Baseball Documentary At Cooperstown

    “Town Teams: Bigger than Baseball,’’ a baseball documentary shot in Rossville, made it to Cooperstown.   It was shown Sunday at the Baseball Hall of Fame during its annual film festival.   The documentary included coaches from the Rossville Rattlers, old players from Rossville,  and, extras who filled the Joe Campbell Stadium which had some modifications to look like a typical 1920's era town team stadium.

MEL Predictions For Week 5

In looking over the Capital-Journal predictions,  I wonder how they come up with their ratings for some teams.    Some have a strength rating of 0 or 1.    But,  below are the predictions for the Mid-East League teams for Sept 29.

… 97.9 … SILVER LAKE       … 6.7 … Rossville … 91.2

… 94.8 … RILEY COUNTY  … 19.6 … Rock Creek … 75.2
… 63.8 … St. Marys                … 47 … YATES CENTER … 16.8
… 74.3 … VALLEY HEIGHTS … 6.6 … Wabaunsee … 67.7

Terry Park Passes Away

Terry James Park, 70, Rossville, passed away September 24, 2017.

A Celebration of Life will be at 10:30 a.m. 9-30-2017 at Rossville United Methodist Church, 411 Pearl St.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Helping Hands Humane Society Inc.

Dawgs Split With Riley Co.

    The Rossville volleyball team split with Riley County on Sept 26.  The Dawgs won the first match 24-26, 25-20, and 25-17,  but lost the second 22-25, 25-14, and 24-26.
    The Dawgs scored more points in both matches,  but didn't get them at the proper time.

Jeff West Invitational Golf

The RHS grils golf team participated in the Jeff West tournament at Village Greens golf course on Sept. 25.

The team standngs were:
1.    KC Piper               359
2.    Spring Hill             375
3.    Holton                    395
4.    Jeff West                397
5.    Silver Lake             440
6.    Tonganoxie             444
7.    Rossville                 445
8.    Osage City              457
9.    St. Marys                493     

The Dawgs were led by :
Dawn Ledeboer         106
Jessica Sowere           110
Jenna Rodehorst         111

Football Teams Being Reclassified for 2018-19.

In June, the KSHSAA member schools voted re-classification for football which eliminated Class 4A Division II and added Class 1A back. The bulk of the current Class 3A schools will now form Class 2A with most of the current Class 2-1A schools now making up Class 1A.

After dominating the east spot in the Class 3A football championship game for the past decade-plus, Silver Lake and Rossville will make the move to Class 2A in the 2018-19 cycle.
The change is mostly in name only as the new Class 2A will be made up mostly of former 3A members, pushed down a class with the elimination of Class 4A Division II.
So the likes of Silver Lake, Rossville and fellow Mid-East League members Riley County and St. Marys will move to Class 2A in 2018, along with other locals such as Osage City, Council Grove, Nemaha Central, Maur Hill and Mission Valley. Past 2-1A stalwarts Centralia, Olpe, Lyndon and Troy along with Wabaunsee, Jackson Heights, Jefferson North and Northern Heights will now be Class 1A.


CLASS 3A FOOTBALL FOR 2017-18 School Year
Range: 260-156
Atchison County 161; Belle Plaine 188; Beloit 238; Caney Valley 238; Central Heights 168; Chaparral 219; Cheney 242; Cherryvale 216; Cimarron 185; Colby 258; Conway Springs 174; Council Grove 214; Douglass 208; Ellsworth 191; Erie 187; Eureka 173; Fredonia 215; Garden Plain 172; Goodland 257; Halstead 245; Haven 250; Hesston 260; Hiawatha 243; Hoisington 221; Horton 157; Humboldt 176; Hutchinson Trinity 187; Jayhawk-Linn 162; Kingman 235; Lakin 171; Lyons 185; McLouth 159; Minneapolis 182; Maur Hill 219; Mission Valley 175; Nemaha Central 217; Neodesha 201; Northeast-Arma 156; Norton 213; Osage City 201; Oskaloosa 157; Perry-Lecompton 254; Phillipsburg 204; Pleasant Ridge 227; Remington 173; Riley County 220; Riverside 185; Riverton 231; Rossville 169; Royal Valley 240; Russell 250; Sabetha 242; Scott CIty 259; Sedgwick 161; Silver Lake 203; St. Marys 180; Sterling 161; Southeast-Cherokee 169; Southeast-Saline 188; Southwestern Heights 186; TMP-Marian 218; Wellsville 255; West Franklin 187; Wichita Indpendent 166.

Rock Creek is 4A and Wabaunsee is 2A  for the curent year.

Helen Viergever (53) Passes Away

Helen Viergever was born on October 11, 1935 and passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2017.

Helen was a resident of Rossville, Kansas at the time of passing.

Helen was a 1953 graduate of Rossville High School.

A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 30 at the funeral home with burial to follow in Dover Cemetery, Dover, KS.

Memorial Contributions may be made to The Salvation Army or the Topeka Rescue Mission, Inc.

To leave condolences,  go to:  http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Helen-L.-Viergever-105229548?eid=sp_ommatch

Article & Video Of Jim Richardson

TOPEKA (WIBW)--- A world renowned photographer returned to his old stomping grounds and shared a bit of wisdom with the next generation of journalists.

Jim Richardson spoke tonight at the Kansas Scholastic Press Association's Fall Conference.

Richardson grew up in Rossville where he developed his love photography at a young age.

His 1979 photo essay on high school adolescence is used in college classrooms.

He's also photographed more than 30 stories for national geographic and traveled to over 80 countries, but says each story has a common thread.

"I basically go around the world shooting the same pictures that I shot when I was out of Rossville High School or in Cuba, Kansas another place that I photographed a lot. It's still human life, the basics of our living and that's pretty much the same wherever you go in the world," Richardson said.

Richardson was named Kansan of the Year in 2007 by the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas.

For video of Jim speaking at the 2017 KSPA Convention,  go to:

http://www.wibw.com/content/news/N-447830403.html

3A Rootball Rankings by CJ

    Team …                       record

1. Nemaha Central (1) … 4-0
2. Phillipsburg (2)        … 4-0
3. Silver Lake (3)         … 4-0
4. Conway Springs (4) … 4-0
5. Garden Plain (NR)   … 4-0

Others — Chaparral 3-1 Cheney 4-0, Galena 4-0, Hoisington 3-1, Hutchinson Trinity 4-0, Jayhawk-Linn 4-0, Lakin 4-0, Marion 4-0, Marysville 3-1, Norton 3-1, Osage City 4-0, Perry-Lecompton 4-0, Riley County 4-0, Sabetha 4-0.

Mary Griffith Passes Away

Mary Ellen Griffiths Mary Ellen Griffiths, 91, of Topeka, passed away on Friday evening, September 22, 2017 at Rossville Health Care. Mrs. Griffiths will be laid to rest beside her husband the late Norman Griffiths at Prairie Home Cemetery in Topeka. At Mary's request, no services are planned. Davidson Funeral Home is assisting with her final arrangements

Tucker Horak (16) gets 67 Yards In Loss

   Pittsburg State was defeated by the Lindenwood Lions on Sat. 45-11.  Tucker Horak had 10 carries for 67 yards.   For game details, go to:
http://www.pittstategorillas.com/news/2017/9/23/football-lions-knock-off-gorillas-45-11.aspx?path=football

    Their next game will be against Washburn U.

Silver Lake Wins Two in Volleyvall

    The RHS volleyball team lost two matches to highly ranked Silver Lake by scores of 14-25, 17-25 and then 15-25, 14-25.

MEL Standings

The MEL football standings as of 9-23-17 are below

                     League  Overall

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

Dawgfeed 2 Video

Dawgfeed 2 for his year is now available for viewing at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VREExEf5Wrg&feature=em-subs_digest