady Dawgs played for fifth place on Saturday in the Burlington Invitational but lost to Labette County 37-49.

Rossville                 13     14     8     2     =     37
Labette County          8     19   13     9     =     49

Rossville scoring: 
Steckel                       5 (1)      0-1       11
Hill                             5            0-0       10
Nitsch                        3 (3)       0-1         9
Kirk                            1            3-5         5
Dick                           1            0-0         2 
Totals                       15 (4)       3-7       37

RHS Boys Lose To Iola

    The RHS boys final game in the Burlington Invitational was against Iola for seventh place on Saturday.     The Dawgs had a one point half-time lead,  but Iola came back in the third and fourth quarters to win 59-50.

Iola                   4     14     18     23     =     59
Rossville       10      7      13     20     =     50

Rossville scoring:
Horak   13
Horak   8
Roduner   8
Horak   6
Schultz-Pruner 6
Sowers   5
Woodcock    4
Total                 50

RHS Girls Destroy Northfield 60-13

    The RHS girls totally dominated Northfield Academy in their Jan 24 game at the Burlington Invitational walking away with an easy lopsided 60-13 victory.

Northfield Ac.        5      3     3     2     =     13
Rossville               21    15   20    4     =     60

Rossville scoring:
Nitsch                   4 (2)       2-4     12
Hill                        5            0-0     10
Little                     3 (1)       2-3       9
VanderPutten        2            4-4       8
Shinn                    3            1-2       7
Kirk                       2            0-0       4
Shinn                    2            0-0       4
Dick                     1            0-0       2
Steckel                 1            0-2       2
Hill                       1            0-0       2 
Totals                 24 (3)      9-15   60

RHS Boys Lose to KC Christ Prep

    The Dawgs built up a nice 11 point halftime edge,  but Christ Prep mounted a 3rd quarter rally that narrowed the lead and then scored 29 points in the forth quarter to earn a 64-55 victory.   This was a second round game in the Burlington Invitational.  The Dawgs will play a final game on Saturday,  Jan. 25

KC Christ Prep     10      8     17     29    =     64
Rossville              14    15       9     17    =     55

Rossville scoring:  
Horak                  20
Schultz-Pruner     10
Sowers                  9
Horak                    6
Roduner                 5
Woodcock             5
Total                     55

Area Wrestling Leaders

106 — Butler, Council Grove, 18-2; Gfeller, Rossville, 17-6; McDowell, Abilene, 16-1; D. Leckner, Wellsville, 15-7; Davis, Santa Fe Trail, 14-4; Bloom, Wamego, 13-4.

132 — Himpel, Tonganoxie, 21-1; Clemens, Manhattan, 20-4; Jo. Lutz, Holton, 19-1; Gentry, Rossville, 17-6; Canfield, Concordia, 16-8; Lott, Chapman, 15-7; Mullin, Clay Center, 15-9; March, Riley County, 14-9; Howerton, Silver Lake, 13-1; Whiteley, Abilene, 12-4.

152 — Lambotte, Rossville, 20-1; Lovvorn, Holton, 20-2; Huseman, Tonganoxie, 19-2; Leeper, Manhattan, 19-6; Beck, Onaga, 17-1; Asebedo, Wellsville, 17-5; Johnson, Wabaunsee, 17-5; Failer, St. Marys, 15-5; Ridder, Rock Creek, 15-6; Rickley, Clay Center, 11-0.

170 — Harris, Atchison, 23-1; Luellen, Rossville, 22-5; Birkinsha, Atchison County, 17-4; Ogden, Royal Valley, 17-6; Parenti, Ottawa, 16-5; Baumgartner, Sabetha, 16-6; Baum, Holton, 15-4; Fee, Doniphan West, 15-5; Fredrick, Onaga, 15-7; Mullin, Manhattan, 15-9; Litke, Council Grove, 14-6.

PINS

18 — Speer, Doniphan West.

17 — Dunlap, Doniphan West.

16 — Harris, Atchison.

15 — Huseman, Tonganoxie.

13 — Hayden, Chapman; Scott, Jefferson West.

12 — Blow, Onaga; Fee, Doniphan West; Lambotte, Rossville.

11 — Gfeller, Rossville; Lisher, Baldwin; Litke, Council Grove; McDowell, Abilene; Metzger, Burlington; Wallingford, Atchison; Ga. Ware, Clay Center; Zook, Chapman.

10 — Baugh, Abilene; Beck, Onaga; Burenheide, Rock Creek; Butler, Council Grove; Dultmeier, Silver Lake; Feyh, Wamego; Fredrick, Onaga; Quaney, Burlingame; Rychlec, Burlington; Tyler, St. Marys; Wallace, Manhattan; Wilson, Abilene.

9 — Ashley, Royal Valley; Blevins, Doniphan West; Chauncey, Manhattan; Farthing, Burlington; Johnson, Burlington; Jones, Marysville; Luellen, Rossville; Torres, Emporia; Vander Linden, Burlington; Witt, Chapman.

8 — Campbell, Wamego; Davis, Santa Fe Trail; Forrestt, Burlingame; Gentry, Rossville; Haug, Wamego; Jackson, Chase County; Jones, Burlingame; Lehman, Abilene; Luebcke, Marysville; Jo. Lutz, Holton; Mullin, Clay Center; Ogden, Royal Valley; Payeur, Concordia; Perry, Emporia; Walsh, Chapman.

RHS No. 2 in 3A Wrestling

    The Jan. 21 rankings for 321A wrestling are out.    Rossville High is still #2 behind Norton,  but ahead of ACCHS (3), Silver Lake (4) and Oberlin (5)
    Three Dawgs are in the top five.  Bryce Gfeller is #3 in 106 lb., Tagen Lambotte is #1 in 152 lb., and Isaac Luellen is #2 in 170 lb.
     Complete rankings for all weight classes can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/images/docs/Rankings/3a.pdf

Wrestling at Bobcat Classic

The Rossville High Wrestling Team finished 18 out of 30 teams in the Bobcat Classic at Basehor-Linwood on Jan. 17-18.  There were teams from KS, OK, MO, and IA there,  some of which were from schools much larger than Rossville.

106#    Bryce Gfeller finished 8th.
132#    Jake Gentry finished 8th.
138#    Derek Gentry did not place.
145#    Alex Bird did not place.
152#    Tagen Lambotte placed 1st,
170#    Isaac Luellen finished 5th.

Details of the matches by each wrestler can be read at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/wrestling/13-14/14_b-l.pdf

RHS Girls Lose To Paola

     The RHS girls lost their first round game at the Burlington Invitational  49-30 on Jan. 21.  They will play Northfield (4-6) on Friday at 3:30.

Rossville (4-5)       7     8     2     13     =     30

Paola (8-1)           12   17    11      9     =     49

Rossville  scoring:
Nitsch                     3           0-0       6
Little                       0            5-8       5
Kirk                         1            2-4       4
Hill                          2            0-0       4
Conley                   1             1-2       3
Day                         1             0-0      2
Hill                          1             0-0      2
Shinn                      1             0-0      2
Totals                  11 (0)     8-14  30