Basketball Video

    There is video of the basketball version of the "war on 24" at the below URL  from the 2:18 to 4:03 time in the video.
http://ksnt.com/2016/01/05/h-s-hoops-january-5-2016/
    Going into Tue night, both girls teams were undefeated,  but #1 ranked Silver Lake had an easy time of  defeating the RHS girls 73-49.
    The RHS boys took care of business with a 37-34 win over the Eagles.

Dawgs and Eagles Split

From CJ Online

SILVER LAKE — Coming out of the holiday break, it’s only natural for a coach to be concerned about his team being rusty offensively.

And facing an undefeated Rossville team in Tuesday’s return to the court, Silver Lake coach Loren Ziegler was certainly a bit anxious.

“We had a couple of average practices (over the break),” Ziegler said, then added, ”but we’ve got a pretty focused team. They’re a veteran group who’s been through the wars and know what it takes.”

Those veteran Eagles quickly put Ziegler’s mind at ease. After missing three of its first four shots, Silver Lake hardly missed the mark the rest of the way.

A string of four straight makes got the Eagles going and the offense looked in postseason form as No. 1 Silver Lake easily handled the battle of unbeatens with a 73-49 rout of visiting Rossville. The Eagles improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in Mid-East League play.

“We had some lapses defensively, but that’s because Rossville’s so good,” Ziegler said. “But our intensity level was good and our execution level was really good.”

It didn’t take long for that execution to hit full rhythm and it was a trio of seniors who got it going. Alexis Gifford hit her first five shots of the game and never really cooled off, gouging the Rossville defense with 3-of-6 accuracy from 3-point range to complement slashing drives to the basket. She finished with 27 points, hitting 9 of 14 shots overall.

Madison Wegner added 12 of her 14 points in the first half, seven coming in the second quarter when the Eagles blew open the game with a 20-6 quarter to build a 36-18 halftime lead. Rachel Heiman added 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting and Silver Lake finished the game making 29 of 51 shots overall.

“We forced them to play at our speed, in catch-up mode, and that’s what we want,” Ziegler said. “Lexie got us off to a good start and we got into a good flow and we had a lot of good things happen offensively, which helped our defense.”

Rossville fell to 6-1 and was led by Amanda Hill’s 13 points.

ROSSVILLE BOYS 37, SILVER LAKE 34 — A thing of beauty it was not.

But given Rossville hadn’t won at Silver Lake in more than a half decade, well, beauty took on different meaning for the Bulldawgs.

“We’ll take them any way we can get them,” Rossville coach Derek Dick said. “We haven’t won here in like six years, so it’s good to get one here. The thing I like about our kids and their kids is they just competed so hard and even when it’s ugly like it was tonight, they still competed because they don’t like to lose.”

Tied 20-20 at the half, Rossville opened the second half with a 5-0 run that proved to be a significant offensive burst on Tuesday night. Jacob Bradshaw scored all five points in the run that put the Bulldawgs ahead for good.

Rossville never led by more than six and didn’t do a lot to put the Eagles away, missing five of six free throws in the final 1:55, including the front end of three one-and-one situations.

But Silver Lake couldn’t take advantage, going 2 for 9 on its final shots.

Bradshaw led all scorers with 12 points.

SILVER LAKE GIRLS 73, ROSSVILLE 49

Rossville      12      6    18    13   —   49

Silver Lake   16   20    22   15   —   73

Rossville (6-1, 0-1) — Nitsch 3-10 0-0 8, Steckel 2-9 0-0 4, Conley 5-8 1-2 11, Day 1-6 0-0 2, A. Hill 6-14 0-0 13, S. Shinn 2-4 0-0 4, Porter 0-1 0-0 0, C. Hill 1-3 0-0 2, L. Shinn 1-3 3-5 5, Buhler 0-1 0-0 0, Badura 0-0 0-0 0, Kirk 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-59 4-7 49.

Silver Lake (5-1, 3-0) — White 2-3 0-0 4, Wegner 5-12 2-2 14, Heiman 8-11 0-1 16, Gifford 9-14 6-9 27, Yoder 2-4 0-0 4, Calderwood 1-1 0-0 3, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Lane 0-1 1-2 1, Krogman 0-1 0-0 0, Burkhardt 0-1 0-0 0, Bates 2-3 0-0 4, Fischer 0-0 0-0 0, Mountain 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-51 9-14 73.

3-pointers — Rossville 3-7 (Nitsch 2-3, A. Hill 1-2, Steckel 0-1, Buhler 0-1); Silver Lake 6-16 (Gifford 3-6, Wegner 2-6, Calderwood 1-1, White 0-1, Lane 0-1, Burkhardt 0-1). Total fouls — Rossville 16, Silver Lake 13. Fouled out — none.

ROSSVILLE BOYS 37, SILVER LAKE 34

Rossville      8   12   10   7   —   37

Silver Lake   8   12    5   9   —   34

Rossville (5-2, 1-0) — Roduner 2-5 3-5 8, Schumacher 1-7 0-2 2, Bradshaw 4-6 4-6 12, Horak 2-8 0-2 5, Hammes 1-3 1-3 3, Dyche 0-2 0-0 0, Mason 2-3 0-0 4, Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Morris 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 13-38 8-18 37.

Silver Lake (3-2, 2-1) — Hallacy 2-12 3-4 7, Koelzer 0-2 0-0 0, Wagner 2-9 0-0 4, Griffin 3-8 1-1 7, Adams 1-2 1-2 3, Byrne 1-2 0-0 2, Baird 3-6 3-6 9, Matzke 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 13-443 8-15 34.

3-pointers — Rossville 3-14 (Roduner 1-1, Horak 1-6, Morris 1-4, Dyche 0-2, Mason 0-1); Silver Lake 0-16 (Hallacy 0-7, Griffin 0-4, Wagner 0-3, Koelzer 0-2). Total fouls — Rossville 18, Silver Lake 18. Fouled out — none.

Horak And Coach To Shrine Bowl

Six Shawnee County athletes, including four Topeka players, have been selected to the East Squad for the 2016 Kansas Shrine Bowl, which will be played July 30 in Emporia.

Two-time All-State selection Tucker Horak of Rossville headlines the local selections after his record-setting season in leading the Bulldawgs to their second straight undefeated Class 3A state title. He will be joined on the East by his coach, Derick Hammes, who will serve as one of the assistant coaches under head coach Blake Pierce, who recently resigned as Seaman’s coach.

The only other Mid-East League player is Cole Baird of Silver Lake.

You can see the complete Shrine Bowl rosters at:

http://cjonline.com/sports/2016-01-04/four-city-players-rossvilles-horak-headline-east-shrine-bowl-roster

Trailer For Baseball Documentary

    Here is a trailer for the documentary film on Kansas baseball.  Most of the scenes in the trailer were shot at Rossville.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KSBaseballHistory/permalink/435585246630859/

History of Willard

    Here is a link to the history of Willard, Kansas.    I have always heard that Willard was named for heavyweight boxer Jess Willard. the "Pottawatomie Giant"  from near Emmett,  but that appears to be not true.
http://recollectionsks.org/items/show/481

Lindsey Seele (10) On Dean's List

    Lindsay Seele, of Rossville, was on the dean's list for the Baker University School of Nursing for the spring semester of 2015.

George Safford Passes Away (Updated)

    George Carley Safford joined the Heavenly Chorus on Wednesday, December 30, 2015. He was born to Harry and Blanche Marie Carley Safford on January 3, 1929.

    George spent his formative life at his Grandmother Safford and Grandmother Carley’s homes. He had one sister, Leola Belle Safford of whom he was very fond of. It was she and him against the world all of their lives.
    George spent two years serving in the United States Army during WW II and seven years in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was a printer by trade and printed all of St. Francis Hospital’s forms for 23 years.
    He is survived by two cousins, Jennifer David, Aurora, CO., and Pauline Conley, Delia.
    Graveside inurnment will be at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 7, 2016 at the Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville United Methodist Church and sent in care of Piper Funeral Chapel, P.O. Box 642, Rossville, Kansas 66533.

Duane Cain Passes Away

Duane M. Cain, 59, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2015 at his home.

He was born January 31, 1956 at Holton, the son of John and Stella Hollar Cain.  He grew up in Valley Falls before moving to Rossville where he attended high school.  Duane served in the United States Marines.  He graduated from Washburn College of Technology.

Duane worked for Farmland and later USD#321.  He was a past member of the Rossville Lions and SOAL at Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion also in Rossville.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters, Darlene, Vicki and Jeannie; brothers, Mark, Loren & Nelden.

On July 14, 1995 he was united in marriage to Debra Wyre Spencer in Topeka.  She survives of the home.

Other survivors include a daughter, Brandy (Jim) Johnston, Rossville; three sons, Randy Spencer, Topeka, Shawn Spencer, Rossville and Chad (Emily) Spencer, Topeka; three sisters, Laura Scripter, Durand, MI., Cheryl Shillcut, Fayetteville, NC., and Susan Anspaugh, Rossville; three brothers, John Cain, San Antonio, TX., James Cain and Gary Cain both of Topeka; four grandchildren, Aaron, Christiana and Jordan Johnston, Rossville and Ainsley Spencer, Topeka.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.  Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery.  Mr. Cain will lie in state and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the funeral home. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Alumni Association and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

Mr. Rubio Has Auto Accident

  The Kansas highway patrol report an injury accident by a Mr. Rubio of Rossville, KS on Dc 26, about 2:10 PM on the Kansas Turnpike.  The 56 year old Mr Rubio lost control and went off the highway and overturned his 2013 F150 Ford pickup at the 63.8 mile marker.  He was not transported by ambulance according to the report.

Alan Hale Passes Away

      Alan PamSot Hale, 68, of Rossville, KS passed away, Saturday, December 26, 2015.
      Survivors include 2 sisters, Linda D. Hale of Mayetta, KS and Joraine Tuckwin of Hiawatha, KS.       Drum Services will be Tuesday evening, December 29, 2015 at the Danceground Building, west of Mayetta. Burial will be Wednesday afternoon in the Danceground Cemetery. Alan will lie in state beginning late Monday afternoon at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. To leave a special message for the family, please visit www.mercerfuneralhomes.com

Pheonix Ray Finke Passes Away

The following obituary was found on-line.  No other details are available for this 3 year old child.

Pheonix was born on August 26, 2011 and passed away on Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
Pheonix was a resident of Rossville, Kansas at the time of his passing.

Laura Angline Bailey Passes Away

The following obituary was found on line, but with little additional info.  Was she living at the nursing home?

Laura Bailey was born on December 2, 1954 and passed away on Monday, November 10, 2014.
Laura was a resident of Rossville, Kansas at the time of her passing.Per her wishes cremation rites were accorded. There will be no services.

Dawgs Move To No. Two

The Dawgs have moved up to #2 in the 321A wrestling rankings.

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Mid-East Basketball Standings

MID-EAST League Basketball Standings.

Boys                 League Overall

  Rock Creek      2-0        5-0
  Silver Lake      2-0         3-1
  Rossville          0-0         4-2
  Wabaunsee     0-1          4-1
  Riley County  0-1          2-3
  St. Marys         0-2         3-2

Girls                League Overall

  Silver Lake        2-0       4-0
  Wabaunsee       1-0        5-0
  Rock Creek        1-1         1-4
  Rossville            0-0       6-0
  Riley County    0-1        3-2
  St. Marys           0-2       3-2