Sunday, February 22, 2015

Regional Team Standings At Regional

The standing of the 23 teams competing at the St Marys 321A Wrestling Regional on Feb. 21 were:

1.   Rossville 172.0
2.   Silver Lake 136.5
3.   Marysville 123.5
4.   St. Mary`s 112.5
5.   ACCHS 96.0
6.   Sabetha 87.0
7.   Wellsville 82.5
8.   Onaga 82.0
9.   Wabaunsee 81.5
10. Riley County 66.5
11. Council Grove 65.0
12. Pleasant Ridge 59.0
13. Doniphan West 49.0
14. McLouth 32.0
15. Oskaloosa 29.5
16. Troy 26.0
17. Riverside 24.0
18. Burlingame 13.0
19. Hiawatha 12.0
20. Mission Valley 9.0
20. Immaculata 9.0
22. Maur Hill 0.0
22. Osage City 0.0

Wendy Madere Wins Horizon Award

From CJOnline:

    The first year of teaching is usually filled with excitement, anxiety, challenges and victories. And that is no exception for the four Shawnee County winners of the Kansas State Department of Education Horizon award that recognizes exemplary first-year teachers.
    “It was such an honor to even be nominated by my district, so winning was a shock,” said Wendy Madere, a Washburn Rural High School graduate, second-grade teacher at Rossville Grade School and the first Horizon winner for Kaw Valley Unified School District 321, which includes portions of Shawnee and Pottawatomie counties. “I understand how many amazing first-year teachers there are in Kansas and to be recognized in this way is very humbling.”
    Madere was one of 32 first-year teachers who were honored at the recent Kansas Exemplary Educators Network, or KEEN, education conference held in Topeka. The 2015 winners, nominated by their districts, were first-year elementary and secondary teachers during the 2013-14 school year and chosen from four regions.

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Althea (Immenschuh) Keller Passes Away


     Althea Marie Keller, 93, Topeka, died Thursday, February 19, 2015, at Autumn Home. 
     She was born July 15, 1921, at Silver Lake, the daughter of Harold Ralph and Martha (Meyer) Immenschuh. She attended Silver Lake Schools. Althea had lived at Rossville before moving to Topeka in 1941.
     She was a member of 
Women of the Moose #555 and Good Sam Campers.
    Althea was married to Gail Vernon Keller on November 28, 1940, at Topeka. He preceded her in death on February 27, 1998. Surviving are a son: Phil Keller of Topeka; a daughter: Jean Graham (Larry) of Clarinda, Iowa; a sister: Viola Clark of Overland Park; a brother: Charles Immenschuh (Mary Ann) of Topeka; two grandsons: Corey and Nick Keller both of Topeka; a step-grandson: Robert Graham of Penn Valley, CA; a step-granddaughter: Wendy Graham of Penn Valley, CA; and four step-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, Tuesday, at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence, Topeka. Private interment of cremains will be in Rochester Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the 

, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL 60674. To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com. Althea Marie Keller

Progress of Wrestling Regional

   I will post updates of the Regional wrestling tournament at St. Marys as they happen.

   Kole Davoran won his last match which was for third place in the 220# class and is headed to the State Meet.  He pinned his opponent, Lara of Onaga, in the third period after they were tied 2-2 at the end of the second period.
    Holden Hurla  took third place at 120#  with a 6-0 decision over Cotton Steele of Council Grove.
    Derek Genry lost his match for third place against Jacob Mintzmyer in the 152# class to finish in fourth place..

    Now awaiting the championship matches at 3:20 PM CST. 

Bryce Gfeller pinned Michael Marsh of Silver Lake in the third period to win the regional 113 # crown.   Bryce was leading 10-4 prior to the pin.
Bryce's win is enough to clinch the regional title for Rossville with several matches still on tap.  

Alex Cavanaugh, ranked #2 in the state,  and Riley Tubbs of Wabaunsee,  ranked #1 in the state had a very close match through two periods,  but Riley scored points in the third period to win 7-4 in the 136# class.

Freshman Isiaih Luellen dominated in the 138# class to get a 9-2 victory over Colt Evans of Easton Pleasant Ridge.

Nick Reesor won the 160# class over Garrett Dunlap of Highland Doniphan West with a 13-4 decision..

Isaac Luellen pinned Cody Collins in the first period to win the 182# class.

    Final matches finished up about 6 PM.

RHS Girls Defeat Riley Co.

Riley County          13  10   9  13   =   45
Rossville                12    7 14  16   =   49


Rossville scoring:
Steckel          5 (4)     2-2      16
Conley           4          0-1        8
Shinn             4          0-0        8 

Kirk                2          3-6        7
Nitsch            0          3-4        3
Shinn             1          1-2        3
Day                1          0-2        2
Little               1          0-0        2

Totals           18 (4)    9-17     49.

Wrestling Regional On-Line

    You can watch the last matches of the St. Mary's 321-A wrestling regional at
http://www.ihigh.com/rossville/  beginning around 12:30 or 1:00 today (Saturday).

Matches Remaining At Regional

Most of Rossville's wrestlers are still standing after completion of Friday's matches.
Their status is as follows.

113#  Bryce Gfeller will wrestle Marsh of Silver Lake for first place
120#  Holden Hurla is still in the running for third place.
126#  Alex Cavanaugh will wrestle Tubbs of Wabaunsee for first place.
138#  Isaiah Luellen will wrestle Evans of Easton Pleasant Ridge for first place.
152#  Derek Gentry is still in the running for third place.
160#  Nick Reesor will wrestle Dunlap from Highland Doniphan W. for first place.
182#  Isaac Luellen will wrestle Kody Collins of Highland Doniphan W.,\ for first place.
220#  Kole Davoran is still in the running for third place.


Rossville Leads Regional

    Most of the St. Marys regional matches were completed on Friday with just finals and consolation matches remaining.  At this time,  Rossville is leading the regional.  The current standings after Fridays matches are as follows:

Rossville
Silver Lake
Marysville
Effingham
St. Marys
Wabaunsee

Wrestling Team Members

    The Dawgs have the following wrestlers competing at the St. Marys regional Feb. 20-21.  There are 21 schools competing.

Weight ClassNameGradeRecordScoring
113Gfeller, Bryce1020-2Yes
120Hurla, Holden919-7Yes
126Cavanaugh, Alex1133-6Yes
138Luellen, Isaiah923-6Yes
145Bird, Alex128-19Yes
152Gentry, Derek1122-13Yes
160Reesor, Nick1231-6Yes
182Luellen, Isaac1113-0Yes
220Davoren, Kole1120-7Yes
285Hurla, Kody99-17Yes

RHS Boys Lose To Riley Co.in OT

    The RHS boys basketball team lost to Riley County in a very high scoring contest which went into overtime.  The Riley County quintet won 77-71 after the game was tied at 65 on Friday evening.

Riley County      19  13  19  14   12   =   77
Rossville             12  18  23  12    6    =   71

Rossville scoring:

Schultz-Pruner      6           7-11     19
Horak                    4 (3)      3-4      14
Horak                    4 (1)      0-1      11
Horak                    4 (1)      0-1        9
Sowers                  3            2-2        8
Roduner                2 (2)       2-2       8
Woodcock             1             0-0       2
Totals                   24 (7)     14-21    71.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

RHS Winter Royalty Photos

  I forgot to post on this blog that in addition to the photos posted here on Feb. 12,  there are additional photos of the RHS Winter Royalty at:

http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2015/02/rossville-high-winter-royalty-2015.html



Wrestling Regional On-Line Live

    The 3-2-1 A Regional wrestling tournament on Saturday will broadcast live on-line at:

http://www.ihigh.com/rossville/

    Matches to be broadcast are:
Consolation Semi-Finals
Consolation Finals
Championship Finals

Rossville-Wabaunsee Game On-Line

    This was a rather exciting game at the end during overtime with the lead going back and forth,  but the RHS girls scored a basket just before time ran out to get a 60-59 wiin,
    The Dawgs were down 31-9 at the half but had strong third and fourth quarters to tie the game at 50-50 during regulation.  
    The game can be viewed in its entirety at:
http://www.team1sports.com/index.php/videoPlayer/view?broadcast=99592&referrer=ihigh

Rossville          5     4     21   20   10   =   60
Wabaunsee    11   20    10     9     9   =   59

Rossville scoring:

Steckel          5 (3)      2-3     15
Hill                 3           5-6     11
Kirk                2           6-7     10
Nitsch            3 (3)      1-2     10
Conley           3           2-3       8
Shinn             1           2-2       4
Day                1           0-0       2

Totals          18 (6)    18-23   60