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KWCA Rankings For 2/21/18

  This week's 3A rankings are the same as last week with 4 MEL schools in the top ten--Wabaunsee 7th, Silver Lake is 8th,   Rossville 9th, and Riley County 10th.
   Holden Hurla, who won his class in the regional,   is still ranked third in the 152 lb. class and Isaiah Luellen maintains his number one ranking in 160 lb.

Complete rankings can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/rankings

MEL Basketball Standings

Boys            League Overall

Rock Creek;     9-0;     17-1
Silver Lake;      6-2;     13-5
St. Marys;         4-4;     12-6
Riley County;    3-5;     8-10
Rossville;           3-6;     6-13
Wabaunsee;      0-8;     5-13

Girls               League Overall

Riley County;     6-2;     13-5
Wabaunsee;       6-2;     15-3
St. Marys;          6-2;       12-6
Rossville;           3-6;       10-9
Silver Lake;       2-6;       6-12
Rock Creek;      2-7;        3-15

3A Wrestling Regional At Silver Lake

Rossville was third behind Silver Lake and Watahena-Riverside at the 3A  Regional held at Silver Lake Feb. 16-17.
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/page/show/1404948-varsity-tournaments

Alex Archer, Zach Archer, Holden Hurla, Layne Hurla, and Kody Davoren placed in the top four of their weight class.  Holden Hurla and Isaiah Luellen both won first place in their class.

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Guaranteed Places (106#)

• 1st Place - Christopher Gleason of Eskridge-Mission Valley
• 2nd Place - Trevor Ragland of Easton-Pleasant Ridge
• 3rd Place - Tom Vanvalkenburg of White City
• 4th Place - Zach Archer of Rossville

1st Place Match

• Christopher Gleason (Eskridge-Mission Valley) 47-2, Sr. over Trevor Ragland (Easton-Pleasant Ridge) 27-6, Jr. (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match

• Tom Vanvalkenburg (White City) 30-4, Fr. over Zach Archer (Rossville) 26-15, So. (Dec 7-3)

Guaranteed Places (112#)

• 1st Place - Kai Allen of Silver Lake
• 2nd Place - Grayden Jackson of Riley County
• 3rd Place - Layne Hurla of Rossville
• 4th Place - Kaden Dillon of Sabetha

1st Place Match

• Kai Allen (Silver Lake) 29-7, Fr. over Grayden Jackson (Riley County) 17-10, Fr. (Dec 10-6)

3rd Place Match

• Layne Hurla (Rossville) 34-12, Fr. over Kaden Dillon (Sabetha) 37-4, Fr. (SV-1 9-7)

Guaranteed Places (120#)

• 1st Place - Anthony King of St. Marys
• 2nd Place - Alex Archer of Rossville
• 3rd Place - Avery Stalford of Richmond-Central Heights
• 4th Place - Colton Scholz of Effingham-ACCHS

1st Place Match

• Anthony King (St. Marys) 29-4, Sr. over Alex Archer (Rossville) 25-15, Jr. (MD 17-7)

3rd Place Match

• Avery Stalford (Richmond-Central Heights) 29-9, So. over Colton Scholz (Effingham-ACCHS) 16-16, So. (Fall 3:48)

Guaranteed Places (152#)

• 1st Place - Holden Hurla of Rossville
• 2nd Place - Rudy Rodriguez of Gypsum-SE Of Saline
• 3rd Place - Kinstin Juhl of Wathena-Riverside
• 4th Place - Kamden Brownlee of Sabetha

1st Place Match

• Holden Hurla (Rossville) 35-4, Sr. over Rudy Rodriguez (Gypsum-SE Of Saline) 32-5, Jr. (Dec 6-4)

3rd Place Match

• Kinstin Juhl (Wathena-Riverside) 35-8, Jr. over Kamden Brownlee (Sabetha) 29-11, Jr. (Dec 6-1)

Guaranteed Places (160#)

• 1st Place - Isaiah Luellen of Rossville
• 2nd Place - Zeb Speer of Highland-Doniphan West
• 3rd Place - Bryce Garrison of Hoyt-Royal Valley
• 4th Place - Brayden Seimears of Wathena-Riverside

1st Place Match

• Isaiah Luellen (Rossville) 19-0, Sr. over Zeb Speer (Highland-Doniphan West) 31-7, Sr. (Fall 5:46)

3rd Place Match

• Bryce Garrison (Hoyt-Royal Valley) 34-10, Jr. over Brayden Seimears (Wathena-Riverside) 35-8, Sr. (Fall 4:31)

Guaranteed Places (195#)

• 1st Place - Preston Gilbert of Council Grove
• 2nd Place - Gideon Remer of Silver Lake
• 3rd Place - Jacob MacKnight of Wathena-Riverside
• 4th Place - Kody Davoren of Rossville

1st Place Match

• Preston Gilbert (Council Grove) 35-6, Jr. over Gideon Remer (Silver Lake) 29-14, So. (Fall 3:51)

3rd Place Match

• Jacob MacKnight (Wathena-Riverside) 37-4, Sr. over Kody Davoren (Rossville) 33-7, So. (Fall 2:55)

Team Scores
1	Silver Lake	154.5
2	Wathena-Riverside	139.5
3	Rossville	124.5
4	Riley County	109.0
5	Perry-Lecompton	96.0
6	Sabetha	90.0
7	Eskridge-Mission Valley	74.5
8	St. Marys	73.5
9	Wabaunsee	67.0
10	Council Grove	58.0
10	Oskaloosa	58.0
12	Hoyt-Royal Valley	53.5
13	Easton-Pleasant Ridge	42.0
14	Richmond-Central Heights	40.5
15	Osage City	37.0
16	Gypsum-SE Of Saline	36.0
17	Herington	33.0
17	Highland-Doniphan West	33.0
19	Effingham-ACCHS	25.0
20	Atchison-Maur Hill	20.5
21	Burlingame	16.0
22	Onaga	13.0
23	White City	12.0

Drug Arrest In Rossville

ROSSVILLE, Kan. (WIBW) -- K9 Officer Trent Stanley of the Rossville Police Department has been involved in law enforcement since 2008, and with Rossville for over 5 years.

"It's kind of a family business. My grandfather worked for the Capital Police and my dad, he worked for the Topeka Police Department," Stanley said. "Then I just wanted to serve the community."

Officer Stanley says he wants to make a difference in the community and in a small time like Rossville, the impact can be seen when he shows up for work everyday.

This is a small town community that everybody knows everyone," Rossville Police Chief Jason Connell said. "To have the type of caliber of officer that Trent Stanley is, is remarkable."

The population of Rossville may be just over 1,100 people, but that doesn't mean large scale issues don't make their way to city, as was the case in February of 2017.

“It started with me patrolling the area, me stopping and talking to one of the local people in the community and they started saying how there's been a lot of activity at a certain residence," Stanley said. "I just went to someone and worked them as a CI, which is a confidential informant, and started buying 20 dollar bags of marijuana.”

From there, Stanley worked his way up the ladder, from informant to dealer to supplier to grower. That chase led him to a grow in Colorado.

"It was a 115 plant operation, about 200 to 300 pounds of precious metals was seized, 15 weapons were seized," Stanley said. "We got several pounds of marijuana out of the area, cocaine out of the area, weapons of the street. 31 weapons were seized in the Rossville area."

Stanley believes that getting drugs off the streets of Rossville will have an impact on other crimes.

"I just enjoy protecting the citizens and making it the safest place I can for the citizens," Stanley said. "You see more of a impact in a smaller community."

Amanda Hill At Wesleyan

Kansas Wesleyan’s Amanda Hill is healthy, is getting accustom to college basketball and, most importantly and impressively, has found her shooting touch from long range.

Hill, a freshman forward from Rossville, spent a chunk of first semester battling an illness. Just about the time she started feeling better the holiday break arrived, making continuity and confidence tough to come by.

Hill, though, is optimistic her luck has turned as evidence by her performance Saturday night. She scored a team- and career-high 19 points that included 5 of 6 shooting from 3-point range as Coyotes crushed York 79-45 at Mabee Arena.

KWU improves to 11-9 overall, 8-4 in the Kansas Conference, while York falls to 4-14 and 1-11.

Wesleyan led 39-18 at halftime and made it a rout by outscoring the Panthers 29-13 the third quarter. Hill led the way with four 3-pointers the final 3:18 of the quarter.

“Once I hit that first one I thought, ‘Just keep shooting it,’” Hill said. “I was still open so I just kept shooting it. I kept going and just got hot.”

Hill finished the game 6 of 10 from the field and 2 of 2 at the foul line in 13 ½ minutes of play.

“I’m really happy for Amanda, she played really well,” KWU coach Ryan Showman said. “She was part of the extra passes that led to open shots and she knocked them down.

“She was really starting to find that stride (first semester), then she got sick and then we go into break. Now she’s come back and is giving great minutes in the rotation. She is producing for us and that’s what we need.”

“I think I’m getting more confidence each game,” Hill said.

Gabbie Miller had 15 points and six rebounds as the Coyotes shot 39.7 percent (27 of 68) and won the rebounding battle 45-29. York shot 31 percent (17 of 55) and had 24 turnovers that led to 35 KWU points.

Showman was pleased with the third-quarter blitz.

“At halftime I thought we had some execution issues of offense,” he said. “We were taking quick threes, I didn’t think they were great threes and we weren’t making them. If we have empty possessions offensively and then they get in rhythm and make some shots, they’re back in this thing. For teams like that to hang around in the fourth quarter, they’re going to find a way to win. We didn’t want that.

“That was the challenge coming and out at halftime and wow, they answered the call. They got better shots, they made extra passes and they hit open threes.”

Riley County Basketball (Updated)

Boys game, Rossville 61,  Riley County  46 

Rossville jumped out to a 12-8 advantage in the first quarter and continued to increase its lead the rest of the way. The Falcons trailed 33-21 at the intermission before falling to their league foe by 15 points.  Rossville is now 2-6 in the MEL.

Riley County   8 13 11 14 — 46
Rossville        12 21 13 15 — 61
Rossville   scoring:

Hulbert          7            7-10     21 

Reeves           4             1-2         9 

Sumner         2 (2)       1-2         7 

Quiett            2 (2)       0-0       6 

Brummer      2 (1)       0-1        5 

Sowers           2             1-1        5 

Daughty         1             2-4       4 

Badura           2            0-2       4 

Totals           22 (5)    12-22   61

Girls game,  Riley County  45,  Rossville 41

After entering the final quarter tied at 30-30, the Riley Co. Falcons closed with a 15-point fourth period. They improved to 15-3 overall, including 6-2 in league play, and moved into a tie for first place with Wabaunsee.    Rossville dropped to 3-5 in the MEL  and 10-8 overall.

Riley County 10 8 12 15 — 45
Rossville           7 6 17 11 — 41

Rossville scoring:
Buhler             4 (3)     0-0     11 

Hill                  3            4-6     10 

Porter              1            8-12   10 

Morelli            2            1-2       5 

Douglas          1 (1)       0-0      3 

Badura            1             0-0     2 

Totals            12 (4)     13-20 41

This Week's KWCA Rankings

  This week's 3A rankings are the same as last week with 4 MEL schools in the top ten--Wabaunsee 7th, Silver Lake is 8th,   Rossville 9th, and Riley County 10th.
   Holden Hurla in still ranked third in the 152 lb. class and Isaiah Luellen maintains his number one ranking in 160 lb.

Complete rankings can be read at:
http://www.kansaswrestling.org/rankings

Brock Bush Going To Spelling Bee

    Rossville fifth grader Brock Bush will be taking part in the Shawnee Co. spelling bee on Saturday at Seaman High.    For details, go to:
 http://www.cjonline.com/news/20180212/shawnee-county-spelling-bee-set-for-saturday-at-seaman-high-school

Boys BB Team Gets Big Win At Wabaunsee

The RHS boys picked up another MEL victory Tuesday evening at Wabaunsee with an easy 61-29 win.

RHS Girls Lose To Wabaunsee

Rossville lost their Tuesday night game at Wabaunsee 65-46.

Wabaunsee 18 22 13 12  =   65
Rossville      15 11   5 15  =   46

Rossville sccoring:
Porter         4            3-11      11 
Buhler        3 (1)        2-2        9 
Hill             4              0-0        8 
Anderson   3              0-0        6 
Kirk            2              0-0        4 
Rabe          2              0-0       4 
Streit          1              0-0       2 
Badura       0             1-2        1 
Morelli        0             1-2        1 
Totals       19 (1)       7-17    46

RHS Winter Royalty

Congratulations to Queen Maura Buhler and King Zaba Luellen being crowned  Rossville High School Winter Royalty 2018.

MEL Basketball Standings

Boys
                   League Overall
Rock Creek     8-0   15-1
Silver Lake     6-1    13-4
St. Marys        4-4    10-6
Riley County  3-4     7-8
Rossville         1-6     4-13
Wabaunsee    0-7     4-12

Girls
                    League Overall
St. Marys        6-2     11-5
Wabaunsee    5-2     13-3
Riley County  5-2     10-5
Rossville         3-4     10-7
Silver Lake     2-5      6-11
Rock Creek     1-7      2-14

Arrest in Rossville Sat. Night

From the Rossville Police Dept.

February 10th, 2018 near US 24 & Main in Rossville just before midnight. The on-duty Rossville Officer witnessed a pickup truck with illegal tags driving through town. The vehicle was stopped and drug paraphernalia was visible in plain sight. Further investigation revealed additional drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. The pickup was found to have never been registered by the driver, no proof of insurance was available, and the illegally displayed inactive tag was from the previous owner. The suspect was found to be a Fugitive from Justice out of Missouri for 2nd Degree Burglary and Failing to Register a Vehicle. A Shawnee County Sheriffs Deputy responded to assist as a back up officer. The suspect was arrested and transported to the Shawnee County Jail where he awaits extradition to Missouri. In addition he faces multiple misdemeanor drug and traffic charges in Rossville Municipal Court. The tag and paraphernalia were seized as evidence and the vehicle towed away by a wrecker service.