Dawgs Defeat Wabaunsee Twice

 Rossville picked up two more baseball wins with 18-0 and 8-5 victories over Wabaunsee on April 8.  The Dawgs are 4-0 in the MEL and 5-1 overall.

Wabaunsee Inv, Track & Field Men's Results (updated)

Men's Team Results

1    St Marys    125
2    Perry-Lecompton  114
3.   Rock Creek Senior  108.5
4.   Olpe 65
5.   Northern Heights  40
6.   Rossville   33
7.   Wabaunsee  31
8.   Cornerstone Family  26
9.   Northeast Kansas Saints  6
10. St Xaviers    5.5

Individuals finishing in the top 5 of their event were:

100 m.
     Pedro Arantes              1st
     Hunter Webb               5th

200 m
     Pedro Arantes              4th
     Hunter Webb               5th

4 x100
     Rossville                     4th

Aiden Garcia Recruiting Page

    Aiden Garcia is a Rossville High senior playing baseball.  He has a recruiting page where you can see some of his accomplishments.    https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=982887

Vanesa Quoines Recruiting Page

Vanesa Quinones is a senior at Rossville High and is on the RHS softball team.  She has a college recruiting page at:  https://evo.nsr-inc.com/prospect_detail?prospect_id=206305

Gracie Rahbe At ESU

 Gracie Rahbe from Rossville, Kansas is a freshman at Emporia State University.  She is on the softball team playing infield and pitccher.

Kelcie Kippes At Ottawa University

Kelcie Kippes, daughter of Michelle Meyer and Aaron Kippes of Rossville, is a junior at Ottawa University and is on their softball team.  Kelcie  spent two seasons as a member of the Butler Community College  softball program. She helped the BCC Grizzles to a fifth place finish at the NJCAA National Championships. Kippes was named KJCCC Pitcher of the Week in 2021 and was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll for three consecutive semesters at BCC

To read more about Kelcie,  go to her bio at: Kelcie Kippes bio

Semester Honors For RHS Graduates At KSU

The below listed RHS graduates received Fall Semester Honors at KSU this year. 

Kylee Badura, 
Tatum Gentry,
Victoria Haverkamp,
Parker Kenney,
Hannah Miller,
Kathleen Schuler,
Rebecca Wagner

Christi (Tomson) (86) Spielman Passes Away

     Christi Renee Spielman, 54, was surrounded by her family as she passed away on the morning of March 30, 2022.
    She was born November 10, 1967 at Topeka to Lloyd and Patricia (Olejnik) Tomson. She graduated from Rossville High School in 1986 and went on to attend and graduate from Washburn University.
    Christi married Michael K. Spielman on September 25, 1994 at Sacred Heart in Delia, Kansas. They raised 3 children, Benjamin, Brandon and Katelyn (Katie). Christi was employed at Fork in the Road, Riley, Kansas. She was a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Clay Center.
    She was preceded in death by her husband, Mike Spielman.  She is survived by her family, sons, Benjamin Spielman and Brandon Spielman, Manhattan, and daughter, Katie Spielman, Clay Center; her parents, Lloyd and Patricia Tomson, Rossville; a brother, Craig (JoAnn) Tomson, Wichita; a sister, Jill (Marc) Carver, Topeka; a sister-in-law Kerri Spielman, Clay Center; in-laws, Norval and Linda Spielman, Manhattan; nephews Zayden Tomson; Tyler, Garrett and Jacob Carver; Jordan, Justin, Jonathan and Jason Entgelmeier; and so many more family members and wonderful friends.
    A celebration of life service will be held for Christi on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Evangelical Covenant Church in Clay Center at 10:30 a.m.  Burial will be a private service with family
    Memorial contributions may be made to the Christi Spielman Memorial fund to benefit their children, Ben, Brandon and Katie c/o the  Neill-Schwensen-Rook Funeral Home, 918 7th St, Clay Center, Ks.

Rossville Softball Team Trounces Riley Twice

The Lady Dawgs defeated Riley County twice on April 5 by scores of 11-0 and 17-0.  

Perine homered and had two runs batted in for the Bulldawgs in the 11-0 first-game victory while sophomore Emma Mitchell went 2-2 with two RBI.

Vanesa Quinones improved to 3-0 on the season with the shutout pitching performance, recording five strikeouts.

The Lady Dawgs wrapped up the sweep with a 17-0 win in the nightcap.

Mitchell went 4 for 5 with a double and a triple while Perine went 4 for 5 with her homer and a triple.

Brinley Dyche moved to 3-0 with the pitching victory, recording five strikeouts.

Rossville Sweeps Riley Baseball Team

The RHS baseball team won two games over Riley County by scores of 11-0  and 17-0 on April 5.  The Dawgs are 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the MEL.

Rossville & Anderson Co. Baseball

 The Rossville team split a double header with Anderson Co. on April 1, 2022.  The Dawgs won the first game 11-5, but lost the second 6-0.

Boys Golf At Wamego Inv.

The Rossville boys Golf team competed in the Wamego Inv. on April 5, 2022.The Dawgs finished seventh of eleven teams.

The order of finish for the top eight  teams was:

1.  Wamego                343
2.  Manhattan Chief   344
3.  Tonganoxie           353   
4.  Clay Center          377
5.  Concordia            378
6.  Sabetha                378
7.  Rossville              428
8.  St. Marys             438 

The top four of the Rossville team were:

Jonathan Hart           T18

Mshewe Hale           T30

Braden Rathbun         45

Mauuel Vanderputten 51

Softball Team Gets Two More Wins @ SFT

 The Lady Dawgs defeated Santa Fe Trail 6-4 and 8-3 on Friday, April 1.    The team is now 4-0 for the first week of the season.

Dan Viergever (53) Passes Away

Dan William Viergever, 86, was born at home near Willard, KS on March 24, 1935. He took his final breath on February 12, 2022 - a snow blanketed, blue sky day - following years of decline due to Dementia. He lived in Golden, Colorado with his loving wife and caregiver, Elaine.

Dan grew up in the farmlands surrounding Topeka, KS. Following his graduation from Rossville High School in 1953, he left home, forgoing a football scholarship at Northwestern University, and joined the Navy to serve his country and travel the world. He served as a gunners-mate from 1953-1957 and in the Naval Reserve from 1957-1961. He is a Veteran of the Korean Defense Era. After his military service, Dan worked for the Santa Fe Railroad as an Agent Telegrapher. When the railroad industry began to slow, he chose to start a new career path, earning his bachelor’s degree at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1969 and his master’s degree in Library Science at the University of Oklahoma in 1971. Following this, he was the Library Director at Lamar Community College in Lamar, CO and then at the Main Post library at Fort Riley, KS Army Installation. He finished out his career as Library Director at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, KS in 1999. He is responsible for the numerous, beautiful trees on campus there and mural in the college library. Upon his retirement, Dan and Elaine moved to Colorado, living in both Colorado Springs and Golden and enjoying many trips to their cabin, which he built with his family, in the Rocky Mountains.

Dan is survived by Elaine, his wife of 63 years. They were married in February on a snow blanketed, blue sky day. He is also survived by three well-loved daughters: Melinda, Melodie and Danielle, as well as his sons-in-law Tim, Mike and Sean. He was blessed by a beautiful bunch of grandkids: Drew, Jeremy, Lindy, Silas, Grant and Katherine. And also, great grandkids: Austin, Kyrstin, Keely, Lillian, Mathias and Kaya. His two sisters, Sue (Jack) Flerlage and Sharon (Wonnie) Graves, survive him, as well, and can attest to the orneriness of his boyhood. He will join his parents, Chris and Ethel Viergever, and his brother and best friend, Gerald Viergever, in the here-after.

Those who wish may make memorial gifts in memory of Dan Viergever to:
Neosho County Community College Foundation (NCCC Foundation)
800 W 14th
Chanute, KS 66720
Financial Aid for Students in Need
Memo notes: Dan Viergever Memorial

To view the church service, go to:    www.Facebook.com/covenantpcawheatridge/live