Rossville Wrestlers Placing

    The following RHS wresdtlers placed at the Rossville Invitational on Jan. 9.  Fifteen teams competed,  but each team had 12 or fewer wrestlers so  weight classes were not completely filled.

106    Alex Archer              4th
113    Colin Culbertson      3rd
120    Alex Cavanaugh       1st
126    Bryce Gfeller            1st
132    Holden Hurla            4th
138    Phoenix Thomas       2nd
145    Reed Miller               4th
152    Isaiah Luellen           2nd
160    Derek Gentry            3rd
182    Isaac Luellen             1st
220    Kole Davoren            1st

Final Team Standings of Rossville Invitational

1.		Rossville, KS			12	215.0
2.		Clay Center, KS			11	176.0
3.		Santa Fe Trail, KS			13	156.0
4.		Riley County, KS			12	131.5
5.		St Marys, KS			10	122.5
6.		Republic County, KS			8	100.0
7.		Sabetha, KS			12	96.0
8.		Wellington, KS			11	93.5
9.		Perry LeCompton, KS			10	65.0
10.		Doniphan West, KS			7	64.5
11.		Pleasant Ridge/Immac, KS			5	58.0
12.		Atchison County Community High School, KS			6	55.5
13.		Hayden, KS			5	23.0
14.		Atchison Maur Hill, KS			5	21.0
15.		Hiawatha, KS			2	16.0
16.		Riverbend International, KS			1	0.0

Riley and Rossville Split Wins

    The Riley County and Rossville high varsity basketball teams split on Jan. 8 on the Rossville court.  

Boys Varsity Game

  Riley County 10 14 20 22   =   66
  Rossville       16 23 14 21   =   74

Rossville  scoring:
Schumacher           6 (1)     10-16     24 
Roduner                  3             5-7      11
Morris                      3 (3)       1-2      10,
 Mason                    3 (3)       1-4      10
Hammes                  2            2-6        6
Bradshaw                2            2-2        6
Horak                       0            5-6        5
Anderson                 0            2-2        2
Team                       0            1-2        1
Totals                    19 (7)     29-47    74

Girls Varsity Game

  Riley County 9 15 21 17   =   62  
  Rossville      10  8 18 20   =   56

Rossville scoring:
Nitsch             6 (5)      0-0    17
Hill                  5 (2)      2-2    14
Day                 1 (1)      2-2     5
Conley             2           0-2     4
Shinn               2           0-0     4
Steckel            1 (1)      0-0     3
Buhler             1 (1)      0-0     3
Porter              1           1-2     3
Hill                   1           1-2     3
Totals             20 (10)    6-10  56.

Sallie Kelley Passes Away

Sallie A. Kelley, 61, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at her daughter's home in Rossville.

She was born March 4, 1954 at Topeka the daughter of Cornelius and Lorraine Gale Lee Cummings. She was raised in Rossville and graduated from Rossville High School. Sallie lived most of her life in the Rossville community.

Sallie had worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Payless Distribution Center for 28 years and the past five years at Frito Lay all in Topeka. She was an avid KSU fan.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Mark and a sister Sue.

Survivors include her daughter, Waunita (Gary) Smith, Rossville; her son, Shawn (DeeAnna) Kelly, Wathena; siblings, Michael (Barbara) Cummings, Topeka (Willard), Ellen (James) McFarland, Carbondale, Alice (Ron) Andrick, Topeka and Amy (Chris) Rawejasli, Topeka; 3 grandchildren, Mark Smith, Darcy Smith and Molly Kelley.

Inurnment graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka. A family visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Piper Funeral Chapel in Rossville. Memorial contributions may be made in Sallie's name for her grandchildren's educational fund and sent in care of Piper Funeral Chapel, P.O. Box 642, Rossville, Kansas 66533

Main St. Puzzle

    If you like to solve simple jig-saw puzzles,  here is a fairly easy one of Rossville's new revamped Main St.
http://www.jigidi.com/puzzle.php?id=XCZFZSMF

Basketball Video

    There is video of the basketball version of the "war on 24" at the below URL  from the 2:18 to 4:03 time in the video.
http://ksnt.com/2016/01/05/h-s-hoops-january-5-2016/
    Going into Tue night, both girls teams were undefeated,  but #1 ranked Silver Lake had an easy time of  defeating the RHS girls 73-49.
    The RHS boys took care of business with a 37-34 win over the Eagles.

Dawgs and Eagles Split

From CJ Online

SILVER LAKE — Coming out of the holiday break, it’s only natural for a coach to be concerned about his team being rusty offensively.

And facing an undefeated Rossville team in Tuesday’s return to the court, Silver Lake coach Loren Ziegler was certainly a bit anxious.

“We had a couple of average practices (over the break),” Ziegler said, then added, ”but we’ve got a pretty focused team. They’re a veteran group who’s been through the wars and know what it takes.”

Those veteran Eagles quickly put Ziegler’s mind at ease. After missing three of its first four shots, Silver Lake hardly missed the mark the rest of the way.

A string of four straight makes got the Eagles going and the offense looked in postseason form as No. 1 Silver Lake easily handled the battle of unbeatens with a 73-49 rout of visiting Rossville. The Eagles improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in Mid-East League play.

“We had some lapses defensively, but that’s because Rossville’s so good,” Ziegler said. “But our intensity level was good and our execution level was really good.”

It didn’t take long for that execution to hit full rhythm and it was a trio of seniors who got it going. Alexis Gifford hit her first five shots of the game and never really cooled off, gouging the Rossville defense with 3-of-6 accuracy from 3-point range to complement slashing drives to the basket. She finished with 27 points, hitting 9 of 14 shots overall.

Madison Wegner added 12 of her 14 points in the first half, seven coming in the second quarter when the Eagles blew open the game with a 20-6 quarter to build a 36-18 halftime lead. Rachel Heiman added 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting and Silver Lake finished the game making 29 of 51 shots overall.

“We forced them to play at our speed, in catch-up mode, and that’s what we want,” Ziegler said. “Lexie got us off to a good start and we got into a good flow and we had a lot of good things happen offensively, which helped our defense.”

Rossville fell to 6-1 and was led by Amanda Hill’s 13 points.

ROSSVILLE BOYS 37, SILVER LAKE 34 — A thing of beauty it was not.

But given Rossville hadn’t won at Silver Lake in more than a half decade, well, beauty took on different meaning for the Bulldawgs.

“We’ll take them any way we can get them,” Rossville coach Derek Dick said. “We haven’t won here in like six years, so it’s good to get one here. The thing I like about our kids and their kids is they just competed so hard and even when it’s ugly like it was tonight, they still competed because they don’t like to lose.”

Tied 20-20 at the half, Rossville opened the second half with a 5-0 run that proved to be a significant offensive burst on Tuesday night. Jacob Bradshaw scored all five points in the run that put the Bulldawgs ahead for good.

Rossville never led by more than six and didn’t do a lot to put the Eagles away, missing five of six free throws in the final 1:55, including the front end of three one-and-one situations.

But Silver Lake couldn’t take advantage, going 2 for 9 on its final shots.

Bradshaw led all scorers with 12 points.

SILVER LAKE GIRLS 73, ROSSVILLE 49

Rossville      12      6    18    13   —   49

Silver Lake   16   20    22   15   —   73

Rossville (6-1, 0-1) — Nitsch 3-10 0-0 8, Steckel 2-9 0-0 4, Conley 5-8 1-2 11, Day 1-6 0-0 2, A. Hill 6-14 0-0 13, S. Shinn 2-4 0-0 4, Porter 0-1 0-0 0, C. Hill 1-3 0-0 2, L. Shinn 1-3 3-5 5, Buhler 0-1 0-0 0, Badura 0-0 0-0 0, Kirk 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-59 4-7 49.

Silver Lake (5-1, 3-0) — White 2-3 0-0 4, Wegner 5-12 2-2 14, Heiman 8-11 0-1 16, Gifford 9-14 6-9 27, Yoder 2-4 0-0 4, Calderwood 1-1 0-0 3, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Lane 0-1 1-2 1, Krogman 0-1 0-0 0, Burkhardt 0-1 0-0 0, Bates 2-3 0-0 4, Fischer 0-0 0-0 0, Mountain 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-51 9-14 73.

3-pointers — Rossville 3-7 (Nitsch 2-3, A. Hill 1-2, Steckel 0-1, Buhler 0-1); Silver Lake 6-16 (Gifford 3-6, Wegner 2-6, Calderwood 1-1, White 0-1, Lane 0-1, Burkhardt 0-1). Total fouls — Rossville 16, Silver Lake 13. Fouled out — none.

ROSSVILLE BOYS 37, SILVER LAKE 34

Rossville      8   12   10   7   —   37

Silver Lake   8   12    5   9   —   34

Rossville (5-2, 1-0) — Roduner 2-5 3-5 8, Schumacher 1-7 0-2 2, Bradshaw 4-6 4-6 12, Horak 2-8 0-2 5, Hammes 1-3 1-3 3, Dyche 0-2 0-0 0, Mason 2-3 0-0 4, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Morris 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 13-38 8-18 37.

Silver Lake (3-2, 2-1) — Hallacy 2-12 3-4 7, Koelzer 0-2 0-0 0, Wagner 2-9 0-0 4, Griffin 3-8 1-1 7, Adams 1-2 1-2 3, Byrne 1-2 0-0 2, Baird 3-6 3-6 9, Matzke 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 13-443 8-15 34.

3-pointers — Rossville 3-14 (Roduner 1-1, Horak 1-6, Morris 1-4, Dyche 0-2, Mason 0-1); Silver Lake 0-16 (Hallacy 0-7, Griffin 0-4, Wagner 0-3, Koelzer 0-2). Total fouls — Rossville 18, Silver Lake 18. Fouled out — none.

Horak And Coach To Shrine Bowl

Six Shawnee County athletes, including four Topeka players, have been selected to the East Squad for the 2016 Kansas Shrine Bowl, which will be played July 30 in Emporia.

Two-time All-State selection Tucker Horak of Rossville headlines the local selections after his record-setting season in leading the Bulldawgs to their second straight undefeated Class 3A state title. He will be joined on the East by his coach, Derick Hammes, who will serve as one of the assistant coaches under head coach Blake Pierce, who recently resigned as Seaman’s coach.

The only other Mid-East League player is Cole Baird of Silver Lake.

You can see the complete Shrine Bowl rosters at:

http://cjonline.com/sports/2016-01-04/four-city-players-rossvilles-horak-headline-east-shrine-bowl-roster

Trailer For Baseball Documentary

    Here is a trailer for the documentary film on Kansas baseball.  Most of the scenes in the trailer were shot at Rossville.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KSBaseballHistory/permalink/435585246630859/

History of Willard

    Here is a link to the history of Willard, Kansas.    I have always heard that Willard was named for heavyweight boxer Jess Willard. the "Pottawatomie Giant"  from near Emmett,  but that appears to be not true.
http://recollectionsks.org/items/show/481

Lindsey Seele (10) On Dean's List

    Lindsay Seele, of Rossville, was on the dean's list for the Baker University School of Nursing for the spring semester of 2015.

George Safford Passes Away (Updated)

    George Carley Safford joined the Heavenly Chorus on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. He was born to Harry and Blanche Marie Carley Safford on January 3, 1929.

    George spent his formative life at his Grandmother Safford and Grandmother Carley’s homes. He had one sister, Leola Belle Safford of whom he was very fond of. It was she and him against the world all of their lives.
    George spent two years serving in the United States Army during WW II and seven years in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was a printer by trade and printed all of St. Francis Hospital’s forms for 23 years.
    He is survived by two cousins, Jennifer David, Aurora, CO., and Pauline Conley, Delia.
    Graveside inurnment will be at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 7, 2016 at the Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville United Methodist Church and sent in care of Piper Funeral Chapel, P.O. Box 642, Rossville, Kansas 66533.

Duane Cain Passes Away

Duane M. Cain, 59, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015 at his home.

He was born January 31, 1956 at Holton, the son of John and Stella Hollar Cain.  He grew up in Valley Falls before moving to Rossville where he attended high school.  Duane served in the United States Marines.  He graduated from Washburn College of Technology.

Duane worked for Farmland and later USD#321.  He was a past member of the Rossville Lions and SOAL at Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion also in Rossville.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters, Darlene, Vicki and Jeannie; brothers, Mark, Loren & Nelden.

On July 14, 1995 he was united in marriage to Debra Wyre Spencer in Topeka.  She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a daughter, Brandy (Jim) Johnston, Rossville; three sons, Randy Spencer, Topeka, Shawn Spencer, Rossville and Chad (Emily) Spencer, Topeka; three sisters, Laura Scripter, Durand, MI., Cheryl Shillcut, Fayetteville, NC., and Susan Anspaugh, Rossville; three brothers, John Cain, San Antonio, TX., James Cain and Gary Cain both of Topeka; four grandchildren, Aaron, Christiana and Jordan Johnston, Rossville and Ainsley Spencer, Topeka.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery.  Mr. Cain will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the funeral home. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Alumni Association and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

Mr. Rubio Has Auto Accident

  The Kansas highway patrol report an injury accident by a Mr. Rubio of Rossville, KS on Dc 26, about 2:10 PM on the Kansas Turnpike.  The 56 year old Mr Rubio lost control and went off the highway and overturned his 2013 F150 Ford pickup at the 63.8 mile marker.  He was not transported by ambulance according to the report.