Steven Wehmeier (62) Passes Away

        Steven C Wehmeier Steven Wehmeier, 71, passed away at home in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on Sunday, November 1, 2015.
        Born April 24, 1944 in Waterville, KS to George and Thelma (Keefover) Wehmeier. He graduated from Rossville KS High School. He was proud of his Navy service, receiving the National Defense Service Medal. He later graduated from Washburn University in 1971. He was married to Nancy (Kramer) Wehmeier, the love of his life for 27 years. His work included years as a printing industry representative, a personnel manager, and a safety manager in construction. Steven loved Colorado and the outdoors, camping, fishing and hunting with family and friends.
        He is survived by his wife Nancy, his sister Donna, his mother-in-law Shirley, brother-in-laws Steve and John, numerous nieces and nephews, Godchild Elienor, and best friend Ernie. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers George and Larry, and sisters Marjorie and Linda. 
        Graveside service will be on May 21, 10:00 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery, 2199 4th Rd, Waterville, KS followed by a luncheon at Waterville Methodist Church, 103 Main St, Waterville KS 66548. Sign guest book at: www.allstatescremation.com/obituaries-page/ In Steven s memory, donations can be made to the American Legion at: www.legion.org Steven Wehmeier
        A more complete obituary is available at:  http://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2015/11/steve-wehmeier-62-passes-away.html

RHS Defeats Mission Valley

The Dawgs baseball team beat Mission Valley 7-4 in the first round of the 3A Regional.  While scheduled for Joe Campbell Stadium,  the games were moved to Lake Shawnee because of the recent rains.
Video coverage of the game can be seen at:  http://ksnt.com/2016/05/17/high-school-regional-baseball-soccer-gets-underway/

Rossville will play Royal Valley on Wendesday at 4:00 p.m. St. Marys will play Silver Lake on Wendesday at 2:00 p.m. with the tournament moved back to Rosville.  The winners will play at 6:00 Wed.for the Regional championship and a slot in the 3A state tournament.

RHS Curriculum Completers

ROSSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCES CURRICULUM COMPLETERS

Rossville Jr./Sr. High School had three seniors this year who completed the required curriculum as set forth by the Kansas Board of Regents and earned the designation of State of Kansas Curriculum Completer. In order to earn this distinction, students must have completed 4 years of English, 4 years of Math, 3 years of Science, 3 years of Social Studies, and 2 years of Foreign Language. The students who met these criteria are Eric Ebert, Kyle Parr, and Willow Stipp

All Curriculum Completers are then eligible to be considered for an additional award. The Kansas Board of Regents on behalf of the Kansas Legislature ranks these Curriculum Completers based on their GPA and ACT scores. Eric Ebert and Willow Stipp were designated as 2016 Kansas State Scholars.

                                                                            Beth Shepard,  RHS Counselor

Heidi Nitsch To Play For Cowley Co.

Heidi is pictured with her sister Chelsea Trimble holding her son Bryxton, 

mother Tracy Nitsch, and father John “Dink” Nitsch. 

Head RHS Softball Coach Curt Brecheisen is pictured standing.

Rossville High School Senior Heidi Nitsch has signed a National Letter Of Intent to play softball at Cowley County Community College in Arkansas City, Kansas. Cowley is a program that is usually in the top end of the very competitive Jayhawk JuCo conference. Entering her senior season at Rossville High, Heidi was a 2 time first team All Mid East League selection, as well as a 2 time Kansas Softball Coaches Association 3A All- State selection. She has also been a multiple time Sparkler All Star selection for her summer team, Kansas Heatwave. Heidi currently has a .456 career batting average as a Lady Dawg and finished last season with a .533 batting average. Her .641 on base percentage helped her lead the team last season with 34 runs scored. Heidi’s hard working, hard-nosed, high energy style of play as well as her coachability will make her a good fit for Cowley County and beyond with her softball career.

                                                                                     By Curt Brecheisen, RHS Softball Coach

RHS Top Scholars For 2016

Rossville High School announced their top scholars at graduation on May 15, 2016. Pictured from left are Valedictorians Kyle Parr and Eric Ebert and Salutatorians Justin Logan and Britnee Douglas.

Rossville Girls Hope To Go To State

From the Capital Journal

By Brent Maycock

Graduation didn’t claim a ton of players off last year’s Rossville softball team that finished the season 16-4 and as Class 3A regional runner-up.

But what it didn’t take in quantity, it definitely took in quality. Two of the four departed seniors — pitcher Taylor Kirk and infielder-outfielder Taylor Brecheisen — were All-State selections.

“With our seniors last year, we lost over half of our runs,” Rossville coach Curt Brecheisen said. “These girls had a lot to pick up and put in a lot of extra work to make up for what we lost.”

Not only did Rossville’s 2016 team do that, but made history in the process. The Bulldawgs claimed the first Mid-East League title in program history, going 10-0 through what has traditionally been one of the toughest leagues in the state at any level.

Just how tough? Rossville now has as many league titles as state titles, winning the program’s only state crown in 2000 in Class 2-1A while fellow MEL member St. Marys took the 3A crown.

“It’s about time is what it is,” Brecheisen said. “We’ve had some really good groups come through here and we just haven’t been able to get over that hump. Last year, we had a state champion and state champion (Silver Lake) and a 4A (Division II) runner-up (Rock Creek) and we beat the snot out of the 4A team. The league’s like that just about every year, though, so winning it is really special.”

Rossville would like to continue to add titles to its resume this year and takes a 17-3 record into this week’s Class 3A regional at Silver Lake, the only losses coming to 6A Manhattan (twice) and fellow 3A Oskaloosa. The Bulldawgs are the No. 1 seed in the regional and are looking for their first state berth since 2013.

That year, Rossville had to face league rival Silver Lake in the first round of the state tourney, falling 6-3 as the Eagles went on to capture the first of three straight state championships. To get back to state, the Bulldawgs likely will have to down their arch rivals again, this time in the regional semifinals.

Silver Lake (11-9) is the regional’s No. 4 seed and if it beats St. Marys (9-10) in Monday’s quarterfinal game, the War on 24 rivals will square off in the 2 p.m. Tuesday semifinal. Even though Rossville swept the regular-season showdown, the postseason is a different situation altogether.

Other top seeds in the regional are No. 2 seed Council Grove (14-5) and No. 3 Marysville (13-5).

“We’re trying not to look at it any differently than we normally would,” Brecheisen said. “We’ve got to play our best ball to win, period. We’ve had some close games this year, some that maybe shouldn’t have been, but that’s good because we didn’t have a lot of those last year. That’s helped us because we’ve battled through games where we didn’t hit so well but eventually found a way.”

Graduation Day

Graduation Day May 15, 2016

Photos by Shari Gentry

The entire class of 2016 on graduation day

Seniors from 2016 3A State Champion Football Team

Rossville Announces Top Ten

    Rossville High School announced the Top 10 Seniors of the Class of 2016 at graduation exercises on Sunday, May 15, 2016. The following seniors were recognized for their academic accomplishments: Katie Conley, Rachel Day, Britnee Douglas, Eric Ebert, Zach Jensen, Chris Johnston, Justin Logan, Kyle Parr, Lauren Steckel, and Willow Stipp

Baseball and Softball Videos

There is video of both the Rock Creek baseball and softball games on May 10 at:
http://ksnt.com/2016/05/10/seaman-rossville-silver-lake-baseball-sweep-doubleheaders-other-scores/

Softball Regional (Updated)

The Class 3A regional at Silver Lake moved Monday’s first-round games to Tuesday and Tuesday’s semifinals and championship games to Wednesday with game times remaining the same.

Rossville will be competing in the 3A softball Regional at Silver Lake on May 17-18.   The schools at that Regional will be:  Council Grove, Eskridge-Mission Valley, Marysville, Rossville, Seneca-Nemaha Central, Silver Lake, St. Marys.  Rossville,  as the number 1 seed, gets a bye on Tuesday.

Marysville (13.5) vs Nemaha Central (7-13) 2:00 Tue.

Council Grove (14-5) vs Mission Valley (4-16) 3:30 Tue.
Winners play 3:30 on Tue.

Silver Lake (11-9) vs St. Marys (9-10)  5:00 PM Tue.
Rossville (17-3) plays SL-SM winner at 2:00 Wed.

Championship game 5:00 Wed.

Baseball Regional (Updated)

The Class 3A regional at Rossville moved Monday’s first-round games to Tuesday and Tuesday’s semifinals and championship game to Wednesday. Game times remain the same.
Tuesdays games are at Lake Shawnee and Wednesday's games will be in Rossville.

The baseball Regional will be at Rossville on May 17-18.
The bracket is set up as follows with Silver Lake as the number one seed and Rossville number 2.

Perry-Lecompton 7-11 vs. St. Marys 7-13;  4:00 PM Tue.
Silver Lake 13-5 vs. Perry-Lecompton-St. Marys winner; 4:oo PM Wed

Rossville 12-6 vs. Mission Valley 5-13;  6:00 PM Tue
Hoyt-Royal Valley 10-8 vs. Osage City 6-12  2:00 PM Tue
Winners of these two games play 4:00 PM Wed.

Championship game 6:00 PM Wed.

Rossville Catholic Church History

    The history of the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville can be read at:
http://recollectionsks.org/items/show/162

Baseball Area Stat Leaders

From the Capital-Journal

High school Baseball Area Stat Leaders

HITTING

Average

W. Smith, Troy, .591; Zenger, Rock Creek, .544; Coltrane, Santa Fe Trail, .540; Halstead, Riley County, .514; Gerety, Nemaha Central, .508; Greaser, Troy, .508; Langvardt, Council Grove, .508; T. Morris, Troy, .492; Brumfield, Clay Center, .488; Long, Santa Fe Trail, .480; Horak, Rossville, .476; C. Huss, Troy, .475; Gehrt, Rock Creek, .471; Haggard, Marysville, .471; Breithaupt, Wellsville, .466; Barger, Royal Valley, .464; L. Smith, Troy, .462;

Home runs

W. Smith, Troy, 8; Hawkins, Santa Fe Trail, 5; Langvardt, Council Grove, 4; Niehues, Nemaha Central, 4; Dean, Santa Fe Trail, 3; Honas, Council Grove, 3; Roduner, Rossville, 3; Trotter, Maur Hill, 3; Webb, Oskaloosa, 3

RBI

W. Smith, Troy, 40; Langvardt, Council Grove, 24; Halstead, Riley County, 22; T. Morris, Troy, 22; Schrick, Atchison, 22; L. Smith, Troy, 22; Niehues, Nemaha Central, 21; Baniewicz, Maur Hill, 20; T. Dougan, Wellsville, 20; Hawkins, Santa Fe Trail, 20; Honas, Council Grove, 20; C. Huss, Troy, 20; Keller, St. Marys, 20; Trotter, Maur Hill, 20; Breithaupt, Wellsville, 19; Gerety, Nemaha Central, 19; Zenger, Rock Creek, 19; Allen, Nemaha Central, 18; Boatwright, Atchison, 18; A. Dougan, Wellsville, 18; Lerner, Council Grove, 18; A. Smith, Atchison, 18; Tubbs, Wabaunsee, 18; Webb, Oskaloosa, 18; Winkel, Troy, 18; Boyd, Silver Lake, 17; Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 17; Peyla, Junction City, 17; Roduner, Rossville, 17.

Stolen bases

Coltrane, Santa Fe Trail, 26; Hodge, Mission Valley, 19; Trotter, Maur Hill, 19; James, Concordia, 17; Boatwright, Atchison, 16; Cl. Phillips, Mission Valley, 16; Schlochtermeier, Rock Creek, 16; A. Smith, Atchison, 16; Barger, Royal Valley, 15; Halstead, Riley County, 15; Imthurn, Wabaunsee, 15; Sudbeck, Nemaha Central, 15; Tubbs, Wabaunsee, 15; Demars, Clay Center, 14; Atwood, Mission Valley, 12; Bonnel, Atchison, 12; Horak, Rossville, 12.

PITCHING

Wins

Boatwright, Atchison, 7; Bachura, Council Grove, 6; Engle, Riley County, 6; Larson, Concordia, 6; Schraad, Nemaha Central, 6; VanHoutan, Oskaloosa, 6; Winder, Troy, 6; Finch, Council Grove, 5; W. Huss, Troy, 5; Trotter, Maur Hill, 5; Webb, Oskaloosa, 5; Baniewicz, Maur Hill, 4; Bonnel, Atchison, 4; Coltrane, Santa Fe Trail, 4; D. Gatzemeyer, Valley Falls, 4; Gerety, Nemaha Central, 4; Greaser, Troy, 4; Greening, Rock Creek, 4; Kahle, Perry-Lecompton, 4; Martin, Silver Lake, 4; Moylan, St. Marys, 4; Reiss, Rock Creek, 4; A. Smith, Atchison, 4; Adams, Silver Lake, 3; Allen, Valley Falls, 3; D. Balch, Rossville, 3.

Earned run average

Dwyer, Wellsville, 0.44; Larson, Concordia, 0.70; Havenstein, Rock Creek, 0.87; Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 1.00; Uphaus, Nemaha Central, 1.10; Shalkoski, Wellsville, 1.14; VanHoutan, Oskaloosa, 1.20; Zenger, Rock Creek, 1.35; Huske, Silver Lake, 1.45; Greaser, Troy, 1.50; Bell, Junction City, 1.62; Christman, Perry-Lecompton, 1.86; Adams, Silver Lake, 1.91; Schraad, Nemaha Central, 1.94; Boatwright, Atchison, 1.97; T. Dougan, Wellsville, 2.00; Baniewicz, Maur Hill, 2.02; J. Morris, Rossville, 2.04; Winder, Troy, 2.06; W. Huss, Troy, 2.14; Trotter, Maur Hill, 2.18; Boyd, Silver Lake, 2.19; Bond, Perry-Lecompton, 2.21; Shields, Central Heights, 2.33; Webb, Oskaloosa, 2.33; A. Dougan, Wellsville, 2.39; Bradshaw, Rossville, 2.47.

Softball Area Stat Leaders

From the Capital-Journal

High school Softball Area Stat Leaders

HITTING

Average

Kearney, Valley Falls, .671; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, .644; A. Miller, Tonganoxie, .642; Beam, Royal Valley, .590; Crome, Marysville, .583; Smith, Junction City, .576; Crawford, Chase County, .569; Starr, Free State, .548; Nitsch, Rossville, .547; Sh. Emling, Burlington, .544; Kippes, Rossville, .544.

Home runs

H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 7; Starr, Free State, 7; Stringfield, Wellsville, 7; T. Crome, Marysville, 6; R. Johnson, Wabaunsee, 6; Langvardt, Chapman, 6; Robertson, Perry-Lecompton, 6; Yoder, Silver Lake, 6; Beam, Royal Valley, 5; Carlson, Council Grove, 5; Courter, Oskaloosa, 5; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 5; Hildebrand, Wamego, 5; Kunkel, Rock Creek, 5; Nitsch, Rossville, 5; Pacha, Marysville, 5; Pemberton, Wellsville, 5; Spurgeon, Lyndon, 5; Woods, Ottawa, 5

PITCHING

Wins

Crawford, Chase County, 13; Downard, Marysville, 11; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 10; Hammett, Rock Creek, 9; Pemberton, Wellsville, 9; Sweet, Chapman, 9; Ettleman, Atchison, 8; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 8; Kearney, Valley Falls, 8; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 8; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 7; Bond, Holton, 7; Carlson, Council Grove, 7; Sy. Emling, Burlington, 7; Erickson, Perry-Lecompton, 7; Hill, Rossville, 7; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 6; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 6; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 6; Becker, Jefferson West, 5; Blevins, Ottawa, 5; Crosby, Council Grove, 5; Fluderer, Wellsville, 5; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 5; Hildebrand, Wamego, 5; Murray, Rossville, 5; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 5.

Earned run average

H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 0.43; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 1.38; Crawford, Chase County, 1.43; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 1.48; Downard, Marysville, 1.53; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 1.63; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 1.68; Holaday, Holton, 1.93; Hill, Rossville, 2.05; Kearney, Valley Falls, 2.14; Becker, Jefferson West, 2.18; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 2.19; Hammett, Rock Creek, 2.34; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 2.53; B. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 2.55; Lierz, Holton, 2.73; Davis, Central Heights, 2.76; Sweet, Chapman, 2.89; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 3.05; S. Murray, Rossville, 3.27.

Strikeouts

Crawford, Chase County, 159; Downard, Marysville, 105; Simmons, Santa Fe Trail, 100; H. Bassett, Oskaloosa, 93; Hammett, Rock Creek, 78; Bond, Holton, 71; Sh. Emling, Burlington, 68; Hill, Rossville, 68; Pemberton, Wellsville, 66; Ettleman, Atchison, 65; Owens, Lyndon, 57; Sweet, Chapman, 53; Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 49; Pruyser, Royal Valley, 48; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 47; Kearney, Valley Falls, 45; Becker, Jefferson West, 42; Akers, Burlingame, 40; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 40; Crosby, Council Grove, 36; Fluderer, Wellsville, 35; Hamm Oskaloosa, 34; Koranda, Riverside, 33; Kippes, Rossville, 30.