LaVerne Hoffman Passes Away

    LaVerne Hoffman, 85, Topeka, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016. 
    She was born February 13, 1931, in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of James and Viola (Thompson) Adkins. She graduated from Rossville High School. LaVerne was a member of Willard Baptist Church. 
    On July 3, 1948, she married Marvin L. Hoffman in Topeka. He preceded her in death on April 22, 2005. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Kay Oller, brother, Otis Reed, and twin sister, Lorraine. Survivors include her children: Pam (Harold) Richey; Marvin (Sherri) Hoffman, Jr. and Bill (Coy) Hoffman, all of Topeka; brother: Louis Adkins, Berryville, AR; grandchildren & great-grandchildren: Kim (Mark) Miller and their children, Colton & Ashlyn; Rich (Julie) Deiter; Megan Richey; Traci Hoffman; Jasen (Stephanie) Hoffman and their children, Aiden & Callan; Jared Wright; Lacey (Dustin) Brunin and their children, Quinton & Kensley and Brady (Loren) Hoffman and their son, Hewitt. 
    Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 7, 2016, at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel. Interment will follow at Dover Cemetery. LaVerne will lie in state after 9:00 a.m. Thursday, at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Willard Baptist Church, 107 N. Carlson Rd., Willard, KS 66615 or Midland Care, 200 S.W. Frazier Cir, Topeka, KS 66606. To leave a message for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com.

Mary Mees Passes Away

Mary Amelia Tenbrink Mees, age 100, of St. Marys,  passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016 at the St. Marys Manor.

She was born May 14, 1916 in the Kuenzli Creek comunity near Alma the daughter of John and Emma Stech Tenbrink.  Mary graduated from Alma High School with the class of 1934.   She taught school near Alta Vista, then graduated from beauty school  and opened her own beauty shop in Alma.

To read her complete obituary,  go to:  http://piperfuneralhome.com/obituaries/mary-a-mees/

Thomas John Farr Passes Away

    Thomas John TJ Farr, 86, of Paxico, Kansas, died Thursday, September 29, 2016, at the Rossville Healthcare Center.
    Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at Bethlehem Cemetery, south of Paxico. Mr. Farr will lie-in-state on Monday, beginning at 2:00 p.m., at Campanella-Evans Mortuary in Wamego, the family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. www.campanellafuneral.com

Capital Article On War On 24

ROSSVILLE - Even as his team got up by three scores early in the fourth quarter against arch rival and No. 1 Rossville, Silver Lake coach C.J. Hamilton was hardly comfortable.
“They do such a great job of coming back, I knew it wasn’t safe,” Hamilton said. “They’ve been behind this year and have done a great job of dealing with adversity.”
Sure enough, Rossville charged back, not ready to see its 32-game winning streak come to an end. Scoring two touchdowns in a 56-second span, the Bulldawgs cut the deficit to a touchdown and then got two more cracks at tying the game when Silver Lake turned it over on three straight possessions.
But the No. 2-ranked Eagles got the defensive stops they needed and held on for a 36-28 victory. The win not only snapped the Bulldawgs’ state-best winning streak, but also Silver Lake’s three-game slide in the series.
“To Silver Lake’s credit, they came out storming,” Rossville coach Derick Hammes said. “They got after us early and just character-wise, it said a lot about us to crawl back into the game. There was a certain point where we didn’t have anything going offensively - they were dynamite on defense - and our kids found a way to get back in it. At the end of the day, when we look at this on film, they made more plays than we did and they earned it by far.”
Still, with the way Silver Lake’s offense had consistently driven for scores and the Eagle defense had shut down Rossville’s offense, the Eagles looked to have things well in hand when Dalton  Dultmeier scampered for an 8-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter to five Silver Lake a 36-14 lead.
Rossville’s offense, after managing just 114 yards in the first half, had looked better to start the second half, but still had only produced one touchdown after the break, a 14-yard score by Jacob Bradshaw on the first possession of the half.
But after Dultmeier’s touchdown run, the Bulldawgs’ sprang to life, some of it provided by the Eagles’ turnover woes. Two plays after getting down 22, Bradshaw hit Cole Schumacher  for a 66-yard touchdown strike.
Silver Lake then coughed up the first of three straight fumbles, setting Rossville up at the Eagle 29 and three plays later, Dawson Hammes powered it in for a 1-yard score.
Just like that, it was 36-28 with 10:16 still left in the game. And when Dultmeier was stripped on Silver Lake’s next possession and Sheldon Julbert recovered, Rossville was suddenly in business.
“I’m not pleased with the turnovers,” Hamilton said. “They’re a good football   team and we got fortunate. That’s two weeks in a row in the second half where we haven’t taken care of the ball.”
Silver Lake’s defense responded, however, as Rossville gained just two yards on its first three plays of the ensuing possession and a fourth-down pass from the Eagle 34 fell incomplete.
Rossville still got one more chance, though. A bad snap off the leg of a crossing receiver was pounced on by the Dawgs’ Hulbert, but Rossville went four and out, coming up two yards short on fourth down, and Silver Lake ran out the clock to seal the win.
“We got off to a great start and got it rolling a little bit,” Hamilton said. “I feel good about some things, but we’ve still got some work to do. A game like that, there’s going to be good times and bad times, ebb and flow.”
Silver Lake did indeed start fast, scoring on two first-quarter possessions as Dultmeier hit Ryan Wagner  for a 29-yard touchdown and Josh Boyd scored from 1 yard out. When Dultmeier hit Wyatt Heiman for a 20-yard score early in the second quarter, the Eagles were on the verge of blowing Rossville off its own field, up 22-0.
But the Bulldawgs snapped to life, getting a 9-yard touchdown run from Perry Foster before halftime to cut the lead to 22-7 and then opened the second half with Bradshaw’s 14-yard scoring run.
Dultmeier finished with 224 yards passing and 79 yards rushing, while Bradshaw had 153 passing and 91 rushing for Rossville, which lost for the first time since falling to Silver Lake in the 2013 state semifinals.
Silver Lake (5-0) 14 8 7   7 - 36
Rossville (4-1)        0 7 7 14 - 28
SCORING
SL -Wagner 29 pass from Dultmeier (Dultmeier kick)
SL - J. Boyd 1 run (Dultmeier kick)
SL - Heiman 20 pass from Dultmeier (Byers run)
Ross - Foster 9 run (Andersen kick)
Ross - Bradshaw 14 run (Andersen kick)
SL - Huske 2 run (Dultmeier kick)
SL - Dultmeier 9 run (Dultmeier kick)
Ross - Schumacher 66 pass from Bradshaw (Andersen kick)
Ross - Hammes 1 run (Andersen kick)
GAME IN FIGURES
                       SL Ross
First downs   19 12
Rushes-yards 49-162 39-161
Passing 224 153
Comp-Att-Int 12-17-0 8-16-2
Punts 3-34.0 4-22.0
Fumbles-Lost 4-4 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-27 3-33
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING - Silver Lake: Dultmeier 25-79, Baird 2-3, Wagner 1-26, J. Boyd 3-4, Huske 7-15, Walker 1-0,  Jones6-36, Team 3-mnus 1. Rossville: Bradshaw 27-91, Foster 3-16, Hammes 9-54.
PASSING - Silver Lake: Dultmeier 12-17-0, 224. Rossville: Bradshaw 8-16-2, 153.
RECEIVING - Silver Lake: Baird 3-30, Wagner 4-128, Byrne 2-27, Heiman 2-30, Byers 1-9. Rossville: Schumacher 2-118,  Gfeller 4-21, T. Balch 1-7, Foster 1-7.

Mid-East League Football Standings

MID-EAST LEASGUE FOOTBALL STANDINGS

                       League  Overall

Silver Lake     4-0      5-0
Rossville          3-1      4-1
Riley County  3-1      3-2
Wabaunsee      1-3      1-4
St. Marys          0-2      3-2
Rock Creek     0-4      0-5

Videos of Dawg-Eagle Game

WIBW had their camera at the War on 24 to record most of the scoring.  You can see it at:

http://www.wibw.com/content/sports/KPZ-Week-5-Silver-Lake-at-Rossville-395454781.html

KSNT featured the War on 24 as their game of the week,  so it was the first game viewed on their Football Frenzy at:

http://ksnt.com/2016/09/30/football-frenzy-093016/

Dawgs Lose War On 24

    The Dawgs winning streak ended tonight with a 36-28 loss to Silver Lake.  The Eagles got two quick TDs in the first quarter and the Dawgs had to play catchup the rest of the game,  never getting closer than 8 points.   The 8 poin difference was a result of a muffed extra point try and the holder ran the ball in for a 2 point conversion.

    Other Mid-East games include:

Riley Co.   24    Rock Creek    7
Valley Hts  34   Wabaunsee   28
St. Marys   61    Yates Center  0

Horton Invitational Cross Country Results

Kaw Valley Results from the Horton Invitational.

The Varsity Girls placed 2nd of 6 teams with a score of 51 points, behind winner Hiawatha (49 points).  50 Varsity Girls competed.

Katie Dohrman - 23:33 (5th)

Taylor Bittner - 23:46 (8th)

Rachel Hutley - 24:00 (10th)

MaKenzie Decklar - 24:44 (17th)

Erica Shults - 24:47 (18th)

Callie Perry - 25:36 (22nd)

Layne Cole - 26:33 (25th)

Junior Varsity Girls (17 JV Girls competed)

Emily Stewart - 25:45 (1st)

Emma Streit - 27:40 (3rd)

Laura Gillum - 28:08 (5th)

Varsity Boys placed 7th of 10 teams with a score of 152 points. 78 Varsity Boys competed.

Tristan McCann - 21:00 (22nd)

Stephen Garland - 21:06 (24th)

Caleb Perry - 21:35 (32nd)

Andrew Hudson - 21:50 (39th)

Miles Moore - 22:04 (45th)

David McCarthy - 23:16 (53rd)

Junior Varsity Boys (52 JV Boys competed)

Zach Archer - 22:47 (7th)

Fred Schuler - 23:23 (9th)

Ben Price - 23:35 (11th)

Grant Rieschick - 25:32 (23rd)

Ryan Ehrlich - 26:26 (30th)

Marvin Cummings - 27:05 (34th)

Chase Biswell - 28:18 (40th)

Trent Mulligan - 28:44 (43rd)

Mitchell Porter - 33:37 (52nd)

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Garrett Jones

Rossville Jr/Sr High School

Band & Choir Director

Head Cross Country Coach

Assistant HS Track Coach

League Football Standings

MID-EAST LEASGUE FOOTBALL STANDINGS

                    League  Overall

Rossville          3-0      4-0
Silver Lake     3-0      4-0
Riley County  2-1      2-2
Wabaunsee      1-3      1-3
St. Marys          0-2      2-2
Rock Creek     0-3      0-4

League Volleyball Standings

MID-EAST LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS
according to the Capital Journal.  However,  the RHS web-site shows the
RHS girls 2-2 in league play and 6-12 overall.

                          League    Overall

Silver Lake           4-0           21-5
St. Marys .             3-1           17-3
Wabaunsee           2-2           20-5
Rock Creek          1-3           14-9
Riley County .     1-3          10-10
Rossville               1-3            5-13

Area Volleyball Stats

      S. Shinn leads the Lady Dawgs volleyball team in Kills.  Bergstresser leads in Assists with 211.   L Shinn is the Block leader with 82,  and Streit is the Diggs leader with 223.
      The complete list of area volleyball stats can be read at:
http://prepzone.com/news/196/area-volleyball-stat-leaders,-league-standings,-sept-29-update/

Football Stat Leaders

    Jacob Bradshaw is one of the football rushing leaders in the area, averaging 188 yards per game.    He is also among the leaders for passing,  having completed 47 of 66 for 631 yards or 132.8 yards per game.   Cole Schumacher is the Dawgs leading receiver tallying 303 yards on 21 receptions for a 75.9 average thus far this year.
    For the complete list of players on the lists,  go to:  http://prepzone.com/news/198/high-school-football-stat-leaders,-sept-29-update/

Riley Co.-RHS Volleyball

     The RHS volleyball team beat Riley Count on Tue. afternoon  by scores of 25-20, 25-18 and 25-17,  25-23 to up their Mid-East league record to 2-2/

War On 24 Newspaper Article

From the Capital-Journal:

ROSSVILLE — For the fans of Rossville and Silver Lake, the War on 24 showdown can be the game of the year, one that makes or breaks a season.

That’s simply the nature of rivalry games, particularly ones as fierce as this one. And when they enter the game ranked No. 1 and 2 in Class 3A as Rossville (4-0) and Silver Lake (4-0) do, the stakes for the game seem to be even higher.

But for Silver Lake coach C.J. Hamilton and Rossville coach Derick Hammes, Friday’s clash is merely the next game on the schedule, the midway point of the 2016 season. While grasping there’s no way to downplay the build-up for the game, they also know that it can’t become the season-defining contest.

“Any time you play Rossville, it’s going to be what it is,” said Hamilton, the state’s all-time winningest coach with 394 victories. “It’s going to be intense and very emotional. But the thing of it is, both teams have seasons well beyond this game. If you put too much riding on one game, forget about the rest of the season.”

Hammes agreed.

“We honestly try to prepare the same way week in and week out no matter who we’re facing,” Hammes said. “Obviously the fact this is such a big rivalry, you get a good week of practice out of your kids. If you emphasize one game over any other, then I don’t think you have the consistency we have.

“The Silver Lake game is not just another game, but in terms of how we get ready for it, it really is. What we do in preparation is respect everybody we play and get ready to do what we need to do to win that game.”

Rossville enters Friday’s showdown riding a rare three-game winning streak in the series. The Bulldawgs swept the Eagles on their way to the Class 3A state title in 2014 and last year rode a herculean effort from All-State quarterback Tucker Horak (384 yards rushing 7 TDs) to a 56-35 victory, which clinched a third straight Mid-East League title for Rossville.

Lost in Horak’s gaudy stats and the final outcome was the fact that for much of the game, Silver Lake answered every Rossville blow with one of its own. The Eagles actually led 17-14 late in the second quarter and trailed just 35-29 late in the third quarter before Horak delivered three unanswered touchdowns to put the Eagles away.

“It was back and forth through the first half and the final score wasn’t an indication of how close the game was,” Hammes said. “It was another one of the great games in the series and we expect it to be that way again this year.”

Silver Lake’s Dalton Dultmeier threw for 299 yards in the loss and has enjoyed a big start to the 2016 season, throwing for 648 yards and six touchdowns in the Eagles’ 4-0 start. The senior has spread the ball nicely with four different Eagles having at least 116 yards receiving with Wyatt Heiman’s 13 catches for 342 yards leading the way.

Perhaps the biggest key is the ground game the Eagles have developed around Dultmeier, who has also run for 272 yards. Mason Jones, who started at guard last year, has made the transition to the backfield well and has 298 yards and five touchdowns, coming off a breakout game against Rock Creek where he ran for 117 yards and three scores.

“He and Garrett Huske both have done a nice job,” Hamilton said. “He’s made the transition really well and both backs have contributed maybe a little bit beyond expectations. We like to be balanced and they complement each other.”

Last week’s 49-26 win over Rock Creek was Silver Lake’s closest call of the season, one in which the Eagles have outscored their foes 202-42. Silver Lake trailed early but exploded for 29 second-quarter points and overcame a sloppy second half.

Despite the apparent ease in which the Eagles have moved to 4-0, Hamilton said his team has been tested and knows the ultimate test, thus far, will come Friday.

“I felt like teams played pretty well against us, so I think we’ve been tested,” he said. “We got behind against Rock Creek and you never know how you’ll respond, even though it was in the first half. But you just never know so that was a good sign. (Friday)’s a good opportunity for us to measure where we’re at.

“It’s always a good opportunity when you’re facing a good team. We’ve got a ways to go and I’m sure they’ve got a ways to go and this prepares us for that.”

Rossville, meanwhile, has faced plenty of adversity in its 4-0 start, one that’s extended its state-best winning streak to 32 consecutive wins. The Bulldawgs had to make a defensive stand in the final seconds of the opener to fight off Marysville 27-20 and then fell behind 14-0 after one quarter the following week against Rock Creek before rallying for a 41-26 victory keyed by a 20-0 edge in the third quarter.

Last week, the Bulldawgs fought off a tough challenge from Wabaunsee in a 28-6 win — their third straight game without the services of standout linebacker-running back Dawson Hammes and senior lineman Jackson Reeves. Both players are questionable for Friday’s game with Hammes suffering a fracture in his left thumb which required surgery.

What hasn’t killed the Bulldawgs has made them stronger, Derick Hammes said.

“It helps and that was certainly one of the question marks about us at the beginning of the year — how would we respond to adversity and react when we’re in a tough situation?” Hammes said. “We’ve certainly had that in several games to this point in the season and our leadership has responded well and our play has been good enough when it had to be.”

Jacob Bradshaw has been spectacular in filling Horak’s void at quarterback. The senior has run for 752 yards and nine touchdowns and thrown for 531 yards and nine scores. Cole Schumacher has 21 catches for 303 yards and eight touchdowns.