Bourbonnais Creek Bridge Dedicated.

    A bridge west of Rossville on Highway 24 has beed dedicated to honor a Kansas family.   A sign has been unveiled  commemorating the new bridge as Bourbonnais Creek Bridge.    The creek and bridge are named for the Bourbonnais family of the Potawatomi Citizen Band  that used to live nearby.   Jim Coder, a descendant of the Bourbonnais, was on hand for the dedication.
    A Kansas First News video of the announcement can be viewed at:  http://kansasfirstnews.com/2014/10/08/rossville-bridge-sign-commemorates-family/

Rock Creek Game Photos

Photos of the Rock Creek-RHS football game can be seen at:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2014/10/rock-creek-game-photos.html

Trapshoot Oct. 19

St. Marys Volleyball Team Gets Wins.

    The RHS volleyball team lost two matches to St. Marys on Oct. 7 by scores of 20-25, 13-25 and then lost a very close match at  25-18, 22-25, 24-26.

Golf Team 5th At Silver Lake Invitational

    The RHS golf team finished fifth at the Silver Lake Invitational led by Makayla Crow's 6th place score of 51.  Others on the team were Emily Woodcock - 60, Staci Woodruff - 61, Rachel Lord  - 63, Jesse Sowers - 63, and Dawn Ledeboer - 69.
    The team standings were:
1.    Holton          207
2.    Jeff West      214
3.    Silver Lake   220
4.    Hayden         226
5.    Rossville      235
6.    W. Franklin  259
7.    Osage City    264
8.    St. Marys (only 3 players)

Silver Lake Invitational Volleyball Tournament

    The RHS girls volleyball team came in second at the Silver Lake Invitational Tournament.
    They started with a win over Royal Valley, 18-25, 25-23, 25-22.   They then prevailed over Perry-Lecompton 25-20, 23-25, 25-16.   Then they had to play the powerful host team,  Silver Lake, which won 11-25, 20-25.  They then beat Sabetha 25-21, 25-21, which put them up against Silver Lake for the tournament championship.  The Eagles once again showed their power with a 16-25, 14-25 triumph.

Golf Team Fifth at Clay Center

    The RHS girls golf team was led to a fifth place finish at the Clay Center Invitaional by Makayla Crow with a 54.  The team's score of  240  finished behind (1) Salina Central - 204, (2) TMP Hayes - 206, (3) Clay Center  - 218, (4) Concordia - 226 and ahead of (6) Council Grove - 250. (7) Centre - 262, and Bennington - 265
    Complete results can be read at:
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/girls_golf/14/14_cc.pdf

St. Marys Game Photos

    Photos of the Homecoming game against St. Marys can be seen at:

http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2014/10/st-marys-football-game-homecoming.html

Homecoming Photos

    For some excellent pictures of the Homecoming Festivities, go to:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2014/10/homecoming-2014-pictures.html

3A Football Rankings

Wichita Eagle Class 3A Football Rankings for Oct. 4.   No change, as usual.

1. Silver Lake 5-0 (1)
2. Conway Springs 5-0 (2)
3. Rossville 5-0 (3)
4. Scott City 5-0 (4)
5. Wichita Collegiate 4-1 (5)

Capital-Journal 3A Football Rankings.

1. Silver Lake (1) 5-0
2. Rossville (2) 5-0
3. Conway Springs (3) 5-0
4. Scott City (4) 5-0
5. Centralia (5) 5-0

Others — Beloit 4-1, Caney Valley 3-1, Cheney 4-1, Colgan 4-1, Hesston 5-0, Horton 4-0, Hutchinson Trinity 5-0, Kingman 4-1, Maur Hill 4-1, Nemaha Central 4-1, Norton 5-0, Oskaloosa 5-0, SE-Saline 4-1, Wichita Collegiate 4-1.

Notes — After starting the week with 17 undefeated teams, 3A saw those numbers take a big hit with seven of those falling for the first time — Cheney, Colgan, Kingman, Maur Hill, Nemaha Central, Neodesha and SE-Saline. Kingman allowed its first points of the season in a 21-7 loss to Hoisington A total of 28 teams still remain with one or fewer losses.

Dawgs Bury Bears

Rossville beat St. Marys 56-12 at the Friday night homecoming game at Rossville.

Rossville (5-0)            7   28   21     0     =     56
St. Marys (2-3)           6     0     0     6     =     12

Rossville scoring:
Reesor (2), 3 run, 1 run; Horak (2), 50 run, 57 run;
Hammes (2), 5 run, 39 run
Roduner 33 pass from Horak
Horak 36 pass from Horak.
PAT — Steinke 8 Kicks.

You can watch video of the game at    http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/Week-5-St-Marys-at-Rossville-277975221.html

Football Frenzy has about 60 seconds of game video starting at the 4:44 mark in the following broadcast:  http://kansasfirstnews.com/2014/10/03/football-frenzy-recap-10314/

Riley County Football Game Photos

Some photos of the RHS-Riley County football game on Sept. 26 can be seen at:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2014/10/riley-county-football-game-photos.html

Jeff West Golf Tournament

JEFFERSON WEST INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
At Village Greens; Par 72

Team scores
Jefferson West 409, Spring Hill 410, Holton 411, Rossville 440, St. Marys 480, Santa Fe Trail 542.

Individuals
1. Emily Pennington, KC Piper, 76; 2. MaKenzie Fabrizious, Spring Hill, 87; 3. Allie Deiter, Jefferson West, 91; 4. Cali Wing, KC Piper, 97; 5. Maddie Foster, Holton, 97; 6. Staci VanDruff, Rossville, 100; 7. Quinn Holaday, Holton, 100; 8. Josey Jones, KC Piper, 102; 9. Erika Ingold, Spring Hill, 103; 10. Olivia Neuenswander, Jefferson West 103; 11. Bailey Day, Jefferson West, 104; 12. Lauren Oberkrom, Spring Hill, 105; 13. Hannah Deegan, Holton, 105; 14. Makayla Crow, Rossville, 106; 15. Paige Delay, Holton, 109.

RHS Splits With Riley County

    The RHS volleyball team split with Riley County, winning the first match  25-23, 22-25, 25-19 and losing the second one 25-22, 19-25, 21-25.  
     Rossville is 1-3 in the Mid-East League and 5-13 overall.