Golden Giants Adding Fan Features

    The  Golden Giants have some major upgrades in store for fans in their move back to Rossville.

   TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A local baseball club is finding a new home and a new app Wednesday after going under new ownership.
    The Topeka Golden Giants will move their home games to Joe Campbell Stadium in Rossville, according to a spokesperson. They previously played at Jerry Robertson Field near Lake Shawnee. The team will retain Head Coach Jacob Kirmer for a second season, and Holton native Justin Rieschick joining as an assistant.
    “Our new branding, along with our partnership with the Rossville community, will allow baseball fans in Topeka to enjoy a true minor league baseball experience,” said new owner J.R. Bond. “We are very excited for the future of fans first baseball in the Topeka area.”
    The move to Joe Campbell Stadium means more features for fans in attendance, including a beer garden, party deck and promotional nights like an opening night carnival on June 4. A spokesperson also said fans can catch games via streaming with a new Golden Giant TV app, which is in development for Amazon, Android, Roku and Apple TV.

 

Girls Wrestling District Tournament

The top 8 places at the girls district wrestling tournament were:

1 Silver Lake 88.0
2 Holton 73.0
3 Sabetha 57.0
4 Effingham-Atchison County Community 47.0
5 Chapman 43.0
6 Rossville 29.0
7 Concordia 25.0
8 Marysville 23.5

321A Wrestling Regionals

Rossville placed fourth of the 14 teams competing in the Regional on Feb. 12.  The top 6 teams were Sabetha 161.5, Silver Lake 133.5, Marysville 132.0, Rossville 117.0, Effingham  80.0, Council Grove 72.0. 

106    Mason Broce (16-9) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

126    Aryon Kleseth (11-8) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points.

132    Colby Hurla (21-9) placed 4th and scored 12.0 team points.

138    Krew Lacock (16-15) placed 4th and scored 14.0 team points.

145    Layne Hurla (23-3) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

152    Sam Twombly (13-2) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

160    Corey Catron (13-7) placed 4th and scored 12.0 team points.

170    Joe McGrath (16-13) placed 6th and scored 5.0 team points.

195    Barrett Lietz (16-14) placed 4th and scored 14.0 team points.

Dawgs At Silver Lake Basketball

The RHS boys basketball team picked up their first win of the year on Friday night, against Silver Lake!

Rossville      17   5   17   6  —  45
Silver Lake  12   7    9    5  —  33

Rossville scoring:

Kenney     2        0-0     4   
Garcia       1 (1)   1-2     4
Perine       3 (1)   5-9   12
Cooney     2         0-0    4
Brown      1          1-3     3
Jackson   1 (1)    0-0    3
Sowers    2 (1)     2-2    7
Lietz        3           2-2    8

Lady Dawgs At Silver Lake Basketball

Rossville    11  4   7   10   —  32
Silver Lake 9 20 15  17    — 61

Rossville scoring: 

Perine            4 (1)    0-1     9
Streit              2         0-0     4
Mitchell         3         0-2     6
Bergstresser 1          0-0     2
Rabe               1         0-0     2
Porter            1 (1)    0-0     3
Gillum           2         2-3      6

The Rossville girls are 2-4 in the MEL and 4-9 overall

RHS Boys Basketball Vs Osage City

Osage City  17 8 15 10 -- 50
Rossville       4 9 11 21 -- 45

Rossville scoring  

Garcia    12
Perine      4
Brown      4
Jackson    3
Sowers   16
Lietz        6

Girls Basketball Vs Osage City

Osage City   15 14 14 9 — 52    
Rossville      10 14 10 7 — 41

Rossville scoring:

Perine           4         2-6     10
Streit            3         0-0       6
Mitchell         3         1-2       7
Bergstresser  0         1-2       1
Rabe            1          0-0      2
Porter           3 (1)    2-2      9
Gillum           2         2-4      6

KWCA Weekly Rankings for 321A Wrestling

     The only Bulldawg wrestler ranked in this week's rankings is Layne Hurla ranked # 3 in the 145# class,

Layne Hurla Up For Athlete Of Week

RHS senior wrestler Layne Hurla was one of ten area athletes nominated for the Capital-Journal Athlete of the Week.   The following was from that CJ article. 

LAYNE HURLA, ROSSVILLE WRESTLING: After winning his second straight Mid-East League title last week, Hurla was named outstanding wrestler at the Class 3-2-1A District 7 tournament at Silver Lake. Hurla, ranked No. 3 at 145 pounds, pinned his semifinal foe before taking a 9-3 win over No. 4 Elijah Collins of Osage City in the finals. Hurla improved to 21-3 on the season.

KWU Gets Win Over Tabor College

Kansas Wesleyan U. defeated Tabor College 50-45 on Feb. 10.  Amanda Hill had 9 points on 3 of 11 shooting and 8 rebounds.  Caila Hill had 8 points on 3 of 7 shooting and also had 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

River Rescue For Dog

 TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Three fire departments worked together to rescue a dog from the Kansas River Monday afternoon.

Two people were walking along the river when their dog, Oskie, took off about 20 to 30 feet onto the ice near the Willard Bridge. The dog fell through into the water.

“She loved the snow and she thought it was solid ice, and it was not,” Oskie’s owner said. “There’s no way we would have been able to make it out there (to get her ourselves).”

The Shawnee County Fire Dist. #4 - Dover and Rossville Fire Departments were called to the scene, and Mission Township Fire was called in later for their expertise in water and ice rescues.

Dover Fire Chief Dirk Christian said the dog was sitting on a shelf of ice when they arrived.

Two ice rescue technicians were able to tie a rope around themselves and wade out in the river to rescue the dog. She was in the river for about 45 minutes, with the rescue itself taking half an hour.

“When you talk about pets, they’re members of our family,” Christian said. “We’d go out there for a whitetail deer. It’s the way we do it - as long as we can do it safe; as long as we can manage the risk and we’ve got the right personnel, and the right equipment, and we got time on our side.”

Oskie was sporting some frosty fur when she made it to shore, but by Monday evening, was warmed up and ready for her next adventure.

For some excellent video of the rescue, go to:

https://www.ksnt.com/news/top-stories/dog-rescued-off-frozen-kansas-river-near-rossville/

Bo Reeves Signs LOI

 RHS senior Bo Reeves has signed a Letter Of Intent to play football for Central Missouri

Kaiden Brown Signs LOI

RHS senior  Kaiden Brown has signed a Letter of Intent to play football for Baker U for  2021-22.

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.