RHS senior Bo Reeves has signed a Letter Of Intent to play football for Central Missouri
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Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Kaiden Brown Signs LOI
RHS senior Kaiden Brown has signed a Letter of Intent to play football for Baker U for 2021-22.
Monday, February 8, 2021
Ronald FettersPasses Away
Ronald E. Fetters, 82, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2021 at the Rossville Health and Rehab Center.
Ronald was born in Des Moines, IA. on December 24, 1938, the son of Ervel and Marie Veach Fetters. He grew up in Des Moines but spent his adult life in Florida. He was a realtor/loan broker. Ronald had lived in St. Marys the past several years.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Mara Dene Fetters.
Survivors include his daughter, Jennifer Fredericks, St. Marys; a son, Skip Cameron, in Mississippi; seven grandchildren.
A prayer service will be at 9:00 A.M. Friday, February 12, 2021, at Piper Funeral Home, followed by interment in the Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys.
Caila and Amanda Hill Lead KWU to Win
Kansas Wesleyan pulled out a close 56-55 victory over archrival Betheny College on Sat. Amanda Hill had 10 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and four steals and Caila Hill had nine points, five rebounds and three assists.
You can read the game details at:
https://salinapost.com/posts/74d632ca-7bd8-4723-aae9-66e76df61304
Freda (McCullough) (65)Zemek Passes Away
St. Marys—Freda V. Zemek, 73, passed away Saturday, February 6, 2021, at a Kansas City Hospital.
Freda was born to Fred and June Burton McCollough at Topeka on November 8, 1947. She grew up in the Rossville community, graduated from Rossville High School in 1965, and attended Clark's School of Business in Topeka.
In her younger years, she worked for Victory Life Insurance Co. She and her husband Tony owned and operated Mr. Z's restaurant in St. Marys. Freda was an avid KU and Kansas City Royals fan. She loved her family, and you could find her at any of her children's or grandchildren's events. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys.
Freda was preceded in death by her parents and a son Mark.
Freda McCollough and Anthony Zemek were united in marriage on January 7, 1967, at St. Marys. Tony survives.
Other survivors are her son, Mike Zemek, Topeka: her daughter, Brenda Ginter, St. Marys; two sisters, Judy (Ralph) Lundin and Jane (Bob) Tripp, all of Rossville; six grandchildren, Courtney Beard, Derek Zemek, Sydnee Ginter, Britnee, Ashley, and Caylee Zemek; six great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Thursday, February 11, 2021, at Piper Funeral Home. Inurnment will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in St. Marys at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville United Methodist Church Food Pantry or St. Marys Food Pantry and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536. Social distancing and Masks are required.
Sunday, February 7, 2021
321A District Wrestling
1 Silver Lake 205.0
2 Rossville 169.0
3 Council Grove 123.0
4 Osage City 109.0
5 Wabaunsee 64.0
6 Eskridge-Mission Valley 60.0
7 St. Marys 48.0
8 Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy 41.0
9 Burlingame 26.0
10 Allen-Northern Heights 12.0
11 Oskaloosa 11.0
RHS Boys Lose To Wabaunsee
Wabaunsee 13 15 23 9 — 60
Rossville 14 8 4 17 — 43
Rossville scoring
Kenney 1 0-0 2
Garcia 1 0-0 2
Perine 5 1-2 11
Cooney 2 0-0 4
Sowers 5 (2) 0-0 12
Lietz 6 0-1 12
RHS Girls Get Another Win
Wabaunsee 8 9 6 17 — 49
Rossville 9 13 14 19 — 52
Rossville scoring
Perine 5 (1) 7-10 18
Streit 5 (1) 2-6 13
Mitchell 6 (2) 1-2 15
Rabe 1 0-0 2
Porter 2 1-2 5
Gillum 0 0-1 0
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Lacock and Hurla Place In District Wrestling
Girls Division II District Wrestling At Marysville
Team scores
Silver Lake 88, Holton 73, Sabetha 57, Atchison County 47, Chapman 43, Rossville 29, Concordia 25, Marysville 23.5, Atchison 22, Royal Valley 20, Clay Center 12, Wamego 12, Doniphan West 0.
Individual results
106 — No entries. 109 — 1. Robinson, Holton; 2. Cowing, Clay Center. 115 — 1. Lacock, Rossville; 2. Bahner, Silver Lake. 120 — 1. Fitzgerald, Silver Lake; 2. Hurla, Rossville. 126 — 1. Gross, Holton; 2. Henderson, Silver Lake; 3. Stivers, Wamego; 4. Barr, Concordia. 132 — 1. Rose, Marysville; 2. Hogle, Silver Lake; 3. Rokey, Sabetha; 4. Servaes, Atchison. 138 — 1. Ogden, Royal Valley; 2. Gallagher, Holton; 3. Brown, Atchison County. 143 — 1. Workman, Concordia; 2. Gugelman, Sabetha. 155 — 1. Horton, Silver Lake; 2. Simmers, Atchison County; 3. Montgomery, Holton; 4. Gutknecht, Sabetha. 170 — 1. Johns, Chapman; 2. Smith, Atchison. 191 — 1. Forbes, Atchison County; 2. Poe, Sabetha; 3. Mosher, Chapman. 235 — 1. Armbruster, Chapman; 2. Meredith, Sabetha.
Evan and Abigail Thomas Have A Girl
Abigail and Evan Thomas of Rossville are the proud parents of a new baby girl born Feb. 4 at Stormont-Vail.
Thursday, February 4, 2021
2/2/21 KWCA 3A Rankings
This week Layne Hurla maintained his #3 ranking at 145# and Colby Hurla moved up to #5 at 132# in the 2/2/21 KWCA rankings.
Dawgs-St. Marys Boys BB
Feb. 2, 2021
St. Marys 9 17 18 14 -- 58
Rossville 3 5 10 9 -- 27
Garcia 1 (1) 0-0 3
Cooney 1 0-2 2
Brown 1 2-3 4
Jackson 0 2-2 2
Sowers 5 (1) 2-2 13
Lietz 1 1-4 3
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Jeff Co. No. Boys BB
Jeff County North 7 13 12 11 -- 43
Rossville 11 5 3 14 -- 33
Garcia 3 (2) 0-0 8
Perine 7 (3) 0-0 17
Cooney 1 3-4 5
Sowers 0 1-2 1
Lietz 1 0-0 2
Rossville Girls Get Win Over St. Marys
St. Marys Girls Basketball Feb. 2, 2021.
St. Marys 12 10 19 10 – 51
Rossville 12 23 18 16 — 64
Rossville scoring
Perine 2 5-7 9
Streit 3 (2) 0-3 8
Mitchell 7 (2) 6-6 22
Bergstresser 1 2-4 4
Rabe 5 4-7 14
Porter 1 (1) 4-4 7
Gillum 2 1-2