Steve Becker (64) Passes Away

    Steve Becker born in Kansas City Missouri Oct. 25 1946, and passed away December 30th 2016 from lung cancer.
    Steve was raised in the Rossville community and graduated from Rossville High in 1964.
    Steve is survived by his wife Sharon L. Becker, step children - Tina Hodge and Anthony Crowder. Sister Patty Mc Queen, brother in law Lee McQueen, niece Megan McQueen, nephew Kurt Mc Queen, grand niece Emma Roten, grand nephew DJ Murphy along with several Aunts, Uncles and Cousins including Pat Maffucci.
    Steve served in the Marine Corp from 1964 – 1967, including 11 months in Vietnam as a machine gunner. He also served in the Honor Guard at military funerals.       After his enlistment was up, Steve moved back to Topeka and went to work for Santa Fe. Starting as a draftsman, he worked up to being a pipe stress analyst. He helped develop facilities on the East Coast for Bechtel Corp. Steve also did classified work on satellites for Martin Marietta. He ended his career as a Contract Administrator for ENREL in Golden, Colorado.
    Steve loved being around family, playing Santa Claus at Christmas and watching the Broncos win the Super Bowl. 

Rossville Invitational Wrestling (updated)

    The Rossville Invitational wrestling tournament was held at RHS Jan. 6 and 7.    Following are the teams placing and points.

1.    Santa Fe Trail 179  
2.    Clay Center 176.5 
3.    Rossville 133.5
4.    Riley County 129
5.    Riverside 117 
6.    Sabetha 116.5 
7.    Perry-Lecompton 103 
8.    Wellington 99.5 
9.    Pleasant Ridge 80 
10.  Atchison County 72.5 
11.  St. Marys 62.5 
12.  SM East 59.5 
13.  Republic County 48 
14.  Doniphan West 38 
15.  Maur Hill 25 
16.  Hiawatha 22, 
17.  Hayden 13

Bryce Gfeller was second in the 138# class.  He won his first 3 matches,  but lost to undefeated Hunter Ostertag of Atchison County in the final.

Holden Hurla was second in the 145# class.  He won his first 3 matches,  but lost to undefeated Scott Ressler of Riverside in the final by a 2-0 decision.

Alex Archer lost to Dave Erickson of Shawnee Mission East in the match for third place.

Christian Madill lost to Carter Greenfield (17-4) of Santa Fe Trail in the match for fifth place.

Phoenix Thomas lost to undefeated Trevor Lowell of Republic County in the championship match of the 132 # Class.

Isaiah Luellen  (16-1) won the 160 #  championship match over Hunter Madill (16-1) of Clay Center.

Kody Davoren lost to Sylan Ferguson of Wellington in the 5th place match in the 172# class.

Payton Catron lost in the third place match of the 195# class to Brendan Robey (3-1) of Sabetha.

To get the details of all the matches for the top 6 places,  go to:
http://s200.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&loadBalanced=true&sport=wrestling&TIM=1483834048569&pageName=&ie=false&frameSize=950

Frances Flanary Passes Away

Frances M. Flanary, 92, formerly of Maple Hill, died Thursday, January 5, 2017, at a Topeka Hospital.

She was born July 30, 1924 near St. Marys, the daughter of John and Ellen Elizabeth "Nellie" Laymon Bernritter.  Frances graduated from St. Marys High School.

Frances drove a school bus for the Maple Hill Schools and later worked for the State of Kansas in the Revenue and Animal Health Departments.  She was a member of the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church.

On September 12, 1946 she was united in marriage to Barney Flanary Jr. at Lawrence.  He preceded her in death on January 1, 2005; she was also preceded in death by a son, Guy and a granddaughter, Theresa Janosik; brothers, William, Donald, Frank and John Bernritter; sisters, Bessie Still, Dorothy Crawford, Irene Fitzgerald and Priscilla Still.

Survivors include her son, Frank (Nancy) Flanary, Maple Hill; her daughter, Arlene (Greg) Janosik, Topeka; sisters, Philomena Ellis, Emporia and Helen Graham, Topeka; four grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 3:00 P..M. Monday, January 9, 2017 at the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church.  Interment will be in the Maple Hill Cemetery.  Mrs. Flanary will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church and sent in care of the funeral home.  To read a full obituary or to leave an online condolence, please go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

Mid-East Basketball Standings Jan. 7

The following are the Mid-East League basketball standings after the Jan. 6 games.

Boys          League  Overall

Rossville        2-0        3-4
Rock Creek    3-1        5-2
Silver Lake     2-2        5-2
Wabaunsee    1-1        5-1
St. Marys        1-2        4-2
Riley County   0-3        1-6

Girls             League  Overall

Riley County    3-0         6-1
Wabaunsee      2-0         5-1
Rossville          1-1         6-1
Silver Lake        2-2        4-3
St. Marys          1-2         4-2
Rock Creek       0-4        0-7

Girls Lose Close One To Riley

    The RHS girls lost their first game of the season Friday night against the Riley County Falcons by a score 38-35.

Rossville      12  5  12   6 = 35
Riley County  4 11 13 10 = 38

Rossville scoring:
Hill                    7       0-2    14
Shinn                1       4-4      6
Hill                     2      0-0      4
Anderson           2      0-0     4
Shinn                 1      1-2     3
Buhler                0      2-2     2
Porter                 1      0-0     2 

Totals               14 (0) 7-10 35

A video replay of this game can be viewed at:

http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/live_streaming.html

Other Mid-East League scores were:

Silver Lake    43
Rock Creek    31

St. Marys        17
Wabaunsee      46

RHS Boys Get Easy Win

    The RHS boys basketball team totally destroyed the Riley County boys with a lop-sided win of 60-20 at Riley.

Rossville           15 14 19 12 =  60
Riley County       2   1  11  6 =  20

Rossville Scoring:
Schumacher   15
Morris             12
Quiett               8
Hammes          7
Musick             6
Bradshaw        4
Anderson         3
Hulbert             3
Hudson            2
Totals              60

A video replay of this game can be seen at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/live_streaming.html

Other Mid-East scores were:
Silver Lake     51
Rock Creek     69

St. Marys         48
Wabaunsee       54

Amanda Hill Scoring At A High Level

    Amanda Hill leads the Dawgs girls basketball team in scoring, averaging 22.8 points per game in the first 6 games.   The only girl  in the area  with a higher average has only played 3 games.    The top five are below:

Name, school            G     TP     PPG

Lee, Tonganoxie          3     72      24.0

Hill, Rossville                6  137      22.8

Schultz, Wabaunsee    2     44      22.0

Bachelor, Washburn R.5   104      20.8

Tanking, Holton            6   122       20.3 

Mid-East Basketball Standings Jan 4

Boys          League  Overall

Rossville        1-0        2-4
Silver Lake     2-1        5-1
Rock Creek    2-1        4-2
St. Marys        1-1        4-1
Wabaunsee    0-1        4-1
Riley County   0-2        1-5

Girls             League  Overall

Riley County    2-0         5-1
Rossville          1-0         6-0
Wabaunsee      1-0         4-1
St. Marys          1-1         4-1
Silver Lake        1-2        3-3
Rock Creek       0-3        0-6

State Football Shirts Still Available

STATE FOOTBALL SHIRTS (ROUND 2) 

Online store will close on SUNDAY January 8th. 

Orders will take a couple weeks to process. 

If you have any questions, please contact Mindy Fiedler. 

http://shopgoblue.com/t/rossville -football 

Hammes and Hammes To Shrine Bowl

    RHS football coach Derick Hammes will be head coach  for the East Team in the 2017 Kansas Shrine Bowl game.
    RHS senior Dawson Hammes will be one of the players for the East Team in that game.
    The Shrine Bowl will be played July 29 at BG Products Veterans Sports Complex – Butler Community College’s field – at 7:05 p.m. on July 29. The rosters are composed of high school seniors with an initial cap of one representative per school, though roster substitutes can come from the same programs.
    The other team members for the Shrine Bowl game can be read at:  http://cjonline.com/sports/highschools/2017-01-03/city-trio-chosen-2017-kansas-shrine-bowl

Rossville Girls Clip Eagle's Wings

ROSSVILLE 55, SILVER LAKE 45

Silver Lake     10  7  12 16   - 45
Rossville        12  9   20 14  -  55

Rossville  scoring:

Anderson      2 (2)    0-2   6
Buhler              (1)    1-2   4
S. Shinn        1         3-11  5
Kirk                0        1-2    1
Porter                (1)  1-2    4
C. Hill            5         4-6  14
A. Hill            3 (1)    8-8  15
L. Shinn        3          0-2    6 

Totals          16 (5)  18-35 55

The Rossville girls are now 6-0 for the season.

In other Mid-East league action,  the Riley Co girls defeated  Rock Creek 52-34.

Rossville Boys Down Eagles

Silver Lake     8  13 14   7 — 42
Rossville      17  10   6  14 — 47

Rossville scoring:

Musick          2       0-0    4
Bradshaw     1       2-2    4
Hammes       3       1-3    7
Morris           3 (2)  0-0    8
Anderson      3 (1)  2-4    9
Schumacher 6 (1)  2-4   15
Totals         18 (4)  5-13  47

In other Mid-East league action,  Rock Creek defeated Riley Co. 60-27.

Hester Schraeder (37) Passes Away

    Hester H. Schraeder, 98, Topeka, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017. 
    Hester was born on October 18, 1918, in Kansas City MO. She was reared by Jenny Allen and lived in Willard, with her three brothers and her sister.
    Hester graduated from Rossville High School in 1937. She worked for the U.S. Department of Transportation, retiring after 30 years of service.
    She married James Schraeder on January 20, 1945. He preceded her in death on January 11, 2002. Survivors include her nephews and nieces, Jim Schraeder (Rosie), Lenexa, Hedy Lack (Joe dec.), Palm Harbor FL, Pat Renyer (Dave), Topeka and Ron Schraeder (Jan), Wichita. Hester was also preceded in death by her brothers, Heber, Hamer and Herman and her sister, Helen.
    Family will greet friends from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. on Saturday at Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Road, Topeka KS 66614, where the Daughters of Isabella will lead a rosary at 10:15 a.m. Funeral service will follow at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church or Community Health Ministry of Wamego, sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be sent online to www.kevinbrennanfamily.com. Hester Schraeder

Victor School Video

    Here is a video made by Sister Mary Kratina which includes many photos of Victor School and students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6ffIt4yo9g&sns=em

    For more info about Victor School and its 125th birthday,  go to:
http://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2016/12/victor-school-125th-birthday.html