Vernon Baird Passes Away

Vernon W Baird, Jr., 78, Rossville, KS passed away April 3, 2022. He was born May 27, 1943.

He graduated from Highland Park High School. He was a Sergeant in the Army from July 1964 to January 1970. He was a proud member of the International Union of Bricklayers Local 15 for over 50 years.

He married Peggy L Conger in May 1964. She preceded him in death. He has one son, Thomas Baird and one daughter, Karla Shafstall (Chad). Four grandchildren, Kiefer and Kody Hurla, Kayla Brown (Jeremy), and Annasha Baird. Also five great grandchildren.

He loved visiting local casinos, hunting, fishing and spending time with his grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at the Rossville Cemetery on April 30, 2022 at 10:30a.m.

You can visit his Tribute page at:    https://www.midwest-cremation.com/obituaries/Vernon-W.-Baird?obId=24527935#/celebrationWall

Aiden Baumchen Wins Essay Contest

  Rossville High junior, Aiden Baumchen received a $300 award from Jackson Co. Farm Bureau Assoc. for his winning essay on American agriculture. His entry “Agriculture: Growing A Climate For Tomorrow,” was the winner in the county’s National Ag Day contest.

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Rossville Inv. Track & Field

The Rossville track and field team competed in the  Rossville Invitational on April 22.   No order of finish or point totals for  the teams was given.  

Women

Event finishes of fifth or better include:

100 Meters                  Shayla Rezac               Third
200 Meters                  Shayla Rezac               Third
400 Meters                  Kerrigan Foster            Sixth
400 Meters                  Amelia Foster               Second   
800 Meters                  Amelia Foster               Third
3200 Meters                Alexis Zabala                Fourth
100 M. Hurdles           Ean Haynes                   Fifth
300 M. Hurdles           Keera Lacock                First
Shot Put                       Briar Gillum                  First
Discus                          Briar Gillum                  First   
4 x 400 Relay               Rossville                       Second  
4 x 800 Relay               Rossville                       Second

Men

Event finishes of  fifth or better include:

100 Meters                   Pedro Arantes              Third
Javelin                          Hunter Broce               First

Cherie Gamino Passes Away

Cheri L. Gamino, 74, St. Marys, passed away Friday, May 28, 2021, at the Good Shepherd Hospice House in Manhattan.

She was born November 23, 1946, in Braymer, MO. the daughter of Lee and Myrtle Beam Phillips.  

Cheri had lived in the Emmett and St. Marys communities for many years.  She worked at Ray's Apple Market,  the Wamego City Hospital, Knoll's Travel Agency, St. Marys State Bank and  in the offices of the Kansas City Chiefs.  She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

For additional info,  you can read the complete obituariy at:   Cherie Gamino obit

Baseball Regional Tournament

Wellsville  Regional,  (May 16 & 18) @ Wellsville-Saddle Club Park, 320 Pendleton Ave., Wellsvillec

Schools attending are:  Easton-Pleasant Ridge HS, Kansas City-Bishop Ward HS, Olathe-Heritage Christian Academy, Perry-Lecompton HS, Rossville HS, Santa Fe Trail HS, Silver Lake HS, Wellsville HS

Sofball Regional Tournament

Sabetha HS,  (May 16 & 17) @ Sabetha Sports Complex, 766 N. 6th Street, Sabetha

Schools attending will be:  Hiawatha HS, Hoyt-Royal Valley HS, Marysville HS, Meriden-Jefferson West HS, Rossville HS, Sabetha HS, Seneca-Nemaha Central HS, Silver Lake HS

Rossville sweeps Santa Fe Trail in Baseball

 Rossville defeaated Santa Fe Trail in baseball on Feb. 22 by scores of 11-6 and 4-2.  The Dawgs are 11-1 overall.

Kinsey Perine Is Athlete Of Week

     Kinsey Perine, a sophomore at Rossville High, was selected as the  Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Female Athlete of the Week for Shawnee Countyafter hitting three home runs against Silver Lake.

Trent Gentry To Attend Manhattan Area Tech

    RHS senior Trent Gentry has signed a Letter Of Internt to attend Manhattan Area Tech in their HVAC program this Fall. He will graduate May 12 from the Washburn Tech electrical technology program with honors and RHS May 15.

Judy Sage (02) & Kory Neill Married

 Judy Sage,  RHS class of 2002  married  Kory Neill on  Sept, 11, 2021 

at the Keene Ranch Country Estates with Rustic Barns in Maple Hill

Perine Hits 3 HRs at Silver Lake

      Kinsey Perine, a sophomore at RHS, hit three home runs in their  10-1, 9-8 doubleheader softball sweep over rival Silver Lake. Perine accounted for three of the Bulldawgs' six total homers on the day and also added a double for Rossville. The Bulldawgs finished the week with a sweep over St. Marys, improving to 12-0 on the season. 

Undefeated Rossville Leads KS In Home Runs

From Sports In Kansas:

Rossville currently leads Kansas in homers with twelve, per MaxPreps and other publicly available softball statistics. Ottawa and Wichita Heights have hit 11, per MaxPreps.

Kinsey Perine has delivered a .529 average with seven homers. Vanesa Quinones has a .552 mark with two homers. Kinley Porter has two homers and a .433 average. She had a walk-off to beat Silver Lake. Brinley Dyche, an under-the-radar player, has one strikeout with a .343 mark.

Caylee Douglas (.300 average, seven steals) and Kinsey Perine (12 steals) have ran well. Emma Mitchell has a .552 average and .759 slugging percentage. Ryan Leathers (.333) and sophomore Kiera Barber (.292 mark) have been solid players.

The school mark for single season homers is 10, set by Taylor Kirk in 2014 and Sara Shinn in ’17.

To read the remainder of the long and informative article,  go to:

Rossville leads Kansas In Homers

Max Preps Softball Rankings

 Max Preps Softball rankings for Kansas high schools on April 14.    At this time,  Rossville is 12-0;, not 6-0

1	Wamego	10-0	22.5	6.5
2	Rossville	6-0	21.1	6.8
3	Spring Hill	8-0	19.8	3.4	+1
4	Derby	9-0	19.5	4.8	-1
5	Holton	8-0	17.7	1.8	-3
6	Blue Valley Southwest (Overland Park)	7-1	15.0	3.2	+6
7	Council Grove	7-0	14.8	-2.0	-1
8	Shawnee Mission North (Shawnee Mission)	6-0	13.2	-3.5

Max Prep Baseball Rankings

Baseball Rankings by Max Preps on April 15.  Does not include most recent games against St.  Marys. 

                    Team                                             Overall

1	Rossville	7-1-0
2	Mill Valley	7-1-0
3	Mission Valley	8-0-0
4	Valley Center	7-1-0
5	McPherson	7-1-0
6	Southeast of Saline	9-1-0