Football Stat Leaders

    Torrey Horak has completed 19 of 31 (61%) passes for 308 yards, an average of 154.5 yards/game.    His leading receiver is Bo Reeves who has 8 grabs for 184 yards, an average of 98 yards/game.

Delia Days Sept 21, 2019

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RHS Cross Country Ranked

Girls Cross Country 2A Ranking

1. Bennington
2. Ellinwood
3. Stanton County
4. Rossville 
5. WaKeeney
6. Colgan7. KC Christian 

Others — Central Heights, Ellsworth, Hutchinson Trinity, Jayhawk-Linn, Jefferson North, Lakin, Meade, Ness City, Oakley, Pratt-Skyline, Remington, Republic County, Sacred Heart, Seabury, Sterling, Wichita Independent.

Cole Schumacher At ESU

    Cole Schumacher is a redshirt sophomore at Emporia State and is a wide receiver on their football team.    His bio can be read at:    https://esuhornets.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3612

Drug Arrest On I-70

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE # 190918 I-70 Drug Arrest
CONTACT: Sheriff Brian C. Hill (785) 251-2200

On September 17th, 2019, the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on I-70, eastbound, at mile post 348. The traffic stop resulted in the seizure of approximately 145 pounds of marijuana that was destined for the Topeka area. The marijuana has an estimated street value of $500,000.

Janae N. Williams, 30 years old, of Topeka, was arrested for Possession of Marijuana with Intent to distribute and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The incident is still under investigation.

Kansas Honor Scholars

Congratulations to Taylor Morelli, Jenna Rodehorst, Danielle Bittner and Kody Davoren for bring named Kansas Honor Scholars!

Horak Scores Two TDs In Win

Tucker Horak scored two TDs in Pittsburg State's 47-23 win over Emporia State on Sept. 14

CC Runners At Wamego

The Rossville Cross Country team performed well at the Wamego Invitational on Saturday. If Rossville ends up being in the 2A classification this year, the State Cross Country meet will take place at Wamego. 3A schools head to Rim Rock in Lawrence for State. The Wamego Invitational is a great "state-preview" meet that draws a lot of strong competition across the state, classes 1A - 4A. The Rossville team is looking strong this year, with over 20 competitors between 7th-12th grade. We have loftly goals this year, ranging from setting new personal bests to improving upon our girl's 4th place team finish at State in 2018. It was a warm day on Saturday, especially for the final two races of the day (Varsity 123A Girls and Varsity 123A Boys). The Rossville athletes competed very well, and we are looking forward to continuing our training, getting stronger and smarter every day.

Kitty Jordan placed 49th out of 67 in the JV Girls 5k.

Hayden Sanders placed 72nd, Wade Twombly was 81st, Tim Limley was 112th, and Tres Faith was 113th out of 145 runners in the JV Boys 5k.

The Varsity Girls team placed 2nd out of 13 teams. Medalists were Julia Streit (12th), Jula Seidel (13th), Amelia Foster (20th), and Meagan Huston (39th). Emma Streit was 44th, Cassie Fund 58th, and Alexis Zabala 59th out of 139 Varsity runners.

Sam Twombly and Zach Archer competed in the Varsity Boys race, placing 49th and 77th respectively out of 172 Varsity runners.

Garrett Jones

Head Cross Country Coach

Assistant HS Track Coach

James Puff Passes Away

     Maple Hill—James M. “Jim” Puff, 68, passed away Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Midland Hospice House.

     He was born October 26, 1950 at Topeka, the son of Charles Richard and Iryllis Dee Gronquist Puff.  Jim grew up in the Oakland community and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1968.  He served in the National Guard.

     Jim was a meat cutter by trade working in many Topeka grocery stores.  In 1986 he and his wife Patti moved to Maple Hill when they bought Barrett’s Grocery Store.  They added Puffy’s Steak and Ice House in 1994 selling the business in 2017.  Jim was a member of the catholic faith.  He had belonged to the Local Meat Cutters Union in Topeka.

     He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother David Puff, two brothers-in-law, Dennis Schimmel and Doug Menke.

     On January 22, 1972 Jim and Patricia M. Menke were united in marriage at Topeka.  She survives of the home.

     Other survivors include a son, Chad James (Lyndsay) Puff, Fisher, IN; three daughters, Brandi Marie (Myron) Hurla, Paxico, Shannon Joyce (Brandon) Kent, and Kelli Suzanne Parnell all of Maple Hill: four brothers Richard (Penny) Puff, Topeka, Jon (Debbie) Puff, Springfield, MO. Bobby (Vickie) Puff, Hernando, MS. and Skip (Pam) Puff, Maple Hill; his sister, Alice Schimmel, Maple Hill; sister-in-law, Ruth Ann Puff, Topeka; 10 grandchildren, Desiree (Todd) Worrel, Mason (Taylor) & Triston (Taylor) Hurla, Wyatt & Isabella Puff, Fischer & Maize Kent, Kennedy, Karlie & Kallie Parnell three great-grandchildren, Tripp & Trakk Worrel and Talon Hurla.

     A rosary will be recited at 1:30 P.M. Sunday September 22, 2019 followed by a visitation until 4:00 P.M. at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys. Inurnment will be at 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 23, 2019 in the Maple Hill Cemetery, Maple Hill.  Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.  To leave online condolences go to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

There is a video of Jim at the Puffy's in Maple Hill that can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dLYehUqgBg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0TNAQTcEDbjiodZqn1ch9W9AV-6nzeelqv71bUuneoyEqznua-TLAJubI

2A Football Rankings (updated)

Capital-Journal Rankings for 2A football as of Sept. 15, 2019

1. Hoisington (3) ... 2-0
2. Humboldt (4) ... 2-0
3. Garden Plain (NR) ... 2-0
4. Silver Lake (NR) ... 2-0
5. Phillipsburg (1) ... 1-1

Others — Belle Plaine 2-0, Cimarron 2-0, Conway Springs 1-1, Ellsworth 2-0, Hutchinson Trinity 2-0, Lakin 2-0, Maur Hill 2-0, Riley County 1-1, Rossville 1-1, Southeast-Saline 2-0.

CatchitKansas had the following ranking this week.

CLASS 2A
1. Hoisington (2-0)
2. Silver Lake (2-0)
3. Phillipsburg (1-1)
4. Garden Plain (2-0)
5. Rossville (1-1)
6. Humboldt (2-0)
7. Southeast of Saline (2-0)
8. Lakin (2-0)
9. Maur Hill (2-0)
10. Conway Springs (1-1)

MEL Football Standings

MID-EAST LEAGUE STANDINGS WEEK TWO

                 League ... Overall
Silver Lake              2-0 ... 2-0
Riley County           1-0 ... 1-1
Rossville                  0-1  ... 1-1
Rock Creek              1-1 ... 1-1
St. Marys               0-2  ... 0-2
Wabaunsee              0-0 .. 0-2

Results from Sept 13.

Silver Lake 14        Rossville    13
Rock Creek  44      St. Marys      6
Mission Valley 42  Wabaunsee  28
Centrailia  54          Riley Co.    32

James Puff Passes Away

James Puff has passed away Sat, Sept 14.  Services are pending.
https://www.piperfuneralhome.com/notices/JamesJim-Puff

Silver Lake Wins "War On 24" By 1 Pt

From the Capital-Journal Sept 15. 2019

SILVER LAKE — With a one-point differential in the final score in Silver Lake’s 14-13 War on 24 victory over Rossville on Friday night, the natural assumption is that the game boiled down to a missed extra-point kick.

Technically, that’s correct. A bobbled snap on a fourth-quarter Rossville touchdown led to a missed kick that ultimately proved to be the difference.

But the argument could be made that the game was really decided on a pair of fourth-down plays in the third quarter, both looming large for Silver Lake. As Rossville coach Derick Hammes succinctly put it, “they made the fourth-down play defensively and they made the fourth-down play offensively.”

First, the defensive play. Tied 7-7 at halftime, Rossville took its opening possession of the second half and moved it quickly into Silver Lake territory, a 24-yard pass from Torrey Horak to Bo Reeves setting the Bulldawgs up with a first down at the Eagle 4.

After a 3-yard run by Tyree Sowers got it to the one, Silver Lake’s defense stiffened. Two plays netted no yards, and on fourth down from the 1, the Eagles stuffed Sowers for no gain, not once, but twice after an offsides penalty gave Rossville a second crack on fourth down.

“That goal-line stand when they have it first and five or whatever it was,” C.J. Hamilton said. “That was huge. It tested our character for sure.”

It also gave the Eagles a lift as they went 99 yards for a go-ahead score. A 43-yard pass from Cody Hay to Nate Boyden set the Eagles up at the Rossville 23, but after three plays they were facing a fourth-and-9 situation from the 22.

Hay was pressured, but lofted a pass to the end zone that Trey Koelzer snagged with a nice grab for a 22-yard touchdown, the PAT kick by Logan Matzke making it 14-7.

Rossville had an immediate answer, though. Passes of 20 yards to Kaleb Badura and 28 yards to Kaiden Brown set up a 3-yard scoring pass from Horak to Randy Morelli with 8:48 left in the game.

But on the PAT try, the snap was bobbled and Reeves’ timing and kick was well off, leaving the Bulldawgs down one.

Rossville got the ball back at their own 17 with 4:08 left and passes of 16 and 14 yards got the Bulldawgs to the Silver Lake 43. But a sack and holding penalty on first down put Rossville in a tough spot and on fourth down, Horak was picked off by Matzke to seal the Silver Lake win.

“There were some schematic things that we weren’t as good on as we needed to be and I’ll take the brunt of that,” Hammes said. “The kids played hard and their kids played hard. They made the two plays they had to make and we didn’t.”

The turnover was the third of the game for Rossville, but not nearly as costly as the first. With Rossville leading 7-0 on the strength of an 8-yard touchdown pass from Horak to Reeves in the first quarter, the Bulldawgs came up with their second interception of Hay.

But on the next play, Silver Lake defensive lineman Caden Cromer ripped the ball from Horak’s hands on a rush up the middle and rambled 18 yards for a game-tying touchdown.

An expected strength coming into the season, Silver Lake’s defense came up big.

“I like the way we’re playing,” Hamilton said of his defense. “We’re playing aggressively.”

Hay finished with 182 yards passing for Silver Lake, while Horak threw for 155 yards for Rossville.

SILVER LAKE 14, ROSSVILLE 13

Rossville (1-1, 0-1);7;0;0;6;—;13

Silver Lake (2-0, 2-0);0;7;7;0;—;14

Rossville — Reeves 8 pass from Horak (Reeves kick)

Silver Lake — Cad. Cromer 18 fumble return (Matzke kick)

Silver Lake — Koelzer 22 pass from Hay (Matzke kick)

Rossville — Morelli 3 pass from Horak (kick failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing — Rossville: Brown 2-0, Reeves 6-24, Horak 8-12, Sowers 12-9, Rezac 7-40. Silver Lake: G. Reamer 17-76, Hay 17-7, Redmond 1-6, Kaniper 1-minus 3.

Passing — Rossville: Horak 13-28-3, 155 yards. Silver Lake: Hay 14-25-2, 182 yards.

Receiving — Reeves 3-35, Morelli 6-65, Klesath 1-7, Badura 2-12, Brown 1-28. Silver Lake: Matzke 5-62, Kaniper 5-54, Reamer 2-1, Boyden 1-43, Koelzer 1-22.

Girls Golf at Wamego Inv.

    Jenna Rodehorst led the Rossville girls at the Wamego Invitational Golf Tournament on Sept 10 as the girls finished 6th out of 7 teams.

1.  Wamego
2.  Concordia
3.  Tonganoxie
4.  Council Grove
5.  Ottawa
6.  Rossville
7.  Clay Center

Jenna Rodehorst was 23rd with a 58.