Edward Longstaff Passes Away

    Edward "Ed" Stiebel Longstaff ,  age 75, of Topeka passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at the Rossville Manor. Ed was born June 22, 1944 in Topeka the son of Ernest Sr. and Lorraine Ready Longstaff.
    His complete obituary can be read at:  https://www.davidsonfuneral.com/obituary/edward-longstaff

Morelli Is Scholar Athlete Of Week

Taylor Morelli is this week's WIBW Scholar-Athlete Of The Week.
For more info about her,  go to the WIBW video at:
https://www.wibw.com/video?vid=562035472

CatchItKansas Football Rankings

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

MEL Volleyball Standings

MID-EAST Volleyball Standings

                        League ... Overall

Rossville ...        4-0 ... 12-6
Silver Lake ...   3-1 ... 16-10Wabaunsee ...   2-2 ... 21-3Riley County ... 2-2 ... 7-20St. Marys ...       1-3 ... 11-10Rock Creek ...     0-4 ... 9-10


Interesting to note that Rossville leads the MEL,  but Silver Lake and Wabaunsee are both highly ranked but Rossville is not.

KVA Volleyball Rankings

CLASS 3A

1. Royal Valley; 2. Beloit; 3. Wichita Trinity; 4. Hesston; 5. Sabetha; 6. Frontenac; 7. Silver Lake; 8. Riverton; 9. TMP-Marian; 10. Lyons.

CLASS 2A

1. Wabaunsee; 2. Colgan 3. Garden Plain; 4. Sedgwick; 5. Valley Heights; 6. Smith Center; 7. Belle Plaine; 8. Ellinwood; 9. Spearville; 10. Oskaloosa.

MEL Football Standings

MID-EAST LEAGUE STANDINGS WEEK Four

                       League ... Overall

Silver Lake              3-0 ... 4-0
Riley County           2-1 ... 2-2
Rossville                  1-2  ... 2-2

Rock Creek              1-2 ... 1-3

St. Marys                 0-2 .. 0-4

Wabaunsee              0-0 .. 1-3

Josephine Marie Voelker Passes Away At 100

Josephine Marie Voelker, 100, of Topeka, passed away February 23, 2019. Josephine was born on March 12, 1919 in Rossville, Kansas. Daughter of Henry E. McGuire and Monica A. Prockish McGuire.

Graveside memorial service will be at held at Mount Calvary Cemetery on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

The family will receive guests immediately following the graveside. To leave fond memories or online condolences, please visit www.brennanmathenafh.com

Jeff West Inv. Golf

Jefferson West Invitational At Village Greens GC, Ozawkie, Wed., Oct. 2,  2019

Team scores:   Tonganoxie 385, Silver Lake 394, Jefferson West 406, Osage City 416, Rossville 466.

Kayla Davis came in 13th at 103 to lead the Rossville girls.

Volleyball Team Leads MEL Early

    The RHS girls are undefeated in MEL play at 4-0 after sweeping St. Marys on Tue., Oct 1 by scores of 25-22, 14-25, 25-22 and then 21-25, 25-14, 25-22.  Rossville is 12-6 overall for the season.  They swept Riley County 2-0 previously.
    Also on Tue,  Silver Lake defeated Wabaunsee twice and Riley County defeated Rock Creek.

Girls Golf At Council Grove.

    The Rossville girls competed in the Council Grove Invitational golf tournament on Sept 26, coming in fifth of eight teams.  Jenna Rodehorst, Leah Hudson, and Kayla Davis tied for 15th at 55 strokes.  Sidney Wonnell was 25th at 60.

1.  Osage City           184
2.  Anderson Co.       201
3.  Manhattan            218
4.  Council Grove     221
5.  Rossville              225
6.  Clay Center          230
7.  St. Marys             248
8.  Pom./W.Frkln      271 

Bohemian Hall Dance/Show Oct. 27

New School Classifications

CLASS 2A  Football for the 2020 and 2021 seasons

48 schools

Range 168-112

Atchison County 130, Belle Plaine 124, Beloit 150, Bluestem 112, Chaparral 148, Cimarron 168, Colgan 112, Douglass 142, Ellis 119, Ellsworth 137, Erie 130, Eureka 147, Fredonia 159, Garden Plain 120, Haven 166, Hillsboro 129, Hoisington 162, Humboldt 129, Hutchinson Trinity 116, Jayhawk-Linn 128, Kingman 148, Lakin 141, Lyons 168, Marion 112, Maur Hill 135, McLouth 117, Minneapolis 139, Mission Valley 116, Nemaha Central 161, Neodesha 153, Norton 153, Osage City 161, Oskaloosa 140, Phillipsburg 128, Pleasant Ridge 156, Republic County 117, Riverside 127, Riverton 155, Rossville 135, Silver Lake 158, Southeast-Cherokee 118, Southwestern Heights 141, St. Marys 141, Sterling 112, Syracuse 121, TMP-Marian 140, Wellsville 167, West Franklin 144.

Rosck Creek and Riley County will be 3A and Wabaunsee will be 1A.

Riley County Wins 34-15

Riley County spoiled the Bulldawgs homecoming with a 34-15 win in a contest that was not close as Rossville had few big plays.

Rossville         7   0   0   8     -   15

Riley County 6   6   6   16    -  ;34

Rossville — Kim 93 run, 40 run. PAT — Reeves kick, run.

Riley County — T. Harmison 20 pass from G. Harmison, Brokenicky 3 run, G. Harmison (2) 31 pass from Holle, 46 run, Barnes 27 run. PAT — 3 runs.

KSNT has video of the game which begins at the 3:15 mark at:
https://www.ksnt.com/football-frenzy/football-frenzy-09-27-19/

WIBW  has video of the game at:
https://www.wibw.com/content/sports/KPZ-Rossville-Riley-County-561553091.html

Other MEL scores were:

Silver Lake  69  McLouth  0
SE Saline     48  St. Marys 18
Halstead      44   Rock Creek  38

Girls CC Team Wins Royal Valley Meet

Big news from the cross country team after the races at Royal Valley.

With good competition, great weather, and a fast course, every Rossville cross country member set a personal best and we have TWO new school records!

Julia Streit set a school record in the girls 5k, winning the Varsity Girls Royal Valley invitational in a time of 20:17! In addition, Sam Twombly had a huge personal best to place 7th in the Varsity Boys race with a time of 17:53, which is the Boy's school record in the 5k by 4 seconds!

Go DAWGS!

The Lady Dawgs Varsity team won the team championship. Julia Streit (1st - 20:17), Amelia Foster (3rd - 21:15), Jula Seidel (4th - 21:16), Meagan Huston (9th - 22:20), Emma Streit (11th - 22:21), Cassie Fund (13th - 22:51), Alexis Zabala (14th - 22:57), Kitty Jordan (44th - 27:56).

Sam Twombly (7th in 17:53) and Zach Archer (13th in 18:25) were the two Varsity Boys competitors. In the JV race, the boys were led by Bronc Reser (9th - 20:42), followed by Tres Faith (13th - 21:04), Wade Twombly (20th - 21:27), and Tim Limley (34th - 23:54).

In JUNIOR HIGH action - Zola Morelli placed 29th in the 7th grade 2-mile with a time of 18:07. The trio of 8th grade girls were led by Audrie Davis (5th - 13:05), Keera Lacock (14th - 14:52), and Samantha Chancellor (19th - 17:23).

Rossville 7th-12th grade cross country heads to the Horton Invitational next Thursday, October 3rd.

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Garrett Jones

Head Cross Country Coach

Assistant HS Track Coach