District Playoff Picture

From the Capital-Journal:

Best district — This one isn’t even close. Chaparral is 5-1 and is one-point loss away from being undefeated. Had the Roadrunners avoided the hiccup, they would have been the fourth undefeated team in District 10. Not only are Cheney, Conway Springs and Garden Plain all 6-0, each has scored at least 280 points. Chaparral joins Cheney and Conway as the only 3A teams to have scored more than 300 points. Any of the four teams is a legitimate title contender.

Worst district — All four of the above teams reside in the Central Plains League. So do three of the four teams in District 9. The difference? District 9 gets the bottom third of the league with Douglass, Wichita Independent and Belle Plaine combining for one win. Bluestem (2-4) leads the district which easily lags behind the rest of 3A.

District winners — Nemaha Central, Maur Hill, Silver Lake, Rossville, Wellsville, Jayhawk-Linn, Galena, Caney Valley, Douglass, Conway Springs, Halstead, Hesston, Marysville, Phillipsburg, Hoisington, Cimarron.

District runners-up — Sabetha, Pleasant Ridge, Perry-Lecompton, St. Marys, Osage City, Humboldt, Cherryvale, Neodesha, Bluestem, Garden Plain, Hutchinson Trinity, Marion, Riley County, Norton, Larned, Lakin.

Volleyball Team Beats Rock Creek Twice

    The RHS volleyball team celebrated Senior Night with two wins over Rock Creek.
The scores were  25-17, 25-14 and 25-5, 25-13.  The Dawgs are 4-4 in the MEL with lone remaining MEL opponent being Wabaunsee.  The Dawgs are 14-13 overall.

Lydia (Smatla) Carl Passes Away At 101

Lydia Francis Carl / Dailey (Smatla)

Born July 28^th, 1916 in Maple Hill, KS, the oldest daughter of Czech immigrants Thomas & Marie Smatla, she grew up with 5 brothers & 2 sisters near Rossville, KS.  After graduating from Rossville HS, she worked in Topeka and put herself through Barnes Business College, earning what would now be an Associate Degree.  “I wanted to make something of myself” she would often say.  Ultimately meeting and marrying Donald Dailey in 1942 “He was a great dancer”  she was with the War Price Administration during WW-II in San Francisco, having a baby boy in 1943.  Fearing possible invasion on the coast, she moved back to Willard, KS with her parents; Don following after the war was over.  She was with Capper Publications, Farmer’s Insurance and the US Dept. of Agriculture (she was certainly qualified for that!) for many years, ultimately transferring to the Treasury Dept, retiring from the IRS.  Incredibly active in Senior groups, the JoCo Election Commission and the Overland Park Presbyterian Church, she always had her “hands in the dirt”… this great Mom who could make ANYTHING grow, always had a large garden, and made frequent visits to the “home place” farm to help her parents & brothers.  Growing up in the Depression, she wasted nothing (“Don’t you throw that tin foil away!”), and we always had plenty of canned vegetables & fruits from the gardens.  Many holiday dinners were made by Mom’s talented hands, and little talking could be heard over the sounds of happy eaters.  She lost husband Don in 1987,  remarrying James Carl in 1988, happily sharing their life until his passing in 2010.  Having outlived 7 siblings, she then spent the remainder of her 101 years at Overland Park Place, but continued to feed birds who landed on her balcony ledge & grow starter plants on the windowsill.

Survivors include her Son, Thomas C. Dailey of Sedalia, CO, Nieces Paula Kingman, Denise Horgan,& Kristi Seigler of Kansas City, Rita Darlene Antoniewicz of Albany, Ga, nephews Larry Smatla of Oskaloosa, KS, Calvin Kingman of KCMO, Tom Smatla & Paul Smatla of Grand Junction, CO and many Grand Nieces & Nephews.  Also Tom’s “adopted” daughter Shona & son Sean.

Come celebrate Mom’s life and remember… stand on the plastic!

3A Golf Regional

Class 3A regional At Lake Shawnee GC (par 71)

Team scores (top three qualify for state)

Council Grove 471, Rossville 508, Silver Lake 514, Osage City 527, St. Marys 566.

Individual medalists

1. Hedges, Seabury, 85; 2. Hower, Council Grove, 99; 3. Woodward, Osage City, 104; 4. Lindstrom, Silver Lake, 110; 5. Downes, Council Grove, 114; 6. Sowers, Rossville, 114; 7. Konen, Council Grove, 120; 8. Schuler, Rossville, 120; 9. Austin, Silver Lake, 129; 10. Jones, Osage City, 131.

The State Tournament will be Oct. 16 at Hays, KS.

RHS Wins Rossville Inv. Golf Tourney

Burlington FB Game Box Score

Rossville (2-4) 12  6  0  20  — 38

Burlington (3-3) 0  8  8  16  — 32

Rossville — Johnson (2), run, run; Hulbert (2), run, run; Daughty (2), pass from Hulbert, pass from Hulbert. PAT — Johnson 2 Kicks.

Burlington — Jeffers (3) run, run, run; Nordstedt pass from Jeffers. PAT — Fiedler 2 pass from Jeffers; Jasper pass from Jeffers; Jeffers run.

MEL Standings

The MEL football standings as of 10-7-17 are below

                     League  Overall

Silver Lake    …5-0 … 6-0
Riley County … 4-1 … 5-1
Rock Creek  … 2-3 … 2-4
St. Marys      … 1-2 … 3-3
Rossville       … 1-3 … 2-4
Wabaunsee   … 0-4 … 0-6

MEL Scores

Rossville  36  Burlington  32
St. Marys 26   Rock Creek  21
Jackson Hts. 52  Wabaunsee  0
Silver Lake 41    Riley Co. 14

The Silver Lake-Riley Co game was the KSNT game of the week.  They have extensive video at:
http://ksnt.com/2017/10/06/football-frenzy-100617/

Burlington Football Game Progress

    The Dawgs scored on both of their first quarter drives to lead at the end of the first quarter 12-0.

    The Burlington Wildcats toughened up on defense and went to a spread offense in the second quarter.  The Wildcats scored a TD and two point conversion while the Dawgs scored six points to up their lead to 18-8 at the end of the half.  During the first quarter,  the Wildcats employed a single wing formation with unbalanced line.  But, that wasn't working very well so they typically lined up in a spread formation and threw quite a bit in the second quarter.
    The single wing with unbalanced line is the same formation that the Bulldogs used very effectively in the late 1950s.

    In the third quarter,  the Wildcats went back to the single wing primarily and moved the ball better than earlier in the game.    Their defense was better than the first half and held the Dawgs scoreless.  They scored 8 points and the Dawg lead  was cut 18-16 at the end of the third.

    Early in the fourth quarter,  the Dawgs scored on a long pass play to go up 25-16 and then added another TD to take a 31-16 lead.  But the Wildcats were not ready to give up and they quickly scored again to narrow the Dawg lead to 31-24.   But the Dawgs still had some fight and Trevor Dawson scored quickly to go up 38-24.   But,  the quarter and the scoring wasn't over yet and the Wildcats added another TD pass to get within 38-32.   The Dawgs went in ball control mode and were able to run the clock out while still in the 38-32 lead.

Sherrie Christian Passes Away

    Sherrie Kay Christian, 76, of Rossville, passed away on October 4, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital surrounded by her family.
    She was born in Salina, Kansas on September 3, 1941 the daughter of Kenneth L. and Dorothy Louise (Crane) Goodman.  She attended State Street Grade School, Holliday Junior High and was a 1959 graduate of Topeka High School.
    Sherrie worked the switchboard for Armco Steel, Fleming Foods and Payless Shoe Source.  She was a school bus driver for 13 years for USD #321, and had most recently worked as the office manager for Minute Man Press in Lawrence, Ks.
    She was a member of Rossville Christian Church where she served as a trustee on the board for over 20 years, and was a volunteer for the vacation bible school, Sunday school teacher, Bible Study Leader, and served funeral luncheons.  She was a faithful servant of her church and her faith was very important to her.
    Sherrie was also a member of A.B.W.A. Sunflower Chapter, the Quilting Club in Texas and “The String” Quilting Club.  She was an organizer of get-togethers with her junior high classmates.  Sherrie was instrumental in starting and supporting the Cancer Support Group at St. Francis Hospital.
    She enjoyed quilting, golfing, traveling, cruising, cooking, canning, and was an excellent seamstress.  Sherrie and Roger were big supporters of any events which involved their children, grandchildren or nieces and nephews.  She and her husband spent winters in Alamo, Texas where they resided at the Trophy Gardens RV Resort.
    She is survived by her husband, Roger of the home, two sons, Ty (Teri) Christian of Topeka, and Tad (Janine) Christian of Atlanta, GA., six grandchildren, Keri Christian, Derek (Abigail) Christian, Brittany Sapp (Dan Elder),  Austin Snyder, Samantha Christian, Alexandria Christian, two great grandsons, Brody and Beau, and her siblings, Dee Bisel of Lawrence, Duane Smelser of Montrose, CO, Jeanette (Howard) Binkley of Littleton, CO, Dan (Sandy) Goodman of Mustang, OK, and several favorite nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth and Mary Jean Goodman and Lyle and Dorothy Louise Smelser, and a brother, Steve Smelser.
    Sherrie will lie at the Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home on Monday after 2:00 p.m. where her family will receive friends from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m.  Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Rossville Christian Church, 411 Spruce Street, Rossville, Kansas.  Interment will follow in the Rossville Cemetery.
    Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to Rossville Christian Church, sent in care of Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, 800 SW 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas  66603.

MEL Football Standings

The MEL football standings as of 10-2-17 are below

                     League  Overall

Riley County … 4-0 … 5-0
Silver Lake    …4-0 … 5-0
Rock Creek  … 2-2 … 2-3
Rossville       … 1-3 … 1-4
St. Marys      … 0-2 … 2-3
Wabaunsee   … 0-4 … 0-5

Willard Bridge Imploded

    Workers about 9 a.m. Wednesday carried out the first of two planned implosions to bring down part of the former Willard Bridge over the Kansas River, Shawnee County public works director Tom Vlach confirmed.
   The rest of the article,  and also videos by Derek Brunin and Doc Blodgett can the read/seen at:
http://cjonline.com/news/local/local-government/2017-10-04/watch-willard-bridge-implosion-wednesday-west-topeka

CJ Football Predictions

This is the list of MEL teams in the Capital-Journal football predictions.    Favored team to the left and the expected point differential in the middle column.

… 76    … ROCK CREEK … 10.1  … St. Marys … 65.9
… 90.9 … Rossville           … 26.3 …  BURLINGTON … 64.6
… 98.5 … Silver Lake          … 3.1  … RILEY COUNTY … 95.4
… 71.9 … Jackson Heights … 6.1  … WABAUNSEE … 65.8

Cassie Punchard Is Student Of Week

  Cassie Punchard  took pride in her school by taking the time to clean the parking lot after a football game. This selfless act is a great representation on the herself and the Rossville student body.