Teams In Rossville's District

The 3A football district that RHS will be playing in will have the following teams, making it one of the more difficult districts:
Rossville       5--0
Silver Lake    5--0
Oskaloosa      4--1
Osage City     3-2

Horton Invitational Cross Country

HORTON INVITATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY  -- Oct. 1, 2015

Boys

Team scores

McLouth 85, Sabetha 118, Hiawatha 120, Jackson Heights 130, Royal Valley, 132, West Platte, Mo. 1234, Wetmore 169, Marysville 170, Maur Hill 180, Kaw Valley 188, Rock Creek 221.

Individual results

1. Siebert, Maur Hill, 17:57; 2. Houk, Hiawatha, 18:02; 3. C. Hinton, Riverside, 18:13; 4. Lierz, Hiawatha, 18:19; 5. K. Cox, Sabetha, 18:20; 6. T. Hinton, Riverside, 18:32; 7. Mulligan, Kaw Valley, 18:38; 8. Achten, Wetmore, 18:42; 9. Pfau, McLouth, 18:45; 10. Funk, McLouth, 18:50.

Girls

Team scores

Hiawatha 35, Atchison County 66, Kaw Valley, 72, Royal Valley 84, Sabetha 84.

Individual results

1. Kettler, Hiawatha, 21:30; 2. Little, Jackson Heights, 21:47; 3. Scholz, Atchison County, 22:07; 4. Siebert, Maur Hill, 22:17; 5. Schuette, Sabetha, 22:20; 6. Williams, Hiawatha, 22:21; 7. Hurla, Kaw Valley, 22:37; 8. Shamburg, Hiawatha, 22:43; 9. Meyer, Sabetha, 22:51; 10. Bissell, Atchison County, 22:54.

Dawgs Defeat St. Marys 57-13 (updated)

   The Dawgs won the inaugural Kaw Valley Clash with an easy 56-13 football victory at St. Marys.      The first team jumped out to an easy 56-0 lead at the half time behind Tucker Horak's 15/16 passing for 215 yards.  He also picked up  203 yards and 3 TDs in 8 carries on the ground.  Dawson Hammes added 2 TDs and 119 yards on 10 carries.   Cole Schumaker caught 3 passes for 91 yards and 1 TD.
    The second and third teams played the last two quarters yielding 7 points in the 3rd qtr and 6 in the 4th.

Rossville (5-0)   29   28   0   0   =   57

St. Marys (1-4)   0     0   6   7   =   13

Rossville scoring — Horak (3), 63 run, 20 run, 53 run; Hammes (2), 3 run, 54 run; Team safety; Roduner 20 pass from Horak; Schumaker 59 pass from Horak; Team 5 pass from Horak. PAT — Nascimento 7 KicksFailed kick.

St. Marys scoring — King 41 run; Shoenfeld 50 run. PAT — Team Kick.

    WIBW TV has video at:  http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/KPZ-Week-5-Rossville-at-St-Marys-330441391.html
    KSNT TV had no video of the game this week.

    Other Mid-East League action:
Silver Lake  41  --  Winfield  7
Wabaunsee  41  --  Onaga 14
Riley Co      36  --  Rock Creek  34

Clay Center Invitational Golf (updated)

    Rossville sent only three girls to the Clay Center Invitational Golf Tournament on Oct. 1,  so the team did not qualify.  Emily Woodcock and Dawn Ledeboar each shot a very respectable 50 which tied them for 10th place against some very tough competition.
    Team scores

TMP-Marian 180, Salina Central 196, Clay Center 198, Concordia 228, Council Grove 258, Centre 267

Individual results

1. K. Dinkel, TMP, 39; 2. Cobb, Salina Central, 41; 3. T. Dinkel, TMP, 45; 4. Dieckmann, Clay Center, 45; 5. Applequist, TMP, 47; 6. Truelove, Salina Central, 48; 7. Michaud, TMP, 49; 8. Wright-Frederick, Clay Center, 49; 9. Helget, TMP, 49; 10. Woodcock, Rossville,  50:  11. Ledeboar Rossville  50. 

Kaw Valley Clash

    A new tradition for the Dawgs and Bears begins Friday night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqgIjUrMsAM&feature=em-subs_digest-g

1930 Football Team

Here is a photo of the Rossville football team in 1930.  Can anyone identify some of the players?

Click on image to enlarge.

Davis Warton At William Jewell

    Davis Warton is a red shirt freshman on the William Jewell football team this fall.  His bio can be read at:  http://jewellcardinals.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2489&path=football

Volleyball Team Loses To Riley Co.

    The RHS volleyball team dropped two matches to Riley County by scores of 22-25, 17-25 and then 28-26, 23-25, 20-25.

Willard Bridge Moves Forward

      TOPEKA (KSNT) – The process for replacing the Willard Bridge took another
step forward Thursday.

      Shawnee County Public Works Director Tom Vlach told commissioners that the Union Pacific Railroad gave their final approval.  The railroad has track underneath the bridge that spans the Kansas River and they need to approve any project that involves their right of way.

      Vlach said the railroad’s blessing was a big hurdle to jump as it could have easily said “no”.

      The Sheriff’s Office  also reminded motorists to obey the weight limits for the bridge as enforcement is continuing.

      “The Rossville Police Department and the Kansas Highway Patrol have done a great job partnering with us to enforce those rules and it’s just an ongoing battle, so if you know business owners who have large trucks, please encourage them to avoid that area so we don’t have to take enforcement action.” Said Captain Shane Hoobler with the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office.

      Commissioner Buhler also added there is no agriculture exemption for the bridge, which means no heavy trucks, combines or other overweight machinery.

      The bridge replacement is still on track for next spring if all the funding comes through.

Farmers Affected By Willard Bridge

    ROSSVILLE (KSNT) — The harvest season has started in Kansas and some area farmers are having to add more time to their already long days.

    The 9 ton weight restriction on the Willard Bridge means vital, but heavy equipment can’t be driven across the aging and failing bridge. The semi-tractor-trailers that carry grain are also prohibited from crossing.

    Despite the busy season, the Shawnee County Commission won’t lift the restriction and local, as well as state, law enforcement will ticket drivers who try to use the bridge with oversized vehicles and equipment.

    “There is no ag exemption, but this is for the safety of everybody in the community and the public’s safety,” Kevin Cook, Shawnee County Commission Chair, said Thursday morning. But Cook did acknowledge the limit does hinder farmers during one of the busiest times of the year.

    “For them to get their equipment from one side or the other is extremely cumbersome or impossible in some cases,” he said.

    And farmers are having to cope with that unchanging issue by planning ahead.

    “Oh, it’s just part of the day. You just do what you have to do,” said Jason Harries.

    Harries was part of a four-man team harvesting corn near US-24 Highway east of Rossville on Thursday. He said getting machinery and grain from that farm was easy. But he also works on one across the Kansas River from Rossville, which will require a detour around the Willard Bridge to get to.

    “When we sprayed over there, I think it took us 45 minutes to an hour to get around there,” he said. But even his backup plan of using the Maple Hill Bridge has issues. There are smaller bridges around that area that also have weight limits.
    There is video at:  http://ksnt.com/2015/09/24/kansas-farmers-deal-with-willard-bridge-restrictions/

Girls Golf At Jeff West Invitational

The girls golf team came in 7th of 7 teams at the Jefferson West Invitational at Village Greens on Sept. 28.    Emily Woodcock led the team with a 101.

Team Finishes

1.  Silver Lake     398
2.  Spring Hill       399
3.  Jeff West        401
4.  KC Piper         402
5.  St. Marys        429
6.  Holton            438
7   Rossville        443

2015 Homecoming Photos

Tucker Horak & Britnee Zemek were crowned  homecoming king & queen prior to the Riley County football game on Friday night. Attendants were Kyle Parr, Kole Davoren, Lauren Steckel, and Katie Conley.
    Photos of the Homecoming Royalty in the parade and pre-game crowning can be seen at:
http://rossvilleksphotos.blogspot.com/2015/09/2015-homecoming-royalty.html

Baseball Documentary Film

By By J.C. Reeves

The Capital-Journal

The city of Rossville — and in particular, Joe Campbell Memorial Stadium, home of the Rossville Rattlers — will take center stage for the upcoming baseball documentary “Town Teams: More than Baseball.”

Mark Honer, the director of the film and executive producer of DHTV Digital, a company he started in 1996 in the Kansas City area, said the documentary is about the teams that played in the early 1900s in rural Kansas.

“I was actually looking into doing a documentary about the El Dorado oil field and the 100-year anniversary of the oil boom down near El Dorado. Obviously, I was looking into doing it and what I had learned, unfortunately, was that somebody had done a damn-fine documentary already about it,” Honer said with a laugh. “So there wasn’t really any need to do that. But in the process of doing my research, I kept coming across these old photos of baseball teams.

“What I learned along the way is that every little small town, and I mean no matter how small it seemed, had a baseball team. I mean it was the entertainment of the time.”

The documentary follows a particular game between two teams from towns that no longer exist near El Dorado — Midian and Oil Hill.

“I grew up near El Dorado and went to grade school at Oil Hill grade school. I always wondered what Oil Hill was. It turns out Oil Hill was a town of around 2,500 people,” Honer said. “Everybody had a team. It was as far as you could go on a Sunday. Basically, these guys were working 60-70 hours a week just about. No matter who they were — on a farm, oil fields or whatever. But on Sunday they just went out and they played for the love of the game, so it kind of got me excited.

Honer, a baseball fan, said he’d never done a documentary on an historic subject before but he was excited about the subject. He said the more he started researching the project, the more he learned about an individual player who went on to play in the majors.

“I don’t have any interest in guys that went on to the majors,” Honer said. “I want to tell the story of the other 98 percent of guys from baseball towns that just played because they loved it. It was pretty dang good and it was pretty dang competitive.”

Midian and Oil Hill had populations of about 2,000 and 2,500 people, respectively. Each year the teams would play what Honer described as “their own little mini-World Series” for the championship of the oil belt.

Many teams during the time period would hire ringers, or professional players, who would help give them an edge. For this particular game, however, there were three or four hired to play.

“One was Casey Stingle, who went on to be a Hall-of-Fame manager with the Yankees,” Honer said. “He was hired by Midian, and a couple of other guys that were significant pro players. Oil Hill hired a guy named (Roy) Saunders to pitch. It was the town teams, but they wanted to win so bad for the seventh game, just the seventh game — it was tied 3-3 — so they brought in these ringers.

“It was a very colorful game. It was 1-0. There was a very controversial play, and we’re going to re-enact some of the scenes from that game.”

Honer began his project by researching photos of games that happened during the time period.

“I went looking for photos to see what’s out there. Are there enough photos to sort of tell this story? And I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was one of the few things that they did take pictures of then,” Honer said. “There were tons of pictures of old teams, you know, this year or that year that were posed. But the real treasures are the ones where there were a few photographers out there that were shooting games.”

Most of the work on this project was done throughout the spring. Honer, an Iowa State University graduate, traveled around to different places looking for a place to film before he decided on Rossville.

“I think the stadium was the biggest thing,” said David Streeter, Rossville Rattlers general manager and Mid-Plains League commissioner. “This being an all-wooden ball park lends itself very highly to that era. I think, for him, that was the biggest thing. Just having that authentic look.”

Honer’s vision of this scene, which will be filmed at 1 p.m. Oct. 18, is based on a postcard he came across from the time period. The photo depicts hundreds of fans sitting in the grandstands of the Oil Hill stadium and Model-T cars parked along the sides of the field.

“I need people to show up for the re-enactment, and I want to make it real clear that we’re not going to play a game,” Honer said. “We’re going to shoot scenes. We’re going to shoot some scenes that are composite of what you might find in town baseball that will be sprinkled throughout the film to illustrate things.”

Honer hopes the film will be finished before the next baseball season, and plans to do screenings across the state of Kansas, as well as have the documentary played on various public television stations throughout the state.

Horner said the community of Rossville has been behind him every step of the way.

“This town, I’m telling you, they’re amazing. They’re into it. They’re helping me so much. I don’t really even know anybody over there. They just dig baseball. They’re really into it. They heard about the project and they just said ‘OK, rally the troops.’ ” Horner said. “There’s like three people that are helping me find players, sewing old uniforms for me. I’m trying to get people to show up in period dress and they’re spreading the word around for me. This is a labor of love. You do a project like this because you’re into the subject.”

For another article on this planned documentary,  go to:  http://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2015/09/baseball-film-shoot-in-rossville.html

2015 Homecoming Lip Dub

2015 Homecoming Lip Dub by RHS students

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPWqediqTI