By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Rossville High School will induct Tucker Horak, Greg Marney and Brian Horak into its Athletic Hall of Fame Friday night when the Bulldawgs host Reno County Home School in a 7 p.m. football game.
The Rossville Athletic Hall of Fame committee will induct those individuals who, through their dedication and achievements, have brought outstanding recognition to themselves and Rossville Jr./Sr. High School.
Rossville 2026 Hall of Fame capsules:
TUCKER HORAK -- A 2016 graduate, Horak led Rossville to back-to-back football state championships in 2014 and 2015.
Horak was a three-time All-League, All-State, and Topeka Capital-Journal all-class quarterback in 2013, 2014, and 2015. He was a two-time Small School Prep All American in 2014 and 2015, during which he was ranked 12th and 15th in the nation for 100-yard rushing games, at 13 and 10.
In 2015 Horak was the first player in Kansas history to rush and pass for 2,000 yards in a season and became Rossville’s all-time single-season rushing leader with 2,859 yards. He finished the season ranked fifth in the nation for most yards per rushing attempt with 27.2 yards per carry.
He earned All-State Top 11 recognition in 2015 and was named the Class 3A Player of the Year.
During his tenure as the Bulldawgs' starting quarterback, Horak led the team to a record of 40-1, is ranked seventh in the nation for career total offense with 12,834 yards and was invited to play in the 2016 Shrine Bowl.
He continued his football career at Pittsburg State University, playing from 2016 to 2021. He was an All-MIAA all-purpose back in 2018 and team captain during the 2020-2021 football season.
GREG MARNEY -- A 1976 graduate, Marney was a four-year baseball letterman and after 50 years is still in the Rossville Top 10 for several career and single season baseball records.
Marney and is top-three in season batting average with an average of .556.
He went on to play baseball at Washburn University from 1977 to 1980 and holds five places in Washburn's baseball season and career pitching records.
Marney then came back to Rossville Jr./Sr. High School, where he was a beloved teacher and coach for 36 years. He was the Rossville girls golf coach from 1996 to 2018 and boys golf coach from 1994 to 2019.
During this time, he coached 10 girls teams to top 10 state tournament finishes, with 12 state medalists and one state championship. He coached the boys team to eight Mid-East League team championships, 10 Mid-East League individual champions, 17 state medalists, one state runnerup, one state champion and a team state runnerup finish in 1994.
BRIAN HORAK -- A 1991 graduate, Horak was a four-year letterman and two-time baseball MVP in the 1990 and 1991 seasons, earning recognition as Class 4A-1A first- team All-State and Topeka Capital Journal 6A-1A All-Class All-State in 1990.
Horak holds many Rossville baseball records, including single-season batting average, in 1991 at .593, career leaders runs at 97, career leaders stolen bases at 79 and career leader ERA at 1.69. In football he is Rossville’s single-season interception leader and was recognized as 3A first-team All-State wide receiver in 1990. In 1991 he helped lead the baseball team to Rossville's first-ever team state championship.
He continued his baseball career at Allen County Community College from 1992 to 1993, earning All-Jayhawk Conference in 1993 before continuing his career at St Andrews College in North Carolina in the 1994 season.
