Dawgs Roll To Easy Win Over Rock Creek

    The Dawgs took nearly three hours to do it,  but after two power outages they secured a 55-21 victory over the Rock Creek Mustangs.    Tucker Horak had over 350 yards on the ground after the first play of the fourth quarter.

Rossville (3-0)        7   21 13 14    =   55

Rock Creek (1-2)    7     0   0 14    =   21

Rossville — Horak (5), 87 run, 10 run, 66 run, 38 run, 78 run; Bradshaw 20 run; Roduner 16 pass from Horak; Hammes 23 pass from Horak. PAT — Nascimento 7 KicksFailed kick.

Rock Creek — Becker (2) 4 run, 57 run; Fike 1 pass. PAT — Niemeyer 3 Kicks.

There is video of the game at the 4:24 point of:  http://ksnt.com/2015/09/18/football-frenzy-091815/

The WIBW viedeo is at:  http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/KPZ-Week-3-Rock-Creek-at-Rossville-328235051.html

Other Mid-East scores were:

Silver Lake 40, Riley County 6

St. Marys 14, Wabaunsee 6

Osage City Invitational Golf

       The RHS girls golf team competed in the Osage City Invitational at the Osage City Country Club on Sept. 17 coming in 8th of 8 teams.  However,  the RHS team was made up of girls that normally do not get to play.
       The team standings were:

1.  Spring Hill               209
2.  Jeff West                215
3.  Silver Lake              228
4.  KC Piper                 240
5.  St. Marys                241
6.  Council Grove         250
7.  West Franklin          297
8.  Rossville                304

The Rossville team consisted of:
Mary Stillion                  69
Jamie Brockamp           74
Sidney Murray               79
Danielle Mason              82
Morgan Reed                 82
Makayla Lane                86

Hayden Invitation Golf Tourney

   The RHS girls golf team played in the Hayden Invitational at the Shawnee Country Club on Sept. 15.   Rossville had a handicap in that they only played four girls and most of the other teams had six girls and the four best scores made up the team score.

Hayden                   185
Topeka High            203
Piper                       223
Shawnee Hts.          228
Rossville                 240
Seaman                   248

The scores for Rossville were:
Emily Woodcock    53
Jessee Sowers      58
Kathleen Schuler    61
Dawn Ledeboer      68

Logan McCrory Meets Royals

    Logan McCrory from Rossville got to meet several KC Royals baseball players and came home with some autographed souvenirs recently.
    Here is video of Logan at the stadium.
http://www.kmbc.com/dreamfactory/logan-mccrory-has-dream-visit-to-kauffman-stadium/35191698

Football Game On Line

    Watch the RHS-Rock Creek football game on-line at 7:00 PM CDT.  Go to the below URL and look for and click on WATCH LIVE.
http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/index.html

Onaga Cross Country Meet

The Girls Cross Country team WON the Onaga meet!

Individual medalists: Iana Catana 25th, Laura Gillum 21st, and Taylor Bittner 5th.

Boys medalist was Kyle Parr 27th.

Spirit Days

RHS SPIRIT DAYS PLANNED FOR  WEEK OF SEPT 21-25: 

Monday - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Wear Tie Dye or Neon
Tuesday - "Are you a good witch or a bad witch?" - Dress the opposite of someone
Wednesday - "If I only had a brain" - Dress Wacky and Mismatch
Thursday - "The Great and Powerful Oz" - Wear Green and Bling
Friday - "There's no place like home" - Wear Red and Black

Garrett Jones Is New Music Director

    Mr. Garrett Jones is the new music director this year for RHS.  New is the key word as he just graduated from K. U. in Music Education  and this is his first teaching assignment.  He is the 5-12 Band Director and 7-12 Choir Director, as well as Assistant High School Track Coach.  

    The junior high band is at 35 students, the largest it has been in years,  and the junior high choir has 31 members, nearly double the normal enrollment.

Homecoming Week

• Homecoming Week is the week of September 21-25. The theme is “There is No Place Like Homecoming.” Activities on homecoming Friday include a Lip Dub, picture of all the students in DAWG formation on the football field, Powder Puff football game, pep rally and parade. The Dawgs play Riley County that night and the crowning will take place prior to the start of the game.

RHS Band At KSU Band Day

    The Rossville Senior High  Band will be headed to K-State for the annual "Band Day" event this coming Sat., Sept. 19.     The parade has been cancelled due to construction, but the RSHS band  will still be on the football field playing with all of the other area bands at halftime.
    The game against La. Tech.  is scheduled for a 3 PM start.

Manhattan Triangular Volleyball

    The RHS volleyball team competed in the Manhattan Triangular on Tues.  They lost to Manhattan in the first match 8-25, 20-25.  The kept the second match with Clay Center closer losing by scores of 16-25, 25-19, 18-25.

3A Football predictions.

Following are some predictions by the Capital Journal for this Friday.
The number is a "power ranking" based on opponents and points scored.

The home team is in capitals.

Favorite Point Difference Underdog

91.4 CENTRALIA 47.8 Onaga 43.6

73.7 Chapman 2.7 CLAY CENTER 71

81.1 CONWAY SPRINGS 7.9 Garden Plain 73.2

104.9 ROSSVILLE 42.2 Rock Creek 62.7

79.8 Santa Fe Trail 20.3 ROYAL VALLEY 59.5

109.8 SCOTT CITY 51.6 Goodland 58.2

104.1 SILVER LAKE 36.1  Riley County 68

53.5 ST. MARYS 26.3 Wabaunsee 27.2

Kaw Valley CC Team At Wamego

    The Kaw Valley cross country team competed at the  Wamego Invitational on Sept. 12.  
    The boys team was 11th of 17 teams.  No one from the Kaw Valley team was in the top 10.
    The girls team was 6th of 11 teams.  The only Kaw Valley runner in the top ten was Hurla.

Jessie Mick (03) Passes Away

       Jessie Clay Mick, 30, of Rossville, KS, formerly of Holton, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family; after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born March 19, 1985 in Onaga, the son of Dennis Adair Mick and Patrick David and Mary Ruth (Noland) Johnson.

      Jessie attended Central School in Holton. He also attended Rossville Grade School and graduated from Rossville High School in 2003. He attended Tarc during the day, from age 16 to 26, he then moved to supportive living day service from age 16 to 28. Jessie had worked for Tarc-Ties doing general duties.

      Jessie attended Rossville United Methodist Church. He also was a member of Special Olympics, participating in bowling and track.

      Survivors include his father and mother, Patrick and Mary Johnson of Rossville; a sister, Kelly Mick of Wichita; 2 brothers, Daniel Johnson (Amber) and Jared Johnson (Lannie) both of Topeka; paternal grandparents, Dean and Mary Mick of Holton and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

      He was preceded in death by his father, Dennis Adair Mick in 1993; maternal grandparents, Boyd and Opal Noland; paternal grandmother, Marie Leach and grandparents, Fred and DeElla Johnson