Sports Writers 2A Playoff Predictions

 Williams

• Champion: Rossville
• Runner-up: Hoisington
• Final Four: Rossville, Wellsville, Hillsboro, Hoisington
• Elite 8: Osage City, Rossville, Wellsville, Silver Lake, Hillsboro, Cimarron, Kingman, Hoisington

Watson

• Champion: Wellsville
• Runner-up: Kingman
• Final Four: Rossville, Wellsville, Hillsboro, Kingman
• Elite 8: Riverton, Rossville, Wellsville, Silver Lake, Hillsboro, Cimarron, Kingman, Hoisington

Chaney

• Champion: Rossville
• Runner-up: Hoisington
• Final Four: Rossville, Silver Lake. Hillsboro, Hoisington
• Elite 8: Osage City, Rossville, Wellsville, Silver Lake, Hillsboro, Beloit, Garden Plain, Hoisington

Sherwood

• Champion: Rossville
• Runner-up: Hoisington
• Final Four: Rossville, Wellsville, Cimarron, Hoisington
• Elite 8: Osage City, Rossville, Wellsville, Silver Lake, Hillsboro, Cimarron, Kingman, Hoisington

Kinker

• Champion: Rossville
• Runner-up: Kingman
• Final Four: Rossville, Silver Lake, Cimarron, Kingman
• Elite 8: Osage City, Rossville, Wellsville, Silver Lake, Marion, Cimarron, Kingman, Hoisington
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CJ Article On Friday's Game

                                                        Kaden Brown led scoring with 3 TDs

The Capital=Journal has an excellent article with much detail about the game Friday night as well as several pictures.  Corey Carton ablely served as substitute QB while Torrey Horak recovers from a sprained shoulder suffered in the Oct 15 game at Silver Lake.

CJ Online Article for Republic Co. game

Other football scores of interest

Rossville's next playoff game will be against Nemaha Central (#9) which beat Pleasant Ridge 48-14.

Other scores of interest include:
Silver Lake (#3) 62, Atchison 20; 
St. Marys 52, Mission Valley 0
Osage City (#4) 47, Cherokee SE 2
Riverton 14, Eureka 6
Wellsville (#2) 48, Erie 6

3A scores include:

Riley Co., 18, Russell 15
Rock Creek 34, Bishop Ward 17 

1A scores include:

Wabaunsee 68, Northern Hts. 0

Last Weeks Final 2A rankings can be read at:
https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2021/10/2a-football-rankings-for-oct-23.html

The 2A state fooball bracket can be seen at:
https://rossvilleksalumninews.blogspot.com/2021/10/state-football-playoffs-bracket-for-2021.html

Dawgs Get First Round Win

 Rossville hosted their first round playoff game against Republic County-Belleville on Friday, Oct. 29.  The Dawgs had little trouble coasting to a 35-0 halftime lead.

Rossville       20      15       14      7             56
Republic Co    0       0         0       0              0

1st Qtr

10:54         Kaden Brown          9 yd run                    PAT  Arantes Kick
7:27           Kaden Brown          1 yd run                    PAT  Arantes Kick
3:54           29 yd Field Goal by Pedro Arantes
1:30           Trenton Barker         16 yd run                 PAT  Arantes Kick

2nd Qtr

8:27           25 yd Field Goal by Pedro Arantes
2:24           Kaden Brown            6 yd run                  PAT  2 yd run by Trenton Barker 

3rd Qtr

8:54            Tagen Kippes            9 yd pass from Catron           PAT  Arantes Kick
4:55            Raphael Cooney        fumble recover in end zone   PAT Arantes Kick

4th Qtr        

0:32            Camden Horak          1 yd run                                   PAT  Arantes Kick 

KSNT has video of the game beginning at the 3:20 point of the video.  Go to:

https://www.ksnt.com/football-frenzy/ksnt-band-of-the-week-playoffs-week-one-st-marys/

WIBW  also has video which can be viewed at:

https://www.wibw.com/2021/10/30/kpz-week-9-republic-co-0-rossville-56/

Amelia Foster At 3A State Cross Country

Amelia Foster will be competing in the 3A State Cross Country meet on Sat., Oct.  30 at Wamego.  The event begins at 12:00 noon.   Be there to help cheer her on.

Gene "Pete" Allen Passes Away

      Gene G. “Pete” Allen, 84, passed away Monday, October 18, 2021, at his home on the Allen Farm in Valencia.

     He was born August 20, 1937, at Topeka the son of Ross and Lavina Johnson Allen.        

     He was raised in the Silver Lake community and graduated from Silver Lake High School. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Industrial Engineering.

     Pete worked as an Industrial Engineer and foreman at a dairy plant in Green Bay, WI. until moving back to the farm in Kansas in 1975. Pete was a member of the Rossville United Methodist Church. He was a board member for the Kaw Valley electric COOP, he also served on the Dover Township Board and Valencia Cemetery Board.

     He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Gary Allen. Pete and Ginger Shannon (RHS 1959) were united in marriage at Rossville in 1961. She survives at the farm.

     Other survivors include two daughters, Debra (Lance) Rezac, Onaga and Suzy (Stan) Thompson, Rossville; a brother Bruce Allen; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

     A Celebration Of Life will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, October 28, 2021 at the Rossville United Methodist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Silver Lake FFA and Rossville FFA. Memorials may be sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple Street, St. Marys, Kansas 66536.

2A Football Rankings for Oct. 23

 1. Rossville, (6), 8-0... LW 1
     Last Week: def. Mission Valley (51-6). This week: vs. Republic County (3-4)

2. Wellsville, 8-0... LW 2
     Last Week: def. West Franklin (49-0). This week: vs. Erie (3-5)

3. Silver Lake, 6-2... LW 4
     Last Week: def. Pleasant Ridge (59-24). This week: vs. Atchison County (6-2)

4. Osage City, 7-1... LW 5
     Last Week: def. Humboldt (42-30). This week: vs. Southeast Cherokee (5-3)

(tie) Hoisington, 7-1... LW 6
     Last Week: def. Beloit (7-6) This week: vs. Ellis (3-4)

6. Hillsboro, 7-1... LW 7
     Last Week: def. Hutchinson Trinity (48-8). This week: vs. Douglass (2-6)

7. Kingman, 7-1... LW 9
     Last Week: def. 2A No. 3 Chaparral (41-0). This week: vs. Hutch Trinity (4-4)

8. Chaparral, 7-1... LW 3
     Last Week: lost to 2A No. 9 Kingman (41-0). This week: vs. Marion (5-3)

9. Nemaha Central, 6-2... LW 10
     Last Week: def. Republic County (47-0). This week: vs. Pleasant Ridge (5-3)

10. Cimarron, 7-1... LW 8
     Last Week: lost to Ellis (15-14). This week: vs. Norton (4-4)

Dropped out: None.

Receiving votes: St. Mary's (4-3), Thomas More Prep (6-2), Atchison County (6-2), Beloit (5-3)

In 3A, Riley Co maintained their #6 ranking.  in 1A Wabaunsee moved from 8th
to 5th after beating #5 Centrailia 45-40.

LeVon (Harper) (64) Langston Passes Away

 LaVon Langston, 74, of Topeka, passed away on October 21, 2021 at her home.

She was born on January 1, 1947 to Wilford and Anna Marie (Moyer) Harper in Rossville, KS. LaVon graduated from Rossville High School. After graduation she attended Washburn University.

LaVon was a homemaker for 20 years, before returning to the workforce. She worked for Western Resources for 10 years before retiring in 1997.

On September 11, 1965, she married Harold Langston Jr. in Topeka at Northland Christian Church, where they still remain members today. Together they had 3 children.

LaVon enjoyed traveling to South Texas for many years with her husband and dog, Misha. She loved to cook and bake for her family. Some of her specialties were Mexican food, fried chicken, and homemade pies. LaVon was a member of the Red Hat Society for many years as well as Beta Sigma Phi. She also organized bus tours for Young At Heart for over 15 years. LaVon was a strong Christian. She was extremely knowledgeable about the Bible, and incorporated it into her daily life, instilling her faith into her family legacy.

LaVon is survived by her loving husband, Harold, of 56 years; children, Shannon Langston, Michael (Traci) Langston, and Barbee (Ed) Szuwalski; grandchildren, Morgan L. Rodecap, Taran (Michael) Mason, Michaella (Chigo) Ibeh, and Jaden Langston.

She was preceded in death by both of her parents; siblings, LaVerne Ard, Ray Harper, and Ralph Harper.

Celebration of Life will be on November 6, 2021 at Northland Christian Church, 3102 NW Topeka Blvd. in Topeka, at 11:30 am.

Memorial contributions may be made to, Midland Hospice Care or to Helping Hands Humane Society and sent in care of Parker Price Funeral Home, 245 NW Independence Ave, Topeka, KS 66608.

State Football Playoffs Bracket for 2021

2A Districts 1-4 Playoffs

Elizabeth Schaefer Makes National Concert Band

Congratulations to Elizabeth Schaefer, a Senior at Rossville Jr/Sr High School, as she has been selected as a member of the 2021 NAFME ALL-NATIONAL Concert Band for flute. Only 9 high school flute students are selected to the All-National Band. This places Elizabeth as one of the top 9 high school flute players in the country.  She is also the first student from Rossville to ever be selected for this ensemble.

The process to get to Nationals started last May, 2020. She auditioned in November, 2020, and was selected as the 1st Chair Flute for the KMEA (Kansas Music Educators Association) Northeast District Honor Band.

With her selection to District, that qualified her to audition for All-State where she was selected 1st Chair flute in January 2021.

The All-State selection qualified her to audition for All-Nationals. She started preparing the audition music in June and submitted the audition in September.

Because of the continuing pandemic, the honor band to be held in San Diego has been canceled and will be held virtually this year, with rehearsals, sectionals, and other sessions taking place over zoom in January.

3A Regional Cross Country

The Rossville girls finished 7th of 12 teams at the 3A Regional Cross Country meet at Sabetha on Oct. 23.   Individual finishes were as follows:

8.    Amelia Foster
35.  Cassie Fund
38.  Alexis Zabala
41.  Reagan Wonnell
51.  Audrie Davis
67.  Keera Lacock

 The Dawgs finshed 13th of the 14 boys cross country teams at the Oct. 23 Regional at Sabetha.  Individual finishes were as follows:

21.  Sam Twombly
26.  Colby Hurla
84.  Wade Twombly
84.  Richard Faith

3A Volleyball Sub-State

Rossville defeated Royal Valley 20-25, 25-20, 25-22 in the opening round.  They were then elimainatd from the tournament by Nemaha Central 27-29, 14-25. 

Mid East League Football Standings Oct 23

  School                        League       Overall 

Rossville                       3-0              8-0       
Riley Co,                       2-0              8-0        
Silver Lake                    2-2              5-2           
Wabaunsee                   0-0              6-2            
Rock Creek                   0-2              4-3      
St. Marys                       0-3              4-3  

Recent Football Scores Of Interest

This is the final week of District games.  Playoffs start next Friday and the MEL is looking strong in anticipation of a run as they climb the ladder toward the 1A, 2A and 3A Titles.    Once again,  the MEL teams go 6-0 for the night,   After losing the first 3 games,  St. Marys has made quite a comrback winning the last 4 straight.

Rossville         51
Mission Valley  6

Silver Lake      55
Pleasant Ridge 20

Riley Co           25
Marysville        13

St. Marys          46
Atchison Co.     12

Osage City         42
Humbolt              0

Wabaunsee         45
Centrailia            40

Nemaha Cen.     47
Republic Co.       0