Luellen To Wrestle For Championship

From the Capital-Journal:

HAYS — He was told he might not get the chance to wrestle again.

Forget that. Saturday night he’ll get the chance to defend his state championship.

Scoring a 12-10 sudden victory in Friday’s Class 3-2-1A 160-pound semifinals at Gross Memorial Coliseum, top-ranked Rossville senior Isaiah Luellen was extra emotional. Given the circumstances, who could blame him?

“I got told I wasn’t going to wrestle again,” Luellen said. “Just have to thank my lord and savior, Jesus Christ. I am so glad to be here.”

And he’s right back in a spot that is all-too-familiar, even after a serious leg injury nearly altered his plans.

Luellen scored two technical falls then the sudden victory against No. 2-ranked Scott City senior Jarrett Jurgens, and now will match up Saturday with No. 4-ranked Plainville sophomore Jordan Finnesy.

He knows he’ll have to do better than he did Friday, saying he never should have let the semifinal match end that way.

“Closer than I would have liked it to be,” Luellen said. “Just glad I got the win, and it’s time to finish business tomorrow.”

Luellen is the defending state champion at 160 and now is guaranteed to be a four-time state placer.

But he still couldn’t hold his emotions back following the thrilling win. Afterward, he rushed over to give a hug to former Rossville coach Cody Lambotte, who continues his battle with ALS and is limited to a wheel chair.

“I like to give a lot of this win to him, too,” Luellen said of Lambotte, who coached his junior title campaign. “Just special I can dedicate it to him. He’s helped me so much.”

Luellen carries a 22-0 mark into Saturday’s title match, while Finnesy is 37-2. The Plainville sophomore knocked off Doniphan West senior Zeb Speer, 7-2, to make his first title match after going 1-2 as a freshman.

Jaroslav Sedlacek (40) Passes Away

Jaroslav (Sid) Sedlacek was born on April 28, 1922 and passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018.

Jaroslav was a resident of Holton, Kansas at the time of passing.

Sid graduated from Rossville High School in 1940.

After high school Sid served in the United States Army during WW II.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Jackson County Senior Citizen Center c/o Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.

Basketball Games Feb. 23

Boys game:    Rock Creek 61,  Rossville 29

Rossville        8  9   6  6 — 29
Rock Creek 19 15 15 12 — 61

Rossville scoring:
Reeves        6            0-2    12
Hulbert      2            3-4      7
Sumner      2 (1)      2-2      7
Badura       0            3-3      3
Totals       10 (1)      8-11  29

Girls game:     Rossville 46, Rock Creek 36

Rossville    10 10   7 19 —  46
Rock Creek 4   8 16   8 —  36

Rossville  scoring:Hill            6          4-7     16
Porter       6 (3)    0-0    15
Buhler      2 (1)     3-4      8
Douglas    0          3-4      3 
Kirk           1           0-0     2 
Anderson 0           2-3     2 
Totals      15 (4)  12-20 46

Girls Sub-State Basketball Bracket

http://www.kshsaa.org/public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Basketball/3ASub-State.cfm?Activity=2&WeekID=2903

Boys Sub-State Basketball Bracket

http://www.kshsaa.org/public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Basketball/3ASub-State.cfm?Activity=2&WeekID=2846

Arrests After Silver Lake Chase

Two people were arrested after a police chase ended near Silver Lake.   A car stolen Friday morning was being pursued by various police units until they were captured.   For details,  go to:
http://www.cjonline.com/news/20180223/2-people-arrested-after-high-speed-chase-friday-near-silver-lake

http://ksnt.com/2018/02/23/2-people-taken-into-custody-following-chase-in-shawnee-county/

Isaiah Luellen Ready For State

Isaiah Luellen is just 19-0 after recovering from a serious leg injury that put his entire senior season in doubt. The reigning 160-pound champion skipped the Mid-East League meet two weeks ago, but was dominant at regionals with three pins and a technical fall win.

“I can just see myself improving every week,” Luellen said after winning at the Silver Lake Invitational in early February. “It’d been 10 months since I stepped foot on the mat. It’s been tough, but I’m getting back to where I was.”

The three-time state placer is ranked No. 1 at 160 with Scott City’s Jarret Jurgens (32-1) No. 2. They are on the same side of the bracket and could meet in the semifinals on Saturday at Gross Coliseum in Hays.

3-2-1A State Wrestling Qualifiers

Rossville High has 6 wrestlers that have qualified for the 3-2-1A state tournament Friday and Saturday at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays, Kansas.
106: Zach Archer, 26-15
113: Layne Hurla, 34-12 
120: Alex Archer, 25-15
152: Holden Hurla, 35-4 
160: Isaiah Luellen, 19-0 
195: Kody Davoren, 33-7

George Sullivan's Birthday

George Sullivan is 93 today, Feb 22.

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.”