Rossville sophomore Jack Donovan scored 20 points last Thursday night as the Bulldawgs rolled to a 75-43 win over Valley Heights. [File photo/TSN]
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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Boy's and Girl's Wrestling Rankings
The latest wresting rankings of Jan. 16 for 321A Boys has Paxton Willet at # 4 in 165 # and Barret Lietz at #5 in 215 #. Rossville is not among the Top Ten Teams in Kansas.
The girls team ranks # 2 in 4-1A Wrestling. Keera Lacock and Kendra Hurla maintain their #1 and undefeated records. Hayley Horton is ranked number 4 in 155# class
Dolly (Degraff) Heiland Passes Away
Dolly A. Heiland (DeGraff) passed away at the age of 100 on Friday, January 12, 2024 at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kansas.
Dolly was born in Rossville, KS at home to Charles E. and Alice C. (Stum) DeGraff, one of 8 girls and 5 boys. She was born on October 13, 1923 along with her twin, Doris Mohler.
She attended Willard, Rossville, and Silver Lake schools, where she and Doris played basketball and were affectionately called Pete and Repeat.
On March 18, 1946 she married Harley D. Heiland. Together they shared over 50 years of marriage until his death on July 30, 1996. Together they raised their two children, Kenneth L. and Sandra K.
Dolly spent her entire life on the farm west of Rossville where she worked alongside Harley. Together they also gardened and canned all that of which they didn’t give away. The spent time traveling over the years. The American Legion was one of the places they enjoyed going for Saturday night dances.
She enjoyed crocheting and many people probably have an afghan or two that she gave as gifts or won at raffles. She was also knowns for her famous banana bread and cinnamon rolls. She would bake for those in her community.
Monday, January 15, 2024
Girls Wrestling Jan 13 at Aaron Patton Mermorial
Rossville finished 4th of 19 schools competing.
115 # Keera Lacock (22-0) finished first and earned 23 pts
120 # Kendra Hurla (20-0) Finished 1st and earned 23.5 pts
125 # Shayla Rezac (13-13) won 1 of 3 matches but did not place and received 3 points.
145 # Madelyn (21-10) won 2 of 3 matches and placed 2nd earning 18 points
155 # Hailey Horton (18-3) placed first and earned 22 points.
Boys Wrestling Jan 13 At Bobcat Classic
Rossville sent 7 wrestlers to compete in the Bobcat Classic on Jan. 13. There were 35 schools competing
113# Kelton Lacock (13-11) did not place
120# Remi Drogemeier (15-8) did not place but earned 2 points
144 # Seth Basemore (1-8) did not place
165# Jordon Johnson (0-4) did not place
175# John McGrath (3-19) did not place
190 Charles Chance (2-14) did not place
215 Barret Lietz placed 7th and scored 13 points
1-3A Boys Wrestling Rankings
In the latest KWCA rankings of Jan 9, Paxton Willett is ranked #4 in the 165 # Class and Barrett Lietz is ranked #5 for the 215 # Class
Saturday, January 13, 2024
1-4A Girls Wrestling Rankings
The top three schools in 1-4 A as of Jan. 9 are:
1. Oakley
2. Rossville
3. Pratt
Keera Lacock and Kendra Hurla are ranked #1 in their classes.
Hayley Horton is #6 in the 155# class
3A Girls Basketball Rankings Jan 9, 2024
3A Girls Basketball Rankings Jan 9, 2024
1 Silver Lake
2 Topeka - Hayden
3 Hesston
4 Rossville
5 Halstead
6 Seneca-Nemaha Central
7 Goodland
8 Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail
9 Colby
10 Cheney
Friday, January 12, 2024
Valley Heights At Rossville Basketball
The RHS girls won 66-41 on Jan. 11, 2024 at Rossville
Scoring:
Dick 18
Burdiek 17
Perine 9
Spielman 8
Mitchell 8
Haehn 4
Porter 2
The RHS boys won 75-42 on Jan 11.
Scoring
Donovan 22
Badura 16
Horak 12
Jones 12
Millere 6
Mildren 4
McDowell 3
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
CJ Article About Rossville Girl Wrestlers
The below article has a lot of nice information about the Rossville girl's wrestling team. Laccock, Hurla and Horton just keep winning and dominate their weight classes.
Monday, January 8, 2024
Halley Horton Up For Athlete of Week
RHS senior Hailey Horton is nominated for Capital-Journal Area Athlete Of The Week
The senior continued her stellar season at Rossville’s home meet on Saturday. Horton won the individual title in the girl's 155-pound weight division. She dispatched all of her opponents via pin as she improved her season record to 16-3. The Highland Community College softball signee helped Rossville take fourth place as a team.