War On 24 Video

    Video of the 2104 War on 24 can be seen at:
http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/Week-9-Silver-Lake-at-Rossville--281031752.html

    And a slightly longer video is at:
http://kansasfirstnews.com/2014/10/30/rossville-knocks-off-defending-3a-champion-silver-lake/

Rossville Wins War On 24

By Brent Maycock

brent.maycock@cjonline.com

ROSSVILLE — There have been times this season when the Rossville defense has had issues.

Nothing major, mind you. The Bulldogs didn’t get to 8-0 entering Thursday’s War on 24 showdown with Silver Lake having serious deficiencies on that side of the ball.

Whatever minor troubles the Bulldogs have had, when the stakes have been highest the Rossville defense has more than answered the bell. They did it against Centralia midway through the season and were arguably even better in the Class 3A No. 1 vs. No. 2 clash with arch rival Silver Lake.

Rossville held the visiting Eagles to zero points and just five first downs through three quarters. By the time Silver Lake found some offensive rhythm, the Bulldogs were in full control on their way to a 24-14 victory.

Mobile users, here are the game highlights from the War on 24.

“I definitely say we stepped it up this week,” Rossville senior linebacker Nick Reesor said. “Throughout the year, we’ve had our lapses where everything wasn’t clicking right. It all came together tonight. Coach (Derick) Hammes put a great defensive scheme in and we got the job done.”

Rossville (9-0) wrapped up its second straight Mid-East League title and the 3A District 4 crown and will play host to Pleasant Ridge (5-4) in Tuesday’s playoff opener. Silver Lake (8-1) fell for the first time and takes on Maur Hill (7-2) in the first round.

Physical dominance has been Silver Lake’s calling card in its domination of the series in recent years, but on Thursday night, Rossville was not only the Eagles’ match, but perhaps even more. After yielding a pair of first downs on Silver Lake’s opening drive of the game, the Bulldogs buckled down and Reesor knocked down a fourth-down pass at the Bulldog 25.

The Eagles didn’t get another first down until their second possession of the second half.

“We certainly played hard and I don’t know how you measure that,” Hammes said. “Our kids did all the intangible things. They tackled pretty well and when we needed to in the second half, we blocked well. Those are the things it takes to win.”

In a defensive slugfest like Thursday’s first half was, it also takes a little bit of offense and Rossville finally found some late in the half. After three punts and an interception halted their first four drives, the Bulldogs got a spark from a 38-yard scamper from quarterback Tucker Horak and drove to the Silver Lake 4.

Rossville had to settle for a 19-yard field goal from Paul Steinke with 20 seconds left in the half for a 3-0 halftime lead, but the momentum was there.

“It usually takes awhile to kind of find our groove and tonight it just took us a little longer than normal,” Horak said. “Once we found it, we started hitting it hard.”

Rossville scored on three of four possessions in the second half to take control of the game. Horak found Reesor for a 28-yard touchdown strike to cap the opening drive of the half and, after Silver Lake missed a 19-yard field goal, Horak finished off an 80-yard march with a 15-yard touchdown run on the second play of the fourth quarter to build a 17-0 Bulldog lead.

Silver Lake finally found an answer as Zach Boyd scored from 10 yards out to make it 17-7 with 10:24 to go, but Rossville responded with a 77-yard drive that ate up seven-plus minutes with Horak scoring from 26 yards out on fourth and 4.

Horak finished with 192 yards on the ground and Rossville pounded out 299 as a team.

Ryan Matzke threw for 149 yards for the Eagles, and scored on a 2-yard run with 45 seconds left for the final margin.

“We didn’t take advantage of short fields,” Silver Lake coach C.J. Hamilton said. “We missed a field goal and couldn’t get one in the first half and you have to do that against good teams. ... We just have to get better and learn from this. They’re a good team — No. 1 vs. No. 2 — and I thought we played well and both teams put on a show. They deserved what they got.”

Silver Lake (8-1) 0 0 0 14 — 14

Rossville (9-0) 0 3 7 14 — 24

Ross — Steinke 19 field goal

Ross — Reesor 28 pass from Tu. Horak (Steinke kick)

Ross — Tu. Horak 15 run (Steinke kick)

SL — Boyd 10 run (Klein kick)

Ross — Tu. Horak 26 run (Steinke kick)

SL — Matzke 2 run (Klein kick)

GAME IN FIGURES

SL Ross

First downs 12 19

Rushes-yards 22-66 50-299

Passing 149 58

Comp-Att-Int 13-24-1 6-11-1

Punts 4-35.8 3-28.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 5-33 5-40

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Silver Lake: Matzke 12-49, Boyd 10-17. Rossville: Tu. Horak 22-192, Th. Horak 16-41, Reesor 7-34, Hammes 5-32.

PASSING — Silver Lake: Matzke 13-24-1, 149. Rossville: Tu. Horak 6-11-1, 58.

RECEIVING — Silver Lake: C. Baird 4-57, Wolfley 3-43, K. Baird 1-2, Byers 2-25, Freeman 2-19, Boyd 1-3. Rossville: Th. Horak 3-16, Roduner 1-5, Reesor 2-37.

Library Considering Expansion

The Rossville Community Library will be having an Open House on Nov. 5 at 7:00 PM to discuss plans for a possible addition to the existing library.   Click on the flyer below to enlarge it to read the details.  

3A Football Rankings

No change in the 3A top 5 rankings this week as none of the teams lost their game Friday night.

Wichita Eagle Class 3A Football Rankings

1. Silver Lake 8-0 (1)
2. Conway Springs 8-0 (2)
3. Rossville 8-0 (3)
4. Scott City 8-0 (4)
5. Wichita Collegiate 7-1 (5)

Topeka Capital Journal 3A Football Rankings.

     1.   Silver Lake (1) 8-0 
     2.   Rossville (2) 8-0  
     3.   Conway Springs (3)8-0  
     4.   Scott City (4) 8-0  
     5.   Hutchinson Trinity (5) 8-0

Football District Standings.

A District 4 Football Standings

Rossville	2-0
Silver Lake	2-0
Osage City	0-2
Oskaloosa	0-2 The winner of the RHS-SL game on Thur. night will be District Champion Osage City and Oskaloosa play for third place in the district. Rossville and Silver Lake both advance to the playoffs./

Dawgs Trample Osage 91-22 (updated)

You can see some video of the Rossville Osage City game on Oct. 24 at the below URL.  Look to the right and just click on Rossville-Osage City.

http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone

Rossville     42    35    7    7    =    91
Osage City    8      6    0    8    =    22

Rossville  scoring:
Horak (3), 62 punt return, 48 interception, 50 run
Woodcock (3), 37 run, 30 interception, 49 run
Horak (2), 20 pass from Horak, 4 run
Reesor (2), 7 run, 30 run
Lovejoy 3 run
Luellen 6 run
Horak 12 pass from Horak
PAT — Steinke 13 Kicks.

Youtube RHS Video

    The latest RHS "Dawgfeed" video made on 10/22 is at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiB_4soNsOo&feature=em-subs_digest

Cole Brechisen at Pittsburgh State U.

   Sophomore Cole  Brechisen from Rossville is on the Pittsburgh State University Baseball team roster for 2015.  He red-shirted his freshman year but hopes for playing time this spring.
  His bio is at:
http://www.pittstategorillas.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2236&path=baseball

HCC Baseball Roster

   The fall 2014 Baseball Roster for Highland Community College has three  players from Rossville.      They are:

  Scott Schinn, sophomore,   right handed pitcher.
  Marcus Catron, freshman,  right handed pitcher.
  Zach Nitsch,  freshman,      catcher.

  The complete roster can be read at:  https://highlandcc.edu/pages/roster

Volleyball Team Splits With Wabaunsee

     The RHS volleyball team split with Wabaunsee on Oct. 21,  winning the first match in a hard fought victory with scores of 17-25, 26-24, 29-27.  The second match was no so close with the Dawgs coming out on the losing end with scores of 12-25, 24-26.
     The Dawgs are now 3-7 in the Mid-East League.

Emily Amack (11) Gets Nursing Scholarship

    The Stormont-Vail Foundation has announced nursing scholarships for the fall 2014 semester totaling $76,150 for 97 students at the Baker University School of Nursing, Stormont-Vail Campus.   Amond the recipients is Emily Amack of  Rossville who graduated from RHS in 2011.

Mid East Cross Country Meet

    The Rossville cross country team competed in the Mid-East League tournament,  but only as individuals as there were not enough athletes to make up a team in either the girls or boys race.
    In the girls 4K race,  the following Dawgs paticipated along with their finishing position:  # 15, Morgan Foster, #24, Laura Giillum,  and  #27,  Alyssa Thompson.
    In the boys 5 K race,  the following Dawgs competed:  #23 Matt Stillion, #25, Sam Thederahn, #34, Perry Foster, and 47, Fred Schuler.
    For anyone wishing to see the complete results of both races,  go to:  http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/crosscountry/14/14_mel.pdf

Abilene Invitational Volleyball

    The RHS volleyball team competed in the Abilene Invitational tournament on Oct. 18.
    Their first match was against host Abilene which the Dawgs lost,  11-25, 22-25.    Their next oppponent was Buhler.  The Dawgs easily won the first game 25-13,   but Buhler came back to win the next two games 18-25, 20-25.    The next opponent was St. Marys and this  match was a close one with scores of 26-28, 25-20, 21-25.  The final match was against Topeka High for seventh place.  The Dawgs prevailed in this match 25-23, 25-10.  

Emporia Volleyball Team Wins

    The RHS Volleyball team played Emporia on Oct. 16,  losing the match by scores of 18-25, 14-25.