MEL Volleyball

Reported by CJ Online for Sept 21:

Rossville def. Riley Co.  25-23, 25-13
Rossville def. Riley Co. 25-23, 14-25, 25-14
Silver Lake def. St. Marys 25-22, 25-13
St. Marys def. Silver Lake 21-25, 25-23, 25-20
Wab. def. Rock Creek  25-21, 25-23
Wab def. Rock Creek  25-21, 25-17

Rossville is 10-6 for the season.

This Is Homecoming Week

Homecoming candidates are Dani Bittner, Erika Hatina, Emma Streit, Kaleb Badura, Kody Davoren, Randy Morelli.

Rossville Inv. Volleyball Tourney

Pool A:       Holton defeated Rossville,  25-21, 25-16; Abilene def. Osage City, 25-21, 25-22; Rossville def. Abilene, 25-21, 25-19; Holton def. Clay Center, 25-14, 25-17; Rossville def. Clay Center, 25-17, 25-16; Holton def. Osage City, 25-14, 25-16; Abilene def. Holton, 25-17, 25-17; Osage City def. Clay Center, 25-23, 25-21; Rossville def. Osage City, 22-25, 25-17, 25-18; Abilene def. Clay Center, 25-14, 25-15.

Pool B:     Silver Lake def. Wamego, 25-14, 25-20; Ottawa def. Tonganoxie, 22-25, 25-17, 25-22; Silver Lake def. Tonganoxie, 25-18, 23-25, 25-14; Wamego def. El Dorado, 18-25, 25-14, 25-17; Silver Lake def. El Dorado, 26-24, 25-15; Ottawa def. Wamego, 21-25, 25-19, 25-19; Wamego def. Tonganoxie, 25-20, 27-25; Ottawa def. El Dorado, 15-25, 25-22, 25-22; Silver Lake def. Ottawa, 20-25, 25-18, 25-13; Tonganoxie def. El Dorado, 25-22, 17-25, 26-24.

Championship semifinals —   Abilene def. Ottawa, 25-16, 25-23; Silver Lake def. Holton, 25-14, 25-17. 
Consolation matches -  El Dorado def. Clay Center, 25-16, 25-12; Tonganoxie def. Osage City, 25-18, 25-20; Wamego def. Rossville, 25-16, 10-25, 25-23. 
Championship — Silver Lake def. Abilene, 27-25, 25-21. 
Third place — Holton def. Ottawa, 17-25, 25-23, 25-19.

Rossville Moves Up In Poll

Rossville moved from 5th to 4th this week in the Catchitkansas football poll.

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

Tucker Horak Leads PSU to win

    To start the first quarter, halfback Tucker Horak scored on back-to-back goal-line touches to push the lead to 14-0 as Pittsburg State went on to destroy Northeastern State 58-3 on Sat.       Horak led the ground game with 57 yards on 10 carries. 

https://pittstategorillas.com/boxscore.aspx?path=football&id=3165

2-A Football Rankings by CJ

CLASS 2A Football Rankings per Capital-Journal

Team       ...       record

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

Others — Belle Plaine 3-0, Cimarron 3-0, Conway Springs 2-1, Ellsworth 3-0, Hutchinson Trinity 2-1, Lakin 3-0, Maur Hill 3-0, Phillipsburg 1-2, Riley County 1-2, Rossville 2-1.

Notes — Humboldt was in danger of falling for the first time in a regular-season game since 2017, trailing Eureka 32-22 with 1:45 left in the fourth quarter. But the Cubs got a touchdown and two-point conversion and then recovered the onside kick. Conor Haviland scored the game-winner with 37 seconds left and then sealed the win with an interception. Silver Lake’s C.J. Hamilton picked up career win No. 425 as the Eagles blanked Riley County 25-0.

MEL Football Standings

MID-EAST LEAGUE STANDINGS WEEK THREE

                       League ... Overall

Silver Lake              3-0 ... 3-0
Rossville                  1-1  ... 2-1

Riley County           1-1 ... 1-2

Rock Creek              1-2 ... 1-2

St. Marys                 0-2 .. 0-3

Wabaunsee              0-0 .. 1-2

Results from Sept 20.

Silver Lake    25    Riley Co        0
Rossville        44    Rock Creek 13
Wabaunsee   31     Central Hts  6
Centrailia      40    St. Marys      0 

RHS & Jeff West Split in VB

    Rossville split with Jeff West in volleyball on Sept. 19.  During the 6 games played,  the Lady Dawgs steadily got stronger as the games progressed with the last game being their best.  The RHS girls lost their first three games 16-25, 25-22, 29-31,  but steadily improved to finish out 25-25, 25-22, 25-9.
    Rossville is 5-4 thus far in the 2019 season.

Girls Win Onaga Inv. Cross Country

Results of the Onaga cross country race on Sept 20, 2019.

Boys

Team scores

Axtell 42, Rock Creek 44, St. Mary’s Academy 51, Jackson Heights 81, Rossville 102, St. Marys 112, Wetmore 142, Centralia 145, Washington County 160, Onaga 160, Linn 162, Clifton-Clyde 214, Frankfort 216.

Individual results

1. Little, Jackson Heights, 17:38.99; 2. Q. Buessing, Axtell, 18:03.94; 3. Jones, St. Marys, 18:38.54; 4. Bomberber, St. Mary’s Acadmey, 18:51.16; 5. Schmitz, Axtell, 19:11.38; 6. Roberts, Rock Creek, 19:17.92; 7. Simmons, Washington County, 19:18.56; 8. Twombly, Rossville, 19:41.73; 9. Churchman, Rock Creek, 19:57.26; 10. Holliday, Jackson Heights, 20:16.50.

Girls

Team scores

Rossville 23, Rock Creek 30, Centralia 51, Jackson Heights 81, Clifton-Clyde 84, St. Marys 87, Valley Heights 100, Frankfort 141.

Individual results

1. Kuckelman, Centralia, 21:57.08; 2. Streit, Rossville, 22:10.33; 3. Saenz, Rock Creek, 23:07.30; 4. Seidel, Rossville, 23:29.78; 5. Holthaus, Centralia, 23:30.24; 6. Foster, Rossville, 23:35.16; 7. Saenz, Rock Creek, 23:42.56; 8. Clark, Rock Creek, 24:09.30; 9. Bowser, Clifton-Clyde, 24:38.08; 10. Zarybnicky, Hanover, 24:38.87.

Dawgs Hobble Rock Creek Mustangs (updated)

The Dawgs led at the half-time 22-10 and added more points in the second half for a final score of 44-16 at St. George on Sept 20, 2019.

Rock Creek   3   7   6   0  —  16
Rossville          8 14 15   7   —  44

Rock Creek — Killingsworth 1 run, 4 run, Golden 33 field goal. PAT — Golden kick.

Rossville — Horak (4) 4 run, 17 run, 2 run, 58 run, Kim 26 run, Reeves 28 pass from Horak. PAT — Stallbaumer run, 2 conversion runs, Reeves 2 kicks.

Photos by Shari Gentry

Osage City Inv. Golf

Osage City Invitational Golf Tournament,  Sept 19, 2019
1.  Silver Lake     199
2.  Osage City      203
3.  Jeff West         212
4.  Council Gr.      240
5.  St, Marys         245
6.  Santa Fe Tr.     278
7.  Rossville          327

Clara Broxterman was the leader from RHS with a 79, followed closely by Jenna Thompson at 80 and Jessica Thompson at 81.

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.