Osage City Ousts Rossville Boys

    Rossville lost to Osage City in the first round of the sub-state tournament closing out a losing season.

Rossville                11    14    13    17    =    55
Osage City            15    22    16    18    =    71

Rossville scoring:

Greco                  10 (1)      0-0       21
Catron                   3 (1)      0-0         7
Immenschuh          2           2-2         6
Davis                     2 (1)      0-2         5
Horak                    2           1-2         5
Day                       2           0-2         4
Sowers                  2           0-0         4
Horak                    1 (1)      0-2         3

Totals                  24 (4)     3-10       55  

RHS Girls Lose to Silver Lake

    The RHS girls basketball team lost to Silver Lake in the first round of sub-state playoffs.  

Silver Lake      19       9     19     12     =     59

Rossville            8       6       5       7      =     26

Rossville scoring:

Kirk                        3          1-2          7
Channel                3 (1)    0-1         7
Steckel                  2 (1)    0-0       5
VanderPutten    1           1-3        3
Dantzson              1           0-0       2
Nitsch                    1           0-0      2
Totals                  11 (2)     2-6    26

321A State Wrestling Results

Class 3-2-1A wrestling tournament at Gross Coliseum, Hays

Final Team Scores

Norton 129.5, Hoxie 97, Plainville 83, Scott City 68, Atchison County 62.5, Oberlin 60, Hoisington 58.5, Marysville 52, Rossville 49, Fredonia 44.5, Phillipsburg 42, Smith Center 40, Chaparral 35, Herington 35, Caney Valley 34, Russell 31, Ellsworth 30, Silver Lake 29, Chase County 27.5, Pleasant Ridge 27, Lyons 27, Douglass 26, Doniphan West 26, Sacred Heart 26, Riley County 25.5, Beloit 25, Halstead 25, Oakley 25, Central-Burden 24, St. Marys 23.5, Sedgwick 22, Republic County 21, Cherryvale 20, Rawlins County 19.5, Rock Hills 18,k Sabetha 17, Burlington 16, Cimarron 16, Ellis 16, Marion 16, Onaga 16, Council Grove 15, Wakeeney 15, Centralia 13, SE-Saline 12, Leoti 10, Mission Valley 9, Eureka 9, Maur Hill 8, St. Francis 7, Sublette 7, Hill City 6.5, Bennington 6, Horton 6, Hillsboro 5, Sylvan-Lucas 5, Riverside 5, Holcomb 4, Lakin 4, Wabaunsee 4, Wellsville 4, Bluestem 3, Oskaloosa 3, Sterling 3, Erie 2, West Elk 2, South Gray 2, Pleasanton 2.

Individual Results of weight classes where RHS wrestlers Tagen Lambotte, Nick Reesor and Cody Cooper competed in (Isaac Luellen and Derek Gentry were eliminated Friday):

Semifinals

145 — Tagen Lambotte, Rossville, def. Chance Demel, Hoisington, 14-5; Nic Johnson, Sedgwick, def. Cody Ellis, Norton, 4-1.

152 — Alex Thibault, Halstead, pinned Kade Brown, Oberlin, :58; Regis Weiss, Russell, def. Nick Reesor, Rossville, 5-4.

285 — Bradey Chard, Plainville, pinned Cody Cooper, Rossville, 4:52; Clay Wilcox, Chaparral, pinned Mychal Kolterman, Onaga, 5:02.

Medalist Round

Fifth-Place Matches

145 — Rojas, Ellsworth, def. Desair, Plainville, 6-3.

152 — Reesor, Rossville, def. Duwe, Chaparral, 5-4.

285 — Cooper, Rossville, def. Hoffman, Atchison County, 1-0.

Third-Place Matches

145 — Demel, Hoisington, def. Ellis, Norton, 16-0.

152 — Younger, Ellis, def. Brown, Oberlin, 10-7.

285 — Kolterman, Onaga, def. McEachern, Scott City, 3-2.

Championship Matches

145 — Lambotte, Rossville, def. Johnson, Sedgwick, 20-8.

152 — Thibault, Halstead, def. Weiss, Russell, 7-3.

285 — Wilcox, Chaparral, def. Chard, Plainville, 2-1, OT.

McCullough and McKenzie Receive Awards

Tayler McCullough and Nick McKenzie, of Rossville, received the Outstanding Lifeguard award at the Kansas Recreation and Park Association’s annual meeting last month in Manhattan. McCullough and McKenzie were recognized for their dedication and perseverance to the Rossville swimming pool, which was built in 2007 as a result of a community effort begun by the duo when they were in grade school. After McCullough and McKenzie started a recycling campaign to raise money for a pool, the community formed a task force (which included the instigators) in 2003, and the $400,000 it raised plus bond money from the city was used to build the pool. Later, when McCullough and McKenzie were old enough, they were hired as lifeguards by Shawnee County Parks and Recreation.

Lambotte Wins Third Straight State Title

From CJ Online:

HAYS — The buzz began two years ago, and for a normal freshman, it might have been a lot to handle.

But Rossville’s Tagen Lambotte is a different breed of wrestler, and he continued to prove that Saturday at the Class 3-2-1A state championships at Fort Hays State University’s Gross Memorial Coliseum.

Lambotte, now a junior, continued his quest of four state championships with a title at 145 pounds — his third crown in as many years.

“A lot of people have been saying a lot of things,” he said. “But at the end of the day, you still have to show up and do it.”

Lambotte burst onto the scene as a mere freshman, winning the title at 135 pounds. So began the buzz of a possible four-time state champ.

“He’s not your average kid,” said Rossville coach Curt Brecheisen. “He sets a goal, and he works his butt off to get there. He’s a kid that’s the first one there and the last one out — by hours, not just minutes.”

Lambotte followed that up with a title at 145 as a sophomore, then won another crown Saturday at the same weight with a dominating 20-8 victory against Sedgwick senior Nic Johnson.

“It means I’m 75 percent of the way there,” Lambotte said.

This year’s tourney might have been his most dominating. He won his first match Friday with a pin in 1:51, then followed it up with a 20 second pin in the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals awaited undefeated Hoisington senior Chance Demel.

“In a lot of people’s eyes, it was a big match,” said his older brother, Cody Lambotte, who sits in the corner with Brecheisen for the 145-pounder’s matches. “For him, I’m not going to say it wasn’t a big match, but I think he feels like no one trains harder than him so why should he not get results like that. It’s not an arrogant thing.”

Lambotte made Demel look like a rag doll on the way to a 14-5 decision. And the final score wasn’t indicative of how much Lambotte (41-1) controlled the match.

“He’s done a good job of that all year long,” Brecheisen said. “He’s had only one match end the wrong way, but that guy was a quality opponent, too.”

Lambotte’s lone loss was to a wrestler from Missouri, but no one in Kansas could hang with the junior this year.

That’s a big reason why he’s a favorite to win a fourth state title, something not easily accomplished in any classification.

Just ask Mat Gilliland, a former four-time state champ in 3-2-1A who now is an assistant coach at his alma mater, Hoxie.

“I know he works extremely hard,” said Gilliland, who accounted for Cody Lambotte’s lone two losses at state in 2002 and 2003. “The way he wrestles is more at the collegiate level, to me, just watching than it is at the high school level. The way he moves, the way he’s on the head and the way he ties. It seems to me he’s kind of heads and shoulders above everybody in the high school level right now.”

Only problem is Lambotte doesn’t see it that way. Instead, he’s continuing to better himself with a solid schedule during the offseason.

“I want to be the best,” Lambotte said matter-of-factly.

And despite his third title in a row and the possibility of a fourth in 2014, Lambotte isn’t about to rest anytime soon.

“I think it grows for people looking from the outside in,” his brother Cody said. “But for him, he just loves to compete. To him, he just enjoys competing. Kind of like that semifinal match, a lot of people looked forward to that matchup. The kid was undefeated and hadn’t been take down this year. For him, he looks forward to those kind of matches at this stage. People always ask him about the pressure, and he always tells them he doesn’t get nervous. He trains a lot, works year-round. I think he feels like he puts the time in, and things will take care of itself on the mat.”

Early in Saturday’s title match, Johnson tried to tie up Lambotte to keep the match close. It worked for a bit.

Lambotte didn’t get his first takedown until 23 seconds remained in the first period. By the time the period ended, though, he led 4-1.

It was 12-4 after the second, and all of Johnson’s points came by Lambotte allowing him to escape.

Four more takedowns came in the final period to set the 20-8 margin.

“We’ve seen that a lot where they’ve tried to hold on to him and tie him up and keep it close,” Brecheisen said. “He just gets stronger as it goes on. That’s his goal is to work six hard minutes and see if anyone can hang with him.”

For three years, no one at state has been able to do that.

What happens next year, nobody knows.

“It’s hard not to; it’s in your mind,” Lambotte said about thinking about a fourth title. “But at the same time, you can’t think like that. You have to think about one practice at a time, one warmup at a time.”

Lambotte was one of three Bulldogs to place at state, helping Rossville finish ninth in the team standings.

Norton ran away with another title, accumulating 129.5 points. Hoxie was second with 97, followed by Plainville in third with 83. Atchison County was fifth with 62.5.

Sophomore Nick Reesor was fifth for Rossville at 152, while senior Cody Cooper was fifth at 285.

State Tourney Semi Final Wrestling Results

Class 3-2-1A Wrestling Tournament at Hays, KS.

Semifinal results, Feb. 23, 2013

145 -- Tagen Lambotte, Rossville, dec. Demel, Hoisington, 14-5; Johnson, Sedgwick, dec. Ellis, Norton, 4-1.

152 -- Thibault, Halstead, pinned Brown, Oberlin, :58; Weiss, Russell, dec. Nick Reesor, Rossville, 5-4.

285 -- Chard, Plainville, pins Cody Cooper, Rossville, 4:52; Wilcox, Chaparral, pinned Kolterman, Onaga, 5:02.

Patricia Clark Passes Away

    Patricia A. Clark, 81, passed away Friday, February 22, 2013 at the Rossville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Rossville.   
    She was born February 13, 1932 at Westmoreland, the daughter of Lucern and Nanny Godlove Holder. Mrs. Clark graduated from Westmoreland High School and Clark School of Business in Topeka.   
    Pat retired as the elementary school secretary at Silver Lake Elementary School. She was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville.   
    On April 29, 1952 she was united in marriage to Donald C. Clark at Holy Name Catholic Church in Topeka. He preceded her in death on July 25, 2002.   
    Survivors include three daughters, Donna Bouie, Linda Clark and Kathryn Knudsen all of Silver Lake; two sons, Gary Clark, Topeka and Kenneth Clark, Silver Lake; a sister, Jane Velen, Topeka; two grandsons, Andrew Clark and Thomas Knudsen, along with several great-grandchildren.   
    Mass of Christian will be celebrated at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Interment will be in the Silver Lake Cemetery. Mrs. Clark will lie in state from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 26, 2013 with a Rosary recited at 7:00 P.M. at Piper Funeral Chapel in Rossville. Memorial contributions may be made to Mary's Choices, P.O. Box 8689, Topeka, Kansas 66608.

First Round Matches at State Wrestling Tourney

    The first round of matches for 321A  state wrestling  championships were held today.  Below are the results for classes that RHS wrestlers are competing in.  Tagen Lambotte, Nick Reesor, and Cody Cooper won their matches.

126 — Dieckmann, Atchison County, pinned Regnier, Marion, 3:00; Cl. Rogers, Smith Center, dec. Arnold, Lyons, 15-6; Garner, Eureka, pinned Gleason, Mission Valley, 4:50; Hager, Norton, pinned Ragnoni, Benningtion, 2:50; Ball, Hoisington, dec. Bannister, Phillipsburg, 9-0; Cook, Cherryvale, pinned Gentry, Rossville, 3:57; Kough, Scott City, dec. Turner, Southeast of Saline, 19-11; Kinder, Caney Valley, dec. Failer, St. Marys, 9-1.

145 — Demel, Hoisington, pinned Johnson, Wabaunsee, 1:52; Desair, Plainville, dec. Lahey, Erie, 13-6; Lambotte, Rossville, pinned Rojas, Ellsworth, 1:51; Wills, Pleasanton, dec. Anderson, Oberlin, 9-6; Schoenthaler, Trego, dec. Cross, Hillsboro, 12-4; Johnson, Sedgwick, pinned Dunlap, West Elk, 1:43; Ellis, Norton, pinned Moran, Bluestem, 1:37; Niemczyk, Beloit, pinned Rau, Garden Plain, 4:54.

152 — Carroll, Marion, pinned Stewart, Bennington, 3:30; Brown, Oberlin, pinned Birkinsha, 3:18; Thibault, Halstead, dec. McMichael, Central, 12-3; Younger, Ellis, dec. Cramer, Marysville, 9-3; Reesor, Rossville, dec. Bowl, Norton, 3-1; Smith, Southeast of Saline, dec. Hugo, Cherryvale, 3-2; Weiss, Russell, pinned Fee, West Elk, 1:49; Duwe, Chaparral, pinned Asebedo, Wellsville, 1:31.

160 — Sherman, Fredonia, pinned Klein, Minneapolis, 2:53; Wiesner, Plainville, dec. Nelsen, Marysville, 8-1; Smith, Cimarron, pinned Avery, Jayhawk Linn, 2:32; Schuetz, Atchison County, dec. Kropp, Scott City, 5-3; Ochs, Hoxie, pinned Luellen, Rossville, :30; Short, Southeast of Saline, dec. Craige, Council Grove, 9-1; Behymer, Beloit, pinned Faulkender, Oakley, 5:07; Gonzales, Lakin, pinned Easterday, Bluestem, 2:49.

285 — Chard, Plainville, won by forfeit over Leuthold, Sabetha; Lumley, Sublette, pinned Thiessen, Hillsboro, 3:51; Cooper, Rossville, de. McEachern, Scott City, 4-0; Turner, Erie, dec. Brickley, Hoisington, 6-3; Mersereau, Cherryvale, dec. Crick, South Gray, 5-2; Kolterman, Onaga, dec. Wurm, Oberlin, 5-0; Wilcox, Chaparral, pinned Couch, Central, :58; Berger, Sylvan-Lucas, dec. Hoffman, Atchison County, 7-2.

Tagen Lambotte Seeks Third State Title

   RHS junior Tagen Lambotte is seeking his third straight State 321A wrestling title this weekend.  He won the 130 pound class his freshman year and has competed in the 145 pound class the last two years.  He has been ranked #1 in his class all year while compiling a 37-1 record.
   The Capital Journal has a nice article about Tagen at:
http://cjonline.com/sports/2013-02-21/rossvilles-lambotte-shooting-third-mat-title

Chris and Casey Graves Have a Girl

Chris and Casey Graves of Rossville are the proud parents of a new baby girl born Feb. 19 at Stormont-Vail in Topeka.

Ellen Marie Foster Masters Christiason Passes Away

    Ellen Marie (Foster) Masters Christiason went to our Savior's Home on Feb. 19, 2013. She was born Sept. 25, 1921, to Luther and Ruth Lucille (Thomas) Foster in Highland.
    Between 1942 and 2003, Marie lived in Rossville, Topeka, and Osage City. She has lived with her daughter, Geri (RHS class of '59), since 2003.
    Marie married LeRoy Franklin Masters Aug. 19, 1939, in Highland. In Nov., 1940, they had one daughter, Geri (Masters) Eakin Brubaker. LeRoy passed away in May of 1968. She married Arnold Chris Christiason, Sr. in 1969, he passed away in 1986.
    Marie became a member of Eastside Baptist Church in Topeka in 1999, and was a former member of Mirian Chapter # 14, OES, first joining in 1950 and having held several offices. She retired from KP&L (now Westar) in 1982. She was an active volunteer working with Heartland Shares, E-Kan, ECAT, and American Red Cross. When she was 80, she organized and led a sewing group called Mission Towers Quilters who made lap robes, walker bags and clothing for area nursing homes and KNI. They also made quilts and blankets for babies being taken into foster care. Dubbed pie lady, Marie was best known for her homemade pies.
    Marie is survived by her daughter Geri, a grandson Steve (Ede) Eakin, a granddaughter Ellen Kay (Barry L.) Magner and four great-grandchildren, Katie Eakin, Barry R., Julia and Cody Magner. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers Donald and Richard Foster, both husbands and three granddaughters in infancy.
    Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM, Sat., Feb. 23, 2013, at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, 245 NW Independence Ave., Topeka. Interment in Rossville Cemetery. Marie will lie in state after 3:00 PM, Fri., at the funeral chapel where the family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Midland Care, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606-2800. To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com. Ellen Marie (Foster) Masters Christiason

Sub-State Basketball Schedule

    The sub-state 3A basketball tournaments begin Feb. 25 and 26.
    The boys will play Silver Lake at Silver Lake on Feb. 25 at 7:00 PM.
    The girls will play Osage City at Osage City on Feb. 26 at 7:00 PM.

    The complete brackets can be found at:
http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Basketball/Brackets/3ASS8.htm

Dawgs Third at Onaga Regional

    The Dawgs turned in a fine performance at the Onaga Regional Wrestling tournament finishing third on Feb. 15-16.  

ACCHS 145.5
Marysville 142
Rossville 104.5
Sabetha 89.5
Beloit 87
St. Marys 76.5
Onaga 70
Pleasant Ridge 67.5
Riley County 67
Doniphan West, 63
Mission Valley 62
Silver Lake 60
Oskaloosa 31
Riverside 29.5
Horton 26
Republic County 25.5
Centralia 25.5
Wabaunsee 24
Maur Hill Mount Academy 20
Rock Hills 16
Immaculata 11
McLouth 5
Hiawatha 0
Pike Valley 0

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

106 — Deters, Marys., def. Gum, PR, dec. 4-3. 113 — Goepfert, Marys., def. Lowell, RC, dec. 4-2. 120 — Schaefer, SL, def. Bowen, ACCHS, OT 6-4. 126 — Dieckmann, ACCHS, def. Gentry, Ross., dec. 4-2. 132 — Beck, Cent., def. Calhoon, MHMA, dec. 7-3. 138 — Landoll, Marys., def. Tooley, STM, pin 2:49. 145 — Lambotte, Ross., def. Niemcyzk, Bel., pin 4:22. 152 — Reesor, Ross., def. Birkinsha, ACCHS, dec. 6-3. 160 — Behymer, Bel., def. Schuetz, ACCHS, dec. 3-2. 170 — Johnson, PR, def. Nietfeld, Marys., pin 1:14. 182 — Grater, RiCo, def. Huneke, Sab., pin 5:12. 195 — Sommer, MV, def. Wenger, Sab., dec. 6-4. 220 — Johnson, Hor., def. Edelman, Sab., dec. 6-5. 285 — Cooper, Ross., def. Hoffman, ACCHS, dec. 6-0.

CONSOLATIONS FINALS

106 — Idol, DW, def. Fairbanks, Ona., dec. 3-1. 113 — Cavanaugh, SL, def. Harris, River., dec. 9-6. 120 — Failer, STM, def. Gleason, MV, pin 2:45. 132 — Watts, Bel., def. Hollands, ACCHS, dec. 6-4. 138 — Bammes, Oska., def. Wessling, Bel., pin 1:32. 145 — Dunlap, DW, def. Johnson, Wab., dec. 9-4. 152 — Cramer, Marys., def. Fee, DW, pin 1:49. 160 — Nelsen, Marys., def. Luellen, Ross., 2-OT 5-2. 170 — Blow, Ona., def. Lockhart, SL, dec. 7-3. 182 — Cosand, RH, def. Smallwood, MV, TF 17-1. 195 — Speer, DW, def. Blow, Ona., pin 0:40. 220 — Walker, River., def. Marten, Ona., pin 4:58. 285 — Kolterman, Ona., def. Leuthold, Sab., I-D 0:00.

The same info as above can be read at the following web site:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rhs/athletics/wrestling/12-13/13_reg.pdf

Riley County Rallies Late For Win

The boys basketball game between Riley County and host Rossville was a barn burner on Feb. 15.  They were tied at the end of the first half, but Rossville pulled into a 13 point lead at the end of 3 quarters.  But,  Riley overcame that 13 point deficit to force Overtime.    They were able to outscore the Dawgs 15-11 in the extra period for the victory.

Rossville                  15     11     19       6     11     =     62
Riley County            13     13       6     19     15     =     66

Rossville scoring :
Greco                     8 (2)        4-6       22
Catron                    4 (1)        2-5       11
Immenschuh            3             5-5       11
Horak                     1             5-6         7
Horak                     3             0-0         6
Davis                      1 (1)        2-2         5 
Totals                   20 (4)      18-24     62