Wrestling Outlook 2018-19

Coach: Courtney Horgan.
Asst. Coach: Chris Graves

Top returners: Kody Davoren, 195, jr.; Garrett Carver, 160, sr.; Colin Culbertson, 132, sr.; Layne Hurla, 126, so.; Alex Archer, 120, sr.; Zach Archer, 106, jr.


Outlook: Bulldawgs return four state qualifiers but no placers. ... Davoren was 35-9 and went 2-2 at state at 195. ... Hurla was 36-14 and 2-2 at state at 113. ... Both Archers went 27-17 and qualified for state. ... Carver was 21-6.

2018-19 Wrestling Schedule

Dec. 
8.     at Eudora Inv. 
14.   Rossville Duals 
Jan. 
4.     Rossville Dual 
5.     Rossville Inv. 
11-12. at St. Marys Inv. 
19.      at Holton Inv. 
Feb. 
2.     at Silver Lake Inv. 
8.     at Mid-East League meet (St. Marys).

RHS Boys Lose To KC Ward

KC Bishop Ward  23 15 13 13 -- 64

Rossville              19 18 12 11 -- 54

Rossville scoring: 

Sumner           8 (3)   9-10    28 

Reeves           2         4-5        8 

Badura            4         1-1        9 

Brown             1          0-0       2 

Johnson          1          0-0       2 

Sowers            2         1-2        5  

Totals             18 (3) 15-18     54

RHS Winter Formal Dec. 15

    The Winter Formal for Rossville High will be Dec. 15, 8-12 PM.

Wresting Rankings For Dec. 4

The Rossville wrestling team has not cracked the top ten team list  in 321A wrestling, but three wrestlers did make the top 6 for their weight class;
106    Zach Archer  #2
126    Layne Hurla  #6
148    Garrett Carver #4

For complete rankings, go to:
https://www.kansaswrestling.org/rankings

Mission Valley Wrestling Tournament

Team results of the Dec. 1 Mission Valley Tournament are as follows:

1 Marysville 243.5
2 Eudora 126.0
3 Rossville 124.0
4 Topeka High 93.0
5 Mission Valley 76.5
6 Chapman 76.0
7 Wellsville 58.0
8 St. Marys 47.0
9 Topeka West 41.0
10 Highland Park 37.0
10 Perry Lecompton 37.0
12 Oskaloosa 34.0
13 Burlingame 30.5
14 Doniphan West 27.5
15 Wabaunsee 27.0
16 Jeff West 0.0

Following are individual results with Zach Archer, Alex Archer and Kody Davoren winning their weight classes.

106

Colby Hurla (2-2)

106

Zach Archer (3-0) placed 1st

113

Trent Gentry (2-1) placed 2nd

120

Alex Archer (2-0) after 1st round bye and placed 1st

126

Layne Hurla (3-2) placed 4th

132

Colin Culbertson (2-2)

138

Cody Barker (1-2)

145

Sam Twombly (3-2)

152

RL Cooney (1-2)

170

Kris Brown (0-2)

220

Kody Davoren (4-0) placed 1st

RHS Girls Defeat KC Ward

KC Ward    12    11    15    5  —  43   
Rossville    14    17    11   14  —  56

Rossville scoring:  

Paulsen      3        1-2     7 
Streit          2        1-4     5
Hatina        1        3-6     5
Rabe           2        0-0    4
Zemek        3 (1)   2-3    9
Hill             4         8-11  16 
Morelli       3         0-1     6
Shults         2         0-0    4 
Totals       20 (1) 15-27 56

Laverne Zlatnik Celebrates 93rd

Delia resident Laverne Zlatnik celebrated his 93rd birthday on Nov. 30.

3A Wrestlers Ranked

The Rossville High wrestleing team is not ranked in the Top Ten,  but several individuals are:  They include Layne Hurla, #6 in 113 class, Alex Archer, #5 in 120 class, and Kody Davoren, #5 in 195 class.

Click on below image to enlarge.

Davoren Make All-State Team

    The Capital Journal has announced their All-State football teams for 2018.  Kody Davoren made the 2A team as an offensive lineman.  Kody is a 6-2, 210 lb. junior.
    Several Rossville players received honorable mention.  They are Bo Reeves, sophomore, end; Garrett Carver, senior, back; Tyree Sowers, sophomore, back; Payton Catron senior, linebacker; and Joau Livisi, kicker.

Dawgs Lose Boys BB Game

    The Dawgs had a very close game with the Wamego Red Raiders on Nov. 30 at Rossville.  In the closing minutes,  the teams kept exchanging 1 point leads.  With about a minute to go,  Wamego led by one at 43-42.  But in the last minute,  the Raiders hit 5 straight free throws to pull away to a 48-42 victory.


Wamego   11 11 9 17   --   48
Rossville    9 12 7 14   --   42

Rossville scoring:

Sumner               5 (1)   2-4    13
Reeves                 2        3-7      7
Badura                 1        0-2      2 

Brown                  1        1-6       3 

Johnson               1        2-2      4 

Garcia                   0       0-2      0 

Sowers                  5       3-7      13 

Totals                  15 (1) 10-29 42

RHS Girls Lose To Wamego 38-32

    The Rossville High girls varsity team lost their opening game of the season against Wamego on the Rossville court in a contest that was very close until the last couple minutes when the hometown girls started getting desperate which resulted in errors and points for Wamego

Wamego      10   4   9  15  —  38

Rossville        9   8  8    7  —  32

Rossville scoring:

Streit                1         0-2      2
Hatina             1         0-0      2
Rabe                1         2-4       4
Hill                   5        6-7      16
Morelli            3        2-3        8
Totals             11      10-16    32

Jean Taylor Passes Away

 Jean June Taylor, 86, of Silver Lake, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

She was born October 11, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Albert and Ruth (Shellmer) Quinlan. 

Jean and her siblings grew up in the Irish/Italian neighborhoods of East Boston during the 1930's. She was nicknamed 'Quin' in her youth and made a name defending her twin sister Joanie against school bullies at East Boston High School. After she graduated high school she worked in the dietary department at Boston's Mass General Hospital. She was street smart, Boston tough, and Boston stubborn...all traits the beautiful 21-year-old brought with her to Kansas after meeting and marrying the love of her life, Merle Taylor. Merle was a crewman on the USS Block Island and had docked in Boston for a week. Jean saw him at a club, dropped her handkerchief to catch his attention, and the rest became history.

Jean and Merle were married on September 4, 1954 in Milton, Massachusetts, and then moved to Silver Lake where Merle farmed with his family. Jean adjusted to country life and together she and Merle raised five children. Through it all she never let the Boston accent go (you can take a kid out of Boston but you can't take the Boston accent out of Jean Taylor!). Jean operated an in-home daycare for years and then became famously known as Silver Lake's Pizza Lady, making pizza at Casey's General Store for 15 years. Jean's life was full of love, orneriness, and fun. She loved family gatherings and she absolutely loved spending time with her grandchildren and great granddaughter. She will be dearly missed. 

Jean lived for the past three years at Oakley Place in Rossville, where she endeared herself to all. She was well cared for by her children and the caring staff at Oakley Place. She was preceded in death by her husband Merle, her twin sister, Joan Moody; sister Barbara Vesowate, and brothers, Al Quinlan and Walter Quinlan. Survivors include children, Susan (Steve) Tate, Edward (Terri) Taylor, Mark (Jacque) Taylor, Bill (Janice) Taylor, all of Silver Lake, and Brenda (Ronald) Payne of Meriden; 12 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

A Funeral Ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Parker-Price Cremations, Funerals & Receptions, 245 NW Independence Ave., Topeka, Kansas. Interment will follow at Prairie Home Cemetery, 35th & Menoken Road. The family will greet friends thirty minutes prior to service time at the funeral home. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the DARE program in support of the Silver Lake city-wide safe Halloween celebration (an annual event that Jeannie loved), or to the Topeka Rescue Mission.

To leave a message for the family online, please visit www.ParkerPriceFH.com.

Amanda Hill (17) At KS Wesleyan

    Amanda Hill of Rossville is a sophomore at Kansas Wesleyan University and is on their basketball team.    Her bio can be read at: 
http://www.kwucoyotes.com/roster/18/2/8354.php