Taylor Kirk (15) and WU Beat PSU

    Washburn U. won two softball games against Pittsburgh State U. on April 1.
    In game one,  Taylor Kirk had no hits in three at-bats and Washburn prevailed 3-0.
    Taylor led the offense in game two with three hits, four RBIs, and scored two runs in three at-bats.  One of the hits was a home run as Washburn won 8-3.  Taylor also had a sacrifice bunt. 

Elizabeth Page Passes Away

Elizabeth Maxine "Betty" Page, 101, passed away Friday, March 29, 2019 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.

She was born June 4, 1917 on the family farm near Dover, the daughter of W.A. and Della Morrow Eddy.

Betty had lived in Topeka before moving to Arizona where she lived many years. After the death of her husband Alfred she moved back to Kansas and lived with a nephew, Gordon and Connie Eddy. She had lived at Aldersgate for several years. Betty was a shoe salesperson and worked for Robinson's Shoes for many years.

She was married to Alfred B. Page at Grove, OK. He preceded her in death on May 10, 2012. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, John and William Eddy.

Survivors include her nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 13, 2019 at the Dover Federated Church. Private inurnment for Betty and her husband, Alfred B. Page will be in the Dover Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dover Federated Church and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

Regional Solo & Small Ensemble

Rossville musicians performed extremely well at the Regional Solo & Small Ensemble today (Saturday, March 30th) in Holton. We had 20 events perform throughout the day, with the following 11 qualifying for State Competition on Saturday, April 27th - hosted at Southeast of Saline High School. Good work Dawgs!

Ava Stipp (Clarinet Solo) 

Taylor Morelli (Clarinet Solo)

Bryson Hase (Trombone Solo)

Adam White (Baritone Solo)

Camille Hoffelt (Flute Solo)

Hailey Steele (Vocal Solo)

Clarinet Trio - Ava Stipp, Taylor Morelli, Meagan Huston

Low Brass Ensemble - Bryson Hase, Eddie Brockamp, Kris Brown, Joe McGrath, AJ Chancellor, Adam White, Josh Borcherding

Flute Quartet - Camille Hoffelt, Elizabeth Schaefer, Alexis Dugan, Alexis Zabala

Brass Choir - Erika Hatina, Kendall Abernathy, De’Andre Sowers, Alexandra Broughton, Tristan Shepherd, Bryson Hase, Eddie Brockamp, Kris Brown, Joe McGrath, AJ Chancellor, Adam White, Josh Borcherding

RHS Choir - Amanda Kengne, Hailey Steele, Haley Miller, Emily Broxterman, Alexandra Broughton, Liam Ganson, Marvin Cummings, Joao Lovisi, Tristan Shepherd, Jenna Rodehorst, Alexis Zabala, Amanda Thederahn

Garrett Jones

Rossville Jr/Sr High School

Band & Choir Director

Bibliography For Bohemians, Moravians

https://www.kshs.org/index.php?url=p/bohemians-czechs-and-moravians-to-kansas-a-bibliography/13535

Kellee Parr (74) Historical Presentation

Kellee Parr will present a program on March 31 at the Manhattan Library. 

For details click on the image below to enlarge.

Regional Music Contest

    The  3-2-1A Regional Solo & Small Ensemble Contest will be at the Holton High School this Sat., March 30.

Outlook For Boys Golf

    The Rossville boys golf team lost 5 players from last years team to graduation.   Chris VanderPutten is a sophomore and is the only returner from last year's team though he is coming back from a knee injury.  The team will be young with just one senior and one junior, five sophomores, and five freshmen.   Greg Marney is the coach.
    The complete team roster is at:    https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2019/03/boys-golf-roster-2019.html
    The boy's golf schedule is at:
https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2019/03/2019-boys-golf-schedule.html

Third Quarter Honor Roll

HIGH HONOR ROLL—Seniors (3.7 and above)

Alexander Archer

Jordan Bittner

Garrett Carver

Payton Catron

MaKenzie Decklar

Dylan Ditch

Kaytlin Dohrman

Elizabeth Foster

Katie Glotzbach

Dallis Golder

Bryson Hase

Caila Hill

Justin Jordan

Stacey Keithline

Kelcie Kippes

Ben Price

Cheyenne Reese

Ava Stipp

Karson Waggoner

HIGH HONOR ROLL—Juniors (3.7 and above)

Calil Andaloc

Zachary Archer

Kaleb Badura

Danielle Bittner

Alexandra Broughton

Kody Davoren

Erika Hatina

Camille Hoffelt

Leah Hudson

Meagan Huston

Andrei Kim

Joao Lovisi

Kinlyn Lundin

Danielle Moore

Randy Morelli

Taylor Morelli

Michaela Paulsen

Charlotte Rahn

Jenna Rodehorst

Mia Sellenmerten

Colten Stalbaumer

Sydney Wonnell

HIGH HONOR ROLL—Sophomores (3.7 and above)

Destiny Bergstresser

Tatum Gentry

Brody Jackson

Parker Kenney

Breck McCrory

Peyton Price

Jordan Quinones

Gracie Rabe

Dylan Rietcheck

Alex Sherer

Julia Streit

HIGH HONOR ROLL—Freshmen (3.7 and above)

Briar Gillum

Torrey Horak

Colby Hurla

Vanesa Quinones

Elizabeth Schaefer

Maxine Smith

Sam Twombly

Adam White

Alexis Zabala

Caylee Zemek

HONOR ROLL—Seniors (3.0-3.69)

Payton Bolte

Marvin Cummings

Cody Dyche

Fergus Grant

HONOR ROLL—Juniors (3.0-3.69)

Callan Bahner

Amanda Kengne

Hiede Magangcong

Rayna Miller

Allison Perry

Emma Streit

Amanda Thederahn

HONOR ROLL—Sophomores (3.0-3.69)

Emily Broxterman

Jaycee Fiedler

Austin Klesath

William Reeves

Christopher VanderPutten

HONOR ROLL—Freshmen (3.0-3.69)

Corey Catron

A.J. Chancellor

Alexis Dugan

Mcgwyre Leathers

Brody Lietz

Amiley Mendoza

Destiny Schmidt

Abbey Temple

RHS and Jeff West Split In Softball

The Lady Dawgs split their twin bill with Jeff West at Meridan on March 26.  Rossville lost the first game 2-1 but came back and won the second 10-3.

                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7  R H E

Rossville          0 0 1 0 0 0 0  1  -   -

Jefferson West 0 0 0 1 0 0 1  2  -   -

                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7   R H E 
Rossville          2 0 0 3 1 1 3  10  -  -
Jefferson West 1 1 0 1 0 0 0   3   -  -

RHS Softball Team Outlook

Coach: Adam Roorbach.

Last year’s record: 17-4.

Top returners: Kelcie Kippes, P-1B, sr.; Caila Hill, IF, sr.; Kinlyn Lundin, IF-P, jr.; Grace Rabe, IF-P, so.; Destiny Bergstresser, IF, so.

Outlook: Bulldawgs were Mid-East League champions last year and return entire pitching staff. ... Kippes went 10-1 with 1.73 ERA and 63 strikeouts, while Rabe was 7-3 with 3.09 ERA and Lundin was 2-0 with 1.98 ERA. ... Rabe also hit .507 with 25 RBI. ... Lundin hit .458 with 21 RBI, while Kippes hit .383 with 26 RBI and Hill hit .403 with 19 RBI.
This year's roster is at:  https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2019/03/rhs-softball-roster-for-2019.html
This year's schedule is at:  https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2019/03/softball-schedule-for-2019.html

Jayleen Farrell (81) Passes Away

    Jayleen A. “Byrrd” Farrell, 55, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the University of Kansas Hospital St. Francis Campus.
    She was born April 11, 1963 at Kansas City. She was the daughter of the late Dennis C. and Delores C. Kolterman Farrell. She lived in the St. Marys and Rossville communities. Byrrd attended St. Marys Grade School, and graduated from Rossville High School. She loved nature and flowers.
    Survivors include her biological daughter, Alex; a brother, Denny Farrell, Valley Center; a sister, Tomi Morford, Topeka.
    A Celebration of Life will be held later. Plant a tree or flowers in memory of Byrrd. Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys is assisting the family. To leave online condolences go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

New Dawgfeed On-Line

Dawgfeed # 6 for 2018-19 is now on You Tube.  You can view by going to:

You Tube Dawgfeed 6

RHS Baseball Team Outlook

Coach: Eammon Bradley.

Last year’s record: 3-16.

Top returners: Cody Dyche, 1B, sr.; Eddie Brockamp, P, jr.; Kaleb Badura, SS, jr.; Bryson Balch, 3B, so.; Layne Hurla, OF, so.; Bo Reeves, P, so.; Kody Davoren, DH-U, jr.

Outlook: Bulldawgs coming off second straight losing season and will be young with sophomores and freshmen making up more than half of roster. ... Dyche hit .412 with 14 RBI to lead team. ... Brockamp went 2-2 with 4.43 ERA and 20 strikeouts. ... Reeves hit .241 and struck out 50 as freshman last year.

This year's roster is at:  https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2019/03/2019-rhs-baseball-roster.html

This year's schedule is at:  https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2019/03/rhs-varsity-baseball-schedule.html

Scott Gillum (86) Retires

Scott Gillum has retired after 25 years in law enforcement, first with the Rossville Police Dept and then the Shawnee Co. Sheriff's Dept.