RHS & Jeff West Split in VB

    Rossville split with Jeff West in volleyball on Sept. 19.  During the 6 games played,  the Lady Dawgs steadily got stronger as the games progressed with the last game being their best.  The RHS girls lost their first three games 16-25, 25-22, 29-31,  but steadily improved to finish out 25-25, 25-22, 25-9.
    Rossville is 5-4 thus far in the 2019 season.

Girls Win Onaga Inv. Cross Country

Results of the Onaga cross country race on Sept 20, 2019.

Boys

Team scores

Axtell 42, Rock Creek 44, St. Mary’s Academy 51, Jackson Heights 81, Rossville 102, St. Marys 112, Wetmore 142, Centralia 145, Washington County 160, Onaga 160, Linn 162, Clifton-Clyde 214, Frankfort 216.

Individual results

1. Little, Jackson Heights, 17:38.99; 2. Q. Buessing, Axtell, 18:03.94; 3. Jones, St. Marys, 18:38.54; 4. Bomberber, St. Mary’s Acadmey, 18:51.16; 5. Schmitz, Axtell, 19:11.38; 6. Roberts, Rock Creek, 19:17.92; 7. Simmons, Washington County, 19:18.56; 8. Twombly, Rossville, 19:41.73; 9. Churchman, Rock Creek, 19:57.26; 10. Holliday, Jackson Heights, 20:16.50.

Girls

Team scores

Rossville 23, Rock Creek 30, Centralia 51, Jackson Heights 81, Clifton-Clyde 84, St. Marys 87, Valley Heights 100, Frankfort 141.

Individual results

1. Kuckelman, Centralia, 21:57.08; 2. Streit, Rossville, 22:10.33; 3. Saenz, Rock Creek, 23:07.30; 4. Seidel, Rossville, 23:29.78; 5. Holthaus, Centralia, 23:30.24; 6. Foster, Rossville, 23:35.16; 7. Saenz, Rock Creek, 23:42.56; 8. Clark, Rock Creek, 24:09.30; 9. Bowser, Clifton-Clyde, 24:38.08; 10. Zarybnicky, Hanover, 24:38.87.

Dawgs Hobble Rock Creek Mustangs (updated)

The Dawgs led at the half-time 22-10 and added more points in the second half for a final score of 44-16 at St. George on Sept 20, 2019.

Rock Creek   3   7   6   0  —  16
Rossville          8 14 15   7   —  44

Rock Creek — Killingsworth 1 run, 4 run, Golden 33 field goal. PAT — Golden kick.

Rossville — Horak (4) 4 run, 17 run, 2 run, 58 run, Kim 26 run, Reeves 28 pass from Horak. PAT — Stallbaumer run, 2 conversion runs, Reeves 2 kicks.

Photos by Shari Gentry

Osage City Inv. Golf

Osage City Invitational Golf Tournament,  Sept 19, 2019
1.  Silver Lake     199
2.  Osage City      203
3.  Jeff West         212
4.  Council Gr.      240
5.  St, Marys         245
6.  Santa Fe Tr.     278
7.  Rossville          327

Clara Broxterman was the leader from RHS with a 79, followed closely by Jenna Thompson at 80 and Jessica Thompson at 81.

Football Stat Leaders

    Torrey Horak has completed 19 of 31 (61%) passes for 308 yards, an average of 154.5 yards/game.    His leading receiver is Bo Reeves who has 8 grabs for 184 yards, an average of 98 yards/game.

Delia Days Sept 21, 2019

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RHS Cross Country Ranked

Girls Cross Country 2A Ranking

1. Bennington
2. Ellinwood
3. Stanton County
4. Rossville 
5. WaKeeney
6. Colgan7. KC Christian 

Others — Central Heights, Ellsworth, Hutchinson Trinity, Jayhawk-Linn, Jefferson North, Lakin, Meade, Ness City, Oakley, Pratt-Skyline, Remington, Republic County, Sacred Heart, Seabury, Sterling, Wichita Independent.

Cole Schumacher At ESU

    Cole Schumacher is a redshirt sophomore at Emporia State and is a wide receiver on their football team.    His bio can be read at:    https://esuhornets.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3612

Drug Arrest On I-70

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE # 190918 I-70 Drug Arrest
CONTACT: Sheriff Brian C. Hill (785) 251-2200

On September 17th, 2019, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on I-70, eastbound, at mile post 348. The traffic stop resulted in the seizure of approximately 145 pounds of marijuana that was destined for the Topeka area. The marijuana has an estimated street value of $500,000.

Janae N. Williams, 30 years old, of Topeka, was arrested for Possession of Marijuana with Intent to distribute and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The incident is still under investigation.

Kansas Honor Scholars

Congratulations to Taylor Morelli, Jenna Rodehorst, Danielle Bittner and Kody Davoren for bring named Kansas Honor Scholars!

Horak Scores Two TDs In Win

Tucker Horak scored two TDs in Pittsburg State's 47-23 win over Emporia State on Sept. 14

CC Runners At Wamego

The Rossville Cross Country team performed well at the Wamego Invitational on Saturday. If Rossville ends up being in the 2A classification this year, the State Cross Country meet will take place at Wamego. 3A schools head to Rim Rock in Lawrence for State. The Wamego Invitational is a great "state-preview" meet that draws a lot of strong competition across the state, classes 1A - 4A. The Rossville team is looking strong this year, with over 20 competitors between 7th-12th grade. We have loftly goals this year, ranging from setting new personal bests to improving upon our girl's 4th place team finish at State in 2018. It was a warm day on Saturday, especially for the final two races of the day (Varsity 123A Girls and Varsity 123A Boys). The Rossville athletes competed very well, and we are looking forward to continuing our training, getting stronger and smarter every day.

Kitty Jordan placed 49th out of 67 in the JV Girls 5k.

Hayden Sanders placed 72nd, Wade Twombly was 81st, Tim Limley was 112th, and Tres Faith was 113th out of 145 runners in the JV Boys 5k.

The Varsity Girls team placed 2nd out of 13 teams. Medalists were Julia Streit (12th), Jula Seidel (13th), Amelia Foster (20th), and Meagan Huston (39th). Emma Streit was 44th, Cassie Fund 58th, and Alexis Zabala 59th out of 139 Varsity runners.

Sam Twombly and Zach Archer competed in the Varsity Boys race, placing 49th and 77th respectively out of 172 Varsity runners.

Garrett Jones

Head Cross Country Coach

Assistant HS Track Coach

James Puff Passes Away

     Maple Hill—James M. “Jim” Puff, 68, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Midland Hospice House.

     He was born October 26, 1950 at Topeka, the son of Charles Richard and Iryllis Dee Gronquist Puff.  Jim grew up in the Oakland community and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1968.  He served in the National Guard.

     Jim was a meat cutter by trade working in many Topeka grocery stores.  In 1986 he and his wife Patti moved to Maple Hill when they bought Barrett’s Grocery Store.  They added Puffy’s Steak and Ice House in 1994 selling the business in 2017.  Jim was a member of the catholic faith.  He had belonged to the Local Meat Cutters Union in Topeka.

     He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother David Puff, two brothers-in-law, Dennis Schimmel and Doug Menke.

     On January 22, 1972 Jim and Patricia M. Menke were united in marriage at Topeka.  She survives of the home.

     Other survivors include a son, Chad James (Lyndsay) Puff, Fisher, IN; three daughters, Brandi Marie (Myron) Hurla, Paxico, Shannon Joyce (Brandon) Kent, and Kelli Suzanne Parnell all of Maple Hill: four brothers Richard (Penny) Puff, Topeka, Jon (Debbie) Puff, Springfield, MO. Bobby (Vickie) Puff, Hernando, MS. and Skip (Pam) Puff, Maple Hill; his sister, Alice Schimmel, Maple Hill; sister-in-law, Ruth Ann Puff, Topeka; 10 grandchildren, Desiree (Todd) Worrel, Mason (Taylor) & Triston (Taylor) Hurla, Wyatt & Isabella Puff, Fischer & Maize Kent, Kennedy, Karlie & Kallie Parnell three great-grandchildren, Tripp & Trakk Worrel and Talon Hurla.

     A rosary will be recited at 1:30 P.M. Sunday September 22, 2019 followed by a visitation until 4:00 P.M. at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Inurnment will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 23, 2019 in the Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill.  Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.  To leave online condolences go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

There is a video of Jim at the Puffy's in Maple Hill that can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dLYehUqgBg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0TNAQTcEDbjiodZqn1ch9W9AV-6nzeelqv71bUuneoyEqznua-TLAJubI

2A Football Rankings (updated)

Capital-Journal Rankings for 2A football as of Sept. 15, 2019

1. Hoisington (3) ... 2-0
2. Humboldt (4) ... 2-0
3. Garden Plain (NR) ... 2-0
4. Silver Lake (NR) ... 2-0
5. Phillipsburg (1) ... 1-1

Others — Belle Plaine 2-0, Cimarron 2-0, Conway Springs 1-1, Ellsworth 2-0, Hutchinson Trinity 2-0, Lakin 2-0, Maur Hill 2-0, Riley County 1-1, Rossville 1-1, Southeast-Saline 2-0.

CatchitKansas had the following ranking this week.

CLASS 2A
1. Hoisington (2-0)
2. Silver Lake (2-0)
3. Phillipsburg (1-1)
4. Garden Plain (2-0)
5. Rossville (1-1)
6. Humboldt (2-0)
7. Southeast of Saline (2-0)
8. Lakin (2-0)
9. Maur Hill (2-0)
10. Conway Springs (1-1)