Weekly Announcements For Jan. 23

    The weekly announcements video for Jan. 23 can be viewed at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-facDeHML2g
    Phoenix Thomas and Tageon Sumner are the announcers.

RHS Wins Oskaloosa Invitational

    The Dawgs won the Oskaloosa Invitational boys basketball tournament with an impressive  63-44 victory over Jefferson North in the championship game.

Rossville               10   17   13   23   =   63

Jefferson North       7   10    12  15   =   44

Rossville scoring:
Morris              3 (3)     7-10     16
Bradshaw        4 (1)      4-4      13
Schumacher    5           2-2      12
Musick             4           0-1        8
Hammes          1           5-7        7
Hulbert             2 (1)     0-0        5
Anderson         1          0-0         2 
Totals             20 (5)   18-24    63

Other games at Oskaloosa on Sat. Night were:
Third Place:  Perry-Lecompton 55, Cornerstone 44

   Fifth Place:  Oskaloosa 44, Pleasant Ridge 41   
   Seventh Place:   Valley Falls 46, Atchison County 41

The Mid East League had a successful Sat. night with all six teams winning their tournament games.

Riley Co. 58, Wichita Sunrise 54     1st Place Burlington
Rock Creek 64, Independence 51   7th place at Hillsboro 
Silver Lake 58, Falls City, NE 38     3rd place at Nemaha Central
St. Marys 52, Jackson Hts. 45         5th place at Nemaha Central
Wabaunsee 60, Royal Valley 53 (OT)   Royal Valley Round Robin

RHS Boys Win Semi-Final

    The RHS Boys Basketball team won their semi-final game of the Oskaloosa Invitational on Friday night by defeating Cornerstone 64-29.  They will now play in the championship game on Sat against Jefferson North who defeated Perry-Lecompton 66-50 in the other semi-final.

    In the Consolation bracket,  Oskaloosa defeated Valley Falls 55-54 and Pleasant Ridge defeated Atchison County 48-45.

Rossville            16   15   20   13   -   64
Cornerstone      12    0      7   10   -   29

Rossville  scoring:
Hammes            6         5-5    17
Bradshaw          4          2-2   10
Schumacher     4           2-2   10
Anderson          4           0-0    8
Hulbert             3            0-1    6
Morris               1 (1)       2-2   5
Quiett                1 (1)       0-0   3
Brummer          1 (1)       0-0   3
Dyche                1            0-0    2.

 Totals              25 (3)    11-12 64

In other Mid-East teams games:

Rock Creek     54
Sabetha           50

Wabaunsee     55
Chapman         47  

Wichita Life     53
Riley Co.           48

Looking For 1964 Classmate

If anyone has any information about Mary Lou Boyles or her brother Sonny,  send an e-mail with the info to   frank.ruff@juno.com.

I'm asking for my mother do any of my Rossville friends know a lady that graduated from rossville high school in 1964 named Mary Lou Boyles? Or her older brother Sonny???? My mom grew up w her and would like to get in contact w her. Thank you!!!  Missy White Broxterman

Amanda Hill Honored

      Amanda Hill,  leading scorer for the RHS girls basketball team was one of ten athletes nominated for the Capital-Journal Area Athlete of the Week.   Hill averaged 23 points in a pair of wins, going for 31 in a 50-40 win over Rock Creek.  She is averaging 20.8/game for the season thus far.  The big scoring week pushed the Bulldawg senior over the 1,000-point mark for her career.

KBCA 3A Girls Basketball Rankings.

3A Girls basketball rankings for Jan 16, 2017

1.   Hugoton
2.   Thomas More Prep
3.   Kingman

4.   Council Grove
5.   Riley County
6.   Nemaha Central
7.   Caney Valley
8.   Garden Plain                  
9.   Rossville
10. Hesston

321A Wrestling Rankings

This week the RHS wrestling team moved  up one place to ninth.

Bryce Gfeller is ranked number two in the 138 lb class behind Hunter Ostertag of AAAHS.  Isaiah Luellen maintains his number one rank in the 160 lb class.   For details,  click on the below list.

Robert Crawshaw Passes Away

    Robert Bob E. Crawshaw, 74, Silver Lake, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
    He was born March 20, 1942, in Shawnee County, Kansas, the son of Elmer and Agnes (Fleming) Crawshaw. He graduated from Silver Lake High School and served in the Kansas National Guard. Robert was a farmer and rancher.
    Survivors include two sons: Jim Crawshaw and Chris Crawshaw, both of Topeka; two sisters: Marjorie (John) Kratina, Rossville and Barbara (David) Hitchcock, Silver Lake; two grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
    Graveside services with military honors will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 20, 2017 at Walnut Hill Cemetery, Grove, KS (North of Silver Lake). Memorial contributions may be made to Grove 4-H, 1740 SW Western Ave, Topeka, KS 66604 or Silver Lake USD 372 Public School Foundation, P.O. Box 351, Silver Lake, KS 66539. Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel is assisting the family. To leave a message for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com.

Girls At Jeff No. Tournament

The RHS girls basketball team is off this week,  but will play in the Jefferson County North Invitational next week.  Their first round game is against Oskaloosa on Tue night.    The complete bracket for the 8 team tournament can be read at:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-i0lVMAbOlsc3RMajhMWGxUMmM/view

In other Tue. night girls BB games on the 17th:

Burlington   45
Rock Creek  29

Riley Co.    49
Bennington 29

Silver Lake   58 (OT)
Eurdora         56  

RHS Boys Get Win At Osky

The Dawgs won their first round game of the Oskaloosa Invitational.  

Rossville            21   12   17   17  =     67
Oskaloosa          11     7   12   13  =     43

Rossville scoring:

Schumacher      7         8-11    22 
Musick               6 (1)    3-8     16
Hulbert              5          1-3     11
Morris                2 (2)    0-0       6
Anderson           2         0-0       4
Quiett                1 (1)    0-0       3
Dyche                1         1-1       3
Bradshaw          1         0-0       2 

Totals               25 (4) 13-23    67

In other Mid-East games:

Rock Creek 64
Paola           32

Silver Lake    48
Jackson Hts  45

Nemaha Central  48
St. Marys             46

Dawgfeed 8 On You Tube

    Dawgfeed  8  (The Lost Episode)  for 2016-17 is now available with Jared Morris and Garrett Carver doing the announcing.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKhf6nUz1NU

Video Announcements for Jan. 16

Mitchell Porter and Trevor Balch narrate  the video announcements for the week of Jan 16-21:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVLn0qugZA0&t=4s

CLASS 3A GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS

Capital Journal 3A girls basketball rankings for Jan. 16

Team … record

1. Hugoton (1) … 9-0

2. TMP-Marian (2) … 9-1

3. Council Grove (3) … 8-0

4. Kingman (4) … 9-0

5. Riley County (5) … 7-1

Others — Caney Valley 7-1, Cheney 7-2, Ellsworth 8-1, Garden Plain 6-2, Hesston 7-3, Marion 7-2, Nemaha Central 8-1, Remington 7-2, Rossville 8-1, Sedgwick 7-3, Sterling 7-2, Wellsville 6-1.

Loreine Kincaid Passes Away

Loreine A. Kincaid, 90, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the St. Marys Manor. She was born September 13, 1926 at Topeka, the daughter of Albert Benedict and Amelia Clara Umscheid Weltsch.  Loreine attended State Street Grade School, Holliday Jr. High School and graduated from Capitol Catholic High School in 1944. Loreine was employed at Topeka Steam Boiler Works for eight years.  She and her husband Colton owned and operated Kincaid Truck Lines for 34 years.  Mrs. Kincaid also worked at the Rezac Sale Barn restaurant and was the manager of the St. Mary Senior Apartments from 1992 until she retired in 2010. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Hoy Heim No. 178 American Legion Auxiliary and the St. Marys Senior Center. She was married to Colton F. Kincaid Jr. at the Assumption Catholic Church in Topeka on November 8, 1947.  He preceded her in death on August 7, 1980.  She was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jayme Nicole Kincaid on March 11, 1985, a brother Loren O. Weltsch  and a sister, Dorothy Benaka. Survivors include four sons, Richard D. (Lynn) Kincaid, Wamego, Ronald L. (Carol) Kincaid, Olsburg, Randy C. (Jane) Kincaid, St. Marys and Russell S. (Jacqueline) Kincaid, Silver Lake; five grandchildren, and 11 great- grandchildren, Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys.  Interment will be in Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys.  Mrs. Kincaid will lie in state after 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Piper Funeral Home where there will be a rosary recited at 7:00 P.M. In Lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Research or the University of Kansas Medical Center and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.  To read a full obituary or to  leave an online condolence please go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.