Robert Gulley Passes Away

 

Robert Vernon Gulley, 62, of Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2020.

He was born November 22, 1957, in Dallas, Texas, the son of Bob Vernon and Margaret Ann (Lemin) Gulley. He was a graduate of Hico High School, Hico, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army.

Robert married Diana Klein on July 30, 1988 in Stephenville, Texas. She survives in Topeka. Other survivors include two children, Cassidy Marie Gulley and Susan Ann Gulley both of Topeka; his mother, Margaret Gulley of Dallas, TX; five sisters, Verna Davis, Teresa (Robert) Young, Judy (Grant) St. Jullian, Pat (Robert) Campbell and Anne (Bernardo) Ugalde, all of Texas; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father; and his brother, Greg “Zoo” Gulley.

Robert loved quality time with his family and animals. He also enjoyed target shooting, Rock and Roll music, spending time outdoors and was a Dallas Cowboys fan.

The family will receive friends from 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at Dove Cremations and Funerals, Southwest Chapel, 3700 SW Wanamaker Rd., Topeka with a funeral ceremony with military honors will begin at 10:00 a.m. Cremation will follow the ceremony.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Croix Hospice, 5835 SW 29th St #200, Topeka, KS 66614 or to American Cancer Society, 1315 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, KS 66604.

To leave a special message for Robert’s family, please click the Share Memories button at  Dove Cremation.

Note Per June McCullough-Lundin:    Robert was a janitor for USD 321.  He was married to Diana Gulley, who taught in the  district for  several years. They lived in Jennie Coleman's place & bought Bennie & Ruth Martinek's place east of the Bohemian Hall before moving to Topeka.

Lady Dawg Volley Ball Leaders

 Thus far in the season,  the following lead the Lady Dawg stats:

Kills:  Bittner 113, Fiedler 103

Digs:  Dyche  172

Aces:  Bergstresser  30, Bittner 22, Perine 21

Torry Horak Leads Dawg Stats

    QB  Torrey Horak is  leading the team in both running and passing after 4 games.   He ran 40 times for 478 yards which is an average of 12.0 per attempt and 119.5 per game.  He is 28/53 passing for 408 yards-102 yards per game for a .528 completion percentage and 14.6 yards/completion average.  

Girls Golf Regional and State

The KSHSAA announced the sites for the state golf tournaments to be played Oct. 19-20.

The 3-2-1A tourney will be at Hutchinson’s Carey Park. The 4A tourney will tee it up at Emporia. The 5A state site is in Salina and the 6A will be played at Hesston.

Rossville's  regional is at Silver Lake on Oct. 12. The field includes, Santa Fe Trail, Council Grove, Hoisington, Bishop Seabury Academy, Lost Springs-Centre, Jefferson West, Osage City, West Franklin, KC Christian, Rossville, Silver Lake, St. Marys, and Wellsville. 

Dawgs Dominate Oskaloosa Bears 63-0

 1st qtr

8:34    5 yd run T. Horak                  PAT Brown 2 yd run
3:42    35 yd pass Horak to Reeves  PAT  Reeves kick
1:09    30 yd run   Horak                  PAT  Reeves to Catron  pass for 2 pts

2nd qtr

11:35   61 yd run  Horak                   PAT  Reeves kick
8:45    22 yd pass Horak to Reeves   PAT  Kick failed        
5:01    50 yd punt return Klesath       PAT  Reeves kick     
2:11    10 yd run by Rezac                 PAT  Reeves kick     

3rd qtr  (running clock throughout)

7:44     5 yd run by K. Brown            PAT  Kippes failed kick

4th qtr

10:30  3 yd run by Trenton Barker     PAT  Kippes kick

Summary

Rossville — Horak (3) 6 run, 30 run, 61 run, Reeves (2) 35 pass from Horak, 22 pass from Horak, Klesath 50 punt return, Rezac 10 run, Brown 5 run, Barker 3 run. PAT — Brown run, Catron pass from Reeves, Reeves 4 kicks, Kippes kick.

Rossville    23   27    6     7  --   63
Oskaloosa    0     0    0     0  --     0

Other MEL scores:

Rock Creek   35   Sabetha              21
Silver Lake   56    Mission Valley  14

 

Dawgfeed # 1

The first Dawgfeed video of the 20-21 school year.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-AO4cpJro

Cross Country Regional Update

 After KSHSAA Classifications were released last week, Rossville reported 177 students and is the 8th smallest 3A in the State. Regional sites and teams were confirmed yesterday, Rossville will be headed to Riley County on Saturday, October 24th.

RILEY COUNTY HS (Leonardville Golf Course) Erik Willimon, Manager

GIRLS - 10:00 a.m.

 

BOYS - 10:35 a.m.

Hiawatha HS, Hoyt-Royal Valley HS, Marysville HS, Meriden-Jefferson West HS, Riley County HS, Rossville HS, Sabetha HS, Seneca-Nemaha Central HS, Silver Lake HS, St. George-Rock Creek HS, St. Marys HS

Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, instead of 4 regional sites of 16 teams in 3A (with 3 teams qualifying to state from each site for 12 total), KSHSAA has decided to have 6 regional sites of 10 or 11 teams (with 2 teams qualifying from each site, still for 12 state teams total). State XC for 3A and 4A will be held at Wamego.

You can find more detailed KSHSAA XC information here: http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/CrossCountry/Main.cfm

Garrett Jones

Rossville JH and Sr High

Cross Country Head Coach 

Horton Cross Country Meet

 In Junior High action, Gabe Fund and Makenna Hensley both ran strong, moving up through the competition throughout the entire race. Each of them snagged a personal best for the season and look to continue to improve in their final two races of the year - Osage City and League at Wabaunsee.

The Varsity Girls finished 3rd as a team in a tight battle against future 3A Regional competitors Sabetha and Hiawatha. Julia Streit led from the front for much of the race, but was caught in the final sprint finish by Hiawatha's Kate Madsen to finish 2nd overall in 20:32. Amelia Foster was 8th, 21:54. Reagan Wonnell 26th, 23:50. Cassie Fund 31st, 24:17. Audrie Davis 36th, 25:01. Keera Lacock 44th, 26:41.

The varsity boys only fielded 4 this week, so did not score as a team, but ran strong together as a pack and had a 13 second spread at the finish. Bronc Reser led the Dawg pack in 52nd, 21:00. Hayden Sanders 54th, 21:03. Wade Twombly 56th, 21:10. Tres Faith 57th, 21:13.

Rossville will head to Osage City next Thursday, October 8th for their final regular season meet before the League meet on Thursday, October 15th.

Garrett Jones

Rossville Jr/Sr High School

Head Cross Country Coach

St. Marys and Rossville Split in VB

  The Lady Dawgs split their volleyball match with St. Marys on Sept 29.  RHS won 25-21, 25-14 but St. Marys won the other 21-25, 25-22, 25-14.  Rossville is 14-4 now for the season.

Royal Valley Cross Country Inv.

 The Rossville Dawgs Cross Country team competed at Hoyt City Park for the Royal Valley Cross Country Invitational on Thursday, September 24th. Covid-19 has certainly made its impact within Kansas cross country, notably with the University of Kansas' cancelling of their high-profile Rim Rock Cross Country Invitational that was slated for Saturday, September 26th. With that cancellation, teams were forced to search for other meets to attend, and Royal Valley's attendance increased as a result. Due to the increased numbers, they decided to spread out the competition by starting each age group separate 30 minutes  apart from 3:00 to 6:30

With temperatures in the mid to upper 80's, this made for a long, hot afternoon of racing. In addition to the heat, the high school 5k course ended up being 350 meters too long, which skewed results and impacted team rankings for week 4. The Dawgs prevailed and competed strongly nonetheless.

7th Grade Girls:  Makenna Hensley -  (15th)

7th Grade Boys:  Gabe Fund - (17th)

Varsity Girls - 3rd place out of eight teams behind Santa Fe Trail and Wamego: Julia Streit (1st). Amelia Foster (4th). Audrie Davis (15th). Cassie Fund (27th). Reagan Wonnell (37th). Keera Lacock (42nd).

Varsity Boys - Sam Twombly (19th). Wade Twombly (50th). Hayden Sanders (55th). Bronc Reser (64th).

Jeff West Girls Golf Tournament

 Team scores

Silver Lake 378, Tonganoxie 387, Osage City 409, Santa Fe Trail 431, Jefferson West 432, St. Marys 477, Rossville 522.

Individual results

1. Smith, Silver Lake, 90; 2. Cregan, Silver Lake, 90; 3. Brusven, Tonganoxie, 92; 4. Davenport, Osage City, 92; 5. Hay, Silver Lake, 93; 6. Tanner, Tonganoxie, 94; 7. Davis, Rossville, 94; 8. Buessing, Santa Fe Trail, 95; 9. Kimble, Jefferson West, 96; 10. Serna, Osage City, 96.  

Leona (Besta) Faulk Passes Away

 

Leona Mae Faulk, 84, of Rossville, passed away on September 28, 2020 at her home.

She was born on March 8, 1936 to Henry and Millie (Kovar) Badura at Rossville, KS.

On December 21, 1954, she married Delbert E. Faulk.

Leona was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting, reading, grandkids, gardening, hospitality, playing cards, loved cooking and fixing big holiday meals for her family, and was widely known for her kolaches. She and Delbert enjoyed camping and traveling. She enjoyed taking care of elderly friends, and making everyone feel welcome.

She was a member of Rossville Presbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Women, Czech Moravian Lodge, and Menninger Bible Study.

Leona is survived by her loving husband, Delbert; children, Marlene (Tim) Coder, Emilie (Mike) Fangman, Dale (Brenda) Faulk, Dean (Oliver) Faulk, and Jewelie (Brad) Ullery; grandchildren, Scott (Ali), Chris, Jennifer (Rodney), James (Deirdre), Laura (Matt), Aaron (Nick), Luke (Jenna), Josh (Abby), Trey (Shellie), Audrey (John), Sara (Mitch) and Holly (Skip); great-grandchildren, Gabe, Ashlyn, Kyler, Kolbi, Evelyn, Breanne, Ayden, Jocelyn, Rylee, Mercy, Avery, Gabby, Karah, Maelee, Reagan, Emma, and Andy; and sister-in-law, Sue Badura.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Millie (Kovar) Badura; and brothers, Henry (Betty) Badura and Leo Badura.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on October 3, 2020 at Parker-Price Funeral Home, 245 NW Independence Ave., Topeka. Burial will follow the service at Czech-Moravian Cemetery, north of Rossville. Visitation will be at the funeral home the evening prior, October 2nd from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m.

To leave a message for Leona's family, click the 'Share Memories' button at Parker Price Funeral Home.

 

Shooter Captured In Delia

 JACKSON COUNTY— Deputies took Jason M. Thomas, 37 of Topeka, into custody Monday afternoon after a detective saw him leave a residence in Delia, Kansas, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

Thomas is wanted in connection with the early Saturday morning fatal shooting of 35-year-old Matthew Pressler  at a home in the 300 Block of SW Roosevelt Street in Topeka, according to police.

You can read more details of the fatal shooting at:  https://www.cjonline.com/news/20200928/arrest-made-in-recent-topeka-homicide

Council Grove Inv. Golf Tourney

 1.  Osage City      203
2.  Council Grove 218
3.  Anderon Co.    218
4.  Manhattan       219
5.  Jeff West         219
6.  Clay Center    223
7.  St. Marys       228
8.  Rossville        261
9.  Center            263

Kayla Davis finished 8th with a score of 50.