MEL Football Standings Week 1

MID-EAST LEAGUE STANDINGS 

                  League ... Overall
Riley County           1-0 ... 1-0
Silver Lake              1-0 ... 1-0
Rossville                  0-0 ... 1-0
Rock Creek              0-1 ... 0-1
St. Marys               0-1 ... 0-1
Wabaunsee              0-0 .. 0-1

Girls Golf At West Franklin

Following are the results of the  West  Franklin Invitational golf tournament on Sept 10

1st 210 Spring Hill
2nd 225 Jeff West
3rd 233 Osage City
4th 248 Santa Fe Trail
5th 257 Council Grove
6th 259 Rossville
7th 300 West Franklin
8th 300 Kansas City Christian

Leah Hudson led the Lady Dawgs with a 57 good for 11th place.

Centrailia Game Night Photos

Photos by Shari Gentry

2A Football Rankings

The following are the 2A rankings by the Capital Journal.

1. Phillipsburg (1) ... 1-0

2. Conway Springs (2) ... 1-0

3. Hoisington (3) ... 1-0

4. Humboldt (4) ... 1-0

5. Riley County (5) ... 1-0

Others — Cimarron 1-0, Garden Plain 1-0, Hutchinson Trinity 1-0, Lakin 1-0, Maur Hill 1-0, Rossville 1-0, Silver Lake 1-0, Southeast-Saline 1-0.

Walker Raises Money For Homeless Vets

Michael Gmur is a Marine vet and former actor raising money for homeless veterans by walking across the United States.  He stopped at Rossville Friday night and resumed his walk Saturday morning.

There is a long article about him at:
https://salinapost.com/2019/09/07/former-actor-marine-vet-now-walking-along-us-24-in-kansas/

Lady Dawgs 3rd At Burlington VB

The RHS valleyball team played in the Burlington Invitational tourney on Sept 7 and finished third.

Baldwin                        19-25, 19-25

Prairie View                  25-19, 25-8

Burlington                     25-11, 25-23

Wellsville                      26-25, 25-19,19-25

Waverley                      25-18,25-12         

Horak Scores In PSU Win

    Tucker Horak scored one TD in Pittsburg State's 37-35 win on Sat.   Game details can be read at:
https://pittstategorillas.com/news/2019/9/5/football-vincent-boots-game-winning-field-goal-as-time-expires.aspx?path=football

RHS Game Video On KSNT & WIBW

    Some nice video of the Rossville-Centrailia game can be found beginning at 3:00 on KSNT Football Frenzy at:
https://www.ksnt.com/football-frenzy/football-frenzy-09-06-19/

    WIBW also has game video at:  https://www.wibw.com/video?vid=559640702

Dawson Hammes At ESU

    Dawson Hammes is a redshirt sophomore at Emporia State and is on their football team.  He had three tackles as a linebacker against Northeastern State on Sept. 5, 2019.
    His bio can be read at:
https://esuhornets.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3579

Jeff West Golf Tourney

Jeff West Scramble Sept. 28 at Village Green Golf Course.

1.     Silver Lake     179
2.     Jeff West        183                   
3.     Rossville         219

Wonnell/Rodehurst         105
Steale/Davis                    109
Broughton/Thompson      127
Broughton/Williams         133

Dawgs Ride Early Lead To Win Over Centrailia

   After an opening 3 and out,  the Dawgs had to play defense and stopped a long Centraila drive at the 5 to change the momentum.   Torrey Horak threw two TD passes to Bo Reeves and ran one in himself to make  it 21-0 at the half.
    The teams each added a TD the second half  to end the game at 28-8 to get the Dawgs season off to a roaring start against a highly rated team.

Centralia;   0;   0;  0;   8  —  8
Rossville;  14;   7;  7;   0  — 28

Centralia — Feldkamp 52 run. PAT — Haverkamp run.

Rossville — Reeves (2) 94 pass from Horak, 15 pass from Horak; Horak 39 run; Rezac 11 run. PAT — Brown run; Reeves 2 kicks.

    Rossville journeys to Silver Lake next week for the annual "War on 24."

    Other Mid East League scores on Sept 6 were:
Silver Lake  38   St. Marys    12
Riley Co.     41   Rock Creek 34

Lady Dawgs 1-1 at RHS Triangular

Rossville scored two  wins against Mission Valley (25-22, 25-15) but took two losses to Jackson Heights (24-26, 21-25) at the Rossville Triangular on Sept. 5.

Jerry Michael Cormack Passes Away

A visitation for Jerry Michael "Mike" Cormack, 83, Lawrence, will be 9-10:30 am, Saturday, September 7, 2019, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.

Mike Cormack passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 3, 2019. Mike enjoyed a long life filled with love both given and received.

He was born in Rossville, Kansas on September 3, 1936, the oldest child of Walter Vernon Cormack and Leona Emily (Williamson) Cormack. He lived in Rossville for the first few years of his life, then moved with his family to Topeka, Kansas. Shortly after the outbreak of WWII, he and his mother and younger brother Tom lived briefly in Greenville, South Carolina, and then with his grandparents in Nebraska City, Nebraska. He had fantastic stories that he would tell his sons over and over about growing up in Nebraska City while his father was stationed overseas. Many of those stories were about his Irish grandmother who had an enormous influence on his life.

After the war the family moved back to Topeka, where he lived for nearly 20 years, and where he met his future wife, Shirley Rae (Absher) Cormack. After graduating from Topeka High School they were married on April 8, 1956. They lived in Topeka until moving briefly to Mobile, Alabama and then quickly back to Topeka. They have three sons, Michael Shawn Cormack, Jonathan Patrick Cormack, and Timothy Joseph Cormack. Mike and Shirley were very happily married for over 63 years.

After graduating from high school Mike joined the Kansas National Guard, B Company, 174th Military Police Battalion and served for eight years and eight months before being discharged. He worked as a draftsman for the Topeka City Engineers then the Topeka County Regional Planing Commision becoming a Junior Planner and Chief Draftsman. Although excelling as a draftsman, Mike decided he wanted to be a teacher. He received both his undergraduate degree (1964) and master's degree (1969) from Washburn University, and then taught 5th and 6th grades at Whitson elementary school from 1964–1968. In 1969 the family moved to Rossville where he was the principal of Rossville and Delia elemetary schools from 1969–1975. In 1975 the family moved to Lawrence, Kansas where Mike was principal at East Heights elementary school (1975–1978), and then Kennedy elementary (1978–1986). He returned to teaching and finished his career as an 8th grade english and history teacher at Central Junior High from 1986–1996.

As a result of his passion for teaching, he had a positive effect on countless students over his many years in education. Since his retirement, many former students have told him of the effect he had on their lives, a kind compliment and evidence of a life well lived. Mike was a kind, generous, and compassionate person, who showed endless love for his family. These positive qualities served him well after his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Mike had a rich inner life that he expressed through story telling, a trait he picked up from his Irish grandmother, and also in acting. He, Shirley, and their youngest son Tim were in many community theater productions both in Lawrence and Topeka. Another passion of Mike's was his love of automobiles. He restored antique cars most of his adult life, and the list of cars he owned and restored is extensive. Mike and Shirley have been members of antique car clubs in Lawrence, Topeka, and Kansas City. Mike also esxpressed his artistic abilities in drawing, painting, singing, and an eye for good design, many of those traits he passed down to his children and grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife Shirley (Lawrence), younger brother Thomas Joseph Cormack (Topeka), sons Mike (Lawrence), Jon and wife Janie (Knoxville, Tennessee) Tim (Lawrence), and grandchildren Emily Jill Cormack (New York City) Anna Marvelle Cormack (Chicago), Jordan Riley Cormack and wife Katie, Rachael Marie (Cormack) Duplantis and husband Brandon, and Rebakah Michelle Cormack (Knoxville). The family wishes to thank the staff of Lawrence Memorial Hospital and Douglas County Visiting Nurses for the invaluable care and support they provided.

Memorial contributions may be made to Visiting Nurses, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street, Lawrence, KS 66044.

CJ Centraila-Rossville Prediction

From the Capital-Journal:

    Two of the state’s top small-school powers, Rossville edged Centralia 26-14 in last year’s season opener. That victory propelled the Bulldawgs to an 8-3 bounce-back season and trip to the Class 2A state quarterfinals after a 3-6 campaign in 2017 following three straight Class 3A state championships. Centralia dropped its next game, but then ripped off eight straight wins to reach the Class 1A quarterfinals before losing a nail-biter to Olpe. Centralia graduated All-1A lineman Derek VanDorn and tailback Isaac Gore, among others, but returns Kamble Haverkamp at quarterback after he led the team offensively last year. Rossville returns seven starters each way and will debut Torrey Horak, younger brother of All-State QB Tucker Horak, at quarterback this year.

Prediction: Rossville over Centralia