After 25 years of spreading RHS Alumni and Rossville News, it is time for me to semi-retire.
There is a new Facebook page called Rossville Community News that is now serving that purpose.
I will continue to publish obituaries and other important news items, but no sports news.
To go back and read history on any person or subject from Rossville, just go to SEARCH in the upper left corner.
Doug French was Honorable Mention for the 2022 Kansas AG Heroes Program from the Kansas Department of Agriculture.
Rossville will host Minneapolis on Friday Oct. 28 in the Bi-District Playoff. The complete state 2A bracket can be seen at:
Rossville defeated Maur Hill 50-6 on Oct. 21 at Maur Hill. The scoring stared early with Jason Horak returning the opening kick-off 90 yards for the first of many TDs this night. Still in the first quarter, Camden Horak scored on a 3 yd run and Seth Catron scored on a 46 yd run.
Maur Hill then scored on a 19 yard run to open the second quarter scoring.
During the second quarter Braden Hensley scored on a 5 yd run, Aaron Klesath scored on a 25 yd pass from Camden Horak, and Jason Horak scored on a 4 yd run with 25 seconds left in the half.
The third quarter was on a running clock with the reserves getting a lot of play time. Seth Catron scored on a 5 yd run to finish the scoring in a 50-6 win.
The volleyball Sub-state was Oct. 22 at Silver Lake. In the opening round, number one seed Rossville (32-5) defeated Wellsville (12-23) 2-0. The Lady dawgs then Eliminated Silver Lake in the semi-final match 2-0 before losing to Heritage Christian 2-1
ROSSVILLE, Kan. (WIBW) - Rossville head coach Derick Hammes won his 100th game with the Bulldogs on Friday night, taking down Maur Hill 50-6.
Coach Hammes reached the milestone in only ten seasons, notching a 100-19 overall record. He also has five state championships, and five league titles during that time.
Rossville avenged their two earlier tournament losses to Silver Lake on Oct 18. Rossville picked up wins of 26-28, 25-19, 25-14 and also 25-18, 25-20. This brings their record to 32-5. The five losses were to Silver Lake (2), Abilene (2) and Baldwin.
The Capital-Journal has published 21 excellent photos of the two teams during their Tuesday match.
This year's 3A Cross Country Regional will be at the Leonardville Golf Club on Oct. 22.
Rossville is 30-5 but two of those losses were to Silver Lake. This will be an epic battle between the two excellent teams.
The Rossville senior and junior high band and choir will have their Fall Concert 6:30 pm, Oct. 20, 2022.
| Salina Central Abilene Ellsworth Smoky Valley Abilene * 2nd Place | 25-22, 25-12 23-25, 25-27 25-21, 25-14 22-25, 25-19, 25-14 16-25, 21-25 | W L W W L | 28-3 28-4 29-4 30-4 30-5 |
Rossville junior Emma Mitchell has a video for recruiters to view. Anyone can view it at:
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/15472054/6228d32bff0d0807d01c2aa8
