Zach Nitsch Signs Baseball LOI

RHS senior Zach Nitsch has signed a Letter Of Intent to play baseball with Highland  Community College next year.

Wrestling Regionals on Feb. 21

The 321A Regional Wrestling Tournament will be at Sabetha on Feb. 21.  The teams competing are:
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

Mid East Wrestling Tournament

Three RHS wrestlers won their class at the Mid-East Tournament on Feb. 14 as the Dawgs placed third.   The class champions were Bryce Gfeller, Tagen Lambotte, and Isaac Luellen.

106 Bryce Gfeller      1st
120 Trevor Balch      2nd
132 Jacob Gentry     2nd
138 Derek Gentry     3rd
152 Tagen Lambotte 1st
170 Isaac Luellen      1st

The team standings for the tournament were:
St. Marys           145
Silver Lake         124.5
Rossville             110.5
Onaga                106.5
Rock Creek       106.5
Riley Co.             77
Wabausee            50
Burlingame           47

Girls Basketball Stats.

    The below link lists all the girls basketball statistics through Feb. 7.
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/girls_basketball/13-14/ind_stats.htm

Silver Lake Wins in Boys Basketball

Silver Lake beat the Dawgs 61-51 on Feb. 14 on the Rossville court.

Silver Lake            15    15      9     22     =     61
Rossville                11     14     7     19     =     51

Rossville scoring:
Horak                       5 (2)       2-2       14
Horak                       3 (3)       0-0        9
Sowers                     4              1-3         9
Roduner                  3              3-3        9
Totals                    15 (5)        6-8     51

Burlington Double Dual Wrestling

Following are the results of RHS wrestlers competing in the Burlington Double Dual wrestling tournament on Feb. 11.

106 Bryce Gfeller (Rossville High School) won by pin over Nathan Skillman (Bur) 0:19.
106 Bryce Gfeller (Rossville High School) won by pin over Levi McDaniel (Mv) 1:37.
120 Connor Rychlec (Bur) won by pin over Trevor Balch (Rossville High School) 4:57.
120 Will Binkley (Mission v) won by pin over Trevor Balch (Rossville High School) 5:28.
132 Jake Gentry (Rossville High School) won by pin over Nik Alfers (Bur) 0:55.
132 Jake Gentry (Rossville High School) won by forfeit over Bye Bye (Unattached).
138 Alex Bird (Rossville High School) won by forfeit over Bye Bye (Unattached).
138 Derek Gentry (Rossville High School) won by tech fall over Dan O`Keefe (Bur) 6:00 18-3.
138 Derek Gentry (Rossville High School) won by forfeit over Bye Bye (Unattached) .
145 Lee Hester (Rossville High School) won by decision over Hunter Isch (Bur) 5-4.
145 Lee Hester (Rossville High School) won by forfeit over Bye Bye (Unattached).
152 Alex Bird (Rossville High School) won by pin over Ben Allen (Bur) 0:55.
152 Tagen Lambotte (Rossville High School) won by tech fall over Chris Ferguson (Bur) 2:35 18-3.
152 Tagen Lambotte (Rossville High School) won by pin over Patrick Schuler (MV) 1:29.
152 Caleb Lovejoy (Rossville High School) won by pin over Ben Allen (Bur) 3:15.
160 Josh Young (Bur) won by pin over Alex Bird (Rossville High School) 1:24.
160 Dalton Handley (Bur) won by pin over Alex Bird (Rossville High School) 0:56.
160 Kobe Hill (Bur) won by decision over Caleb Lovejoy (Rossville High School) 9-3.
160 Caleb Lovejoy (Rossville High School) won by pin over Dalton Handley (Bur) 4:34.
170 Isaac Luellen (Rossville High School) won by tech fall over Maxx Serl (Bur) 5:45 23-8.
170 Isaac Luellen (Rossville High School) won by pin over Derrick atwood (MV) 0:47.
182 Nate Vander Linden (Bur) won by decision over Zach Jensen (Rossville High School) 5-0.
182 Zach Jensen (Rossville High School) won by pin over Dylan Weekly (MV) 0:33.

This Week's Area Stat Leaders

Wrestling stat leaders from eastern Kansas per the 2/13/14 Capital Journal.

106 — Butler, Council Grove, 29-5; McDowell, Abilene, 25-3; Gfeller, Rossville, 24-7; Davis, Santa Fe Trail, 23-9; Gallegos, St. Marys, 22-10; D. Leckner, Wellsville, 20-7; Marsh, Silver Lake, 19-6; Bloom, Wamego, 19-9; Braun, Manhattan, 16-14; Merriman, Onaga, 11-8.

132 — Jo. Lutz, Holton, 28-1; Clemens, Manhattan, 28-4; Himpel, Tonganoxie, 25-3; Hutchins, Burlingame, 24-7; J. Gentry, Rossville, 23-9; Canfield, Concordia, 23-16; Howerton, Silver Lake, 21-4; Goebel, Council Grove, 20-11; Russell, Emporia, 19-13; Mullin, Clay Center, 19-14.

152 — Failer, St. Marys, 30-9; Lovvorn, Holton, 29-4; Leeper, Manhattan, 28-6; Lambotte, Rossville, 26-1; Huseman, Tonganoxie, 26-4; Asebedo, Wellsville, 22-5; Beck, Onaga, 20-3; Ridder, Rock Creek, 19-8; Johnson, Wabaunsee, 17-5; Mintzmeyer, Marysville, 16-7.

170 — Harris, Atchison, 27-0; Luellen, Rossville, 27-8; Ogden, Royal Valley, 25-7; Dowding, Jefferson West, 22-8; Baum, Holton, 21-9; Litke, Council Grove, 20-13; Parenti, Ottawa, 19-7; Mullin, Manhattan, 19-10; Torres, Emporia, 18-13; Birkinsha, Atchison County, 17-4.

PINS

25 — Bleakley, St. Marys; Scott, Jefferson West.

22 — Harris, Atchison.

21 — Grater, Riley County; Speer, Doniphan West.

18 — Dunlap, Doniphan West.

17 — Failer, St. Marys; Lisher, Baldwin.

16 — Chauncey, Manhattan; Huseman, Tonganoxie; Tyler, St. Marys.

15 — Butler, Council Grove; Gfeller, Rossville; Lambotte, Rossville; Litke, Council Grove; Quaney, Burlingame; Wages, St. Marys.

14 — Ashley, Royal Valley; Erickson, Santa Fe Trail; Ogden, Royal Valley; Wallace, Manhattan.

13 — Forrestt, Burlingame; Hayden, Chapman; Schaefer, Silver Lake.

12 — Blow, Onaga; Cavanaugh, Silver Lake; Clemens, Manhattan; Dean, Santa Fe Trail; Fee, Doniphan West; Gallegos, St. Marys; Goebel, Council Grove; Holt, Burlingame; Howerton, Silver Lake; Russell, Emporia; Skerce, Council Grove; Swartz, Council Grove; T. Truesdale, Riley County.

11 — Burenheide, Rock Creek; Davis, Santa Fe Trail; J. Gentry, Rossville; Jones, Burlingame; Leeper, Manhattan; McDowell, Abilene; Metzger, Burlington; Mullin, Manhattan; Pawley, Santa Fe Trail; Perry, Emporia; Torres, Emporia; Wallingford, Atchison; Ga. Ware, Clay Center; Zook, Chapman.

10 — Bailey, Royal Valley; Baugh, Abilene; Beck, Onaga; Clark, Baldwin; Dultmeier, Silver Lake; Feyh, Wamego; Fredrick, Onaga; T. Garcia, Baldwin; No. Kirmer, Emporia; Luellen, Rossville; Picou, Manhattan; Rychlec, Burlington; Wilson, Abilene.

Benefit Raffle For Karen Crow

    There will be a benefit raffle to help cover medical expenses for Karen Crow who has pancreatic cancer.  The drawing will be Feb. 20 at the St. Marys-Rossville basketball games.  For details,  go to:

http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/pdfs/kcrow.pdf

Mid-East League Basketball Standings.

Boys Standings

                                 ... League         ... Overall

Rock Creek         ... 7-0                ... 12-3

Silver Lake          ... 6-1                 ... 11-4

Wabaunsee          ... 3-3                 ... 8-6

Rossville               ... 1-4                 ... 3-12

St. Marys              ... 1-5                  ... 1-13

Riley County       ... 1-6                  ... 4-11

Girls  Standings

                                   ... League          ... Overall

Riley County        ... 7-0                 ... 14- 1

Wabaunsee           ... 5-1                  ... 11-3

Silver Lake            ... 4-3                 ... 9-6

Rossville                ... 2-3                  ... 8-7

Rock Creek           ... 1-6                  ... 3-12

St. Marys               ... 0-6                 ... 4-10

Bryce Gfeller Nominated

Nominations for the Capital Journal Athlete of the Week include Bryce Gfeller who won the 106 pound class at the big Silver Lake Invitational wrestling tournament on Feb. 8.

New 3A Wrestling Rankings

This week's 3A wrestling rankings look much better for Dawg fans.  The top 5 ranked schools are:
1.    Norton
2.    Hoisington
3.    Rossville
4.    ACCHS
5.    Silver Lake

Individual rankings include:
106 lb.    Bryce Gfeller         #3
132 lb.    Jacob Gentry        #6
152 lb.    Tagen Lambotte    #1
172 lb.    Isaac Luellen         #2

The complete list of rankings can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/images/docs/Rankings/3a.pdf

RHS Girls Roll Over Osage City

Rossville        9     15     12     9     =    45
Osage City    9       4       8     7     =    28

Rossville scoring:
Nitsch            5 (1)     5-7     16
 Kirk              4          0-3       8
Hill                 2         2-2       6
Little               2 (1)    0-0       5
VanderPutten  1         1-4       3
Dick                1         1-2      3
Shinn               1         1-2      3
Shinn               0         1-4      1 

Totals            16 (2)    11-26   45

RHS Boys Lose to Osage City

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

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/