Geraldine Blanchat Passes Away

    Geraldine Marie Blanchat, 86, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at the St. Marys Manor.

    She was born May 23, 1927 at Olpe, the daughter of Leo and Mary Nuessen Voeste.

    She moved to St. Marys in 1951. 
    Mrs. Blanchat was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church where a Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, February 20, 2014 with internment  in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys.  She will lie in state after 5:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Piper Funeral Home where there will be a Rosary recited at 7:00 P.M.  

    To read her complete obituary or guestbook,  go to:  http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/geraldine-marie-blanchat/

Nellie Mauck Passes Away

Nellie N. Mauck, 99, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014 at the Rossville Health and Rehabilitation Center.

She was born April 29, 1914 in a sod house at Forgan, Oklahoma, the daughter of Walter Scott and Julia Mae Spruill Kennedy.   She graduated from Our Lady of The Plains High School at Dodge City.

Mrs. Mauck had lived in Silver Lake for many years.   She was a member of the 1^st Baptist Church in Silver Lake and was a 50 year member of the Eastern Star.

Graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the Silver Lake Cemetery.

To read her complete obituary or guestbook,  go to:   http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/nellie-n-mauck/

Annual Alumni Dinner on June 7.

     The Alumni Dinner evening will be the first Saturday night in June, the 7th at the Indian Center in Rossville..The evening will be basically as it has been previously. There will be  a social hour, dinner, short business meeting with election of officers and giving out of scholarships, and possibly a dance to follow. The committee will meet in March to plan more details, such as the cost of the dinner etc. Several alumni indicated they did not want the dance as many just come to eats and visits awhile and then go home.

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