Dolly Heiland Celebrating 90th

    Dolly Heiland will be celebrating her 90th birthday on Oct. 13, 2013. Cards may be sent to: 15536 N.W. 54th, Rossville, KS 66533

3A Football Rankings

Class 3A Football Rankings

1. Silver Lake (1)                5-0

2. Beloit (2)                          5-0

3. Conway Springs (3)     5-0

4. Rossville (4)                   5-0

5. Colgan (5)                         5-0

Others — Caney Valley 4-1, Central Heights 4-1, Council Grove 4-1, Eureka 4-1, Galena 4-1, Lyons 4-1, Marion 4-1, Nemaha Valley 4-1, Phillipsburg 5-0, Riverside 5-0, Sacred Heart 4-1, Scott City 4-1, Sedgwick 4-1, SE-Saline 5-0, Wellsville 4-1.

Notes — No. 1 Silver Lake finally had its first test of the season, and it was a stiff one from St. Marys. The Eagles led 20-8 at the end of the first quarter, but saw St. Marys rally to lead 22-20 entering the fourth quarter. Silver Lake rallied with 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter with Ryan Matzke scoring on TD runs of 77, 86 and 44 yards.

Rossville-Rock Creek Football (Updated)

    After an extended lightning delay starting just after the end of the first half,  the Rossville-Rock Creek game was called with the half-tine score of 32-7 being made official.
    Forty game photos can be seen at:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2013/10/rock-creek-football-game.html

Clay Center Invitational Golf

Clay Center Invitational

Team scores:

Salina Central 193, Clay Center 206, Rossville 214, Concordia 222, Council Grove 223, TMP-Hays 238, Bennington 253.

Individual Results: 

1. Kim, SC, 40; 2. Marney, RV, 44; 3. S. Alquist, CC, 46; 4. Criqui, C. Grove, 47; 4. Buchanan, SC, 47; 4. Hittle, Con., 47; 7. Elzinga, CC, 49; 8. Mull, Ben., 50; 9. Carlson, C. Grove, 52; 9. Wright, CC, 52.

Mid-East League Football Standings

MID-EAST LEASUE FOOTBALL STANDINGS 

                                             League     Overall

Silver Lake                      ... 3-0     ... 4-0

Rossville                           ... 2-0     ... 4-0

St. Marys                          ... 2-0      ... 3-1

Wabaunsee                      ... 1-3       ... 1-3

Riley County                  ... 0-2       ... 0-4

Rock Creek                     ... 0-3       ... 0-4

Alex Bird Wins In W.U. Fun Run

    Alex Bird of Rossville won the 13-19 age group at the Washburn Univerity Alumni Fun Run on Sept. 28.

Dawgs Lose to Riley Co. in Volleyball

    In a Mid-East match-up,  Riley County defeated Rossville 25-18, 25-13 and then 25-16, 25-21 on Oct. 1.  The Dawgs are 0-4 in league play and 4-11 overall.

Girls Cross Country at Royal Valley Meet

    The RHS girls teamed up with the St. Marys girls and competed in the Royal Valley cross country meet on Sept. 26 as Kaw Valley Schools.    With only three runners competing, Kaw Valley did not compete as a team.   As individuals,  the following Kaw Valley runners and their placing were:
  1.  Sophie Dalmaso
11.  Alyssa Thompson
33.  Tori Debois

http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/crosscountry/13/13_rv.pdf

Boys Cross Country at Royal Valley

    The RHS Boys teamed up with the St. Marys boys and competed in the Royal Valley cross country meet on Sept. 26 as Kaw Valley Schools.    They finished 4th out of 7 teams competing.

1.  Sabetha                     49
2.  Royal Valley              50
3.  Santa Fe Trail            64
4.  Kaw Valley                91
5.  Holton                      134
6.  Perry Lecompton      138
7.  Jackson Heights        144

    The top finishers for Kaw Valley were (4) Clayton Rubio, (16)  Brady Muilligan, (21) Dalton Kelley, (28) Pablo Cervantes, (30) Skylar Olson, (38) Matt Stillion, (39) Jake Gentry.

http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/crosscountry/13/13_rv.pdf

Jessi Welch Passes Away

   

    Jessi Welch, age 13, of Delia, passed away September 25, 2013.
    She was born August 24, 2000 to Rocky Sr. and Billie (Smith) Welch. She attended Rossville Junior High School where she was looking forward to becoming a member of the Art Club.
    Jessi loved horseback riding, she loved to read, draw and listen to music. She enjoyed being with her family and friends, spending time outdoors, and taking care of animals, especially her dog Duke. Jessi loved to cook especially with shrimp. She loved angel wings and her favorite flower was the stargazer lily. She had a wonderful sense of humor and cherished the nickname given to her by her family “Pork Chop”.
    She is preceded in death by her grandparents Bill Smith and Twila Fountaine, uncle Mike Frantz, and aunt Brenda Roberts. She is survived by her parents, brothers; Brian Pilarz, John Rath, and Rocky Welch Jr., sisters; Barbara Rath, Roxy (Randy) Acker, Michelle Welch, Krystal Welch, and Jessica Haskins, grandmother Judy Smith, aunts; Donna Meyer, Tina (Scott) Barnes, and Scarlett Pratt, uncles Scott (Stacy) Smith, and Ray Terry. She was also loved by many cousins, nieces and nephews.
    Visitation will be Wednesday, October 2, 2013 from 3-6 PM, with a funeral following at 6 PM at Davidson Funeral Home. Memorial contributions can be sent to Davidson Funeral Home to assist the family with services. A full obituary can be read and online condolences can be left at   http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2262527&fh_id=14610

Homecoming, Sept 27

Homecoming Queen and King

Ashlynn Biehler and Devin Morris

Additional photos of homecoming festivities can be seen at:

http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6686118982916056392#editor/target=post;postID=4283860145825201932;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=link

Wabaunsee Game Pictures

Sideline huddle with the coaches  during Wabaunsee game

(16) Thatcher Horak, (55) Marcus Catron, (8) Devin Morris

For additional phots from this game,  go to:  

http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2013/09/rossville-wabaunsee-football-game.html

Pictures From Abilene Game

Here is a photo of the Victorious Dawgs after the game at Abilene.

Additional photos are at:  http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2013/09/rossville-abilene-football-game.html

(52) Terrance Sowers,   (8) Devin Morris,   (77) Unknown,   (15) Tagen Lambotte,   

(33) Caleb Lovejoy,    (2) Unknown,  (16) Thatcher Horak

Top Five Rankings in 3A

    For the first time in this season,  The Rossville football team has broken into the Top 5 in the Capital-Journal 3A rankings.    Silver Lake has remained in the #1 spot  all four weeks. (Previous week's ranking in parenthesis)

1. Silver Lake (1) ... 4-0
2. Beloit (2) ... 4-0
3. Conway Springs (5) ... 4-0
4. Rossville (NR) ... 4-0
5. Colgan (NR) ... 4-0

Others — Caney Valley 3-1, Eureka 4-0, Galena 4-0, Garden Plain 3-1, Hiawatha 2-2, Humboldt 4-0, Lyons 3-1, Marion 3-1, Nemaha Valley 3-1, Phillipsburg 4-0, Riverside 4-0, Sacred Heart 3-1, Scott City 3-1, Sedgwick 3-1, SE-Saline 4-0, St. Marys 3-1.