John Andrick Passes Away

    Rossville—John W. Andrick, 86, passed away Sunday, January 27, 2019 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka.
    He was born June 7, 1932 on a farm near Delia the son of Raymond and Griffie Adams Andrick. John attended Delia schools. He served in the United States Army.
    He had lived in the Delia, Dover and Rossville communities all of his life. John was an earthmover tire builder at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Topeka, retiring in July 1994. He was a farmer and stockman. John had worked at the grain elevator in Willard and did carpenter work in and around Rossville. He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville. His first love was his family, and fishing with the kids with the farm being close behind.
    He was preceded in death by his parents; three infant sisters and sisters, Leorna Darting, Wauenta Darting and Dorothy Redmon; a son, Terry on March 29, 1998 and a grandson, David on June 18, 2012.
    On September 9, 1956 he was united in marriage to Isla R. Parnell in Seneca. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Janice Andrick and Brenda (Rod) Brown all of Rossville; a son, Ron (Alice) Andrick, Topeka; a sister, Genevieve (Don) Jacobson, Rossville; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery with Military services by Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until service time Saturday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice House and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

Lady Dawgs Lose To Perry-Lecompton

Third game for 5th place at the Oskaloosa Tournament on Jan. 26.

Perry-Lecompton     18  14  17    7  —  56

Rossville                   14  12   9    8  —  43

Rossville   scoring
Paulsen          1        2-2      4
Streit              1        0-2      2
Rodehorst      1 (1)  0-0      3
Bergstresser   2        1-4      5
Rabe               1        3-4     7
Zemek            2 (1)  2-2      7
Morelli           5        3-5    13
Gillum            0        1-4     1
Shultz             0        1-2     1

Class of 1969 Reunion

The class of 1969 is having their 50th reunion in August 2019.  They want to invite teachers from 1969 but need contact info the the following teachers:  Send any into to frank.ruff@juno.com

Jim Atkisson
Chet Duncan
Les Hallmark
Larry McGee
Preston Pierce
Jim Ready
Sue Richardson
Don Willits

They would  also like to contact two classmates who moved before graduating : Norm Keim and George Grose

Fredonia Wrestling Tourney

    The Dawgs were loose once again after being sidelined for two weeks since the Bobcat Classic of Jan. 10-12.   
    Rossville had three wrestlers place first (Zach Archer, Alex Archer, Layne Hurla) and Kody Davoren came in 2nd in the Fredonia Tournament on Jan.25-26.  Teams invited per the KWCA wedsite include:  Bluestem, Caney Valley, Central-Burden,  Ell-Saline, Erie, Flint Hills, Fredonia, Humboldt, Parsons, Perry Lecompton, Shawnee Mission South, West Elk, Valley Center JV, Campus, Cherokee-SE.  
    Top 5 teams of the 31 competing were:
    1)  Campus      264
    2)  Winfield     163
    3)  Fredonia    162.5
    4)  Rossville    133
    5)  Perry Lec.  126

     More details for each RHS wrestler are below.

106
Zach Archer (21-4) placed 1st and scored 26.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Zach Archer (Rossville) 21-4 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Zach Archer (Rossville) 21-4 won by fall over Josiah Knoll (Brookville-Ell-Saline) 7-13 (Fall 0:29)
Semifinal - Zach Archer (Rossville) 21-4 won by decision over Dylan Sheler (Campus) 25-9 (Dec 5-4)
1st Place Match - Zach Archer (Rossville) 21-4 won by fall over Jake Stanton (Caney Valley High School) 21-3 (Fall 1:23)

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106
Colby Hurla (8-10) place is unknown.
Champ. Round 1 - Drayton Kennedy (Erie High School) 16-13 won by decision over Colby Hurla (Rossville) 8-10 (Dec 4-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Colby Hurla (Rossville) 8-10 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Josiah Knoll (Brookville-Ell-Saline) 7-13 won by decision over Colby Hurla (Rossville) 8-10 (Dec 12-5)

113
Trent Gentry (16-10) placed 4th and scored 14.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Trent Gentry (Rossville) 16-10 won by fall over Nate Thompson (Erie High School) 18-10 (Fall 0:13)
Semifinal - Kale McCracken (Campus) 29-0 won by fall over Trent Gentry (Rossville) 16-10 (Fall 1:01)
Cons. Semi - Trent Gentry (Rossville) 16-10 won by fall over Mason Bahnmaier (Perry-Lecompton) 8-9 (Fall 4:08)
3rd Place Match - Ben Carver (Valley Center High School) 18-10 won by decision over Trent Gentry (Rossville) 16-10 (Dec 9-2)

120
Alex Archer (19-4) placed 1st and scored 22.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Alex Archer (Rossville) 19-4 won by fall over Wyatt Ford (Erie High School) 5-9 (Fall 0:54)
Semifinal - Alex Archer (Rossville) 19-4 won by decision over Elijah Collins (Burlingame) 12-8 (Doec 7-1)
1st Place Match - Alex Archer (Rossville) 19-4 won by decision over Hunter Reddick (Fredonia High School) 16-4 (Dec 11-9)

126
Layne Hurla (23-7) placed 1st and scored 25.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Layne Hurla (Rossville) 23-7 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Layne Hurla (Rossville) 23-7 won by decision over Tayton Donham (Winfield) 11-19 (Dec 11-5)
Semifinal - Layne Hurla (Rossville) 23-7 won by major decision over Bricetin Wedel (Campus) 4-7 (MD 8-0)
1st Place Match - Layne Hurla (Rossville) 23-7 won by fall over Taylor Parrett (Campus) 13-15 (Fall 5:46)

132
Colin Culbertson (11-10) placed 4th and scored 14.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Colin Culbertson (Rossville) 11-10 won by fall over Dagen VanBuren (West Elk High School) 3-20 (Fall 0:29)
Semifinal - Isaac Jennings (Fredonia High School) 20-6 won by major decision over Colin Culbertson (Rossville) 11-10 (MD 10-
0)
Cons. Semi - Colin Culbertson (Rossville) 11-10 won by fall over John Heckman (Burlingame) 5-9 (Fall 3:46)
3rd Place Match - Derek Sheler (Campus) 11-8 won by major decision over Colin Culbertson (Rossville) 11-10 (MD 14-0)

138
Sam Twombly (19-10) placed 6th and scored 9.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Sam Twombly (Rossville) 19-10 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Sam Twombly (Rossville) 19-10 won by fall over Adam Atwell (Iola) 12-11 (Fall 0:47)
Semifinal - Thad Metcalfe (Perry-Lecompton) 16-7 won by decision over Sam Twombly (Rossville) 19-10 (Dec 9-5)
Cons. Semi - Kylar Poort (Campus) 4-4 won by decision over Sam Twombly (Rossville) 19-10 (Dec 4-2)
5th Place Match - Seth Renfro (Shawnee Mission South) 11-12 won by fall over Sam Twombly (Rossville) 19-10 (Fall 1:50)

145
Corey Catron (5-7) place is unknown and scored 3.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Corey Catron (Rossville) 5-7 won by major decision over Colton Smith (Flinthills) 2-9 (MD 17-4)
Quarterfinal - Parker Smith (Winfield) 12-14 won by major decision over Corey Catron (Rossville) 5-7 (MD 11-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Mitchell Root (Perry-Lecompton) 4-8 won by fall over Corey Catron (Rossville) 5-7 (Fall 4:04)

152
Joe McGrath (0-2) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Gavin Wolken (Anderson County) 7-7 won by fall over Joe McGrath (Rossville) 0-2 (Fall 3:40)
Cons. Round 1 - Anotonio Tanguma (Valley Center High School) 2-2 won by decision over Joe McGrath (Rossville) 0-2 (Dec 5-4)

195
Kody Davoren (21-4) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.
Quarterfinal - Kody Davoren (Rossville) 21-4 won by fall over River Walkingstick (Campus) 0-2 (Fall 2:45)
Semifinal - Kody Davoren (Rossville) 21-4 won by fall over Cyrus McCoy (Perry-Lecompton) 5-3 (Fall 3:05)
1st Place Match - Brycen Schroeder (Campus) 24-4 won by decision over Kody Davoren (Rossville) 21-4 (Dec 13-6

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

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

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;

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.

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

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.

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