First Round Matches at State Wrestling

    Rossville High will have five wrestlers  competing at the State Championships this weekend at Hays.  Following are the first round match-ups.  

106  —  Trevor Haun (24-6), sr., Fredonia vs. bye; Hunter Ostertag (25-8), fr., Atchison County vs. Brayden Winters (12-14), fr., Stockton; Denzale Clark (22-8), fr., Lyons vs. Dallas Parker (22-16), fr., West Elk; Bryce Bacon (20-9), so., Hoxie vs. Dylan Leckner (27-9), so., Wellsville; Bryce Gfeller (24-7), fr., Rossville, sv. Junior Torres (20-5), jr., Sublette; Holden Butler (34-6), fr., Council Grove vs. Diego Dominguez (11-5), fr., Beloit; Skylar Johnson (23-2), so., Norton vs. Michael Marsh (25-12), jr., Silver Lake; Austin Constable (19-10), fr., Minneapolis vs. Jarrett Johnson (29-10), fr., Marion.

132  —  Logan Bowen (22-1), jr., Atchison County vs. Gabe Anderson (23-23), jr., Oberlin; Tristyn Goebel (24-14), so., Council Grove vs. Marshall Barkow (23-10), sr., Ellsworth; Clay Cassaw (23-7), so., St. Francis vs. Wes March (23-19), fr., Riley County; T.J. Ragnoni (27-8), so., Bennington vs. Hunter O’Brien (19-9), so., Chase County; Casey Garner (30-4), jr., Bluestem vs. Tommy Jenkins (18-14), sr., Hesston; Hunter Howerton (33-6), so., Silver Lake vs. Mason Bannister (22-16), sr., Phillipsburg; Brandon Ball (40-0), jr., Hoisington vs. Robert Hutchins (20-14), jr., Burlingame; Toby Nickell (8-9), sr., Norton vs. Jake Gentry (31-11), sr., Rossville.

138  —  Alec Hager (38-5), sr., Norton vs. Mikey Aguilar (32-9), so., Stafford; Colton Stafford (30-7), jr., Caney Valley vs. Tommy Truesdale (30-12), so., Riley County; Carter Wessling (33-5), so., Riley County vs. Adam Gehring (19-14), sr., Plainville; Corey Tyler (37-6), so., St. Marys vs. Trever Melcher (14-1), sr., Herington; Brogan Humphrey (34-1), sr., Fredonia vs. Derek Gentry (22-18), so., Rossville; Rhett Mizer (33-7), jr., Atwood vs. Zach Martin (25-8), jr., Ellsworth; Willy Dieckmann (27-6), jr., Atchison County vs. Zach Thornburg (28-11), sr., Remington; Jonathan Ball (38-2), fr., Hoisington vs. Taylor Murphy (28-8), jr., Oakley.

152  —  Lane Moran (32-5), so., Bluestem vs. Brodey Watts (7-2), so., Beloit-St. John’s; Clint Rogers (35-1), sr., Smith Center vs. Justin Wagner (29-9), sr., Atchison County; Tanner Niemczyk (30-4), sr, Beloit vs. Dakota Cline (21-10), sr., Eureka; Andrew Beck (33-6), sr., Centralia vs. Chris Anderson (35-8), sr., Oberlin; Mike Kasson (26-10), so., Norton vs. Chase Ridder (34-14), jr., Rock Creek; Cody Delk (28-14), sr., Hillsboro vs. Petter Ekroll (27-5), sr., Halstead; Tagen Lambotte (37-1), sr., Rossville vs. Trevor Dessaire (15-14), sr., Plainville; Kyler Mick (24-6), so., Bennington vs. Austin Jones (18-15), sr, Burlingame.

170  —  Adam Janzen (25-3), jr., Marion vs. Trevor Fee (25-9), sr., Doniphan West; Keith Short (28-5), sr., SE-Saline vs. Grant Gilliam (31-10), sr., Oberlin; Isaac Luellen (38-8), so., Rossville vs. Logan Litke (25-17), jr., Council Grove; Cole Renner (33-10), sr., Norton vs. Austin McHenry (37-7), so., Hoisington; Dalton Langham (25-12), sr., Beloit vs. Dajuen Chapman (11-9), fr., Hill City; Paxton Noll (33-6), sr., West Elk vs. Michael Baumgartner (28-9), sr., Sabetha; Dylan Wiesner (33-2), sr., Plainville vs. Ray Farnsworth (30-12), sr., Republic County; Scott Birkinsha (27-6), sr., Atchison County vs. Kaleb Grimsley (23-14), sr., Central Heights.

321A Wrestling Regional At Sabetha

Team scores
Marysville 199.5, Atchison County 177, Rossville 125, Silver Lake 117, St. Marys 110.5, Wellsville 91, Sabetha 88, Riley County 86, Rock Creek 82, Onaga 66, Doniphan West 53, Pleasant Ridge 52, Troy 43, Mission Valley 41, Wabaunsee 38, Oskaloosa 36, Centralia 19, Immaculata 19, Maur Hill 16.5, Riverside 14, Hiawatha 6.

Championship finals
106 — Gfeller, Ross pinned Ostertag, AC, 5:08. 113 — Deters, Mary dec. Dultmeier, SL, 2-0. 120 — Perez, Mary dec. Wilmart, Well, 5-4. 126 — Schaefer, SL pinned Smith, Mary, 0:40. 132 — Bowen, AC dec. Howerton, SL, 11-5. 138 — Dieckmann, AC dec. Tyler, SM, 3-1. 145 — Toole, SM won by tech. fall over Jones, Mary, 18-3. 152 — Lambotte, Ross maj. dec. Beck, Cent, 17-5. 160 — Nelsen, Mary dec. Dunlap, DW, 5-3. 170 — Luellen, Ross pinned Birkinsha, AC, 2:31. 182 — Grater, Riley won by tech. fall over Lockhart, SL, 23-7. 195 — Speer, Troy pinned Blow, Onaga, 3:03. 220 — Correll, Rock dec. Hilton, Mary, 2-1 2OT. 285 — Leuthold, Sab pinned Hite, MV, 4:19.

Consolation finals
106 — D. Leckner, Well pinned Marsh, SL, 4:18. 113 — Herrman, AC pinned G. Leckner, Well, 2:27. 120 — Nickels, Osk pinned Ross, Onaga, 1:25. 126 — Graham, PR maj. dec. Williams, Well, 12-1. 132 — Jacob Gentry, Ross pinned  March, Riley, 1:17. 138 — Truesdale, Riley pinned Derek Gentry, Ross, 0:34. 145 — Reiss, Rock dec. Hurla, Wab, 13-9.  152 — Wagner, AC maj. dec. Ridder, Rock, 9-1. 160 — Chew, AC dec. Bleakley, SM, 7-4. 170 — Baumgartner, Sab dec. Fee, DW, 3-2. 182 — Ames, Onaga dec. Ward, Rock, 3-1. 195 — Wages, SM pinned Harrell, Sab, 2:29. 220 —McKinney, PR pinned Handke, AC, 2:37. 285 — Kleinert, Mary pinned Forbes, AC, 3:49.

Dawgs Win Second Straight

    The Dawgs were down early,  but fought back to claim their second straight Mid-East League victory on Friday night.

Rossville            14    12     12     12     =     50
Riley County      22     5       6      10     =     43

Rossville  scoring:
Horak                     4 (1)     4-6     13
Schultz-Pruner         3 (1)     4-6     11
Horak                     4 (2)     1-3     11
Horak                     1           3-4      5
Sowers                   1           2-8      4
Roduner                  1 (1)     1-2      4
Woodcock              1          0-0      2
Totals                    15 (5)  15-29   50

RHS Girls Lose To Riley County

    The RHS girls lost their basketball game against Mid-East rival Riley County 41-31 on Friday night.

Rossville             6     8     4     13     =     31
Riley County       9   12     4     16     =     41

Rossville scoring:
Kirk                        2         4-6       8
Hill                         3 (2)     0-0       8
Dick                       2 (2)     0-1       6
Steckel                   1 (1)     2-2       5
Nitsch                     0          4-4       4
Totals                     8 (5)   10-13   31

RHS Boys Win On Fourth Period Rally

    The Winter Royalty activities at half time didn't seem to affect the Dawgs as they took down the St. Marys Bears 46-42.  The RHS boys were down 3 points at the half,  but came back energized  during the second half for the victory on the home court on Feb. 20.

St. Marys     13     7     10     12     =     42
Rossville       11     6     11     18     =     46

Rossville  scoring:
Horak                 5 (4)      1-2     15
Horak                 4 (1)      3-5     12
Schultz-Pruner    2           7-10   11
Sowers               1           2-4      4
Roduner              0           2-4      2
Woodcock          1           0-0      2
Totals                13 (5)    15-25  46

RHS Girls Defeat St. Marys

    The RHS girls cruised  to a 47-34 victory over the St. Marys Bears on Thur., Feb. 20 on the Rossville court.

St. Marys        8     6     7     13     =     34
Rossville        10   10   10     17     =     47

Rossville scoring:
Hill                                   7           2-2     16
Kirk                                  4           1-2       9
Steckel                             2           3-4       7
VanderPutten                    2           1-6       5
Nitsch                               2 (1)      0-0      5
Dick                                 0            2-2      2
Shinn                               1            0-0      2
Conley                             0            1-2      1
Totals                             18 (1)     10-20   47

David Streeter To Head New Baseball League

    The Rossville Rattlers are pleased to announce that they have joined the new Mid-Plains League starting in the summer of 2014.

    The Rattlers will join the Topeka Golden Giants, their brand new sister team the Topeka Senators, the Junction City Brigade, Midwest A's and Baldwin City Blues.

    The Mid-Plains League has also named Rattlers General Manager David Streeter the league's first Commissioner.

    "We put in a lot of hard work behind the scenes to get this league formed, I'm very happy assume the position of commissioner and will work even harder to make this league a success," Streeter said.

    The Rattlers will hit the field in late May of 2014. Stay tuned for more information on the Mid-Plains League and the 2014 schedule.

RHS Winter Royalty Crowned

    Rossville High crowned its Winter Royalty during half-time of the St. Marys Rossville boys basketball game on Feb. 20.  Pictured above are King Jacob Gentry and Queen Samantha Thompson.  Other attendants were Davids Warton, Zach Nitsch, Therese VanderPutten, and Briena Duryea.  Additional  photos are at:

http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2014/02/2014-winter-royalty.html

This Week's Wrestling Rankings for 3A

This week's 3A wrestling rankings are unchanged from last week.
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

Winter Royalty At St. Marys Game Feb. 20

Winter Royalty & St. Marys game is rescheduled for Thursday,  Feb. 20, with games starting at 4:45.
Winter royalty will be crowned during the half-time of the varsity boys game.

Candidates for queen are  Briena Duryea, Samantha Thompson and Therese VanderPutten.Candidated for king are Jacob Gentry, Zach Nitsch and Davis Warton.

RHS Boys Notch a Decisive Win

    The RHS boys had a narrow 28-26 lead at half-time,  but poured in the baskets during the second half for a decisive 68-47 victory on Feb. 18.

Wabaunsee       6     20     10     11     =     47

Rossville          14     14     21     19     =     68

Rossville  scoring:
Horak                          6 (3)       7-8       22
Schultz-Pruner        5              3-6      13
Horak                          4              3-5      11
Roduner                     3              1-3         7
Horak                          3              0-0        6
Jenkins                       2 (1)        0-0        5
Miller                          1               0-0        2
Woodcock                1               0-0        2
Totals                       25 (4)    14-22   68

RHS Girls Lose to Wabaunsee

    The RHS girls lost another Mid-East League game on Tuesday night to Wabausee 50-30.

Wabaunsee               8     18     10     14     =     50

Rossville                    7       2        8     13     =     30

Rossville  scoring:

Kirk                             3         4-4       10
Nitsch                         2 (1)  0-0         5
Hill                               2         0-0        4
Shinn                          0          3-4        3
VanderPutten         1          0-0        2
Dick                            1           0-2        2
Steckel                      0           2-2        2
Little                           1           0-0       2
Totals                       10 (1)  9-14   30

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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/