MEL And Dist. 4 Football News

From the Capital-Journal:

• Riley County rallied past Southeast-Saline 33-29 on a fourth-quarter touchdown. Garrett Harmison threw for 113 yards and three touchdowns, two going to younger brother Trey, and Deon Barnes ran for 166 yards an two touchdowns.

• Rossville’s Torrey Horak ran for 209 yards and three touchdowns and threw for 125 yards and three more scores as the Bulldawgs rolled past Council Grove 62-13. Three different players caught TD passes and three more added touchdown runs for Rossville.

• St. Marys quarterback Caden Hurla had the best game of his career in a wild 44-43 win over Mission Valley. Hurla threw for a career-high 327 yards and five touchdowns. Four different receivers caught TD pass with Charles King catching two and finishing with 153 yards on four catches. The Bears stopped a two-point conversion on the final play of the game to seal the win.

• Silver Lake posted its fifth straight shutout with a 57-0 blanking of Osage City. Cody Hay threw for 188 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for three touchdowns.

• Rock Creek knocked off Clay Center 54-14 as Charlie Killingsworth ranf or 122 yards and three touchdowns and threw for 154 yards and two scores. Brooks Whaley caught both TD passes. Logan Mullin ran for 189 yards and a TD for Clay Center.

Abilene Volleyball Tournament

Oct. 18 Buhler Royal Valley Topeka High Ellsworth

19-25, 20-25 21-25, 17-25 25-15, 25-14 21-25, 25-12, 22-25

16-14 16-15 17-15 17-16

Senior Night For Volleyball Team

Rock Creek visits Rossville Monday, Oct. 21, and iat will be Senior Night for the team. 

Volleyball Leaders

Volleyball Team Leaders as of Oct. 17 per Capital Journal

Kills
Morelli 260, Fiedler 198, Gillum 131

Assists
Berrgstresser  529, Gillum 41

Digs
McCrory 246. Dyche 245

Aces 
Dyche  31

2A Football Rankings By CJ

Class 2A Football rankings by the Capital=Journal.

      Team    (Prev.) record

1. Hoisington (1) ... 7-0
2. Humboldt (2) ... 7-0
3. Garden Plain (3) ... 7-0
4. Silver Lake (4) ... 7-0
5. Conway Springs (5) ... 6-1

Others — Belle Plaine 6-1, Cimarron 7-0, Ellsworth 5-2, Eureka 5-2, Lakin 6-1, Maur Hill 6-1, Nemaha Central 5-2, Norton 5-2, Riley County 5-2, Rossville 5-2, Southeast-Saline 5-2.

Notes — Belle Plaine’s fairy-tale run at an undefeated regular season faced one last big hurdle with Friday’s trip to Eureka. It proved to be too big of one for the Dragons to hurdle as the host Tornadoes led start to finish in a 33-14 victory. Garden Plain and Conway Springs roll into their huge Week 8 showdown.

1937 Undefeated Football Team

Back in the 1950s I used to hear about the football teams of the 1930s.

The 1937 team was probably the best of the string.     

They had an impressive 9-0  team allowing only 6 points by opponents.

During the years 1933-37, their record was 42-3

Click on image to enlarge for ease of reading.

District 4 Standings

 2A District 4 Standings as of 10/19/19

Riley County         ... 4-0 
Rossville                ... 3-1 
Southeast-Saline  ... 2-2 
St. Marys                ... 2-2 
Council Grove        ... 1-3 
Mission Valley       ... 0-4 

Abigail McCrory Wins WU Contest

From the Capital-Journal:

Abigail McCrory, a sophomore at Washburn University, pitched her idea for Grounded on the Go, a mobile coffee shop, to judges Thursday during the final round of the sixth annual Washburn University Pitch Competition. McCrory was one of five competition finalists who competed for cash prizes meant to help competitors get their business ventures off the ground. McCrory was the first-place winner, taking home an $8,000 check.

“I’m incredibly humbled for sure, and it’s really exciting to have my family and friends here to see it happen,” McCrory said. “It’s really rewarding. All the hard work finally paid off.”

McCrory said her business idea has been years in the making. Her family owns Grounded Coffee House in Rossville, so McCrory is no stranger to the coffee business.

“I grew up eating breakfast with the regulars as they quizzed me on my spelling words before school,” McCrory said. “I became a barista and am now an assistant manager of the shop. Grounded Coffee House has done well, but that was my mom’s idea. This is mine.”

McCrory wants to scale up the business by making Grounded Coffee mobile. Prize money from the pitch competition will help McCrory purchase a trailer that looks like a “renovated vintage camper.” It’s where she’ll headquarter operations.

She plans to park her coffee truck at festivals and sporting events around town, on Washburn’s campus and outside Downtown businesses. She said mobility is exactly what will set her business apart — the fact that it can be “wherever, whenever.” And she also sees potential for growth once she graduates from Washburn.

“In the future, I hope to see several Grounded on the Go trucks traveling all over the capital city, focusing on caffeinating one cup at a time,” McCrory said.

The Washburn University Pitch Competition is open each year to all Washburn and Washburn Tech students. The competition invites students to develop a business idea and model, which they pitch, either as individuals or teams, to a series of judges.

Shawna Slack Injured

    Rossville resident Shawna Slack, 38, was injured Thursday evening when her 2018 Ford Escape struck a deer on I-470 in SW Topeka.  She was alone in the vehicle and was taken to St. Francis Hospital with minor injuries.

Dawgs Roll Over Council Grove

    The Dawgs controlled the first half racking up 40 points to the Council Grove Braves 7 points.  The larger Braves team showed very few good plays due to Rossville's superior speed.
    The second half was more of the same,  but was also limited by a running clock to lessen the damage.  But the Dawgs still prevailed in a lop-sided 62-13 game.

1st    5:38    Horak 10 yd run             2 pt try failed
1st    3.38    Horak 54 yd run             Sowers 2 pt run
1st    1.16    Horak  7 yd run              missed kick
2nd   11.33  Bealing (CG) 60 yd run Reeves kick good
2nd   9.32    Rezac 10 yd run             Reeves kick good
2nd   3.44    K Brown 16 yd pass      2 pt try failed
2nd     .20    Sowers 6 yd pass           Reeves kick good 
3rd    6.33    Sowers 19 yd run          Reeves kick good
3rd    5.42    Reeves 30 yd pass         2 pt Hurla to Sowers pass
3rd    5:24    King, 44 yd pass           kick blocked
4th    3.01    Perine 1 yd run              Lemma kick good                     

    There is video of the game on KSNT at the 3:00 mark at:
  https://www.ksnt.com/football-frenzy/football-frenzy-10-18-19/         

Other district four scores were:
    St Marys 44    Misson Valley  43
    Riley Co 33    SE Saline  29                                                                                     

MEL Volleyball Standings

MID-EAST  Volleyball Standings 10/18/19

                   ... League ... Overall

Silver Lake    ... 7-1 ... 26-11
Wabaunsee  ... 6-2 ... 30-3 
Rossville       ... 4-4 ... 14-15
St. Marys      ... 3-5 ... 16-14
Rock Creek   ... 2-6 ... 11-14
Riley County ... 2-6 ... 7-28

Maur Hill-Mount Academy Triangular VB

  Rossville picked up two wins on Oct 16 at the Maur Hill-Mount Academy Triangular meet. They defeated Maur Hill 25-20 and 26-24 and then Veritas 25-14 and 25-8.
  Rossville is now 16-13 for this year as of 10/15/19.

MEL Football Standings

MID-EAST LEAGUE FOOTBALL STANDINGS ON 10/17/19

                   ... League ... Overall
*Silver Lake    ... 3-0 ... 6-0
  Riley County ... 2-1 ... 4-2
  Rossville        ... 2-2 ... 4-2
  Rock Creek    ... 1-2 ... 2-4
  St. Marys        ... 0-3 ... 1-5
x-Wabaunsee  ... 0-0 ... 1-5

x-no league schedule

Dist. 4 Football Standings

 2A District 4 Standings as of 10/17/19

                                ... Dist. ... All ... PF ... PA ... Pts.

Riley County         ... 3-0 ... 4-2 ... 185 ... 135 ... +39
Southeast-Saline ... 2-1 ... 5-1 ... 249 ... 89 ... +13
Rossville                ... 2-1 ... 4-2 ... 192 ... 85 ... +13
St. Marys                ... 1-2 ... 1-5 ... 70 ... 232 ... -13
Council Grove        ... 1-2 ... 2-4 ... 104 ... 161 ... -25
Mission Valley       ... 0-3 ... 2-4 ... 113 ... 168 ... -27