RHS Softball Team Still Undefeated

    The RHS girls won their 13th straight softball game on April 27 at Silver Lake by a 14-7 score.
     Game two of the double header was suspended in the fifth inning.

Baseball Team Loses Two At SL

  The RHS baseball team lost two games at Silver Lake on April 27,  11-1 and 9-8

Area Softball Leaders

BATTING

Home Runs

Beam, Royal Valley, 10; Robertson, Perry-Lecompton, 9; Stringfield, Wellsville, 8; S. Shinn, Rossville, 7; Swift, Chase County, 6; Downard, Marysville, 5; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 5; Harrison, St. Marys, 5; Orender, Osage City, 5; Carson, Clay Center, 4; D. Hess, Burlington, 4; Klamm, Wellsville, 4; Lundin, Rossville, 4; Morgan, Riverside, 4; Oliver, Wabaunsee, 4; Thorp, Burlington, 4; Gallagher, Tonganoxie, 3; Johnson, Wabaunsee, 3; Kirkwood, Valley Falls, 3; Lowe, Oskaloosa, 3; Migliorini, Rossville, 3; Miller, Council Grove, 3; Pacha, Marysville, 3; Allen, Council Grove, 2; Cobb, Silver Lake, 2; Dailey, McLouth, 2; Gillen, Silver Lake, 2; R. Hess, Burlington, 2; Honas, Council Grove, 2; Lamprecht, Silver Lake, 2; Lee, Tonganoxie, 2; Murray, Abilene, 2; Rogers, Wamego, 2; L. Shinn, Rossville, 2; Sloyer, Burlington, 2; Van Ausdall, Holton, 2; Vandegrift, Chase County, 2; Willson, Tonganoxie, 2.

RBI

Robertson, Perry-Lecompton, 37; Beam, Royal Valley, 36; Bassett, Oskaloosa, 34; Orender, Osage City, 32; Stringfield, Wellsville, 30; Swift, Chase Conty, 28; Honas, Council Grove, 27; Carlson, Council Grove, 24; R. Hess, Burlington, 24; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 23; Kirkwood, Valley Falls, 23; O’Connor, Perry-Lecompton, 23; Lundin, Rossville, 21; Brintle, Council Grove, 20; A. Folks, Perry-Lecompton, 20; Lowe, Oskaloosa, 20; Miller, Council Grove, 20; S. Shinn, Rossville, 20; Downard, Marysville, 19; Klamm, Wellsville, 19; Allen, Council Grove, 18; Harrison, St. Marys, 18; New, Royal Valley, 18; Bond, Holton, 17; Fluderer, Wellsville, 17; Gallagher, Tonganoxie, 17; D. Hess, Burlington, 17; Hodges, Council Grove, 17; Miller, Tonganoxie, 17; Morgan, Riverside, 17; Van Ausdall, Holton, 17; Dailey, McLouth, 16; Oliver, Wabaunsee, 16; Porras, Holton, 16; Fisher, Lebo-Waverly, 15; Kearney, Valley Falls, 15; Migliorini, Rossville, 15; Mitchell, Lebo-Waverly, 15; Oswald, Lebo-Waverly, 15; Phillips, Holton, 15; Barnhardt, Oskaloosa, 14; Bryan, Royal Valley, 14; Filkin, Council Grove, 14; Sage, Osage City, 14; L. Shinn, Rossville, 14; Showalter, Wellsville, 14; Willson, Tonganoxie, 14; Wright, Jefferson West, 14;

Stolen bases

Orender, Osage City, 18; Carlson, Council Grove, 14; Peterson, Chase County, 12; Dillon, Rock Creek, 11; Higgs, Chase County, 11; McDaniel, Wellsville, 11; Degenhardt, Holton, 10; Myers, Holton, 10; Ricklefts, Riverside, 10; Mead, Santa Fe Trail, 9; Miller, Council Grove, 9; Stevens, Osage City, 9; A. Folks, Perry-Lecompton, 8; G. Folks, Perry-Lecompton, 8; Hettinger, Central Heights, 8; Hickman, Oskaloosa, 8; Hultgren, Osage City, 8; Moore, Lebo-Waverly, 8; Pacha, Marysville, 8; Parnell, Atchison County, 8; Pryor, Oskaloosa, 8; Rhodd, Holton, 8; Schrater, Chase County, 8; Tackitt, Lebo-Waverly, 8; Bolyard, Osage City, 7; Lutz, Holton, 7; Miller, Oskaloosa, 7; New, Royal Valley, 7; M. Nordhus, Nemaha Central, 7; Overstreet, Jefferson West, 7; Parks, Holton, 7; Porras, Holton, 7; Smith, Lebo-Waverly, 7; Whalen, Osage City, 7; Willson, Tonganoxie, 7; Argabright, Sabetha, 6; Booth, Holton, 6; Burson, Central Heights, 6; Butts, Riverside, 6; Fisher, Lebo-Waverly, 6; Hootman, Tonganoxie, 6; Kearney, Valley Falls, 6; Kippes, Rossville, 6; Marshall, Tonganoxie, 6; Ogden, Royal Valley, 6; Sage, Osage City, 6; Schraad, Nemaha Central, 6; Soyez, Council Grove, 6; Tucking, Atchison County, 6; 

PITCHING

Wins

Orender, Osage City, 10; Downard, Marysville, 8; Carlson, Council Grove, 7; Crawford, Chase County, 7; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 7; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 6; Hill, Rossville, 6; Kearney, Valley Falls, 6; Schreiner, Wabaunsee, 6; Allen, Council Grove, 5; Bond, Holton, 5; Erickson, Perry-Lecompton, 5; Fluderer, Wellsville, 5; Hammett, Rock Creek, 5; Harrison, St. Marys, 5; Kippes, Rossville, 5; Pemberton, Wellsville, 5; Stithem, Royal Valley, 5; Blake, Clay Center, 4; Davis, Jefferson West, 4; Lutz, Holton, 4; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 4; Vicory, McLouth, 4; 

Earned run average

Bassett, Oskaloosa, 0.78; Stitehm, Royal Valley, 0.78; Blake, Clay Center, 0.99; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 1.09; Crawford, Chase County, 1.22; Vicory, McLouth, 1.30; Carlson, Council Grove, 1.40; Jones, Marysville, 1.56; Kippes, Rossville, 1.64; Hill, Rossville, 1.68; Bond, Holton, 1.83; Kearney, Valley Falls, 1.96; Downard, Marysville, 2.10; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 2.46; Davis, Central Heights, 2.48; Orender, Osage City, 2.50;

Strikeouts

Crawford, Chase County, 71; Downard, Marysville, 63; Hill, Rossville, 53; Harrison, St. Marys, 53; Hammett, Rock Creek, 52; Orender, Osage City, 51; Bond, Holton, 49; Davis, Central Heights, 48; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 46; Pemberton, Wellsville, 46; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 45; Schreiner, Wabaunsee, 44; Phillips, Sabetha, 38; Neiberger, Valley Falls, 37; Carlson, Council Grove, 32; Siebenaler, Lebo-Waverly, 30; Reynolds, Tonganoxie, 29; Duer, Chapman, 27; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 27; Gallagher, Tonganoxie, 27; Hoelscher, Chapman, 27; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 27; Allen, Council Grove, 26; Parnell, Atchison County, 24; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 23; Kearney, Valley Falls, 23; Kippes, Rossville, 20; Bassett, Oskaloosa, 19; Blake, Clay Center, 19; 

Delores Floersch Passes Away

Dolores M. Floersch, 88, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

She was born August 27, 1928 at St. Marys, one of 13 children of the late John and Mary Brunin Dohrman.

Dolores was employed by USD No. 321 at the Delia Schools many years.  She was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville and had been a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Delia before it closed.  She had lived in the Delia and Rossville communities many years.

Dolores was united in marriage to Joseph C. Floersch in 1956 at St. Marys.  He preceded her in death on August 13, 2003.  She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Karen Crow on March 31, 2015 and her son, John Floersch on April 25, 2015.  Dolores was preceded in death by her brothers, Bill, Ray, Jack, Paul and Leo; her sisters, Sally, Mary, Veronica, Monica, Catherine, Germaine and Margaret.

Survivors include her daughter, Kathy (Bob) Olejnik, Rossville grandchildren, Kasey (Kim), Neil (Adrienne), Dane (Kenzie), Kelsey, Makayla, Emmy (Jason) and Austin; 7 great-grandchildren.

Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, April 29, 2017 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville.  Inurnment will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. Friday, April 28, 2017 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys where there will be a rosary recited at 7:00 P.M.  Memorial contributions may be made to Juvenile Diabetes or the Rossville Library and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

Silver Lake Invitational Golf Tournament

Following are team scores for the Silver Lake Invitational golf tournament at Lake Shawnee Golf Club on April 25.

Burlington     351
Santa Fe Tr.   386
Rossville        404
Hayden          407
Silver Lake    426
Lyndon          492 

Dawgs final scores and placings were:

Andrew Hudson       96     9th (T)
Cory Hadsall          101  14th (T)
Trey Anderson        102  17th (T)
Fred Schuler           105  21st 

New Willard Bridge Photos

Rossville Invitational Track Results

     The Rossville Invitation Track and Field meet was held Friday, April 21.  No team standings have been made available,  but the individual resutls can be seen at:
   http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/Track.htm

2017 Prom Pictures

     Rossville High held their prom on Saturdy night, April 22, in Wamego at the Iron Clad.          The Prom King and Queen are pictured below.   Remington Wehner and Emily Woodcock were crowned King and Queen for the 2017 Rossville High Prom.

   Photos of the people arriving at the event can be seen at:
http://beta.spotted.cjonline.com/mediadetail/29170785/?gId=682737

Softball Team Sweeps Oskaloosa

    The RHS softball team picked up their 11th and 12th straight wins Friday against Oskaloosa.  The Lady Dawgs won the first 12-2 and the nightcap 15-0.

Baseball Team Loses To Sabetha

The RHS baseball team lost two games to Sabetha on April 20, 11-4 and 11-5.

Area Softball Stats

Softball Stat Leaders For Season

HITTING

Average

Va Ausdall, Holton, .826; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, .792; Beam, Royal Valley, .720; Shyrock, Tonganoxie, .704; Bassett, Oksaloosa, .667; Bond, Holton, .667; Lee, Atchison, .667; Schraad, Nemaha Central, .667; Courter, Oskaloosa, .636; Deters, Nemaha Central, .636; Lowe, Oskaloosa, .625; Gallagher, Tonganoxie, .621; Swift, Chase County, .621; Hettinger, Central Heights, .619; Phillips, Holton, .615; G. Appel, Atchison County, .600; Hawkins, Riverside, .600; Downard, Marysville, .593; Messer, McLouth, .591; Gray, Tonganoxie, .583; Perkins, Riverside, .579; Stringfield, Wellsville, .579; Willson, Tonganoxie, .577; Orender, Osage City, .571; Hay, Silver Lake, .545; Lundin, Rossville, .545; Patterson, McLouth, .541; Pope, McLouth, .535; Shue, Riverside, .533; L. Shinn, Rossville, .531; Cobb, Silver Lake, .529; Porras, Holton, .529; Morgan, Riverside, .526; Scott, McLouth, .523; Carlson, Council Grove, .515; Dailey, McLouth, .500; Harrison, St. Marys, .500; Kippes, Rossville, .500; Koranda, Riverside, .500; Murray, Rossville, .500; Serna, Osage City, .487; Crawford, Chase County, .484; Migliorini, Rossville, .484; Daugherty, Royal Valley, .481; Hammett, Rock Creek, .481; Albright, Royal Valley, .480; Mead, Santa Fe Trail, .480; Lee, Rock Creek, .480; Miller, Tonganoxie, .478; Klamm, Wellsville, .476; Schuetz, Royal Valley, .474; Anderson, Rossville, .471; Miller, Silver Lake, .458; Davis, Jefferson West, .455; Schroeder, Concordia, .455; R. Hess, Burlington, .452; Pacha, Marysville, .448; Sloyer, Burlington, .448; Larson, Marysville, .444; Leonard, Nemaha Central, .444; Lutz, Holton, .444; Parnell, Atchison County, .444; Peterson, Chase County, .444; Seager, Atchison, .444; Debenham, Abilene, .438; Brintle, Council Grove, .436; Montgomery, Santa Fe Trail, .435; S. Shinn, Rossville, .433.

Home runs

Beam, Royal Valley, 8; S. Shinn, Rossville, 7; Stringfield, Wellsville, 7; Swift, Chase County, 6; Orender, Osage City, 5; Downard, Marysville, 4; Harrison, St. Marys, 4; D. Hess, Burlington, 4; Lundin, Rossville, 4; Morgan, Riverside, 4; Robertson, Perry-Lecompton, 4; Thorp, Burlington, 4; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 3; Migliorini, Rossville, 3; Dailey, McLouth, 2; Gallagher, Tonganoxie, 2; R. Hess, Burlington, 2; Klamm, Wellsville, 2; Lamprecht, Silver Lake, 2; Lee, Tonganoxie, 2; Oliver, Wabaunsee, 2; Pacha, Marysville, 2; L. Shinn, Rossville, 2; Sloyer, Burlington, 2; Vandegrift, Chase County, 2.

RBI

Orender, Osage City, 29; Beam, Royal Valley, 24; R. Hess, Burlington, 24; Stringfield, Wellsville, 24; Swift, Chase Conty, 24; Bassett, Oskaloosa, 23; Lundin, Rossville, 21; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 20; S. Shinn, Rossville, 20; Honas, Council Grove, 19; Harrison, St. Marys, 17; D. Hess, Burlington, 17; Dailey, McLouth, 16; Brintle, Council Grove, 15; Migliorini, Rossville, 15; Miller, Tonganoxie, 15; Carlson, Council Grove, 14; Filkin, Council Grove, 14; Gallagher, Tonganoxie, 14; Hodges, Council Grove, 14; Morgan, Riverside, 14; L. Shinn, Rossville, 14; Gilman, Burlington, 13; Klamm, Wellsville, 13; Thorp, Burlington, 13; Downard, Marysville, 12; Miller, Council Grove, 12; New, Royal Valley, 11; Serna, Osage City, 11; Allen, Council Grove, 10; Anderson, Rossville, 10; Bond, Holton, 10; Crawford, Chase County, 10; Fluderer, Wellsville, 10; Higgs, Chase County, 10; Murray, Rossville, 10; Roberts, Marysville, 10; Sample, Tonganoxie, 10; Showalter, Wellsville, 10; Shyrock, Tonganoxie, 10; Delgado, Wellsville, 9.

PITCHING

Wins

Orender, Osage City, 7; Downard, Marysville, 6; Hill, Rossville, 5; Allen, Council Grove, 4; Carlson, Council Grove, 4; Crawford, Chase County, 4; Hammett, Rock Creek, 4; Harrison, St. Marys, 4; Kippes, Rossville, 4; Pemberton, Wellsville, 4; Schreiner, Wabaunsee, 4; Vicory, McLouth, 4; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 3; Fluderer, Wellsville, 3; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 3; Pressgrove, Silver Lake, 3; Stithem, Royal Valley, 3.

Earned run average

Hamm, Oskaloosa, 0.00; Stitehm, Royal Valley, 0.35; Bassett, Oskaloosa, 0.64; Vicory, McLouth, 1.30; Harrison, St. Marys, 1.38; Kippes, Rossville, 1.64; Hill, Rossville, 1.68; Crawford, Chase County, 1.70; Hammes, Nemaha Central, 1.75; Carlson, Council Grove, 1.87; Bond, Holton, 2.25; Gallagher, Tonganoxie, 2.33; Hammett, Rock Creek, 2.41; Davis, Central Heights, 2.45; Downard, Marysville, 2.49.

Strikeouts

Hill, Rossville, 53; Downard, Marysville, 52; Crawford, Chase County, 47; Hammett, Rock Creek, 43; Harrison, St. Marys, 41; Orender, Osage City, 41; Pemberton, Wellsville, 35; Davis, Central Heights, 34; Schreiner, Wabaunsee, 30; Bond, Holton, 25; Gallagher, Tonganoxie, 23; Carlson, Council Grove, 21; Duer, Chapman, 21; Hamm, Oskaloosa, 21; Fast, Perry-Lecompton, 20; Hoelscher, Chapman, 20; Kippes, Rossville, 20; Allen, Council Grove, 19; Lafferty, Royal Valley, 18; Phillips, Sabetha, 18; Pressgrove, Silver Lake, 17; Reynolds, Tonganoxie, 16; Fenoglio, Tonganoxie, 14.

Class of 1962 Reunion

    The class of 1962 will be holding their 55th year Reunion on the weekend of June 2-3, the same weekend as the annual school alumni reunion.  If you are a member of that class,  contact other class members for details.

Jim Fulton Passes Away

Jim Fulton, 81, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Onaga Health and Rehab Center.

He was born July 6, 1935 at Dwight, Kansas the son of Cecil James and Josephine Hammond Fulton.   He was raised in the Dwight and Council Grove communities.   Jim graduated from Dwight High School in 1953 and attended Emporia State University where he played football.  He served in the United States Army and was stationed in Butzbach Germany from 1958-1960.

He loved spending time with family and friends.  Jim enjoyed all sports and was an avid Royals, Chiefs and K-State fan.  He enjoyed gardening and especially growing tomatoes.  Jim enjoyed playing cards with friends and co-workers.

Jim was a hard worker and took pride in his work as a logger and later at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Topeka as an earth mover tire builder until he retired.  He had lived in Rossville, Silver Lake and Topeka.  Jim had been a member of Jimmie Lillard American Legion Post No. 31 at Rossville and Post No. 400 in Topeka.

He married Jeanine Penny in 1962 at Elks Pointe, SD. They later divorced.  He married Barbara Huske Miller on September 24, 1987 at Miami, OK.  She preceded him in death on July 11, 2000.

Jim was also preceded in death by his parents, siblings, Elinor Morgan, Rita Heller, Frank Fulton, Joan Hoyle, Marilyn Engstrom, Carolyn Fulton and Clyde Fulton.

Survivors include his children, Lori (Tim) Boswell, Onaga, KS., Gina (Steve) Statzel, Ft. Worth, TX, and Mike (Kristen) Fulton, Omaha, NE; step-children, Tony Miller, Glendale, AZ, Todd (Kelly) Miller. Surprise, AZ. and Troy ( Laura) Miller, Peoria, AZ; his sister, Hazel Cox, Eureka Springs, AR;  22 grandchildren;  23 great-grandchildren.

 Funeral Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, April 22, 2017 at the Rossville Christian Church.  Interment will be in the Silver Lake Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Jim Fulton Memorial Fund and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536.  To leave an online condolence, please go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

Fred Wehrli Passes Away

     Frederick Wesley Wehrli, 77, Rossville, died Monday, April 17, 2017, at Saint Francis Hospital, Topeka. 
     He was born August 28, 1939, in Holliday, Missouri, the son of Cloyd Henry and Georgia Pearl (Embree) Wehrli. Fred spent almost 32 years of service in the military, retiring as an E-8 from the Kansas Air National Guard. He farmed south of Rossville. He enjoyed Muskie fishing from Missouri to Canada and the Sprint Car Races at Knoxville, Iowa.
       He was married to Scherry Ann Brucker on August 15, 1969, in Topeka. She preceded him in death on May 10, 1992. He was also preceded in death by two daughters: Scherry Kimberly Wehrli on September 7, 1980, and Kelly Pearl Wehrli on October 25, 1985; and a granddaughter: Alyssa Anne Wehrli on March 29, 2005. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law: James Louis and Tanya Wehrli of Silver Lake; six grandchildren: Matthew Wehrli, Jessica Wehrli, Matthew Wagner, Ryan Wagner, Rebecca Wagner, and Sarah Wehrli; and a great-granddaughter: Raylee Engroff. 
      The Kansas Air National Guard will conduct military graveside honors at 11:00 AM, Friday, April 21, 2017, at Rossville Cemetery. Fred will lie in state after 3:00 PM, Thursday, at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence Avenue, Topeka, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Memorial contributions may be made to the College of the Ozarks, P.O. Box 17, Point Lookout, MO 65726- 9986 or Muskies, P.O. Box 5, Hermitage, MO 65668. To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabel.com. Frederick Wesley Wehrli