Alex Sherer Is Student Of Week

The RHS Student of the Week this week is Alex Sherer.   Alex volunteered his time as a new voice for the Dawgs last week during the Friday football game. Alex is not part of the VP class but had pride in his school and proved this through his selfless act of volunteering.

Clay Center Invitational Golf

The RHS girls golf team placed 7th at the Clay Center Invitational on Sept. 28.  The standings of all teams were;

1.  Concordia         202
2.  Salina Central   203
3.  Wamego           212
4.  Council Grove  213
5.  TMP Hays        216
6.  Manhattan JV   236
7.  Rossville          237
8.  Clay Center      244

    Leaders for the Dawgs were Kathleen Schuler  52, Jessica Sowers 55, Dawn Ledeboer 63, and Jenna Rodehorst 67.

Football Team Stat Leaders

    The leading rusher for the Dawgs is QB Sheldon Hulbert who has 390 yards on 84 carries for a 99.0 per game average after four games.
    Hulbert is 54 of 92 passing for a total of 758 yards for a 189.5 per game average.
    The team's leading receiver is Elijah Daughty with 19 catches for 248 yards.  He is averaging 62.0 yards per game.

A Look At Struggling Dawgs

From the Capital-Journal:

When C.J. Hamilton looks at Friday’s opponent, he doesn’t see a Rossville team which has lost more games this season (3) than the past three years combined (2).

 

Nor does the legendary Silver Lake coach necessarily see a wounded animal ready to roll over and play dead.

“They’re always capable,” Hamilton said. “They’ve got good athletes who work hard and Coach (Derick) Hammes does a good job with them. Nobody’s to be taken lightly in our league and we’d better not take them lightly I guarantee you that.”

Indeed, even though Rossville comes into Friday’s War on 24 showdown at Silver Lake with just a 1-3 mark, the Bulldawgs have Silver Lake’s full attention. The Eagles are 4-0 and ranked No. 3 in Class 3A, but Hamilton fully expects to get Rossville’s best effort, particularly with the Bulldawgs coming off their first win of the season, a 34-14 victory over Wabaunsee.

For Rossville, the victory was a much-needed pick-me-up after a rough start to the season. Coming off three straight state championships, the Bulldawgs had major holes to fill and relatively inexperienced players to do it with.

That youth showed early against a tough schedule as Rossville was blown out 52-13 in the opener and then dropped Mid-East League games with Rock Creek (42-26) and Riley County (52-7), each snapping lengthy win streaks for the Bulldawgs in those series.

“Not getting off to a good start and losing those games, there’s gonna be a little bit of frustration on the kids’ part,” Hammes said. “But quite honestly, I’ve been pretty proud of their resiliency and their willingness to keep putting effort in to make corrections on what we have going on. Losses are frustrating, no doubt. But last week was validation improvement has been made and that’s what the kids need.

“You always tell them if you work hard, good things will happen. Well, you also need proof and from that standpoint the win was good.”

In his first year as Rossville’s starting quarterback, Sheldon Hulbert has been effective. The senior has thrown for 758 yards and seven touchdowns and run for another 396 yards and two scores.

However, he’s been mostly a one-man show as injuries have hampered leading returning rusher Perry Foster, limiting him to just two carries this season. The rest of the Bulldawgs have combined for just 136 yards on the ground, though Elijah Daughty has enjoyed a nice season at receiver with 19 catches for 248 yards.

“We’re still inexperienced and trying to develop a group that can go out and compete and be effective on Fridays,” Hammes said.

Rossville may need a breakout game to counter a Silver Lake defense which has been strong and really served as a key in the Eagles’ 27-20 win over St. Marys two weeks ago. Silver Lake’s offense turned the ball over seven times in the game and St. Marys’ average starting field position was inside the Eagle 30, but St. Marys couldn’t cash in with touchdowns on most of the miscues.

The defensive stands kept Silver Lake in the game and the offense delivered with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to erase a 20-13 deficit for the victory.

“Our defense was great that night, but the offense didn’t let us sleep very well that night,” Hamilton said.

The rusty effort against St. Marys could partly be explained by the Eagles coming off a bye week after Wabaunsee forfeited the Week 2 game. Silver Lake’s starters only got a half’s worth of reps in a season-opening 81-14 rout of KC Washington.

The Eagles bounced back strong last week in a 41-14 win over Rock Creek as first-year starting quarterback Mason Griffin threw for 229 yards and four touchdowns with Trent Byers and Wyatt Heiman each catching two scoring passes and finishing with 99 and 87 yards, respectively.

Griffin has 396 yards passing in three games, while the ground game has been balanced with Christian Stoner (204 yards, four TDs) and Mason Jones (138 yards, four TDs) leading the way.

“They’re a good team and it’s always interesting to see how somebody you’re very familiar with puts together their pieces,” Hammes said of the Eagles. “They’re doing a good job of that. … They’re the experienced team and their kids have truly played in this game before and that should be to their advantage.

“This game is important for us. When we started here a few years back, we wanted to make the game competitive again and we’ve been able to do that. We want to play well and hold our end of the bargain up and keep the game meaningful so for us to go out and have a good game is very important.”

Silver Lake won last year’s meeting 36-28, ending a string of three straight Rossville wins.

Emma Hoobler Passes Away

Erma L. Hoobler, 86, passed away Monday, September 25, 2017 at Valley Vista Care Home in Wamego.

She was born June 17, 1931, at St. Joseph, MO., the daughter of Harry M. and Izma B. Miller Wolfe.

Erma grew up in the Carbondale community and graduated from Carbondale Rural High School in 1949.  She had worked at the Supply Depot and at Crosby Brothers, both in Topeka.  She had lived in the Rossville community before moving to St. Marys. Erma and Everett spent several summers in LaVeta, CO.

She loved to travel and was an avid golfer.  She had played in New Zealand, Austria and China to name a few places she had played.  She was a past member and president of both the St. Marys and the Manhattan Ladies Golf Group and was a member of the Country Clubs. Erma was a life member of the Order of Eastern Star and had served as Worthy Matron and other offices.  Erma was a wonderful grandmother.

Erma was preceded in death by her parents, her twin sister, Elsie Mae Wolfe, other siblings, Darlene Botkin, Don J. Wilson and George Wolfe.

She was united in marriage to Everett Hoobler on February 9, 1951 at Topeka.  He survives.

Other survivors include her children, Dan (Angie) Hoobler, Wamego and Jayne (Doug) Wolf, Hope; granddaughters, Sara (Dale) Nordlund, Valley Falls, Olivia Wolf, Wichita, Valery Wolf, York County, Maine and Elizabeth (Chris) Giestina, Loveland CO.

Graveside funeral services were private with burial in the Kansas Veteran's Cemetery at Fort Riley.  Memorial Contributions may be made to the St. Francis Cancer Center and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.  Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

Andrick Park Walkway Bricks

I wanted to share with you the project for Andrick Park on Main Street. Engraved bricks can be purchased for the walkway to form a patio in front of the gazebo. A portion of the walkway will honor veterans. Bricks may be purchased for your family, to memorialize someone, to recognize someone special or to honor a veteran. 

The bricks are 8 by 8 and can have up to 5 lines of engraving for $35 each.  The orders are due October 9th and can be mailed or dropped off at City Hall.  Please share the form with people who may be interested.

Christie McKenzie

To obtain the form for purchasing a brick,  go to the below link and click on the form to enlarge.
https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/search?q=andrick

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