Carl Cornell Passes Away

Carl Cornell was born on November 17, 1939 and passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2013.
Carl was a resident of Rossville, Kansas at the time of his passing.
A graveside service is pending at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, 150 Muncie Road, Leavenworth, KS 66048.
Memorial Contributions to Leavenworth National Cemetery may be sent in care of Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Road, Topeka, KS 66614.

Junior Class Magazine Sales

The Rossville High School Junior class is selling magazines to help raise money for prom this year. If you would like to help support them by purchasing a magazine please follow the link below.

 http://gaschoolstore.com

Once you click the link above you will be directed to an on-line ordering site. Click “shop now” the upper right hand corner and enter the and enter the organization Online ID – 2589943 and click next. If you know a junior student you can enter their name here or click “skip this step” and points will benefit the entire class.

 Magazines are at a discounted rate and the junior class receives a percentage of all sales.

Tucker Horak On List

   Tucker Horak was a candidate for Capital-Journal Athlete of the Week  as a result of his 175 yards of total offense in the win against the Silver Lake Eagles in Football last Friday.    The winner was Morgan Athon of Silver Lake who won the 3-2-1A Golf Regional by defeating Sidney Marney by two strokes.

http://cjonline.com/sports/2013-10-15/area-high-school-athlete-week

Rock Creek Wins in Volleyball

    In Mid-East League volleyball action,  Rock Creek defeated  Rossville  on Tuesday 25-17, 25-17, and then followed with a  25-9, 20-25, 25-22 win.

3A Regional Golf Tournament

3A Regional Golf Tournament, Oct. 14, 2013
Team scores (top three qualify for state)
Silver Lake 412, Rossville 449, Council Grove 526, West Franklin 531, Osage City 565, St. Marys 643.
Individual medalists
1. Athon, SL, 86; 2. Marney, Ross, 88; 3. Barr, CG, 103; 4. Carlson, CG, 106; 5. Sharpe, SL, 106; 6. Holder, SL, 107; 7. Taylor, SL, 113; 8. Makayla Crow, Ross, 114;  9. Snethen, WF, 114; 10. Berkley, CG, 118.
Individual state qualifiers — Snethen, WF, 114; Renfro, WF, 120; Mann, Bennington, 122; Cooley, OC, 126; Woodard, SM, 132.

http://cjonline.com/sports/golf/2013-10-14/silver-lakes-athon-tops-rossvilles-marney-3a-golf

War On 12 Game Pictures

    Photos of the Silver Lake- Rossville Game have been posted at:

http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2013/10/war-on-24-football-game.html

Riley County-Rossville Game Pictures

    Some photos of the Riley County football game have been posted at:

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

New Catholic Church in Rossville

    For those readers that live out-of-town,  I am posting photos of the new and very attractive Catholic Church that has recently been completed on South Main Street, next to the old church which was torn down a few weeks ago.    For additional photos,  go to:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-catholic-church-in-rossville.html

Jerek Catron (03) Marries Alice Kresge

    Jerek Catron, son of Sherry (Perry) (80) Graves of Topeka and Rod (76) and Hope Catron of Delia was married on Oct. 4, 2013 to Alice Kresge, daughter of Sandy Kresge of Topeka.
    The wedding was at the Ted Ensley Gardens at Lake Shawnee and the reception followed at the American Legion Post # 400 in North Topeka.  Jerek and Alice both work at Blue Cross Blue Shield and live in Topeka.

Mitch Buhler(11) is 15 of 19 in 58-7 Rout

    Mitch Buhler was 15 of 19  for 271 yards with no interceptions as Washburn U. walloped Lincoln U.  58-7 on Saturday.
     For details,  go to:  http://cjonline.com/sports/2013-10-12/fast-start-propels-washburn-58-7-victory-over-lincoln

3A Football Rankings.

    With the defeat of Silver Lake,  the Capital-Journal 3A football rankings were juggled somewhat.    The Dawgs moved up one notch to #2 and the Eagles dropped to #4.   Last week's ranking is in parenthesis.  

1. Beloit (2) ... 6-0

2. Conway Springs (3) ... 6-0

3. Rossville (4) ... 6-0

4. Silver Lake (1) ... 5-1

5. Phillipsburg (NR) ... 6-0

Seth Moore and Terri Starkebaum (11) Are Married

    Seth W. Moore of Rossville, and Terri L. Starkebaum also of Rossville were married at the Rossville Christian Churchon Oct. 12 by the Rev. Derek Slack.
    Terri is the daughter of Jeff Starkebaum of Hoyt and Shelly Starkebaum of Rossville.  She graduated from RHS in 2011.  Her borther Austin Starkebaum, and cousins, Jacob Derek and Trent Gentry stood up for her.
    Seth is the son of Keith Moore of Grovespring, MO and Karla Benkula of Topeka.  He graduated from Shawnee Heights High in 2012.

Dawgs Whip Eagles

Rossville 27, Silver Lake 21, final

The #4 ranked Bulldogs knocked off #1 ranked Eagles to take over the lead in the Mid-East League.  The win should also move the Dawgs up in the rankings.   More info will be posted when available.

Rossville          0        13        8         6        =      27

Silver Lake      0          7        6         8        =       21

GAME IN FIGURES

                                                  RHS        SLHS
First downs                            11             15
Rushes-yards                  48-186     25-82
Passing yards                      56             193
Passes                               7-23-2     13-29-2
Fumbles-lost                     2-2             2-0
Punts-Avg.                       6-33.7      4-32
Penalties-yards             5-45          6-50

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING – Ross:     Tucker  Horak 27-119, Reesor 13-26, Morris 3-17, Steckel 4-25, Th. Horack 1- 1.
                           Silver Lake: Matzke 5-9, Boyd 12-81, Renfro 3-17, Kruger 5- -25.

PASSING – Rossville: Tucker Horak 7-23-56.
                          Silver Lake: Matzke 2-7-13, Kruger 11-22-180.

RECEIVING – Rossville: Steckel 1- -1, C. Horak 1-14, Lambotte 1- -3, Roduner 3-46.
                                 Silver Lake: Pridey 5-103, Freeman 2-26, Renfro 3-21, Vega 3-43, .

PUNTING – Rossville: Tucker Horak 6-33.7.      
                            Silver Lake: Freeman 4-32.

    A video about the game is at:
-http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/Week-6-Prep-Zone-Talks--Washburn-Rural-and-Rossville-Streaks-227484211.html

    A nice write-up about the game is at:
http://cjonline.com/sports/2013-10-12/rossville-drops-eagles-first-time-2003

    Photos can be seen at:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2013/10/war-on-24-football-game.html

Rossville Invitational Golf Tourney

Rossville Invitational Golf Tournament at St. Mary's Golf Course on Oct. 10, 2013.

Team Scores

1.  Silver Lake           207
2.  Rossville               210
3.  Clay Center          215
4.  Council Grove      232
5.  Jefferson West      283

Individual Medalists:

Morgan Athon, SL 46; Therese VanderPutten, Ros, 48;  Rachel Holder, SL, 50;  Sage Alquist, Clay Cntr 53;  Almira Elzinga, Clay Cntr, 51;  Sydney Marney, Ros, 51;  Erica Alquist, Clay Cntr, 53;  Kari Jo Barr, Cncl Gr, 53; Emily Woodcock, Ros, 54;  Jamie Clark, SL, 54;   Berkley Criqui, Cncl Gr, 54;    Jordan Sharpe, SL, 57;    Makayla Crow, Ros, 57;    Jordan Carlson, Cncl Gr, 58, Staci VanDruff, Ros, 58.