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CLASS 2A Football Rankings for Oct. 17, 2019
1.   Hoisington (6-0) [1]
2.   Silver Lake (6-0) [2]
3.   Garden Plain (6-0) [3]
4.   Conway Springs (5-1) [5]
5.   Cimarron (6-0) [8]
6.   Humboldt (6-0) [4]
7.   Riley County (4-2) [NR]
8.   Rossville (4-2) [6]
9.   Belle Plaine (6-0) [10]
10. Lakin (5-1) [7]

Silver Lake continues to hold at #2,  but Rossville dropped a couple places to 8th.  Riley Co. has joined the rankings coming in ahead of Rossville.

Ronald Bond (77) Passes Away

     Ronald K. Bond, 58, died Sunday, September 8, 2019, at his home in Topeka.

     He was born September 23, 1960, at Onaga, the son of Oren R. and Marguerite V. Clark Bond.  Ronald graduated from  Rossville High School in 1977. He worked in construction.  He was preceded in death by his parents.

     Survivors include his brother, Robert E. Bond, Kingsville, MO; a sister, Shirley Voight, Millington; TN;

     Private Inurnment is in the St. Clere Cemetery.

Eagles Win Two Over Lady Dawgs

Silver Lake swept Rossville to keep its one-game lead in the Mid-East League standings over Wabaunsee. The Eagles are 7-1, while Wabaunsee is 6-2 and Rossville 4-4.    Rossville lost the first match 19-25, 10-25 and then lost the second 15-25, 25-22, 10-25.

Alivia Sherer First Dawg At Golf State

From the Capital-Journel:

Alivia Sherer dabbled in tennis a little bit when she was growing up, but the sport really didn’t pique her interest until two years ago.

And once it did, she was hooked. It was the sport she wanted to pursue in high school.  One problem. Sherer is a freshman at Rossville and that school had never fielded a tennis program.

“I just do tennis,” she said. “Over the summer I do drills, so the whole idea was I would just keep doing drills and wait to see what happened.”

What happened was something the Sherer family has been trying to finalize for a couple years. Rossville entered a co-op agreement with Hayden, allowing Sherer to practice and play for the Wildcats during the season.

Sherer took full advantage of the opportunity and when it came time to compete on her own for Rossville at last week’s Class 3-2-1A regional at Hillsboro, it paid off. Sherer became Rossville’s first-ever state tennis qualifier, placing sixth in singles at the regional.

Not many people can say they’ve accomplished a first at their high school. But Sherer can.

“It’s nice and I never really thought about it like that,” she said. “All these other sports always talk about getting to go to state and I never really thought that I am the first one. But I’m excited I get to go do it.”

The daughter of former Washburn player Jesse Sherer, who played for the Ichabods from 1993-97, Alivia wasn’t overly optimistic she would get the chance to play tennis this year after her family had unsuccessfully tried to get a co-op in place for her older brother, Alex, who is a junior at Rossville.

But once she found out it would happen, she was elated.

“I was so excited,” she said. “It was great to learn how everything was going to work.”

Sherer wasn’t alone. Rossville junior Peyton Price, daughter of Washburn assistant coach David Price, also opted to go out for tennis. The two commute every day to Topeka for practice with one of their parents chauffering them.

Jesse Sherer also serves as Rossville’s official coach after taking online training and testing. During the regular season, she was coached by Hayden coach Christy Sheetz, who said her program welcomed the Bulldawg duo with open arms.

“We as coaches, we’re all ambassadors for the sport and the entire Topeka tennis commmunity was so welcoming for this,” Sheetz said. “I’d talked to them about it over the summer and knew Jesse was involved in the tennis community here. So it was kind of a way to pay it back and keep the cycle going.

″(Sherer’s) had such a successful start for a freshman and has done an incredible job. She’s got a sweet and open personality and was so eager to join the team. It’s just been a real blessing and we’ve developed a strong relationship with these two girls.”

“It was kind of weird at first and I mostly talked to Marisol (Blair, a Hayden senior) since I knew her,” Sherer said. “But now I know everyone and we all get along really well.”

Sherer rotated at singles with Hayden’s top-two singles players Marisol Blair and Rhen Calhoon, and put together a 14-6 record during the regular season. She also played some doubles with Price with both playing singles at regionals.

“It was definitely different from what I would see in USTA,” Sherer said. “But it was nice seeing that competition and playing a lot of really good players. It made me a lot better, knowing how I need to move the ball more, use my angles more.”

Price was eliminated in her first match at regionals, while Sherer beat Perry-Lecompton’s Bailey Wheeler, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the quarterfinals. After falling 6-4, 6-1 to Smoky Valley’s Lena Rauchholz, she found herself in a tough spot when she lost the first set to Smoky Valley’s Isabella Wright 7-6 (8-6) in the match to qualify for state.

But she bounced back in a big way to clinch a state berth with a 6-1, 6-2 win in the next two sets. Sherer wound up falling in the fifth-place match to Wabaunsee’s Autymn Schreiner, a defacto Mid-East League championship match between the top singles players for the only two schools in the league with tennis.

“It was definitely nerve-wracking in the (match with Wright), losing that first set in a tiebreaker,” Sherer said. “We were both trying to make every point. I thought getting to state was possible and I just needed to fight.”

Sherer will take a 16-8 record to this weekend’s Class 3-2-1A state tournament in Prairie Village.

“I’m really looking forward to it,” Sherer said. “Having my dad there coaching me will be great, too. I just want to do well and see how far I can get.”

Lady Dawgs Win Osage CC

Standings of Osage City Invitational Cross Country Meet Oct. 9, 2019.

1. Rossville          52
2. Silver Lake       53
3. Anderson Co.   56
4. Osage City       96
5. Santa Fe Trl.    117
6. Hillsdale           150
7. Northern Hts    182
8. Chase Co.       213
9. Wellsville         215

Top Finishers from Rossville were:

2.    Julia Streit
6.   Amelia Foster 
8.   Julia Seidel
11. Emma Streit
25. Alexis Zabala
35. Cassie Fund

Rodehorst To State Golf Meet

Standings of the 3-2-1A golf regionals.

Silver Lake              388
Meriden-Jeff West   410
Osage City               417
Council Grove         462
Rossville                  483
St. Marys                 497

Jenna Rodehorst was the leading golfer for Rossville finishing  13th with a 105.  This qualifies her for the state tournament next week.

Alexandra Broughton finished 23rd with a  119.

Rossville Invitaional Golf

The Rossville Invitational Golf Tournament was held at the Great Life North golf course in Topeka on Oct. 10, 2019. The team finishes were:
  1  Jeff West      169
  2  Silver Lake  170
  3  Rossville      198
  4  Clay Center  216
  5  St. Marys      230
  6  Osage City    231

Rossville was lead by Jenna Rodehorst 43 (6th), Leah Hudson 50 (14th), Kayla Davis 51 (17th).
Sidney Wonnell 54 (21st).

Pittsburg Dealt First Loss of Season

Pittsburg State U. suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of Northwest Missouri on Sat., Oct. 12 \, being on the losing end of a 38-17  contest.  Tucker Horak had three carries for 22 yards including a 19 yard scamper.    The complete game recap can be read at: 
https://pittstategorillas.com/news/2019/10/12/football-bearcats-hand-gorillas-first-loss-of-season-38-17.aspx?path=football

Alivia Shere To State Tennis

CLASS 3-2-1A TENNIS REGIONAL AT HILLSBORO:
 Rossville picked up its first-ever tennis state qualifier as Alivia Shere took sixth in singles play.    She was defeated by Schreiner of Wabaunsee in the match for 5th place.

Team placings were:  KC Christian 19, Smoky Valley 16, Sacred Heart 7, Wabaunsee 5, Maranatha 4, Sabetha 4, Rossville 3, Marysville 1.

The 3-2-1A State Tournament will be Friday, Oct 18, 2019  at the Harmon Park Tennis Complex Prairie Village, KS.

Leah Hudson To National Convention

    Rossville senior Leah Hudson is on the Shawnee County team that is representing Kansas at the National Junior Horticultural Association convention this weekend in Lincoln, NE.
    You can read more about this team at:  https://www.cjonline.com/news/20191011/capfed-best-news-shawnee-county-high-schoolers-compete-at-national-horticulture-convention

Rossville-St. Marys Game Stats (updated)

Ross       22    27    0    0    =    49
St My      0      0     0    6    =      6

6:14  1st    Rezac  36 run                                     PAT  2 Kaden Brown run
1:09  1st    Horak  2 run                                       PAT  1 Reeves kick.
:53    1st    Sowers 47 run                                    PAT  1 Reeves kick
11.51 2nd  Reeves 43 yd pass from Horak          PAT   Kick failed
 8:21 2nd   Reeves 25 yd pass from Horak          PAT  1 Reeves kick
4:35  2nd   Kaden Brown 1 run                             PAT   1 Reeves kick
3:23  2nd   Torrey Horak 26 fumble recovery        PAT   1 Reeves kick
1:26  4th    King 79 pass from Hurla (SM)             PAT    kick failed

Other Scores of interest
Dist. 4
SE Saline       48    Mission Valley    6
Riley County 48    Council Grove     0

MEL
Silver Lake 62     W. Franklin    0
Valley Hts   64     Wabaunsee    20

Dawgs Trouncing Bears 49-0 At Half

    The Dawgs are dominating the St. Marys Bears in a lopsided game.  The Bears are struggling to make any yards while the Dawgs score at will.    At the end of the first quarter,  Rossville scored 3 TDs in 1:18 minutes.
    A heavy dose of bench and underclass players, along with a "running clock" evened the game a bit in the second half.  The Dawgs went scoreless and St. Marys scored six on a 79 yard pass play from Hurla to Charles King with 1:26 remaining in the third.
    TDs in the fourth quarter by Tagen Kippes and Braiden Hensley were called back because of holding penalties.

    Video highlights of the game, beginning at 3:07, can be seen at:    https://www.ksnt.com/football-frenzy/football-frenzy-10-11-19/

    Video highlights from WIBW of the game also available at:    https://www.facebook.com/ksprepzone/videos/2101512553489447/

District Four Football Standings

District 4

                               ... Dist. ... All ... PF   ... PA   ... Pts.

Riley County         ... 2-0 ... 3-2 ... 137 ... 135 ... +26

Southeast-Saline ... 1-1   ... 4-1 ... 181 ... 83        ... 0

Rossville                ... 1-1  ... 3-2 ... 143 ... 79        ... 0

St. Marys                   ... 1-1   ... 1-4     ... 64 ... 183        ... 0

Council Grove      ... 1-1  ... 2-3 ... 104 ... 113   ... -12

Mission Valley    ... 0-2  ... 2-3 ... 107 ... 120  ... -14

VB Team Loses 2 To Wabaunsee

    Rossville lost twice to Wabaunsee on Oct. 7 by scores of 13-25, 20-25 and 17-25, 22-25.
Wabaunsee is ranked number one in 1A.
    Silver Lake  took over the top spot in the Mid-East League standings with a sweep of Rock Creek. The Eagles are 5-1 in league play, a game ahead of Wabaunsee and Rossville with the Chargers sweeping Rossville on Tuesday to hand the Bulldawgs their first league losses.