Rossville 8 10 16 14 = 48
Osage City 22 17 13 19 = 71
Rossvillescoring
Horak 8 (1) 8-10 25
Horak 2 2-3 6
Schultz-Pruner 2 1-5 5
Horak 2 0-0 4
Roduner 1 1-2 3
Jenkins 1 0-0 2
Woodcock 0 2-2 2
Miller 0 1-2 1
Totals 16 (1) 15-25 48
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Harry Hammer Passes Away
Harry M. Hammer Jr., 72, passed away Monday, February 10, 2014 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.
He was born March 26, 1941 at Wichita, the son of Harry M. and Estyl M. Hall Hammer. Harry graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1959. Mr. Hammer was in law-enforcement working for the Kansas Highway Patrol Capital Police and for the city of Rossville as Chief of Police for many years before he retired. He was a member of the Rossville Christian Church and was an active member of the Legion Riders at Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 in Rossville. Harry was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Topeka. He was married to Shirley Goodwin on October 17, 1965 at Perry. She survives of the home. Other survivors include four sons, Trey Hammer, Rossville, Kevin Hammer in Colorado, Scott (Cathy) Hammer and Jason (Chris) Hammer all of Rossville; two daughters, Brenda (Kevin) Warner, Oklahoma City, OK, and Teresa Kole, Wichita; 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M.Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Interment will be in the RossvilleCemetery. Mr. Hammer will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Harry M. Hammer Memorial Fund and sent in care of Rossville State Bank, Rossville, Kansas 66536
To sign the guest book, go to: http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/harry-m-hammer-jr/
He was born March 26, 1941 at Wichita, the son of Harry M. and Estyl M. Hall Hammer. Harry graduated from Washburn Rural High School in 1959. Mr. Hammer was in law-enforcement working for the Kansas Highway Patrol Capital Police and for the city of Rossville as Chief of Police for many years before he retired. He was a member of the Rossville Christian Church and was an active member of the Legion Riders at Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 in Rossville. Harry was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Topeka. He was married to Shirley Goodwin on October 17, 1965 at Perry. She survives of the home. Other survivors include four sons, Trey Hammer, Rossville, Kevin Hammer in Colorado, Scott (Cathy) Hammer and Jason (Chris) Hammer all of Rossville; two daughters, Brenda (Kevin) Warner, Oklahoma City, OK, and Teresa Kole, Wichita; 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M.Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Interment will be in the RossvilleCemetery. Mr. Hammer will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Harry M. Hammer Memorial Fund and sent in care of Rossville State Bank, Rossville, Kansas 66536
To sign the guest book, go to: http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/harry-m-hammer-jr/
Monday, February 10, 2014
Winter Royalty Candidates
The King and Queen candidates for Rossville High School's Winter Royalty.
Front row: Briene Duryea, Samantha Thompson, Therese VanderPutten
Back row: Jacob Gentry, Zach Nitsch, Davis Warton.
The crowning ceremony will be during the halftime of the varsity boys basketball game on
Feb. 20 against St. Marys High.
Pictures of 2014 Wrestling Team
Center Front row: Cody York (Mgr)Back Row, Left to right: Madi Lira (Mgr), Tori DuBois (Mgr), Bryce Gfeller, Courtney Horgan (coach), Trevor Balch, Zach Jensen, Derek Gentry, Lee Hester, Caleb Lovejoy, Tagen Lambotte, Alex Bird, Jacob Gentry, Isaac Luellen, Nick Reesor, Curt Brecheisen (Coach), and Cody Lambotte (Coach). Not pictured Riley Brecheisen (Mgr).
SENIORS
Jacob Gentry, Tori DuBois (Mgr) and Tagen Lambotte
Silver Lake Invitational Wrestling Results
From CJOnline"
Though Greg Tooley has had his share of decent tests this season, both he and St. Marys coach Travis Van Vleck knew Saturday’s Silver Lake Invitational would be the ultimate challenge for the 145-pound junior.
“We’ve had this date circled since after Christmas,” Van Vleck said. “We knew this was going to be his toughest tournament leading up to state.”
Indeed, the challenge seemed formidable with Class 5A No. 2 Andrew Tujague of St. James Academy and Class 4A No. 2 Kaleb Konitzer of Prairie View — both returning state champions from a year ago — in the same bracket. Yet Tooley kept his undefeated season going, defeating both on his way to capturing the title.
“I was scared to death against Tujague going into the match,” Tooley said of the title showdown with last year’s 5A 138 state champion. “I saw he had a one-point match with Michael (Olson of Lansing, 5A’s top-ranked 145-pounder) and thought, ‘Oh man.’”
Tooley calmed those fears before facing Tujague, however, getting a big boost from an 8-7 semifinal win over Konitzer. Tooley was taken down for the first time this season in that match, falling behind 3-2 early, but came back to take down Konitzer two more times, building an 8-5 lead before hanging on.
The title match with Tujague wasn’t that close. After the two battled through a scoreless first period, Tooley got an escape and takedown in a five-second span and then added another takedown later in the period to lead 5-2 going into the third.
After Tujague worked an early escape to start the third, Tooley ended the match with one move. In taking Tujague straight to his back on a takedown, the St. James standout’s left leg got pinned under him and he cried out in immediate pain.
Tooley was somewhat distraught coming to his corner, yelling, “I heard it snap!” Tujague was helped off the mat with knee and ankle injuries, ending the match with an injury default.
“I felt bad because he’s probably going to win state and I was scared I took away that chance,” Tooley said. “I just did everything I wish I would have done in the state finals against Brogan (Humphrey of Fredonia). They both have the same style and both are small and down to the ground. In the state finals, I was scared and today I just saw all the moves I needed to do.”
Tooley improved to 33-0 with the title and was named the tourney’s most outstanding wrestler.
“Konitzer and Tujague, they’re amazing wrestlers,” Van Vleck said. “Greg wants to be considered one of the best and this was a very important day for him. This can catapult him to truly thinking he can go back and take state.”
Two other area wrestlers entered Saturday’s tournament with undefeated records, but only one joined Tooley unscathed. Doniphan West’s Tristan Speer pinned his way to the finals for a showdown with Iola’s Bryce Misenhelter, who had just one loss on the season.
Speer grabbed a 4-2 lead before getting Misenhelter to his back and working the pin with 1:15 left in the third period.
Silver Lake freshman Dalton Dultmeier also reached the finals at 113 with easy wins. But he couldn’t work any takedowns against St. James’ Stephen Tujague and dropped a 1-0 decision for his first loss of the year.
Rossville’s Tagen Lambotte captured his third Silver Lake title, but seemed none to pleased about how he got it. Though he beat Prairie View’s William Holland 11-6 in the finals to improve to 26-1, Lambotte was far from satisfied with his performance.
“Not at all,” said Lambotte, who got three of his five takedowns in the final period after trailing 1-0 in the first. “I have to get to my offense. I was in position, but I just have to execute better.”
Rossville also got a title from Bryce Gfeller at 106, who took an 11-3 win over Prairie View’s Tanner Snow in the finals. Bulldog Isaac Luellen also reached the finals but fell 5-2 to St. James’ Matt Pratt.
St. James ran away with the team title, getting seven champions to score 250 points and easily outdistance runner-up Baldwin (182.5), which had one champion — 220-pounder Tiler Garcia, a 7-4 winner over St. James’ David Feist.
Team scores
St. James Academy 250, Baldwin 182.5, Prairie View 142, Rossville 96.5, Silver Lake 94, Salina South 89.5, Doniphan West 69.5, St. Marys 69, Leavenworth 65.5, Free State 62, Wamego 60, Iola 55, Osawatomie 52.5, Erie 43, Clay Center 42, Anderson County 33, Chase County 10.
Championship finals
106 — Gfeller, Rossville maj. dec. Snow, Prairie View, 11-3.
113 — S. Tujague, St. James dec. Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 1-0.
120 — Heberly, Salina South pinned Christie, Wamego, 1:33.
126 — Cokeley, St. James maj. dec. Lisher, Baldwin, 12-0.
132 — Hensley, St. James dec. Howerton, Silver Lake, 9-2.
138 — Lautt, St. James dec. Clark, Baldwin, 3-1.
145 — Tooley, St. Marys won by injury default over A. Tujague, St. James.
152 — Lambotte, Rossville dec. Holland, Prairie View, 11-6.
160 — Van Lerberg, St. James pinned Tuckfield, Baldwin, 3:00.
170 — Pratt, St. James dec. Luellen, Rossville, 5-2.
182 — Salsbury, St. James pinned Koch, Anderson County, 5:07.
195 — Speer, Doniphan West pinned Misenhelter, Iola, 4:45.
220 — Garcia, Baldwin dec. Feist, St. James, 7-4.
285 — Colborn, Erie pinned Katzer, Baldwin, 1:57.
The details of all matches can be read at: http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/wrestling/13-14/14_sl.pdf
The Burlington Double Dual tournament scheduled for Feb. 6 was canceled.
Though Greg Tooley has had his share of decent tests this season, both he and St. Marys coach Travis Van Vleck knew Saturday’s Silver Lake Invitational would be the ultimate challenge for the 145-pound junior.
“We’ve had this date circled since after Christmas,” Van Vleck said. “We knew this was going to be his toughest tournament leading up to state.”
Indeed, the challenge seemed formidable with Class 5A No. 2 Andrew Tujague of St. James Academy and Class 4A No. 2 Kaleb Konitzer of Prairie View — both returning state champions from a year ago — in the same bracket. Yet Tooley kept his undefeated season going, defeating both on his way to capturing the title.
“I was scared to death against Tujague going into the match,” Tooley said of the title showdown with last year’s 5A 138 state champion. “I saw he had a one-point match with Michael (Olson of Lansing, 5A’s top-ranked 145-pounder) and thought, ‘Oh man.’”
Tooley calmed those fears before facing Tujague, however, getting a big boost from an 8-7 semifinal win over Konitzer. Tooley was taken down for the first time this season in that match, falling behind 3-2 early, but came back to take down Konitzer two more times, building an 8-5 lead before hanging on.
The title match with Tujague wasn’t that close. After the two battled through a scoreless first period, Tooley got an escape and takedown in a five-second span and then added another takedown later in the period to lead 5-2 going into the third.
After Tujague worked an early escape to start the third, Tooley ended the match with one move. In taking Tujague straight to his back on a takedown, the St. James standout’s left leg got pinned under him and he cried out in immediate pain.
Tooley was somewhat distraught coming to his corner, yelling, “I heard it snap!” Tujague was helped off the mat with knee and ankle injuries, ending the match with an injury default.
“I felt bad because he’s probably going to win state and I was scared I took away that chance,” Tooley said. “I just did everything I wish I would have done in the state finals against Brogan (Humphrey of Fredonia). They both have the same style and both are small and down to the ground. In the state finals, I was scared and today I just saw all the moves I needed to do.”
Tooley improved to 33-0 with the title and was named the tourney’s most outstanding wrestler.
“Konitzer and Tujague, they’re amazing wrestlers,” Van Vleck said. “Greg wants to be considered one of the best and this was a very important day for him. This can catapult him to truly thinking he can go back and take state.”
Two other area wrestlers entered Saturday’s tournament with undefeated records, but only one joined Tooley unscathed. Doniphan West’s Tristan Speer pinned his way to the finals for a showdown with Iola’s Bryce Misenhelter, who had just one loss on the season.
Speer grabbed a 4-2 lead before getting Misenhelter to his back and working the pin with 1:15 left in the third period.
Silver Lake freshman Dalton Dultmeier also reached the finals at 113 with easy wins. But he couldn’t work any takedowns against St. James’ Stephen Tujague and dropped a 1-0 decision for his first loss of the year.
Rossville’s Tagen Lambotte captured his third Silver Lake title, but seemed none to pleased about how he got it. Though he beat Prairie View’s William Holland 11-6 in the finals to improve to 26-1, Lambotte was far from satisfied with his performance.
“Not at all,” said Lambotte, who got three of his five takedowns in the final period after trailing 1-0 in the first. “I have to get to my offense. I was in position, but I just have to execute better.”
Rossville also got a title from Bryce Gfeller at 106, who took an 11-3 win over Prairie View’s Tanner Snow in the finals. Bulldog Isaac Luellen also reached the finals but fell 5-2 to St. James’ Matt Pratt.
St. James ran away with the team title, getting seven champions to score 250 points and easily outdistance runner-up Baldwin (182.5), which had one champion — 220-pounder Tiler Garcia, a 7-4 winner over St. James’ David Feist.
Team scores
St. James Academy 250, Baldwin 182.5, Prairie View 142, Rossville 96.5, Silver Lake 94, Salina South 89.5, Doniphan West 69.5, St. Marys 69, Leavenworth 65.5, Free State 62, Wamego 60, Iola 55, Osawatomie 52.5, Erie 43, Clay Center 42, Anderson County 33, Chase County 10.
Championship finals
106 — Gfeller, Rossville maj. dec. Snow, Prairie View, 11-3.
113 — S. Tujague, St. James dec. Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 1-0.
120 — Heberly, Salina South pinned Christie, Wamego, 1:33.
126 — Cokeley, St. James maj. dec. Lisher, Baldwin, 12-0.
132 — Hensley, St. James dec. Howerton, Silver Lake, 9-2.
138 — Lautt, St. James dec. Clark, Baldwin, 3-1.
145 — Tooley, St. Marys won by injury default over A. Tujague, St. James.
152 — Lambotte, Rossville dec. Holland, Prairie View, 11-6.
160 — Van Lerberg, St. James pinned Tuckfield, Baldwin, 3:00.
170 — Pratt, St. James dec. Luellen, Rossville, 5-2.
182 — Salsbury, St. James pinned Koch, Anderson County, 5:07.
195 — Speer, Doniphan West pinned Misenhelter, Iola, 4:45.
220 — Garcia, Baldwin dec. Feist, St. James, 7-4.
285 — Colborn, Erie pinned Katzer, Baldwin, 1:57.
The details of all matches can be read at: http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/wrestling/13-14/14_sl.pdf
The Burlington Double Dual tournament scheduled for Feb. 6 was canceled.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Class Reunions For This Year
If your graduating class year ended in 09 or 04, then you should be starting to plan for a class reunion this summer.
Let me know when and where it will be. frank.ruff@juno.com
Let me know when and where it will be. frank.ruff@juno.com
Upcoming Wrestling Tournaments
The Mideast League wrestling tournament will be at Silver Lake on Feb. 14
The 321A Wrestling Regionals will be on Feb. 21-22 at Sabetha, and will include:
Atchison-Maur Hill Mount Academy, Centralia, Easton-Pleasant Ridge, Effingham-Atchison Co. Comm., Eskridge-Mission Valley, Hiawatha, Highland-Doniphan West, Horton, Leavenworth-Immaculata, Marysville, McLouth, Onaga, Oskaloosa, Riley County, Rossville, Sabetha, Silver Lake, St. George-Rock Creek, St. Marys, Troy, Wabaunsee, Wakefield, Wathena-Riverside, Wellsville.
The State 321A State tourney will be Feb. 28-Mar1 at Hays.
The 321A Wrestling Regionals will be on Feb. 21-22 at Sabetha, and will include:
Atchison-Maur Hill Mount Academy, Centralia, Easton-Pleasant Ridge, Effingham-Atchison Co. Comm., Eskridge-Mission Valley, Hiawatha, Highland-Doniphan West, Horton, Leavenworth-Immaculata, Marysville, McLouth, Onaga, Oskaloosa, Riley County, Rossville, Sabetha, Silver Lake, St. George-Rock Creek, St. Marys, Troy, Wabaunsee, Wakefield, Wathena-Riverside, Wellsville.
The State 321A State tourney will be Feb. 28-Mar1 at Hays.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
RHS Girls Lose At Wabaunsee
Rossville 7 15 11 9 = 42
Wabaunsee 8 12 11 20 = 51
Rossville scoring:
Hill 7 2-2 16
Kirk 4 2-4 10
Nitsch 4 (2) 0-0 10
Steckel 1 2-2 4
VanderPutten 1 0-0 2
Totals 17 (2) 6-8 42
Wabaunse Gets Overtime Win
The Dawgs had a 5 point half-time lead, but Wabaunsee whittled it down during the second half to force the game into overtime. Wabaunsee then outscored the visitors 11-6 during OT to win 57-52.
Rossville 14 12 11 9 6 = 52
Wabaunsee 10 11 14 11 11 = 57
Rossville scoring:
Schultz-Pruner 3 9-12 15
Horak 3 (3) 2-4 11
Horak 2 5-5 9
Horak 3 2-2 8
Roduner 2 (1) 0-0 5
Sowers 0 2-5 2
Woodcock 1 0-2 2
Totals 14 (4) 20-30 52
Rossville 14 12 11 9 6 = 52
Wabaunsee 10 11 14 11 11 = 57
Rossville scoring:
Schultz-Pruner 3 9-12 15
Horak 3 (3) 2-4 11
Horak 2 5-5 9
Horak 3 2-2 8
Roduner 2 (1) 0-0 5
Sowers 0 2-5 2
Woodcock 1 0-2 2
Totals 14 (4) 20-30 52
Friday, February 7, 2014
Winter Royalty Crowning Rescheduled For Feb. 20
Winter Royalty was scheduled for Tuesday Feb 4th at the St. Marys basketball game. But the weather caused school to close and the game has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb 20th. The Game will still be against St. Marys and the crowning will occur during half-time of the boys game.
Candidates this year for queen are Briena Duryea, Samantha Thompson and Therese VanderPutten
Candidated for king are Jacob Gentry, Zach Nitsch and Davis Warton.
Nicholas McKenzie (11) on Dean's List
Nicholas McKenzie was named to the Benedictine College Dean's List for the fall semester.
Stephanie Garlock (09) On Dean't List
Stephanie Garlock was named to the Dean's Honor Roll for the fall semester at Washburn University. She is in the school of nursing.
Rachel Beiker (12) On President's Honor Roll
Rachel Beiker was named to the President's Honor Roll at Washburn Universtity for the fall semester
Donkey Softball Game at Rossville
Back in the 50s, the local towns would compete in games of "donkey softball" and "donkey basketball." Of course some of the fun was the fact that the donkeys usually had a mind of their own as to where they wanted to go,
Below are pictures taken at such a game. If you recognize the people in any of the pictures (click on picture to enlarge), please e-mail me at frank.ruff@juno.com.
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