Gloria Minnis Passes Away

Gloria K. Minnis, 65, of Rossville, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka.

She was born April 1, 1956, at Spokane, WA, the daughter of John and Carol Huxtable Lentis.  She was raised in Omaha, NE and graduated from Omaha High School.  Gloria graduated from the University of Nebraska in Omaha with a degree in education.

Gloria was a teacher at Primrose, NE then in the Junction City and Ft. Riley areas.  She taught in Manhattan and at Shiner Elementary and Scott Magnet School in Topeka.  Gloria was a para-professional at Silver Lake and was currently the activities coordinator at Rossville Health and Rehab Center in Rossville.

Gloria married Raymond R. Minnis in Ohio on April 23, 1983.  He preceded her in death on February 22, 2021.

Survivors include her son, Russell Minnis, Rossville; her father, John Lentis (Darleen) in Florida; siblings, John Lentis, Janet Franks, Susan Thurman, Andrew Lentis and Pam Sorgen.

Mrs. Minnis chose cremation.  A Celebration of Life is pending.

Volleyball Substate Tournament

The 3A state volleyball championship will be decided on Oct. 29-30 in Hutchinson between the sub state champions.   

• 3A Substate At Sabetha HS on Oct. 23: Easton-Pleasant Ridge HS; Hiawatha HS; Hoyt-Royal Valley HS; Marysville HS; Meriden-Jefferson West HS; Rossville HS; Sabetha HS; Seneca-Nemaha Central HS;

War On 24 This Friday

Rossville goes to Silver Lake this Friday for their homecoming and the much anticipated War On 24 brtweem the #1 Bulldawgs and #4 Silver Lake (When did Silver Lake become the Indians?)

 cjonline article about War On 24

MEL FB Standings Oct 8

  School                        League       Overall 

Rossville                       2-0             6-0       
Riley Co,                       2-0             6-0        
Silver Lake                    2-1             5-1           
Wabaunsee                    0-0              4-2            
Rock Creek                   0-2              3-2       
St. Marys                       0-3              3-3  

Rossville Gets 56-6 Homecoming Win (Updated)

Rossville             21   28    7    0     59
Pleasant Ridge     0     0     0    6      6

1st 

9:48    T. Horak 7 yd run                                PAT Arantes kick
8:18    C. Catron 27 yd run                             PAT Arantes kick
5:45    B Hensley 31 yd run                            PAT Arantes kick

2nd

11:34  C.Catron 34 yd pass from Horak          PAT Arantes kick
9:56    T. Horak 33 yd run                                PAT Arantes kick
5:51    C.Catron 1 yd run                                  PAT Arantes kick
0:13    R. L. Conney 58 yd pass from Horak    PAT Arantes kick 

Running clock at the start of the second half.

3rd

4:05    Camden Horak 1 yd run                         PAT Arantes kick

4th      

10;00   Pleasant Ridge 24 yd pass                     failed 2 pt conversion

Other scores of interest:

Riley Co, 63  Council Grove  14
Silver Lake 63   McLouth  6
Rock Creek  61  Jeff West  6
St. Marys  46  Republic Co. 0
Jeff West No.  30  Wabaunsee  11
Nemaha Cen  67  Maur Hill  7
Wellsville  36  Osage City  12
Mission Valley  40  Oskaloosa 12 

Osage City Cross Country

The Rossville cross country team participated in the Osage City Invitational cross country meet on Oct. 7 with the below results.

The girls team came in 6th of the 7 teams.   Individual places were as follows.

7      Alesis Zabala
22    Cassie Fund
23    Audrie Davis
29    Reagan Wonnell
46    Keera Lacock

The girl's team placings were as follows.

1    W. Franklin
2    Anderson Co.
3    Osage City
4    Holton
5    Humboldt
6    Rossville
7    Chase Co.

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The boy's team had four runners and they placed individually as listed below.

17    Sam Twombly
42    Hayden Sanders
60    Wade Twombly
74    Tres Faith

The Dawgs did not place as a team because they did not have the required number of runners.

A Special Dawgfeed Video For Homecoming Week

A special DAWGFEED for Homecoming.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXLsfiF7d34

Dawgfeed # 2 for 2021-22

 Dawgfeed number 2 for the current 2021-22 school year at Rossville High.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rCBSPdxIeQ&t=34s

Brief History of St. Marys

The Citizen Pottawatomi and Rossville are all a part of the St. Marys history.  A brief article on  the history is at:

 https://saintmarys.com/about/

Dawgfeed No 1 For 2021-22

The first DAWGFEED for 2021-22 is online and can be viewed at:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq9gINbIuZQ

Rossville/St. Marys Volleyball

Rossville picked up two more wins on Oct. 5 by defeating St. Marys 25-15, 25-15 and then 25-15, 25-16.

Rossville is 20-4 for the season and 4-0 in the MEL.

Silver Lake Volleyball Tourney

 The Rossville Volleyball team competed in the Silver Lake Invitaional Volleyball Tournament  on Oct. and picked up 4 wins and one loss that being to Silver Lake in the championship game. 

Royal Valley Perry-Lecompton Chapman Sabetha Silver Lake * 2nd Place

25-15, 25-27, 25-15 25-23, 25-18 25-14, 22-25, 25-17 25-20, 25-16 12-25, 20-25

W W W W L

15-3 16-3 17-3 18-3 18-4

Walking Taco Meal Friday

Homecoming Snake Dance Thur.

 The RHS Booster Club invites all high school students to the annual Homecoming Snake Dance on Thursday, October 7. We will meet in front of the high school at 6:15, start with some pep music and cheers, then load up on trailers and "snake" through town. We will end up at the city park for all class and candidate games. After that there will be pizza and a bonfire.