Thatcher Horak In All Star Game

     RHS Senior Thatcher Horak will play on the East Squad in the 2015 Kansas Shrine Bowl.  The game will be played July 25, 2015, at the Ft. Hays State's Lewis Field.
     As the Dawgs running back and corner back,  he helped Rossville win their first  3A state championship.    He was All-State in 3A russing for 992 yards and 14 TDs in 80 attempts for a 12.4 yards per carry average.  He also had 32 pass receptions for 542 yards and eight TDs.  On defense,  he totaled 43 tackles and four interceptions,  one of which was for a TD.  He also returned one kickoff for a TD.

Kaw Valley Duals Wrestling Tourney

State Champ Shirts Have Arrived

Rossville High School State Champion football shirts have arrived! 

 All orders were mailed out or delivered to the high school today.  If you had your order shipped to the high school please arrange for pick up on Friday night from 5-7 January 9 or Saturday during the home wrestling tournament.  Thanks for supporting your high school champions!

Donald Redmon Passes Away

    Rossville- Donald Dean “Don” Redmon, 83, passed away Saturday, January 3, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.
    He was born June 30, 1931 at Emmett the son of Homer and Mary O’Connor Redmon.  He grew up in the Emmett, Delia, Rossville and Silver Lake communities and graduated from Silver Lake High School.  Don served in the United States Army.
    Mr. Redmon was a farmer and had been a salesman.  He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville and was a past Commander.  He took pride in serving on the funeral detail team.
    He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, Carl, John and Lee Redmon; sisters Margaret Ballard and Mary Ann Bryant.
    On May 21, 1950 he was united in marriage to Louise Martinek in Silver Lake.  She survives of the home.
    Other survivors include his son, Mike Redmon, Rossville; two daughters Linda Esquivel and Donna Porter both of Topeka; brothers, Ed and Lloyd Redmon both of Topeka, Theron, Gene, and Billy Redmon all of Valley Falls; sisters, Anna Lou Lahey, California and Monica Olson, Topeka; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Interment with Military Services will be in the Czech-Moravan Cemetery, Rossville.
    Mr. Redmon will lie in state after 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys where the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.
    Memorial contributions may be made to Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536.  Condolences can be left at the Piper Funderal Home web site.

RHS Third at Quest Academic Competition

  The RHS Scholar's Bowl team competed in the 2014-2015 Quest Academic Competition on Dec. 6 at Washburn University.  The Rossville team was third in 3A.  Below are the top three teams in each class.

This is a photo of the Rossville team

Row 1: Bilal Channa, Emily Woodcock, and Andrea Rietcheck

Row 2: Jason Broaddus (Coach), Ethan Woodcock, Samuel Thederahn, and Mitchell Porter

 

3A Wrestling Rankings For Kansas

The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Assn rankings for 3A this week are out and RHS maintains its number 2 ranking.  The Dawgs have  three wrestlers ranked number 1 in their class,  and another at number 3 which is unchanged from last week.

Teams:
1.  Norton
2.  Rossville
3.  Silver Lake
4.  Hoisington


113 lb.   Bryce Gfeller       #1
126 lb.  Alex Cavanaugh   #1
160 lb.  Nick Reesor          #3
182 lb.  Isaac Luellen        #1

For details of each class,  click on below image:

1958-59 RHS Cheerleaders

RHS Cheerleaders for 1958-59.
All are 1959 graduates.

L to R: Virginia (Shannon) Allen, Linda (Ungeheuer) Raine, 

Janice (Brown) Grooms, Patty (Coffey) Essman, ,Helen (Stadler) Huffman. 

Year Of The Dawg

From  CJ Online

According to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, the Year of the Dog won’t occur again until 2018.

Locally, however, the argument could be made that 2014 was the Year of the Dawg.

Rossville began the calendar year with senior Tagen Lambotte becoming just the 31st wrestler in Kansas high school history to become a four-time state champion. The Mid-East League school finished the year as undefeated Class 3A state football champions, the first state title in program history.

“It’s really just the best feeling I could ever imagine,” Rossville senior linebacker Lake Schultz-Pruner said after the Bulldawgs knocked off Scott City, 21-14, in the 3A football state championship game. “I just know I’m going to remember this forever.”

Rossville's history-making feats combined with a couple other “Top Dogs” rank No. 9 in The Capital-Journal's 2014 year-end review.

Indeed, the 2014 Rossville football squad will be one the community will hold in high regards for quite some time.

Over the years, the program has fielded some good teams, some really good times. Since the inception of the playoff system in 1969, Rossville has had eight one-loss seasons and another 10 teams that lost just two games.

And the Bulldawgs have had some great teams, namely the 1979 and 1992 teams that each saw their seasons end with 3-0 losses. The ’92 squad fell 3-0 to Hesston in the 3A state championship game, while the ’79 squad lost 3-0 to Smith Center in the semifinals — the only points that Bulldawg team allowed in a record-setting defensive performance.

But none of those past Rossville squads could deliver a state title. Until this year.

The Bulldawgs finally solved archrival Silver Lake in the state semifinals and then rallied from seven down with two touchdowns in the final 7:15 with Tucker Horak’s touchdown run with 28 seconds left the game-winner.

“To finish it off just feels amazing,” said Horak, the junior quarterback who ran for 212 yards and two touchdowns in the championship game, capping an All-State season. “I’ve had some of the guys who were on both of those teams (1979, 1992) come up and talk to me today and it’s just an outstanding feeling knowing we finished something that they started long ago.”

Horak posted his second straight monster season under center, rushing for 2,089 yards and throwing for 1,651 yards, amassing 50 total touchdowns. Bulldawg kicker Paul Steinke, a foreign-exchange student from Germany, set a state record by making 101 of 101 PAT kicks.

History had already been made by Lambotte earlier in the year. Already a three-time state champion in Class 3-2-1A, it seemed all but a forgone conclusion Lambotte would add his name to the history books with his fourth.

His 152-pound title match against Centralia’s Andrew Beck, however, held plenty of nervous moments but Lambotte pulled out a 4-3 victory to finish the season.

I’m not happy at all,” Lambotte said after the match, which gave him titles in three different weight classes (one at 135 and two at 145). “I just didn’t execute.”

Later, however, he acknowledged his accomplishment, keeping an eye on his future wrestling at Division I powerhouse Iowa.

“It’s a check mark on the bucket list,” he said. “Now I have to start working for the next one.”

Lambotte was joined as a state champion by freshman Bryce Gfeller, who won at 106, and the Bulldawgs finished second as a team — the highest finish in program history.

Dawgs Wrestling Apparel

If you are interested in ordering Rossville Wrestling apparel – please visit the on-line store before December 28^th.  Orders will be collected and once the store closes – orders will be processed.

 https://rossvillewrestling14.itemorder.com/sale?read_message=true

Kathleen Jean Mee Passes Away

    Kathleen Jean Mee, 89, of Goodwell, OK, formerly of Rossville, KS, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014.
    Survivors include two children, James W. Mee, Tempe, AZ and Jane Jackson, Goodwell, OK; five grandchildren, Sherri Elsasser, Charles Mee, Andrew Mee, Sarah Bergin and Samantha Piepergerdes; seven great-grandchildren, Leo and Aaron Elsasser, Evan, Tyler and Riley Bergin and Babel and Jasper Piepergerdes; a sister, Wilma Billie Dolezilek, Rossville; and numerous nieces and nephews. Jean was cremated.
    No services are planned. Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, Topeka, KS is assisting the family. Memorial contributions may be made to Panhandle Centenary United Methodist Church, 203 N. Main, Goodwell, OK 73939. To view a full obituary and leave a special message for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com.

Kaw Valley Duals Wrestling

    The Kaw Valley Duals were held on Rossville on Dec. 20 with Chase Co., Herrington, Mission Valley, Onaga, Rossville and St. Marys attending.
    Trevor Balch, Bryce Gfeller, Jacob Gentry and Isaac Luellen picked up first place medals and Derek Gentry placed second in his class.
    The top three places in all classes are at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz8SP1SiT5WfYnpvWjF5WHhfdTg/view?pli=1

Rossville Teams Pick Up Wins

The RHS girls steam-rolled  Frankfort 72-38 and the boys had a little more resistance,  but prevailed 66-52 on Friday night.

RHS Boys Game

Rossville    12    22    18    12    =    66
Frankfort      8    17    12    15    =    52

Rossville scoring:

Schultz Pruner          6        3-9    15
Horak                      4        4-4    12
Horak                      3        5-6    11
Sowers                    3       2-9      6
Horak                      1(1)    4-4      7
Woodcock                3        1-2     7
Hammes                  1        0-4     2
Hulbert                    1        0-2     2
Morris                      0       2-2     2

Totals                    22(1)  21-42  66

RHS Girls Game

Rossville     20    23    14    15    =    72
Frankfort       9    14      8      7    =    38

Rossville scoring:

Hill                     9        2-3        20
Nitsch                5(2)    0-0        12
Day                   5         0-1        10
Conley               2         3-4          7
Kirk                   3         0-0          6
Shinn                 3         0-0          6
Porter                2         0-0          4
Zemek               1(1)     0-0          3
Shinn                 1         0-0          2
Buhler                1         0-0          2

Totals              32(1)    5-10       72

Charlotte Deiter Passes Away

Charlotte Ann (Simons) Deiter beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend passed away Tuesday, December 16th 2014 at Midland Hospice in Topeka, with her 3 children at her side. She was born January 29, 1928 in Topeka, the daughter of Charles E. and Fay E. (Johnston) Simons. She was raised in the Oakland community and graduated from Topeka High School in 1946.

She was formerly employed at C&W Market and GMD Warehouse. She and her husband retired on their farm in Maple Hill. She was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Charlotte was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Maple Hill Research Club, and an ambassador at Atria Hearthstone.

She was married to Melvin P. Deiter on February 10, 1947. Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband Melvin, her parents, her sister Marjean (Simons) Taylor, and her two brothers James and Robert Simons.

Survivors include her daughter, Linda (Don) Harrison of Keller, TX, two sons, Larry (Michelle) Deiter of Meriden, and Dennis (Anna) Deiter of Raymore, MO. Other survivors include 8 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Interment will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill, Kansas. Charlotte will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Friday, December 19, 2014 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Maple Hill Senior Center or the Donor’s choice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536.   Condolences can be left at: www.Piperfuneralhome.com

RHS Boys Make All-Tourney

   Tucker Horak and Lake Schultz-Pruner were both selected to the Fighting Irish Classic All-Tournament Team at the event in Chapman last week.