Mission Valley Invitational Wrestling

Team Scores for Mission Valley tournament Dec. 2, 2017

1. Marysville 201.5
2. Perry Lecompton 96.0
3. Chapman 94.5
4. Eudora 81.5
5. Rossville 74.5
6. Topeka West 74.0
7. Burlingame 67.0
7. St. Marys 67.0
9. Mission Valley 65.5
9. Wabaunsee 65.5
11. Wellsville 62.5
12. Topeka High 58.5
13. Highland Park 46.0
13. Oskaloosa 46.0
15. Doniphan West 44.0
16. Jeff West 18.0

Rossville Individual results:

106 - Zach Archer (1-2) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
Rcvd Bye first round, lost in quarter-final, rcvd Bye in Cons 2, won Cons 3, lost cons semi.

113 - Layne Hurla (4-1) placed 3rd and scored 18.50 team points.
Won round 1, won qtr-final, lost semi-final, won cons. semi, won 3rd place match

120 - Alex Archer (1-2) place is unknown and scored 4.00 team points.
Received a bye round 1, won qtr final, lost semi, lost cons. semi,() (Bye)

120 - Colin Culbertson (0-2) place is unknown.
 Received a bye round 1, lost qtr final, lost cons. round 2

126 - Cody Barker (1-2) place is unknown and scored 4.00 team points.
Lost round 1, Bye cons. round 1, won cons. round 2, lost cons. round 3.

132 - Marvin Cummings (0-2) place is unknown.
Lost round 1, Bye cons. round 1, lost cons. round 2.

138 - Christian Madill (2-1) placed 2nd and scored 20.00 team points.
Bye for round 1, won qtr final, won semi final, lost to Riley Tubbs (Wabaunsee) in final.

152 - Holden Hurla (3-0) placed 1st and scored 24.00 team points.
Won all three matches including win over Kennry Hartzell (Highland Park) for first place.

152 - Garrett Carver (2-2) place is unknown.
Won round 1, lost qtr final, won cons. 2, lost cons. 3.

220 - Kody Davoren (1-2) place is unknown and scored 2.00 team points.
Bye round 1, lost qtr final, Bye for cons. round 2, won cons. round 3, lost cons semi.

RHS Girls Rally For Win (updated)

    The Rossville girls staged a big second half rally to get a win over Sacred Heart in the Chapman Irish Classic tournament on Friday night.  They were down 7 points at the half,  but stormed back for a two point win at the end.

    The Sacred Heart Knights trailed by six (39-33) with nearly three minutes to play, but got the game tied on back-to-back 3-pointers from sophomores Ally Cochran and Hannah Goetz.

    After Rossville (2-1) regained the lead on a bucket from Caila Hill, Sacred Heart sophomore Amber Palen pulled her team even again with a shot a step inside the 3-point line with 12 seconds to play.

    Rossville’s Avery Anderson made both ends of a one-and-one with 4.8 seconds remaining. The Knights went the length of the court and got a good look for 3 from Cochran, but the ball bounced off the rim as the buzzer sounded.

Sacred Heart…12…10…  9…10…—…41
Rossville…         8…  7…16…12…—…43

Rossville scoring:
Hill                  10       1-2      21
Douglas            3       0-2       6
Badura              2      1-2        5
Porter                1      2-4        4
Anderson          0      4-4        4
Buhler               0      2-2        2
Kirk                   0      1-2        1

Totals              16 (0) 11-18   43

In other MEL action,  St. Marys lost to Olpe 61-36, Riley Co. defeated Silver Lake 56-36, and Rock Creek lost to Council Grove 41-34.

RHS Boys Lose To Sacred Heart

The Rossville boys lost to Sacred Heart Friday night at the Chapman Irish Classic tournament.   

Sacred Heart…22…14…13…10…—…59
Rossville…         8…12…  5…10…—…35

Rossville Scoring:

Sumner        3 (2)      0-0    8
Morris           0           4-4    4 
Hulbert         1            2-2    4
Daughty        0            4-4    4
Sowers         2            0-0    4
Brummer      1 (1)       0-0    3
Reeves         1            1-2    3 

Totals            8 (3)     11-12 35 

In other MEL action,  Silver Lake defeated Riley Co 65-38, St. Marys defeated Olpe 57-51, and Rock Creek defeated Council Grove 66-48.

KWCA Wrestler Rankings

    In the Dec. 7 rankings by KWCA,  Holden Hurla has moved up to 5th in the 152 lb. class and Isaiah Luellen maintained his number one ranking in 160 lb.
    Silver Lake is #10 in 321A,  Wabaunsee is #9. and Riley Co. #7.
    For complete rankings,  go to:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/rankings

List of Kansans That Died In Vietnam War

http://www.virtualwall.org/istate/istatks.htm

Click on the name and you will find a picture and other info about them. 

Wrestling Team Outlook

Courtney Horgan is the new wrestling coach at Rossville replacing Cody Lambotte after several years leading the Dawgs.

Top returners for this season are: Isaiah Luellen, 160, sr.; Holden Hurla, 152, sr.; Alex Archer, 120, jr.; Kody Davoren, 220, so.; Colin Culbertson, 126, jr.; Christian Madill, 138, sr.; Garrett Carver, 145, jr.

Isaiah Luellen leads the team after capturing the 160 title in Class 3-2-1 A state tourney after a season record of 38-3.  He is a 3 time state medalist

Hurla and Archer each had a 2-2 record at the state tourney and were 27-9 and 27-18 for the season.

RHS Wrestling Schedule

Wrestling Schedule for 2017-18

Dec.  
9.     at Eudora Inv. 
15.   at St. Marys Jeremy Struemph Duals. 

Jan.  
5.    Junction City/Wellington 
6.    Rossville Inv. 
12-13. at Basehor-Linwood Inv. 
20.    at Holton Inv. 
26.    Holton 

Feb.  
1.     at Mission Valley (w/Burlington) 
3.     at Silver Lake Inv. 
9.     MEL meet.

RHS Girls Lose To Chapman

The RHS girls dropped their first game in the annual Chapman tournament with a 51-40 loss.

Rossville…   7…  8…11…14…—…40
Chapman…11…18…16…  6…—…51

Rossville scoring:
Buhler             5 (3)    3-5    13
Hill                  4 (1)     2-4    11
Porter             2           2-2     6
Kirk                 2           0-0     4
Anderson        1 (1)      0-0     3
Badura            1           0-0     2
Morelli             0           1-2     1 
Totals            15 (5)     8-13  40

Other MEL scores from Tue night include:

   Riley Co. 42, Wamego 33

   St. Marys 63, Northern Heights 34   
   Wabaunsee 49, Chase Co. 29

RHS Boys Lose To Chapman

    The Dawgs lost round one of the tournament at Chapman. 

Rossville…   4…  4…  4…4…—…16
Chapman…19…19…13…6…—…57

Rossville scoring:
Hulbert         3       0-2     6
Badura         2       0-0     4
Daughty       1       0-0     2
Sowers         1       0-0     2
Reeves         1       0-0     2
Totals            8 (0) 0-2   16

Other MEL scores from Tue night include:    
 Rock Creek 70, Abilene 52

    St. Marys 75, Northern Heights 31    
    Wabaunsee 51, Chase Co. 40

Ashley Douglas Is Student Of Week

Student of the Week: Ashley Douglas- Ashley stayed after the JH basketball games to help clean up the stands on her own time. This selfless act is a great reflection on her character and the Rossville student body

Alice Smith Passes Away

Rossville—Alice L. Smith, 92 of Rossville, passed away peacefully Friday, December 1, 2017 at Vintage Park in Holton.  She was born at Nehawka, NE. the daughter of Raymond and Christina Waldo.

Alice married William “Bill” Smith Sr. on May 2, 1942.  He preceded her in death on June 8, 1997.  She was also preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Smith; a daughter, Mary Kelly; her brother, Ken Waldo.

Survivors include her four children, William “Bill” (Genita) Smith Jr., Topeka, Jeanette Baker, Hoyt, Walter (Julie) Smith, Mayetta and Stu (Heather) Smith, Pinetta, FL; a sister, Ruth McBurney, Branson, MO; a brother, Virgil Waldo, Topeka; 18 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, December 7, 2017 at the Rossville Christian Church.  Mrs. Smith will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 6:30 until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the church.  Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Senior Center and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536. To read a full obituary or to leave an online condolence please go to www.piperfuneralhome.com

Note:  Alice and Bill Smith raised their family in Rossville where their six children went to school.  Bill was mayor of Rossville for many years.  

Sheldon Hulbert All-State 3A Football

Sheldon Hulbert, senior at Rossville High was named Honorable Mention for 3A All-State football by the Capital-Journal as a linebacker.

Dannefers Help Raise Money

    Claira Dannefer, 12, of Abilene, said she was inspired by her best friend, Dallas Parks, 11, also of Abilene, who had been born with a cleft palate and was able to get the surgery as an infant.
    “She really wanted to help someone else who couldn’t afford the surgery,” Dannefer said of Parks.
    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a baby’s lip or mouth doesn’t form properly during the mother’s pregnancy. The causes of a cleft lip or palate are largely unknown, according to the CDC, but it is thought that changes in genes or environmental factors may play a role.

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    Dannefer went to work in late 2016, collecting scrap metal to raise the money that has since been donated to Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief fund. The $1,346 she was able to raise in the span of 8 to 9 months has since contributed to a cleft lip and cataract surgeries, the purchase of water filters, milking goats and the coverage of shipping costs for items distributed by Operation Christmas Child, an initiative of Samaritan’s Purse.
    “I’m really happy I’ve been able to help other people,” Dannefer said. “I hope other people will be influenced to help others.”
    Someone who was inspired to help was her grandfather, Daryl Dannefer, of Rossville.
    “We’re not supposed to be proud, but I was proud of her,” he said of Claira. “I always knew she had a good heart.”
    Claira Dannefer said her grandfather was the person who gave her the idea to collect the scrap metal to raise the money. Daryl Dannefer said he used social media to get the word out that he was helping his granddaughter collect the metal.
    “I put it on Facebook and it just went crazy,” he said. “I would also go around to people’s houses and let them know I was collecting scrap metal.”
    Although they live nearly 80 miles apart, Claira Dannefer said she would try to help her grandfather whenever she could collect scrap metal during her visits to her grandparents’ home in Rossville.
    “He did a lot of work to help me out,” she said.
    Daryl Dannefer said often the main trash collector in Rossville would call him if he saw someone throwing away something that could be salvaged, like a large appliance.
    “I would haul it into Topeka,” he said. “We were going as far as Onaga to pick up scrap metal.”
Daryl Dannefer said someone even donated a pickup truck to be salvaged. He said an employee of a recycling center in Topeka also donated some money to his granddaughter’s efforts.
    “We were just blown away,” he said. “As I was unloading the copper, aluminum, electric motors, I explained to the man working there about Claira’s idea to earn money for those in need. He was so impressed with an 11-, 12-year-old girl’s heart to give that he donated 5 dollars of his own money to her. There are plenty of great people still around.”
    Melissa Dannefer said she and her husband, Eric Dannefer, have always tried to teach their daughters Claira, Naomi, 13, and Hope, 8, that there are other people in the world who are in need and deserving of help.
    “We’ve been blessed,” she said. “We’ve always tried to raise our girls to know the world is bigger than they are.”

Margie (Lillard) (45) Passes Away

Margie J. (Lillard) Hoobler, 90, died Friday, December 1, 2017 at Rossville Healthcare and Rehab, where she had resided since March 2017.

She was born in Valencia on March 8, 1927, the daughter of James R. and Myrtle Marney Lillard. At age 8 the family moved to Rossville where Margie attended school and was the salutatorian of the Class of 1945. 

Margie worked at the Supply Depot and later at the Auditors Office for the State Of Kansas until her marriage to Dwight R. Hoobler on January 17, 1947. Dwight preceded her in death on January 3, 2001. She was also preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Mildred Wymore and Thelma Short; a brother, Jimmie L. Lillard.

Survivors include two sons, David Bruce Hoobler, address unknown, and Don Eric Hoobler, Mulberry, Kansas; brothers-in law, Forrest Hoobler, Topeka, Everett Hoobler, Rossville, and Arlyn Hoobler, Washington State; many nieces and nephews.

Per Margie's wishes she was cremated. Memorial graveside services will be at 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 8, 2017 at the Rossville Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to the Rossville Methodist Church after the service to visit. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion and sent to Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536. Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.