2A Districts 1-4 Playoffs

This blog is for posting all news of Rossville residents and Rossville High alumni. Bookmark this page and send any appropriate news (births, deaths, engagements, marriages, anniversaries, job changes, honors, etc.) items to: Frank.Ruff@juno.com . Feel free to add comments to any of the articles. Check this site often because I sometimes delete items. There are SEARCH (top left of page) and LINK (bottom of page) features. For photos, see link at bottom.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Schaefer, a Senior at Rossville Jr/Sr High School, as she has been selected as a member of the 2021 NAFME ALL-NATIONAL Concert Band for flute. Only 9 high school flute students are selected to the All-National Band. This places Elizabeth as one of the top 9 high school flute players in the country. She is also the first student from Rossville to ever be selected for this ensemble.
The Rossville girls finished 7th of 12 teams at the 3A Regional Cross Country meet at Sabetha on Oct. 23. Individual finishes were as follows:
8. Amelia Foster
35. Cassie Fund
38. Alexis Zabala
41. Reagan Wonnell
51. Audrie Davis
67. Keera Lacock
The Dawgs finshed 13th of the 14 boys cross country teams at the Oct. 23 Regional at Sabetha. Individual finishes were as follows:
21. Sam Twombly
26. Colby Hurla
84. Wade Twombly
84. Richard Faith
Rossville defeated Royal Valley 20-25, 25-20, 25-22 in the opening round. They were then elimainatd from the tournament by Nemaha Central 27-29, 14-25.
School League Overall
Rossville 3-0 8-0
Riley Co, 2-0 8-0
Silver Lake 2-2 5-2
Wabaunsee 0-0 6-2
Rock Creek 0-2 4-3
St. Marys 0-3 4-3
This is the final week of District games. Playoffs start next Friday and the MEL is looking strong in anticipation of a run as they climb the ladder toward the 1A, 2A and 3A Titles. Once again, the MEL teams go 6-0 for the night, After losing the first 3 games, St. Marys has made quite a comrback winning the last 4 straight.
Rossville 51
Mission Valley 6
Silver Lake 55
Pleasant Ridge 20
Riley Co 25
Marysville 13
St. Marys 46
Atchison Co. 12
Osage City 42
Humbolt 0
Wabaunsee 45
Centrailia 40
Nemaha Cen. 47
Republic Co. 0
Rossville 14 24 7 6 51
Mission Vly 0 0 0 6 6
1st qtr
8:54 Corey Catron 11 yd run PAT Arantes kick
6:20 Corey Catron 54 yd run PAT Arantes kick
2nd qtr
1l:09 Trenton Barker 1 yd run PAT Arantes kick
5:24 K. Brown 5 yd pass from Catron PAT Arantes kick
2:23 Kaden Perine 20 yd pass from Catron PAT Arantes kick
:04 29 yd field goal by Arantes
3rd qtr (Running clock after start of 3rd quarter)
8:24 Trenton Barker 5 yd run PAT Arantes kick
4th qtr
3.24 MV 1 yd run PAT failed
:20 Tayson Horak 41 yd run Time expired before kick
You can view video of the game at: WIBW video of Mission Valley game
Rossville opens start of playoffs at home against Republic Co. Oct. 29.

Kansas Wesleyan’s Amanda Hill (SR/Rossville, Kan.) and Kelcey Hinz (JR/Whitewater, Kan.) were selected by conference coaches to the Kansas Conference Women’s Basketball Preseason All-KCAC team as announced by the conference office on Tuesday.
Hill returns to the Coyotes after being named to the All-KCAC second-team last season. Hill led the Coyotes and ranked third in the conference in scoring at 16.3 points per game and 3-pointers made per game at 2.27. She also ranked eighth in the conference in rebounding at 7.38 rebounds per game.
Hinz also returns for the Coyotes after earning All-KCAC second-team honors a year ago. She was second on the team in scoring and ranked seventh in the conference at 14.26 points per game. She also ranked fifth in the conference in field goal percentage (.452) and was third in the conference in rebounding at 10.96 per game. She had 16 double-doubles on the season last year, ranking third in the conference.
Kansas Wesleyan was 16-11 last season and was picked to finish third by both conference coaches and media outlets in 2021-22 in their respective preseason polls.
The Coyotes open the season on October 29, hosting Columbia College at 6 p.m. inside Mabee Arena. KWU then hosts the Coyote Classic on November 5 and 6.
[1] Hiawatha HS (36-3)
10/23 @ Sabetha 2:00 PM (East Ct)
[8] Meriden-Jefferson West HS (3-29)
[4] Marysville HS (27-12)
10/23 @ Sabetha 20 minutes after (East Ct)
[5] Easton-Pleasant Ridge HS (20-10)
[2] Seneca-Nemaha Central HS (33-6)
10/23 @ Sabetha 2:00 PM (West Ct)
[7] Sabetha HS (17-19)
[3] Rossville HS (29-8)
10/23 @ Sabetha 20 minutes after (West Ct)
[6] Hoyt-Royal Valley HS (22-13)
The winner of the [1]/[8] game will play the winner of the [4]/[5] game.
The winner of the [2]/[7] game will play the winner of the [3]/[6] game/
Silver Lake started slow allowing Rossville to win the first game, but they came back to win the next four on Oct. 19. The scores were 25-22, 13-25, 8-28 and also 20-25, 26-28.
The Rossville Volleyball team competed in the Abilene Tournament on Oct 16. winning against Salina Central, Topeka High, and Royal Valley twice.
School Result
Salina Central 25-18, 25-13
Topeka High 25-13, 25-14
Royal Valley 15-25, 25-19, 25-21
Abilene 24-26, 22-25
Royal Valley (3rd Place) 24-26, 25-17, 25-21
School League Overall
Rossville 3-0 7-0
Riley Co, 2-0 7-0
Silver Lake 2-2 5-2
Wabaunsee 0-0 5-2
Rock Creek 0-2 3-3
St. Marys 0-3 3-3
There is one week remaining in the regular season before the playoffs of the top 32 teams begin. Thus the brackets have not been set, but Williams of the Wellington Dailey News has projected his version of the brackets. The quarter part with Rossville is possibly going to be:
St. Marys Colgan vs. Eureka
Osage City vs Fredonia
Rossville vs Republic Co.
Nemaha Central vs Pleasant Ridge
If the projection is correct, Rossville will play Republic Co.Oct 29, then #10 Nemaha Central, and then #5 Osage City.
On Friday Oct. 22 Rossville plays Mission Valley, their last district opponent.
On Oct. 14 the Lady Dawgs competed in the Veritas Christian Triangular. They defeated Veritas 25-11, 25-10 and 25-9, 25-12. They are 25-5 for the season and will play Silver Lake on Oct 19 before the Sub-states on Oct. 23.