Kenneth Bennett Passes Away

Kenneth L. Bennett, 92, of Rossville, KS died on Sunday, December 28, 2025, at Rossville Health and Rehab.

Ken was born on April 11, 1933, in Blaine, Kansas, the son of Leo C. and Mary G. (Morris) Bennet. He attended local schools and graduated from Rossville High School.

Ken served his country honorably in the US Air Force and fought in the Korean War.

Ken was married to Norma Reicherter on July 6, 1955, at Assumption Catholic Church in Topeka, KS; she preceded him in death on July 16, 2025.

Ken is survived by his son, Mark Bennett, 7 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, sisters, Mary Homan of St. Marys and Judy Merriman of Lawrence as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife Norma, his parents, sons, Dennis Bennett and Randy Bennett, and his daughter, Yvonne Pollman.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, January 6 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 703 Main St, Rossville KS 66533 with a visitation at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial in Rossville Cemetery with military honors will take place following the mass.

Memorial contributions in Ken’s memory may be made to the Jimmie Lillard Post No 31 of the American Legion and may be sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536.

KWCA Wrestling Rankings Dec. 21

Madelyn Wonnll has maintained her #2 ranking in the 146# class in the latest rankings.  Nora Mitchell is presently #6 in the 105# class

There re no RHS boys ranked in the top six of their claass.

Wilbur Stum Passs Away

Wilbur Fred Stum, Sr., 88, of Rossville, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2025 at Oakley Place of Rossville surrounded by his family.

Wilbur was born on March 14, 1937 in rural Shawnee county, just west of Rossville, the son of John and Lottie(Besta) Stum. He attended elementary school in Delia and began working at a young age.

Wilbur was married to Sally Porter on July 30, 1955 in Topeka, KS and they were married for over 70 years; she survives of the home.

Wilbur worked for over 40 years at the Goodyear Tire Plant in Topeka. He also spent many years as a volunteer firefighter for the SCFD#3.

Wilbur is survived by his wife Sally, two sons, Wilbur, Jr. (Sis) Stum of Topeka and Charles (Lisa) Stum of Rossville, his sister, Agnes Cox, 7 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter, Tina Huffmier, and his 2 siblings, Duane Stum and Sara Horak.

Wilbur’s wishes were to be cremated and his remains will be interred in Rossville Cemetery. A memorial service honoring Wilbur's life is pending and will be announced at a later date. 

Memorial contributions in Wilbur’s memory may be made to either the Shawnee County Fire District #3 or to the Helping Hands Humane Society and can be left in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536.

Dawgs Took Holton To Woodshed 93-42

Rossville 26 25 27 15 -- 93
Holton      11 11 12  8 -- 42

Rossville scoring:

Donovan     9 (5) 5-6 28
Bush           2 (1) 0-0   5,
Miller           4      4-4 12,
Dick             0     2-2   2,
Lewis          4      3-6 11,
Henry          2      1-2   5,
Horak          1      0-0   2,
Johnson      2      1-2    5
Thompson   0      2-2   2. 

    Totals 33 (9) 18-26 93.

Lady Dawgs Soundly Defeat Holton In BB

Rossville 18 17 13 18 -- 66

Holton     18   6 12   4 -- 40

Rossville  Stats

Bunck           2 0-0  4
E. Sanders   1 0-0  2
Dick       8 (4) 3-3  23
M. Sanders   1 3-4  5 
Burdiek  7 (1) 4-8  20,
B. Miller 4 (1) 0-0  12.

    Totals 23 (6) 10-15 66.

Strumph Jamboree At Rossville

113#
Brodlyn Price (5-4) placed 6th and 9.0 Pts

120#
Lochlan Cuthbertson won 2 matches  placed unknown,  

120#
Creighton Vanvleck  (6-3) placed unknown  and 4.0 Pts

126#
Brady Miller (5-5) placed 7th and 14.0 Pts

132#
Adam Miller (4-7) placed 3rd 

132#
Kelton Lacock (2-3) placed 6th and 7.0 points

138#
Lakin Gentry (4-4) placed 6th and 2.0 Pts

144#
Cole Graves  (4-4)  placed 6th and 9.0 points

1443
Remington Droegemeier  placed unkn and 3.0 Pts

175#
Cooper Meyer (6-2) placed 6th and 9.0 Pts

190#
Anderson Chance (2-6) placed 2nd and 14.0

215#
Charlie Chance (3-2) placed 6th and 9..0 Pts

Strumph Jamboree Girls Wrestling at Rossville

Nora Mitchell went 3-0 with each win being a "fall" in less than 60 seconds to win First Place in the 105# class.

105#
Nora Mitchell  11-2) placed 1st again and 20 team points

110B #
Aliahna Kepner (4-6) placed 6th  and  7.0 pts

125 #
Hadley Brown (4-5) placed  6th and 7.0 points

130 #
Junne Paine (3-9) placed 3rd and 9.0 points 

135 #
Ariana Moss-Prospere (6-6) Placed 2nd and 14.0 pts

145 #
Madalyn Wonnell (9-2) Placed 6th and  8.0 team points

2025 Athletic Hall of Fame

Per TopSportsNews,  Rossville will induct its 2025 Athletic Hall of Fame class on Friday night in conjunction with its Homecoming football game against Wabaunsee.  (Note:  There will be no football game Friday night)

The Rossville Athletic Hall of Fame is dedicated to the outstanding athletes and coaches who, through their athletic achievements, have brought honor to themselves, their school, and their community.

The class of 2025 includes the late Arica (Shepard) Ahlvers, Mick Keller, Monte Mitchell and the Bulldawgs' 2000 state championship softball team.

Hall of Fame capsules: 

ARICA (SHEPARD) AHLVERS

A 2005 Rossville graduate, Ahlvers was a two-time Kansas Volleyball Association All-State volleyball player for Rossville. She helped lead her team to a third-place finish in Class 3A in 2004. Ahlvers holds two records at RHS and continued her volleyball career at Emporia State University. While at ESU, she was a three-time AVCA All-American, four-time All-MIAA honoree and the Hornets' record-holder for single-season and career kills, kills per set, double-figure kill matches and 20-plus kill matches. She was inducted into the ESU Hall of Fame in 2020.

MICK KELLER

Keller was the head baseball coach at Rossville from 1979-2006. He is Rossville’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 336-238. He had 14 state qualifying teams, which included Rossville’s first state baseball championship in 1991. He had three runnerup team finishes in 1985, 1986, and 1997, 49 all-league players and 55 All-State and honorable mention players. He also coached football and basketball during his teaching career at RHS from 1978-2013.

MONTE MITCHELL 

A 1997 Rossville graduate, Mitchell was an all-league and All-State catcher in 1997 and 1998. He was a Kansas Baseball Coaches Association All-Star, a top 15 player in all classes and USA Today High School All-American in 1998. He continued his baseball career at Butler Community College from 1999-2000, where he was the team captain and made the All-Jayhawk Conference team in 2000. Next, he took his career to Division I Nicholls State University in 2001-2002. There, he was named to the All-Southland Conference team in 2002 with 101 career starts.

ROSSVILLE 2000 SOFTBALL TEAM

After falling one game short of a championship in 1999, Rossville won the the 2000 Class 2-1A state softball championship. The state champion team members include Erin Catron, Shayla Catron, Lena Cooper, Kayla Copeland, Ashley Dick, Laci Dick (first-team All-Mid-East League), Melissa Ebert, Jennifer Foster, Jamie Gall (first-team All-Mid-East League), Holly Gentry (All-Mid-East League honorable mention), Jozi Lutackes, Emily Napier, Jaime Robb, and Courtney Templer, who pitched all three state games as a freshman. The team was led by head coach Wendi Horak and assistant coaches Nanny Matthias and the late Jess Adams.

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Boys BB 2A Regional At Mission Valley

Class 2A -- Eskridge-Mission Valley HS Region[Bracket]

       

 

 

Record

 

Win %

 

Complete

 

St. Marys HS

 

4-1

 

0.800

 

 

Highland-Doniphan West HS

 

4-2

 

0.667

 

 

Jackson Heights HS

 

4-2

 

0.667

 

 

Prairie Village-Kansas City Christian HS

 

3-2

 

0.600

 

 

Topeka-Cair Paravel Latin School

 

3-2

 

0.600

 

 

Washington County HS

 

3-2

 

0.600

 

 

Winchester-Jefferson County North HS

 

3-2

 

0.600

 

 

Eskridge-Mission Valley HS

 

3-3

 

0.500

 

 

Lyndon HS

 

2-2

 

0.500

 

 

Rossville HS

 

2-2

 

0.500

 

 

Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy

 

2-3

 

0.400

 

 

Effingham-Atchison Co Community HS

 

2-3

 

0.400

 

 

Valley Falls HS

 

1-3

 

0.250

 

 

Allen-Northern Heights HS

 

1-4

 

0.200

 

 

McLouth HS

 

1-5

 

0.167

 

 

Blue Rapids-Valley Heights HS

 

0-4

 

0.000

 

 

Horton HS

 

0-5

 

0.000

  

Mission Valley Region 2A Girls BB

 Class 2A -- Eskridge-Mission Valley HS Region

[Bracket]

                                                                                                

Record

 

Win %

 

Complete

 

Highland-Doniphan West HS

 

5-1

 

0.833

 

 

Jackson Heights HS

 

5-1

 

0.833

 

 

Prairie Village-Kansas City Christian HS

 

4-1

 

0.800

 

 

Blue Rapids-Valley Heights HS

 

3-1

 

0.750

 

 

Lyndon HS

 

3-1

 

0.750

 

 

Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy

 

4-2

 

0.667

 

 

Eskridge-Mission Valley HS

 

4-2

 

0.667

 

 

Topeka-Cair Paravel Latin School

 

3-2

 

0.600

 

 

Horton HS

 

2-3

 

0.400

 

 

Rossville HS

 

2-3

 

0.400

 

 

Washington County HS

 

2-3

 

0.400

 

 

Winchester-Jefferson County North HS

 

2-4

 

0.333

 

 

Valley Falls HS

 

0-2

 

0.000

 

 

Effingham-Atchison Co Community HS

 

0-4

 

0.000

 

 

Allen-Northern Heights HS

 

0-5

 

0.000

 

 

St. Marys HS

 

0-5

 

0.000

 

 

McLouth HS

 

0-6

 

0.000

 

Madalyn Wonnell Ranked #1 in 146 # class

RHS seniorJunior Madalyn Wonnell is ranked number one in the 146# class in the Dec. 16  KWCA rankings

Lady Dawgs Lose To Silver Lake

Rossville      9 6 20 18 -- 53

Silver Lake 15 26 9 19 -- 69

Rossville (2-3, 0-1) –

R. Dick 6-15 5-9 20,
M. Sanders 1-2 3-3 5,
Hubbell 0-1 0-0 0,
Burdiek 9-18 5-5 23,
Miller 1-4 2-4 4, B.
Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0,
Bunck 0-2 0-0 0,
E. Sanders 0-0 0-0 0,
Perine 0-0 1-2 1,
T. Miller 0-0 0-0 0,
P. Dick 0-0 0-0 0. 

      Totals  17-42 16-23 53.

Jack Clark Passes Away

Jack Charles Clark, 91, of Silver Lake, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at his home.

Jack was born on March 4, 1934 in Topeka, KS the son of Fred F. And Helen M. (Hundterfund) Clark. He attended local schools and graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1952.

Jack met his future wife, Ramona Glotzbach, while attending school and they were later married on April 1, 1959 at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Topeka.

Jack served his country honorably in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. Like his parents, Jack worked as a farmer and rancher in the Silver Lake area.

Jack is survived by his wife Ramona, five sons, Charles (Jane) Clark, John (Lori) Clark, James (Patty) Clark, Ed (Candy) Clark, Michael (Melissa) Clark, one daughter, Susan (Donny) Smith, thirteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Donald Clark.

Jack’s wishes were to be cremated and a Memorial Mass will be offered at 10:00 AM on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, 703 Main St., Rossville, KS; a visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in Dekat Hall at the church.

A private family interment will take place at Silver Lake Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Jack’s memory may be made to St. Stanislaus Catholic Church.

Dawgs Lose To Lake By 3 Points

Rossville      12 19 19 18 -- 68

Silver Lake   19 14 24 14 -- 71

McDonnell 7-18 1-4 17,
Donovan 6-11 5-7 19,
Horgan 4-8 0-0 8,
Miller 8-17 0-0 17,
Johnson 0-0 0-2 0,
Bush 2-3 0-0 5,
Lewis 1-1 0-0 2,
Dick 0-0 0-0 0. 
     Totals 28-28 6-13 68.