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Monday, January 24, 2022
Amanda And Caila Hill In KWU Win
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Megan Sue Richey (05) Passes Away
Megan Sue Richey, 35, of Topeka, passed away on January 17, 2022
She was born on October 19, 1986 to Harold and Pamela (Hoffman) Richey in Topeka, KS.Megan graduated from Rossville High School in 2005, then attended Allen County Community College.
She traveled with her family to Branson, Missouri for fishing trips. She enjoyed spending time outside and fishing with her father. Those will always be special memories they shared together. Megan liked to attend both rock and country concerts with her friends and her mother. She spent a lot of time with her friends going to dinner, movies, and the Wild Horse Saloon. Her love for animals was large. She had many animals growing up but grew fond of her dog Princess. That was her baby.
Megan will be greatly missed by all of her family and her friends.
Megan is survived by her mother, Pamela Richey; brother, Richard (Julie) John Deiter, III; half sister, Tammy and half brother, Harold; a host of extended family; significant other, Leon Turner; and her fur baby, Princess.
She was preceded in death by her father, Harold Richey, Jr.; and her grandparents.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Parker-Price Funeral Home.
Graveside Service will take place on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 11:00 am at the Maple Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Helping Hands Humane Society and sent in care of Parker Price Funeral Home.
Girls Wrestling Fourth At Eureka
The Rossville Girls Wrestling Team placed 4 out of 21 teams at the Eureka Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 22, 2022.
Team Placing and Scores
1 Eureka 115.0
2 Burlington 102.0
3 Coffeyville 100.0
4 Rossville 87.0
5 Rose Hill 66.0
6 Chase County 54.0
7 Flinthills 51.0
8 Newton 47.0
9 Douglass 46.0
10 Juntion City Girls 45.0
10 Leon-Bluestem 45.0
12 El Dorado 43.0
13 Erie 40.5
14 Fredonia 39.0
15 Remington 34.0
16 West Elk 15.0
17 Uniontown 13.0
18 Humboldt 12.0
19 Herington 4.0
20 Central Burden 0.0
20 Iola 0.0
Individual Results
109# (0-12) Emma Plantz 2 byes, 2 losses
120# (23-0) Kendra Hurla 1st 1 bye 3 wins
126# (19-4) Keera Lacock 1st 2 byes 2 wins
132# (13-9) Cassie Fund 3rd 1 bye, 3 wins, 1 loss
138# (16-6) Reagan Wonnell 3rd 2 byes, 2 wins, 1 loss
Dawgs Second At Eureka
Rossville placed second out of 25 teams in the Eureka InvitationalWrestling Tourney Jan. 22. The Dawgshad 6 of their 8 wrestlers place in the Top 3 of their weight classes.
The top 5 team places were:
1 Rose Hill 224.5
2 Rossville 125.0
3 Burlington 98.0
3 Douglass 98.0
5 Clearwater 97.0
6 Iola 85.0
Individual Results:
120# 19-8 Mason Broce Third 1 bye, 2 wins, 1loss
132# 16-14 Aryon Klesath Third 3 wins, 1 loss
138# 24-6 Colby Hurla Third 3 wins, 1 loss
145# 9-15 Krew Lacock 2 wins, 2 losses
160# 24-1 Sam Twombly First 3 wins, 1 forfeit
170# 0-15 John McGrath 2 losses
220# 20-3 Barrett Lietz Third 3 wins, 1 loss
285# 17-3 Jacob Carver Second 3 wins, 1 loss
Boys BB Loses to Jeff Co. N. (Updated)
The Rossville boys losr their third round game in the Oskaloosa Basketball Tournament on Jan. 22, losing to Jeff Co, North 45-33.
Rossville scoring:
Perine 3 (1) 0-0 7
Badura 3 (2) 0-0 8
Patrizi 3 0-0 6
Horak 0 2-2 2
Bush 2 0-0 4
Lietz 3 0-0 6
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Boys BB Loses To Valley Falls (updated)
The Rossville boys losr their second round game in the Oskaloosa Basketball Tournament on Jan. 21, losing to Valley Falls 62-46.
Rossville scoring:
Perine 6 4-4 16
Badura 2 (2) 0-0 6
Patrizi 5 (1) 0-0 11
Horak 1 (1) 0-0 3
Bush 3 2-2 8
Broce 1 0-0 2
St. Marys Bears Beat Topeka High In BB
From the Capital-Journal:
St. Marys, one of the top-ranked teams in 2A, failed to pull off a win against a big-school opponent in its first trip to the Topeka Invitational Tournament two years ago. On Thursday, they got it done.
Keller Hurla drew a foul with 4.3 seconds remaining and calmly dropped two free throws to put the Bears up 52-51 against 6A traditional power Topeka High.
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Friday, January 21, 2022
Boys BB Gets Win Over Atchison Co.(Updated)
The Rossville boys picked up a first round win in the Oskaloosa Invitational Basketball Tournament on Jan. 19 by defeating Atchison County 48-40.
Rossville 19 11 6 12 -- 48
Atchison County 13 12 9 6 -- 40
Rossville scoring:
Perine 6 0-0 12
Garcia 1 0-0 2
Patrizi 7 (1) 1-2 16
Horak 2 (2) 0-0 6
Bush 3 2-4 8
Lietz 1 2-2 4
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
KWCA Weekly Wrestling Rankings
Rossville is not in the Top Ten for either boys or girls in the week five, Jan. 18, KWCA rankings and there was no change for the Rossville wrestles making the top 6 in their classes
The only boys ranked are Sam Twombly who is ranked 4th in the 160# class, and Jacob Carver, 1st in the 285# class.
Kendra Hurla is ranked 1st in the 120# class, and Keera Lacock is ranked 6th in the 126# class.
The KWCA rankings can be viewed at: https://www.kansaswrestling.org/rankings
Sunday, January 16, 2022
St. Marys At Rossville Girls BB
St. Marys 9 22 3 19 -- 53
Rossville 11 7 8 17 -- 43
Douglas 1 (1) 1-4 4
St. Marys At Rossville Boys BB
St. Marys 17 27 23 6 -- 73
Rossville 6 16 11 6 -- 33
Rossville Boys Wrestling At Basehor Classic
The Rossville boys wrestling team placed 14th of the 25 teams entered at the Basehor Bobcat Classic Jan. 15.
Individual results were:
120 # Mason Broce (12-7) No placing 2 byes, 2 losses
132# Aryon Klesath (9-12) 8th 1 bye, 2 wins, 3 losses
138 Colby Hurla (17-4) 7th 4 wins, 2 losses
145# Krew Lacock (7-10 No placing 2 byes, 2 losses
160# Sam Twombly (15-1) 2nd 1 bye, 3 wins, 1 loss
170# John McGrath (0-8) No placing 3 byes, 2 losses
Aaron Patton Memorial Girls Wrestling
The Rossville girls team put in an excellent showing at the Aaron Patton Memorial Invitationsl Wrestling Tournament at Wellsville on Jan. 13. The six girls participating brought home one first place, three second place finishes to place 3rd of the 12 teams competing. Kendra Hurla remains unbeaten in the 120 pound class
Individual Placings
109 # Emma Plantz (0-7) 4th place 3 losses
120 # Kendra Hurla (17-0) 1st place 3 wins
126 # Keera Lacock (14-4) 2nd place 3 wins l loss
132 # Cassie Fund (9-8) 2nd place 3 wins 1loss
132# Ngos Hale (2-7) Unkn place 1 bye 2 losses by injury default
138 # Reagon Wonnell (12-4) 2nd place 2 wins 1 loss
James Hagedorn (72) Passes Away
Topeka - James Roger Hagedorn, 67, passed away on January 12th, 2022, in Topeka, Kansas. A Kansas native, James was born to Don & Myra(Brenner) on April 8th, 1954. In 1972, James graduated from Rossville High School and would go on to attend classes at Kansas State University. He would retire from the US Postal Service in 2015, where he met his life partner, Kate.
A
lifelong mechanic, James worked on anything with an engine. At age 10, he built
his first motorcycle. Working for multiple shops throughout his life, he
mastered the ability to fix anything small or large, a skill that would follow
him into retirement. James was also an avid sports fan. He would enjoy
basketball & football while rooting for The Kansas Jayhawks & The
Kansas City Chiefs. Golf later became an active interest as well. Alongside
traveling across many countries with his father growing up, James would travel,
especially going to California to visit his family. He also enjoyed repairing
& building computers.
Preceded
in death are his parents, daughter, Jaymie Hagedorn, and his Life Partner, Kate
Miller. Survived by James are three children; Joshua, Traci, & Brandi
Hagedorn, as well as his sister, Donna Lasswell. Additionally, he is survived
by his two grandchildren; Riley & Evalyn King.