Announcements Video

    The latest Announcements video narrated by Phoenix Thomas was posted on You Tube.    You can view it at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsJvm5DG3w4

FFA End Of Year Video

    The RHS FFA chapter has an "end of FFA year" video that you can see at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7hRAHoxQB8&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs

Softball State Bracket

    The 3A state softball bracket is out.  Rossville is seeded #2.  Riverton is also undefeated and seeded #1.
    The first opponent for the Lady Dawgs will be Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian.  The game will be at 5:00 PM on Thur, May 25. 
     You can see the bracket at:  
http://kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Softball/3AState.cfm?WeekID=2531&Level=11&Class=3A&Activity=4

Regional Track and Field

The 3A Regional Track and Field meet was held at Silver Lake on May 18. Results will be announced when available. The teams attending were:

Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy Council Grove HS Easton-Pleasant Ridge HS Effingham-Atchison Co Community HS Eskridge-Mission Valley HS Hiawatha HS Horton HS Hoyt-Royal Valley HS Oskaloosa HS Perry-Lecompton HS Rossville HS Sabetha HS Seneca-Nemaha Central HS Silver Lake HS St. Marys HS Wathena-Riverside HS

Golf Team Third At Regional

The 3A boys golf regional was held May 15 at the Marion Country Club.
The teams finished:
1.  SE of Saline     387
2.  Pomona            388
3.  Rossville          400
4.  Council Grove 421
5.  Silver Lake      438
6.  Marion             452
7.  St. Marys         469

The top four players from Rossville were:
2.   Andrew Hudson      88
13  Cory Hadsall         102
13.  Fred Schuler         102
20.  Nathan Dohrman  108

Details Of Stephen Snyder (99) Murder

From the Topeka Capital-Journal

In seeking evidence of contact between slaying victim Stephen Matthew Snyder and defendant Anthony N. Darcy, police said they were seeking call logs from his cellphone to show phone traffic between the two men before Snyder was fatally shot May 1 outside Darcy’s southwest Topeka home, a case affidavit says. 

A Shawnee County District Court judge made the affidavit public Tuesday.

Besides call logs, a Topeka police officer sought photos, video, text messages, a contact list and other data from the flip phone owned by Anthony N. Darcy, according to the affidavit application seeking a search warrant.

Darcy, 81, is charged with premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated endangering of a child younger than 18, according to court records.

During a homicide trial or hearing, a police officer specializing in gleaning evidence from cellphones often testifies about whether messages were recorded, who placed and received a call, the time the call was placed, and where the defendant was when he placed the call. Sometimes the number of calls made between a defendant and victim also may be important.

Snyder, 36, was shot May 1 outside Darcy’s house at 3031 S.W. 33rd.

On the day Snyder was shot, Darcy called Snyder saying it was OK for him to come over to the house about 6 p.m., according to the affidavit. Snyder had left a message a day earlier on Darcy’s phone saying he would like to drop by the house to look at it and take some measurements for changes.

The shooting of Snyder was reported by Darcy to a law enforcement dispatcher at 6:08 p.m. As Snyder and his 8-year-old son approached the house, the affidavit said, they were confronted by Darcy, who had a gun. Witnesses said they saw a man running from the residence, heard loud noises and saw him fall.

The caller told the dispatcher he had just shot someone because “he was tired of his (expletive,)” the affidavit said.

Darcy told the dispatcher the unloaded firearm was on a counter in the house. Snyder suffered multiple gunshot wounds, a statement issued by District Attorney Mike Kagay said.

Snyder and an unidentified person had closed April 27 on Darcy’s house, but Snyder had allowed Darcy to continue living in the house for two weeks with a move-out date by May 10. During that time, the buyers were to have access to the house as long as they contacted Darcy first.

On the day before the sale, Darcy presented a lease without the language allowing the buyers to visit the house. The buyers didn’t sign that lease, and Darcy, who wasn’t “happy about them wanting to paint some rooms in the house,” indicated he might back out of the deal, the affidavit said.

But during the sale, Darcy “had not complained” about the buyers visiting the house, the affidavit said.

“Mr. Darcy was not upset about those terms until after the sale,” the affidavit said, and Darcy told someone after the sale “that he was not going to let anyone in his house.”

On Wednesday, Darcy remained in Shawnee County Jail in lieu of $1 million cash or professional surety bond, a jail official said. Darcy’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 23.

At Darcy’s first appearance, a judge appointed the public defender’s officer to represent him after he said Social Security payments were his sole source of income.

Contact reporter Steve Fry at (785) 295-1206 or @TCJCourtsNCrime on Twitter.

Brett Cowdin Into SCBHOF

    Among the 2017 Shawnee County Baseball Hall Of Fame  inductees  is former Rossville High coach Brett Cowdin.  Cowdin coached at five Shawnee County high schools and also launched two college-age summer baseball programs before his death in 2013. He coached at Highland Park, Hayden, Topeka West, Rossville and Washburn Rural, and was the Scots’ first coach in the early 1990s. Cowdin also founded the Topeka Golden Giants and Rossville Rattlers summer semi-pro teams. Cowdin’s No. 14 was retired by both the Rattlers and Golden Giants. Cowdin, a graduate of Topeka West and Washburn, coached 29 players drafted by major-league franchises.

    For details about the complete 2017 SCBHOF class of inductees, go to:  http://cjonline.com/sports/washburnzone/highschools/2017-05-17/1994-t-birds-brett-cowdin-among-inductees-2017-class

   There ;is video of his son, Tobi Cowden being interviewed, and a couple shots of baseball being played at Rossville.  Go to:  http://www.wibw.com/content/news/Shawnee-County-Baseball-Hall-of-Fame-announces-2017-class-422894634.html

Summer Activities At Rossville Library

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3A State Softball

The Lady Dawgs play in the 3A state softball tournament May 25 – 26, 2017, at the Twin Oaks Sports Complex, 901 Twin Oaks Drive, Manhattan, KS 66503,

Rossville Wins Softball Regional

    The Lady Dawgs soundly beat the Silver Lake Eagles in the championship game of the 3A Regional.  Silver Lake had an 18-1 record going into the game.  Their only loss was to Rossville.  But the Lady Dawgs sent a message to the rest of the state that they are for real with a 12-3 win over the Eagles.

MEL Track and Field Meet

  The final standings at the Mid-East Track and Field meet were as follows.

Boys
1.  Silver Lake
2.  St. Marys
3.  Riley Co.
4.  Rock Creek
5.  Wabaunsee
6.  Rossville

Girls
1.  St. Marys
2.  Silver Lake
3.  Rock Creek
4.  Rossville
5.  Wabaunsee
6.  Riley Co.

Softball 3A Regional

    The RHS softball team was seeded #1 and given a first round bye in the 3A Regional at Hoyt.  They then played Osage City in the quarter-final and won that game 10-0 to move into the championship game against Silver Lake who defeated St. Marys in the other semi-final game.  The championship game is to be played Tue. evening,  May 16.

Baseball Team Loses In Regional

    The baseball team lost in the first round of the 3A Regional at Riley Co. to Riley Co. by a score of 9-3.

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