Rossville KS Alumni News

This blog is for posting all news of Rossville residents and Rossville High alumni. Bookmark this page and send any appropriate news (births, deaths, engagements, marriages, anniversaries, job changes, honors, etc.) items to: Frank.Ruff@juno.com . Feel free to add comments to any of the articles. Check this site often because I sometimes delete items. There are SEARCH (top left of page) and LINK (bottom of page) features. For photos, see link at bottom.

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Helen Simpson Passes Away

Helen Marie Simpson, 90, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2019.

On November 27, 1948, she married Thomas "Shorty" M. Simpson. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by two sons, John Noel Simpson and Joel Richard Simpson, daughter, Alice Louise Johnson and four siblings.

She is survived by three children, Daniel Simpson, Rossville; Margaret "Peggy" Woehr (Gerald), Overbrook and Eileen Langley (Larry), Topeka; one sister, Donna Hale, Montrose, CO; 19 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Monday, January 28, 2019 at Parker-Price Funeral Home, followed by a reception at the Parker-Price Reception Center. Interment will be held at Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Aldersgate Good Samaritan Fund or Aldersgate Employee Christmas Fund, 7220 SW Asbury Dr., Topeka, KS 66614. To leave a message for the family online, please visit www.ParkerPriceFH.com.

RHS Girls Defeat Oskaloosa

The Lady Dawgs won their second round game in the Jeff Co. No. Invitational on March 25.

Oskaloosa 8 8 8 9 — 33
Rossville 14 12 10 10 — 46

Rossville scoring
Paulsen 1 1-4 3
Rodehorst 0 2-2 2
Rabe 1 1-3 3
Zemek 3 3-4 9
Hill 8 0-0 16
Morelli 5 1-3 11
Shultz 0 0-2 0

Friday, January 25, 2019

Water Bills On Line

City of Rossville is now able to email water bill notices to customers who sign up for this service. You can go completely paperless or opt to receive both emailed and mailed copy of bill. To sign up for this service complete sign up form.

In addition the City is now able to send text messages to residents with alerts about important issues such as city-wide shutoffs, broken lines, etc. To sign up for this service complete text messaging portion of the sign up form.

Lady Dawgs Lose To Atch. Co.

Rossville 6 4 9 10 — 29
Atchison County 12 12 18 3 — 45

Rossville scoring:

Streit 1 (1) 0-0 3
Rodehorst 1 0-0 2
Rabe 3 0-1 6
Hill 4 1-2 9
Morelli 3 (1) 0-0 7
Shultz 1 0-0 2

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Area Wrestling Honor Roll

106 — Koppes, Clay Center, 23-1; K. Stroda, Abilene, 21-12; M. Scholz, Atchison County, 20-2; Sontag, Tonganoxie, 20-3; Green, Baldwin, 20-6; Ragland, Pleasant Ridge, 19-5; Z. Archer, Rossville, 18-4; J. Barnes, Holton, 18-5; Rodgers, Council Grove, 18-8

113 — W. Stroda, Abilene, 28-3; VanValkenburg, White City, 26-2; Taylor, Manhattan, 26-5; Thelwell, Riley County, 16-5; Ju. Rakestraw, Silver Lake, 16-11; Kalivoda, Clay Center, 15-10; Elliott, Wellsville, 14-4; Gentry, Rossville, 14-8; Anguish, Concordia, 14-9

120 — Rowe, Santa Fe Trail, 28-3; Sauder, Manhattan, 25-12; Rogers, Chase County, 23-5; Johnson, Council Grove, 20-1; Ev. Totty, Burlington, 20-2; Novotny, Marysville, 17-6; A. Archer, Rossville, 16-4; Page, Atchison County, 14-5; Wilburn, Pleasant Ridge, 11-3

126 — Allen, Silver Lake, 22-4; Crownover, Marysville, 20-4; Hurla, Rossville, 20-7; Creach, Ottawa, 19-1; Co. Bacon, Council Grove, 18-6; Fincher, Free State, 17-2; Berkenmeier, Burlington, 17-7

138 — Crome, Marysville, 22-3; Mitchell, Manhattan, 21-14; Knitter, Clay Center, 19-8; Greenfield, Santa Fe Trail, 18-5; Twombly, Rossville, 18-7; Randles, Abilene, 18-113.

195 — Houston, Manhattan, 23-8; Champoux, Marysville, 21-0; Remer, Silver Lake, 20-6; Adeleye, Junction City, 19-2; Davoren, Rossville, 19-3; Gagnon, Council Grove, 18-9; D. Harvey, Chapman, 17-5; Ferguson, Ottawa, 16-1; Baker, Emporia, 15-5;

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Archer And Davoren Ranked

This week's KWCA 321A Top Ten Rankings do not include Rossville High. Not only did Rossville drop out of the Top Ten, but Alex Archer dropped out of the top six for his weight class. Zach Archer is ranked #2 in the 106 class and Kody Davoren is ranked #4 in the 195 class.

Monday, January 21, 2019

Rossville High 1st Semester Honor Roll

HIGH HONOR ROLL—Seniors (3.7 and above)

Alexander Archer

Derek Balch

Jordan Bittner

Payton Bolte

Garrett Carver

Colin Culbertson

Marvin Cummings

MaKenzie Decklar

Dylan Ditch

Kaytlin Dohrman

Cody Dyche

Katie Glotzbach

Caila Hill

Stacey Keithline

Kelcie Kippes

Cheyenne Reese

Ava Stipp

Karson Waggoner

HIGH HONOR ROLL—Juniors (3.7 and above)

Calil Andaloc

Zachary Archer

Kaleb Badura

Danielle Bittner

Lika Botchorishvili

Kody Davoren

Erika Hatina

Camille Hoffelt

Leah Hudson

Meagan Huston

Amanda Kengne

Andrei Kim

Joao Lovisi

Kinlyn Lundin

Hiede Magangcong

Rayna Miller

Randy Morelli

Taylor Morelli

Michaela Paulsen

Charlotte Rahn

Jenna Rodehorst

Mia Sellenmerten

Colten Stalbaumer

Emma Streit

Sydney Wonnell

HIGH HONOR ROLL—Sophomores (3.7 and above)

Destiny Bergstresser

Jaycee Fiedler

Tatum Gentry

Madison Horgan

Brody Jackson

Parker Kenney

Breck McCrory

Peyton Price

Jordan Quinones

Gracie Rabe

William Reeves

Dylan Rietcheck

Alex Sherer

Julia Streit

Christopher VanderPutten

HIGH HONOR ROLL—Freshmen (3.7 and above)

A.J. Chancellor

Briar Gillum

Torrey Horak

Colby Hurla

Vanesa Quinones

Elizabeth Schaefer

Adam White

Alexis Zabala

Caylee Zemek

HONOR ROLL—Seniors (3.0-3.69)

Payton Catron

Brock Dick

Fergus Grant

Bryson Hase

HONOR ROLL—Juniors (3.0-3.69)

Callan Bahner

Alexandra Broughton

Greg Cooney

Allison Perry

Mary Shults

Amanda Thederahn

HONOR ROLL—Sophomores (3.0-3.69)

Cody Barker

Emily Borxterman

Layne Hurla

Garret Minihan

Girls Basketball Stat Leaders

Stats for the RHS girls basketball team for their first 10 games of 2018-2019.

Name Pts FG% FT% Reb.
Caila Hill 153 37.6 63.4 106
Taylor Morelli 58 31.3 54.2 65
Caylee Zemek 45 38.9 50.0 24
Julia Streit 45 29.1 39.1 15
Erika Hatina 29 57.1 45.5 30
Gracie Rabe 29 26.0 59.2 23

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Jeff. Co. No. Girls BB Inv.

JEFFERSON NORTH INVITATIONAL Girls Basketball

Games Tuesday — High school: Jefferson North vs. Perry-Lecompton, 6 p.m.; Cornernstone vs. Valley Falls, 7:30 p.m.; Middle school: Atchison County vs. Rossville, 6 p.m.; Pleasant Ridge vs. Oskaloosa, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday games were rescheduled for Thursday evening.

Games Friday — High school: Jefferson North-Perry-Lecompton winner vs. Cornerstone-Valley Falls winner, 6 p.m.; Pleasant Ridge-Oskaloosa winner vs. Atchison County-Rossville winner, 7:30 p.m.; Middle school: Consolation semifinals, 6 & 7:30 p.m.

Games Saturday — Championship, 4:30 p.m.; Third place, 3 p.m.; Fifth place, 1:30 p.m.; Seventh place, noon.

Saturday, January 19, 2019

W/L Records of RHS Wrestlers

No tournament for the Dawgs this weekend. Below are Win-Loss records of those Dawgs that participated in the Bobcat Classic last weekend along with their grade level.

106  Archer, Zach 11 15-1
120  Archer, Alex   12 14-2
126  Hurla, Layne 10 16-4
132  Culbertson, Colin  12 9-6
138  Twombly, Sam   9 16-5
145  Barker, Cody 10 2-4
152  House, Brett   12 7-4
160  Carver, Garrett   12 6-1
170  Brown, Kris    10 7-8
195  Davoren, Kody   11 15-1

Friday, January 18, 2019

Dawgs Lose to Valley Falls

Valley Falls defeated the Dawgs for third place in the Oskaloosa Invitational Basketball Tournament on Fri., Jan 18. Valley Falls lead at the half 37-22, were up 58-32 after three periods and ended up as 67-43 victors.

Valley Falls 14 23 21 9 — 67
Rossville 12 10 10 11 — 43