Band and Choir Concert Oct. 22

The Rossville Jr/Sr High School Band and Choir members invite you to attend the Fall Music Concert on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd at 7:00 pm in the RJSHS Auditorium.  For the first time under the direction of Mr. Garrett Jones, the ensembles will be presenting a wide variety of music that you're sure to enjoy.   These student musicians have worked hard in preparing their songs and would love to share it with everyone.

Filming Baseball In Rossville

    Here is KSNT video shot at Rossville on Sunday during the filming of the baseball documentary.

http://ksnt.com/2015/10/18/rossville-lends-a-hand-for-baseball-documentary/

    WIBW also shot some footage at Joe Campbell Stadium on Sunday.

http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Rossville-residents-to-star-in-baseball-documentary-334335651.html

Woodcock and Sowers At State

Emily Woodcock and Jessica Sowers are in Cheney today competing the the 3A State Girls Golf Tournament as individual qualifiers.

K Preps 3A Football Rankings

#1 ROSSVILLE (7-0)

Last: beat Oskaloosa 63-12Rossville scored 28 points in each of the first two quarters in rolling past Oskaloosa. Tucker Horak rushed for 158 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. Horak also passed for 196 yards and three scores on 14 of 17 attempts. Christian Roduner caught three passes for 82 yards and a pair of scores.
Next: at Osage City (3-4)

#2 WICHITA COLLEGIATE (7-0)

Last: beat Leon-Bluestem 76-0Collegiate scored 35 points in the first quarter and added 28 more in the second in a big win over Bluestem. The Spartans rushed for 273 yards on the night, led by Nathan Burgoyne's 170 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries.
Next: vs. Wichita Independent (2-5)

#3 SCOTT CITY (7-0)

Last: beat Southwestern Heights 53-14Scott City built a 41-6 halftime lead in beating Southwestern Heights, 53-14. Cooper Griffith rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns on seven carries to lead the Beavers. Quarterback Bo Hess passed for 103 yards and a score to Drake McRae. Freshman Wyatt Hayes added 87 yards rushing and a score on ten carries.
Next: at Lakin (2-5)

#4 HALSTEAD (7-0)

Last: beat Kingman, 36-7Halstead led Kingman 16-7 at halftime, but used a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull away for a 36-7 win. Eli McKee rushed for 148 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Dragons. Blake Beckett added 113 yards and a score on 12 carries, and Layke Heimerman added 94 yards and a score on 16 attempts.
Next: at Garden Plain (7-0)

#5 SILVER LAKE (7-0)

Last: beat Osage City 53-9Silver Lake led 21-3 after one quarter, and 40-3 at halftime. Hunter Howerton rushed for three touchdowns to lead the Eagles. Quarterback Dalton Dultmeier tossed a pair of touchdown passes for Silver Lake.
Next: at Oskaloosa (4-3)

Abilene Volleyball Tournament

The RHS volleyball team lost a close match to Buhler 

and then defeated Topeka High while losing to 

Smokey Valley and Royal Valley in the

 Abilene Tournament on Oct. 17, 2015

Abilene Tournament Oct. 17 Smoky Valley Buhler Royal Valley Topeka High

24-26, 21-25 25-27, 27-29 22-25, 22-25 25-20, 25-22

Their next match will be at Wabaunsee on Oct. 20.

Capital Journal 3A Rankings

Team (last week)  record

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

 Others — Beloit 6-1, Chaparral 6-1, Cheney 5-2, Cherryvale 6-1, Colgan 5-2, Garden Plain 7-0, Hesston 5-1, Hoisington 7-0, Maur Hill 5-1, Nemaha Central 7-0, Neodesha 6-1, Norton 5-2, Pleasant Ridge 6-1, SE-Saline 6-1, Washington County 7-0, Wellsville 5-2
.Notes — Things didn’t look good for Washington County to keep its undefeated season going when the Tigers fell behind 18-0 at halftime to Riley County. But Washington County dominated the second half, blanking the Falcons and scoring 22 straight points to grab a 22-18 win to move to 7-0. Cherryvale fell from the ranks of the unbeaten as Galena scored 21 second-quarter points to roll 42-12.

Baby Sitter/Child Care Available

    If you are looking for a baby sitter/caregiver in the Rossville area,  you might check the following URL.
https://www.care.com/p/kallief25/cc

Catch It Kansas 3A FB Rankings

1.  Rossville  (1)
2.  Halstead   (2)
3.  Wichita Collegiate  (3)
4.  Scott City  (4)
5.  Silver Lake   (5)

Rock Creek and Emporia Volleyball

    The Rossville volleyball team lost two matches to Rock Creek on Oct. 13.  The first was 17-25, 14-25 and the second was 16-25, 20-25.

    On Oct. 15,  the lady dawgs traveled to Emporia where they lost 15-25, 11-25.

Wichita Eagle 3A Rankings

    The Wichita Eagle was the first publication to publish the 3A football rankings again this week.  I wonder how much research they do since they made no changes from last week, or the week before.  The top five did all have convincing wins on Friday

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

Others considered: Beloit, Chaparral, Cheny, Cherryvale, Cimmarron,  Council Grove, Galena,  Garden Plain, Hesston, Hoisington, Maur Hill,  Nemaha Central, Neodesha, Norton,  Pittsburg Colgan, Pleasant Ridge, SE-Saline, Washington County, Wellsville.

Mid-East Cross Country

   The Rossville Cross Country team competed in the Mid-East League meet on Oct. 15 coming in 6th of the six teams.  Kyle Parr led the RHS runners coming in 17th.  Fred Schuler was 26th and Matt Stillion was 28th.

Dawgs Get Easy Win

      The Dawgs jumped out to a 56-6 half time lead over the Oskaloosa Bears and let the 2nd and 3rd team get some experience in the running clock 3rd and 4th quarters.  This is the 21st straight victory for the Dawgs.  Christian Roduner led the receiving corps with 3 catches for 82 yards and 2 TDs.  Tucker Horak was 6 for 158 yards and 3 TDs on the ground and 14 of 17 for 196 yards and 3 TDs in the air.

R      35    21     0     6      63
O        6      0     0     6      12

  Rossville scoring:  Horak (3), 1 run, 40 run, run; Roduner (2), 22 pass from Horak, 44 pass from Horak; Miller 2 run; Bradshaw 5 run; Schumaker 10 pass from Horak; Balch 1 run. PAT — Nascimento 8 Kicks; DeArruda Kick. 

Oskaloosa scoring:  VanHoutan 1 pass from Grother; Grother 70 run.

    There is a nice video from the game at:
http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/Week-7-Oskaloosa-at-Rossville-333402021.html

    There is video of the Rossville game starting at the 5:03 point in the following Football Frenzy video:
http://ksnt.com/2015/10/16/football-frenzy-101615/

    Other scores of interest:
Silver Lake 53 - Osage City 9
Washington Co. 22 - Riley Co 18
Rock Creek 46 - St. Marys 21
Halstead 36 - Kingman 7
Scott City 53 - SW Heights 14
Wichita Collegiate 76 - Bluestem 0

Computerized Football Predictions

Selected computerized forecasts for Friday night football games per the Capital Journal.

93.6 Halstead 23.9 KINGMAN 69.7
63.9 ROCK CREEK 11.3 St. Marys 52.6
106.3 ROSSVILLE 61.4 Oskaloosa 44.9
108 SCOTT CITY 68 SW Heights 40
102.7 SILVER LAKE 65.7 Osage City 37
77.7 WASHINGTON COUNTY 10.4  Riley County 67.3
106.1 WICHITA COLLEGIATE 65.8 Bluestem 40.3

Polka Party Sat. Night

LET'S HAVE A POLKA PARTY

CZECHLAND POLKA BAND

Directed by J.D. Parr

Saturday, Oct 17, 2015

6:00 to 10:00 P.M.

Historic Bohemian Hall

6 miles NE of Rossville on 86th Street

$5.00