Tucker Horak At PSU

    Tucker Horak scored two TDs in Saturday's Pittsburg State (7-2) football win against Missouri Western (5-4).    Tucker scored on a 28 yd pass reception and also on a one yd run in the victory.
    In the previous game,  Tucker also scored two rushing TDs of  one yd and 13 yds.
    You can read the details of each PSU Gorilla game this year at:
https://pittstategorillas.com/schedule.aspx?path=football
    You can read Tuckers bio at:
https://pittstategorillas.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4174&path=football

Girls Cross Country Fourth At State

    It was a good weekend for Rossville athletics.  The football team won their playoff round in football, and the girls cross country team placed fourth of the eleven teams competing at the 2A State meet at Wamego on Oct. 27.  In addition to the eleven qualifying teams,  there were several individual girls that qualified which meant a total of 98 girls running.

    The future looks bright for the Rossville team with only one senior on this year's team.  Senior Kaytlin Dorhman, who finished 21st, will be missed, but Julia Streit, who led the team with an 18th place finish, is just a sophomore.  

    The team really progressed during the season earning accolades for the coaching staff.

Place  Name            Grade

18 Julia Streit            10

21 Kaytlin Dorhman  12

37 Meagan Huston    11

63 Alexis Zabala         9 

73 Emma Streit         11 

84 Amanda Kengne  11

92 Katerina Jordan   10

 Place    School                              Points 

1 Ellinwood High School                    92

2 Trego Community High School     101

3 Bennington High School                117

4 Rossville High School                   129

5 Pittsburg Colgan High School       149

6 Jeff County North High School      151

7 Kansas City Christian High            154

8 Salina-Sacred Heart High              162

9 Stanton County High School          170

10 Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic          184

11 Jayhawk-Linn High School           185

Glenn Corke Passes Away

     Glenn C Corke, 87, of Rossville, KS passed away, Friday, October 19, 2018 at Rossville Healthcare and Rehab. 

    Glenn was born February 19, 1931 in Quinter, Kansas to Clyde M and Sylvia G Corke. He grew up in Hoxie, Kansas. Glenn graduated from Seaman High school in 1949. Glenn served in the Army for 4 years. He was employed for Kansas Department of Transportation and retired 30 years. He was a member of North Topeka Baptist Church. He loved fast pitch softball and he loved Studebaker cars.

    Glenn is survived by his two daughters Glenda (Jesse) Massek ; Clydena (Wade) Keitel and his son Kevin Corke, seven grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren with one due in January.     He preceded in death by his parents, Clyde M and Sylvia G Corke, Brother Gene M. Cokre and Son D. Gene (Gno) Corke.   
    A celebration of life service will be held at 2:00 pm, Sunday, November 4th at Rossville Healthcare and Rehab, 600 E Perry St. Rossville, KS 66533.

Rossville Defeats Pleasant Ridge 36-14

    The first half of this first round of playoffs ended with the Dawgs leading 16-8.
    The Pleasant Ridge Rams pulled within two points early in the 3rd quarter,  but then the Dawgs added 20 points to pull away with an eventual 36-14 win to move on to round two of the playoffs.

Pleasant Ridge      0  8  6  0  —  14
Rossville                 7  9  7 13  —  36

Pleasant Ridge scoring— K. Comer 7 pass from C. Comer; Reed 80 pass from C. Comer. PAT — Heckman run.
Rossville scoring — Sowers 30 run; Johnson (2) 35 pass from Carver, 2 run; Carver 28 run; Reeves 42 pass from Carver; Lovisi 23 yard  field goal. PAT — Lovisi 3 kicks.

Video of the complete game can be viewed at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN5Fe1XqxTY&feature=youtu.be
    
Rossville journeys to Atchison next week to play Maur Hill-Mount Academy.


Scores of interest in 2A

Maur Hill-Academy      27
Mission Valley              18

SE Saline                       26
Nemaha Central            13

Riley Co                        45
Riverside                         0

Silver Lake                    55
Riverton                          0

Special Halloween Dawgfeed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV5A6LeEGKA&feature=em-uploademail

PLEASANT RIDGE (5-3) AT ROSSVILLE (6-2)

From the C apital-Journal

Missing the playoffs last year after capturing three straight Class 3A state championships, Rossville has enjoyed a big bounce-back season. The Bulldawgs’ only losses have come to 2A No. 2 Silver Lake (17-14) and Riley County (40-25) and they opened the season with a good win over a strong Centralia team. Garrett Carver has stepped in at starting quarterback and carried on the success enjoyed by recent Rossville quarterbacks, throwing for 1,029 yards and seven touchdowns and rushing for 846 yards and 15 scores. Pleasant Ridge also leans heavily on its quarterback and Colton Comer has delivered in his first year as starter, rushing for 774 yards and 11 touchdowns and throwing for 817 yards and nine scores. The Rams were oh-so close to picking up a program-making victory earlier this year, falling 29-28 to Nemaha Central in the final minutes. The other losses came to Maur Hill and Troy.

Prediction: Rossville over Pleasant Ridge

CLASS 2A Girls Cross Country Coaches Poll

Girls — 1. Bennington; 2. Ellinwood; 3. Colgan; 4. WaKeeney; 5. Rossville; 6. Hutchinson Trinity; 7. Sacred Heart. Others: Central Heights, Jackson Heights, Jayhawk-Linn, Jefferson North, KC Christian, Northern Heights, Seabury, Stanton County, West Elk.
The Rossville girls will compete in the 2A state meet this Sat., Oct. 27, at Wamego.

Maxine Smith Is Student Of Week

   Maxine Smith is this week's Student Of The Week.  Maxine has been recognized by her peers as someone who is always respectful, kind and generous to others. She is always willing to give a helping hand and will do anything to brighten someone's day! 

Final District 4 Standings

Final District 4 Standings as of Oct. 20

                                   Dist.  All 

 Riley County        ... 4-1 ...5-2  

 Southeast-Saline ... 4-1 ... 6-1   

 Rossville                ... 4-1 ... 5-2   

 Mission Valley      ... 2-3 ... 5-2 

 St. Marys                ... 1-4 ... 2-5  

 Council Grove       ... 0-5 ... 1-6     
Top four go into playoffs 

CJ 2A State Football Predictions

Capital-Journal 2A Football Playoff Predictions

State championship — Silver Lake (8-0) vs. Phillipsburg (8-0).

Champion — Phillipsburg. The Panthers were upset on the way to last year’s state title game by Marysville and that loss has stuck as a huge motivator for this year’s Phillipsburg squad. And it’s showed as the Panthers have run roughshod over a good schedule, including a 42-14 whipping of 1A No. 1 Smith Center. Silver Lake has only been tested once and has an easier path to the title game and would love to add another trophy to C.J. Hamilton’s resume.

Contenders — Conway Springs has held down the No. 1 spot in the Best of Kansas Preps rankings all year and posted impressive wins over Chaparral (6-2), Hutchinson Trinity (7-1) and Garden Plain (5-3), all of whom could be considered contenders in the west. Cimarron (7-1) lost the star power off last year’s team, but is a weather-shortened loss to Elkhart away from being undefeated. In the east, could we see another Silver Lake-Rossville (6-2) showdown to get to the title game? Perhaps, but Humboldt (8-0) has yet to be challenged and is looking to make a statement, while Riley County (6-2), Maur Hill (7-1), Nemaha Central (5-3), Southeast-Saline (7-1) and Osage City (7-1) all are capable of making a run.

Final MEL Football Standings

Final MID-EAST League Football Standings as of Oct 19

Team;             League;Overall

   Silver Lake             3-0;   7-0
   Riley County         3-1;    6-2
   Rossville                 2-2;   6-2
   St. Marys                1-3;    2-6
   Rock Creek            0-3;    0-8-
   Wabaunsee            0-0;    1-7

Girls Cross Country to State At Wamego

    The RHS varsity girls cross country team will compete in the  2A State Cross Country Meet at the Wamego Country Club this Saturday, October 27th.  The 2A Girls 5k is at 11:45 AM.  
    Rossville girls have advanced to the State Cross Country meet twice before (3A Classification), placing 7th as a team in both 2007 and 2008.
    This is a State tournament within easy driving distance.  Let's have a big turn-out to give them support.

2A Football Playoffs

    The complete 2A football playoff brackets can be seen at:

http://kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Football/2A.cfm?Activity=1

2A Football Playoff Pairings

East

West Franklin (4-4) at Humboldt (8-0)
Southeast-Cherokee (4-4) at Osage City (7-1)
Mission Valley (5-3) at Maur Hill (7-1)
Pleasant Ridge (5-3) at Rossville (6-2)
Riverton (2-6) at Silver Lake (8-0)
McLouth (4-4) at Jayhawk-Linn (6-2)
Riverside (2-6) at Riley County (6-2)
Southeast-Saline (7-1) at Nemaha Central (5-3)

West

Garden Plain (5-3) at Douglass (7-1)
Belle Plaine (4-4) at Hutchinson Trinity (7-1)
Ellsworth (2-6) at Cimarron (7-1)
Sterling (3-5) at Hoisington (6-2)
Eureka (3-5) at Conway Springs (8-0)
Chaparral (6-2) at Fredonia (5-3)
Southwestern Heights (2-6) at Phillipsburg (8-0)
Norton (4-4) at Lakin (7-1)