Injury Accident In Willard

    Emergency crews were dispatched to a bridge just south of 2nd and Gilkerson St. in Willard. Rossville Police Chief Jason Connell says that the car is from Gardner, Kansas, and the driver was not familiar with the road.

    “They lost control you can see that there is a nice 90 degree curve up here,” Connell said. “[They are] not familiar with the road over here, hit loose gravel, lost control and hit the guardrail.”

    The driver was transported to the hospital with a lower leg injury.

    “There’s almost 12 inches of impingement from the bridge itself into a passenger compartment of the vehicle, so it was significant impact to the bridge,” said Chief Dirk Christian, Shawnee County Fire District #4.

    A second passenger in the car refused medical treatment at the scene.
    There is some good video of the accident scene, including the victims, at:  http://www.wibw.com/content/news/1-injured-as-car-spins-into-bridge-guardrail-in-Willard--370028161.html

Scholars Bowl Team on KTWU

      The  Rossville Scholars Bowl team will be in the  televised Quest competition  on local channel 11 KTWU on Sunday February 28th at 11:00 am

Sub-State Basketball Pairings

      The Dawgs basketball schedule is winding down.  The last regular season games will be on Thur., Feb. 25, at Rock Creek.
      Next week,  the 3A Sub-State tournament will be held at Council Grove beginning on Monday, Feb. 29..  The schedule is as follows:

Boys

Games Monday — Riley County (8: 6-13) at Osage City (1: 19-1), 6 p.m.; Council Grove (5: 10-10) at Silver Lake (4: 10-9); St. Marys (7: 9-10) at Royal Valley (2: 15-4); Mission Valley (6: 10-10) at Rossville (3: 12-7). Games Thursday — Osage City-Riley County winner vs. Silver Lake-Council Grove winner, TBA; Royal Valley-St. Marys winner vs. Rossville-Mission Valley winner, TBA. Game Saturday — Championship, 7:30 p.m.

Girls

Games Tuesday — Osage City (8: 4-16) at Silver Lake (1: 19-0); Royal Valley (5: 9-10) at Rossville (4: 14-5); St. Marys (7: 8-11) at Council Grove (2: 16-4); Mission Valley (6: 9-11) at Riley County (3: 14-5). Games Friday — Silver Lake-Osage City winner vs. Rossville-Royal Valley winner, TBA; Council Grove-St. Marys winner vs. Riley County-Mission Valley winner, TBA. Game Saturday — Championship, 6 p.m.

Bryce Gfeller Up For Honor

    RHS wrestler Bryce Gfeller was a candidate for the Capital Journal Athlete of the Week this week.  Bryce defeated #1 ranked Riley Tubbs of Wabaunsee in the finals of the 321A Regional this past weekend and has moved to the #1 ranking in the 126 pound class according to the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Assn.  .

Tucker Horak Interview

    Here is a vido interview of Tucker Horak posted on the Wichita Eagle site.
http://www.kansas.com/sports/high-school/article47455310.html

Pictures Of 2016 Wrestling Champs

Pictures by Shari Gentry

 Regional Champions

 Left to right:  Cody York, Manager Center laying down

First Row - Kole Davoren, Isaac Luellen, Derek Gentry, Phoenix Thomas, Isaiah Luellen, 

Bryce Gfeller, Alex Cavanaugh

Second Row - RYlee Brecheisen, Alex Archer, Art Alimzanhov, Jacob Huckel -Wolford, Tronnie Blair, Reed Miller, Holden Hurla, and Abigail McCrory

Third Row - Curt Brecheisen, Marvin Cummings, Colin Culbertson, Cody Lambotte and Courtney Horgan

Team and Managers At Regionals

Mid-East League  League Champions

Center - Alex Archer

Second Row - Phoenix Thomas, Byrce Gfeller, Reed Miller, 

Jacob Tuckel-Wolford, Colin Cultertson

Second Row - Alex Cavananugh, Derek Gentry, Holden Hurla, Tronnie Blair

Third Row - Marvin Cummings, Isaiah Luellen, Isaac Luellen, Kole Davoren, Art Alimzanhov

State Team

Front Row - Isaiah Luellen, Derek Gentry, Alex Cavanaugh and Bryce Gfeller

Second Row - Kole Davoren, Phoeniz Thomas and Isaac Luellen

Seniors

Alex Cavanaugh, Isaac Luellen, Derek Gentry and Kole Davoren 

Rollover Accident On 24

ROSSVILLE (KSNT) – A Wamego woman was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning following a single vehicle rollover crash.

The accident took place around 8:48 a.m. on U.S. Highway 24 eastbound and 54th Street west of Rossville.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 2013 Honda was eastbound on U.S. Highway 24 when the driver drove off the edge of the roadway and over corrected the vehicle causing it to rollover into a ditch.

The driver was identified as 19-year-old Genevieve M. Cancelada of Wamego. She was taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries.

KHP says Cancelada was wearing a seat belt.

State 321A Wrestling Rankings

   Rossville has solidified its number one state 321A ranking with several Dawgs moving up in their respective classes.
   Now ranked number one in the state are Alex Cavanaugh (120) Bryce Gfeller (126), Derek Gentry (160), and  Isaac Luellen (182).  Kole Davoren (220) and  Isaiah Luellen (152), have moved up to #2 in their  classes.

RHS-SLHS Basketball Video

    Here is some nice video of the Dawgs-Eagles basketball games,  both the girl's  and boy's games.
http://www.wibw.com/content/sports/KPZ-Silver-Lake-at-Rossville-368655121.html

Support For Parker Monhollon

ROSSVILLE, Kan. (WIBW) - The loudest cheers at Rossville's home basketball game versus Silver Lake Friday night came at half time of the boy's contest, when 8-year-old Parker Monhollon grabbed her mother, Amanda's hand, and strode to the middle of the court.

It's not often someone from Silver Lake would receive such a welcome in the rival's gym, but this night, after all, was about her.

The 8-year-old Silver Lake girl is battling an inoperable brain tumor. Almost immediately as word of the diagnosis a month ago began to spread, Rossville launched into action planning this benefit to take place when the Eagles visited for their basketball game.

Kim Dick, one of the volunteers assisting with the night, said people in communities beyond just Rossville and Silver Lake responded to requests for donations. The night included a meal, complete with cotton candy and desserts available for purchase, a huge silent auction, t-shirt sales, photo booth and facepainting.

"We all wanted to do whatever we could to support this little girl," Dick said.

The teams also wore special purple shirts during warmup in Parker's honor.

Also worth cheering about at halftime? Parker and her family were presented a check for more than $11,000, representing money raised so far from t-shirt sales.
 

There is video that can be viewed at:   http://www.wibw.com/content/news/ParkerLovesLife--Rossville-calls-truce-in-War-on-24-to-support-Silver-Lake-girl-368698391.html

To learn more about Parker herself,  and the tumor she is suffering from,  go to:  http://www.wibw.com/content/news/ParkerLoveLife--Family-hopes-clicks-bring-awareness-progress-toward-cure-368569801.html

State Wrestling Feb. 26-27

Seven RHS wrestlers are headed to the 

321A STATE TOURNAMENT AT HAYS ON FEB. 26-27.  

Bryce Gfeller, Alex Cavanaugh, Phoenix Thomas, Isaiah Luellen, 

Derek Gentry, Isaac Luellen, and Kole Davoren.

Mid East League Wrestling Tourney

      The Dawgs picked up SIX Mid East League Championships at Rock Creek on Feb. 13.  They were:

Alex Cavanaugh (120)
Bryce Gfeller  (126)
Isaiah Luellen (152)
Derek Gentry  (160)
Isaac Luellen  (182)
Kole Davoren  (220) 

321A Wrestling Regional

The Regional for this area was held at Rossville on Feb. 19-20 The team standings are as follows:
		Team	Season Team	Abbr	Count	Points
1.		Rossville, KS	Rossville High School, KS (GET)	RVILL	13	171.5
2.		Wellsville, KS	Wellsville, KS (GET)	WELL	12	142.0
3.		Hoyt-Royal Valley, KS	Royal Valley High School, Hoyt, KS, KS (GET)	RV	14	134.0
4.		Silver Lake, KS	Silver Lake, KS (GET)	SL	9	119.5
5.		Sabetha, KS	Sabetha, KS (GET)	SAB	11	95.0
6.		St. Mary`s, KS	St. Marys, KS (GET)	SMYS	10	92.5
7.		Wabaunsee, KS	Wabaunsee, KS (GET)	WAB	6	72.0
8.		Highland-Doniphan West, KS	Highland Park, KS (GET)	DWES	5	66.0
9.		Wathena-Riverside, KS	Riverside, KS (GET)	RIV	7	64.5
10.		Easton-Pleasant Ridge, KS	Pleasant Ridge, KS (GET)	EPR	9	63.0
11.		Council Grove, KS	Council Grove, KS (GET)	CG	10	62.0
12.		Onaga, KS	Onaga High School, KS (GET)	ONAG	5	50.0
13.		Effingham-ACCHS, KS	ACCHS, KS (GET)	ACCHS	9	46.0
13.		Eskridge-Mission Valley, KS	Mission Valley, KS (GET)	MV	8	46.0
15.		Perry LeCompton, KS	Perry Lecompton, KS (GET)	PL	11	34.5
16.		Burlingame, KS	Burlingame, KS (GET)	BURL	6	31.0
17.		Richmond-Central Heights, KS	Central Hts, KS (GET)	CHTS	9	20.0
18.		Hiawatha, KS	Hiawatha, KS (GET)	HIAW	3	16.0
19.		Oskaloosa, KS	No Match (GET)	OSK	3	14.0
20.		Atchison-Maur Hill Mt. Acad., KS	Atchison, KS (GET)	AMH	4	6.0
21.		Leavenworth-Immaculata, KS	Leavenworth, KS (GET)	IMMA	1	0.0
21.		McLouth, KS	No Match (GET)	MCL	2	0.0
21.		Troy, KS	No Match (GET)	TROY	0	0.0

      The Dawgs picked up SIX Regional Championships.  They were:

Alex Cavanaugh (120)
Bryce Gfeller  (126)
Isaiah Luellen (152)
Derek Gentry  (160)
Isaac Luellen  (182)
Kole Davoren  (220) 

Silver Lake Invitational

Results  of the Silver Lake Invitational on Feb.5-6.

1,    Rossville                      10        155
2.    St. James Academy      10        124
3.    Lawrence Free State     12        114.5
4.    Leavenworth                 10        105.5
5.    Clay Center                    8          93
6.    Silver Lake                     5         92
7.    Wellsville                        8         87.5
8.    Prairie View                   10        78.5
9.    St Marys                         7        77.5
10.  Wichita West                    4        75.5
11.  Wamego                          10       72.5
12.  Wabaunsee                       4       70
13.  Caney Valley                    3        44.5
14.  Salina South                      8        40.5
15.  Chase Co.                         8        25
16.  Anderson Co,                     5        18
17.  Mission Valley                   1         15.5
18.  Mauer Hill                          5           0