Shelly Buhler Re-elected

    Shelly Buhler of Rossville, shown above with her family,   was re-elected as Commissioner of Shawnee County.

Betty (Davis) (42) Pence Passes Away

   Betty Jane Pence, 90, Topeka, passed away Monday, November 3, 2014.
    She was born February 11, 1924, in Silver Lake, Kansas, the daughter of Henry and Blanche (Baird) Davis. She graduated from Rossville High School in 1942. Betty was a bookkeeper for Pence's Grocery Store & Stormont-Vail Hospital. Mrs. Pence was a member of the Lowman United Methodist Church.   Betty enjoyed music and Kansas State athletics.
    Betty married Clyde W. Pence on September 4, 1942 in Galveston, Texas. He preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by three brothers and one sister. Survivors include children, Judy (John) Badger, Craig (Patty) Pence; brother, Dale Davis; grandsons, Brock (Tiffaney) and Brett Badger; great-grandsons, Gavin Badger and Hunter Richardson.
    Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the Penwell-Gabel - Southwest Chapel, 3700 SW Wanamaker Road, Topeka. Services will follow at 11 a.m. Private interment will be at Prairie Home Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice, 600 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka, KS 66606 or Lowman United Methodist Church 4000 Drury Lane Topeka, KS 66604. To leave a message for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com. 

Football Team Wins Over Pleasant Ridge

    The Bulldogs advanced  in the playoffs with a convincing 56-0  win over Pleasant Ridge.    Video of  some of the scoring plays can be viewed at:
http://kansasfirstnews.com/2014/11/04/h-s-football-playoffs-begin-in-kansas/
    Additional video is at:
http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/Week-10-Pleasant-Ridge-at-Rossville--281557271.html
    This is the fourth time this season that the Dawgs have scored 56 points.

3A Girls Golf Results

    Rossville finished 9th in the 3A State Golf Tournament.  Leading the Dawgs was Makayla Crow who tied for 22nd individually.
    Complete results can be read at:
    http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/schools/rjshs/athletics/girls_golf/14/14_state.pdf

Volleyball Team Loses in Playoffs

    The RHS volleyball team lost in the first round of  3A sub-state playoffs to Marysville, 23-25, 25-21, 13-25 on Nov. 31.

3A Football Playoff Brackets

    The Dawgs will go up against Easton-Pleasant Ridge (5-4) in the first round of 3A playoffs which pit the top 32 teams (as judged by 16 district champs and runnersup) into a single elimination tournament.  This first round game will be played at Rossville on Tue., Nov. 4.
    In the second round,  the Dawgs will face the winner of the Centrailia (8-1) and Horton (8-1) game.  Centrailia is a strong team that the Dawgs faced earlier in the year.
    Silver Lake will first play Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount(7-2) and then face the winner of the Seneca-Nemaha Valley game.  
    Should both teams continue to win,  the Dawgs and Eagles will meet in the semi-final game, just as they did last year.
    The complete bracket can be seen at:
http://kshsaa.org/Public/ScoreCenter/Brackets/Football/3A.cfm?Activity=1&Class=3A

3A Football Rankings

Wichita Eagle Class 3A Football Rankings

1. Rossville 9-0 (3)
2. Scott City 9-0 (4)
3. Silver Lake 8-1 (1)
4. Wichita Collegiate 8-1 (5)
5. Hesston 9-0 (NR)

Others: Caney Valley 8-1 (NR), Centralia 8-1 (NR), Chaparral 8-1 (NR), Conway Springs 8-1 (2), Halstead 7-2 (NR), Hoisington 8-1 (NR), Horton 7-1 (NR), Hutchinson Trinity 8-1 (NR), Nemaha Central 7-2 (NR), Neodesha 7-2 (NR), Norton 9-0 (NR), Pittsburg Colgan 7-2 (NR), SE-Saline 7-2 (NR), Wellsville 7-2 (NR).

Delores Butler Passes Away

     Delores L. Butler, 83, of West Hills, CA passed away peacefully on Monday, October 27th, 2014 in Chatsworth, CA surrounded by her family. She is survived by her 3 children, Susan Birkins, Daniel Butler and Nancy Paladino as well as 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, not including 2 additional great-grandchildren on the way.
    Delores was born August 5th, 1931 in Rossville, KS and moved to the LA area with her husband Bill and their 3 children in 1959. She was deeply loved by friends and family and will be missed by all.
    Memorial service Saturday, November 8th 11am, First United Methodist Church of Canoga Park, 22700 Sherman Way West Hills, CA 91307. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to "Laura Longman Memorial Scholarship in care of First United Methodist Church of Canoga Park".

War On 24 Video

    Video of the 2104 War on 24 can be seen at:
http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone/headlines/Week-9-Silver-Lake-at-Rossville--281031752.html

    And a slightly longer video is at:
http://kansasfirstnews.com/2014/10/30/rossville-knocks-off-defending-3a-champion-silver-lake/

Rossville Wins War On 24

By Brent Maycock

brent.maycock@cjonline.com

ROSSVILLE — There have been times this season when the Rossville defense has had issues.

Nothing major, mind you. The Bulldogs didn’t get to 8-0 entering Thursday’s War on 24 showdown with Silver Lake having serious deficiencies on that side of the ball.

Whatever minor troubles the Bulldogs have had, when the stakes have been highest the Rossville defense has more than answered the bell. They did it against Centralia midway through the season and were arguably even better in the Class 3A No. 1 vs. No. 2 clash with arch rival Silver Lake.

Rossville held the visiting Eagles to zero points and just five first downs through three quarters. By the time Silver Lake found some offensive rhythm, the Bulldogs were in full control on their way to a 24-14 victory.

Mobile users, here are the game highlights from the War on 24.

“I definitely say we stepped it up this week,” Rossville senior linebacker Nick Reesor said. “Throughout the year, we’ve had our lapses where everything wasn’t clicking right. It all came together tonight. Coach (Derick) Hammes put a great defensive scheme in and we got the job done.”

Rossville (9-0) wrapped up its second straight Mid-East League title and the 3A District 4 crown and will play host to Pleasant Ridge (5-4) in Tuesday’s playoff opener. Silver Lake (8-1) fell for the first time and takes on Maur Hill (7-2) in the first round.

Physical dominance has been Silver Lake’s calling card in its domination of the series in recent years, but on Thursday night, Rossville was not only the Eagles’ match, but perhaps even more. After yielding a pair of first downs on Silver Lake’s opening drive of the game, the Bulldogs buckled down and Reesor knocked down a fourth-down pass at the Bulldog 25.

The Eagles didn’t get another first down until their second possession of the second half.

“We certainly played hard and I don’t know how you measure that,” Hammes said. “Our kids did all the intangible things. They tackled pretty well and when we needed to in the second half, we blocked well. Those are the things it takes to win.”

In a defensive slugfest like Thursday’s first half was, it also takes a little bit of offense and Rossville finally found some late in the half. After three punts and an interception halted their first four drives, the Bulldogs got a spark from a 38-yard scamper from quarterback Tucker Horak and drove to the Silver Lake 4.

Rossville had to settle for a 19-yard field goal from Paul Steinke with 20 seconds left in the half for a 3-0 halftime lead, but the momentum was there.

“It usually takes awhile to kind of find our groove and tonight it just took us a little longer than normal,” Horak said. “Once we found it, we started hitting it hard.”

Rossville scored on three of four possessions in the second half to take control of the game. Horak found Reesor for a 28-yard touchdown strike to cap the opening drive of the half and, after Silver Lake missed a 19-yard field goal, Horak finished off an 80-yard march with a 15-yard touchdown run on the second play of the fourth quarter to build a 17-0 Bulldog lead.

Silver Lake finally found an answer as Zach Boyd scored from 10 yards out to make it 17-7 with 10:24 to go, but Rossville responded with a 77-yard drive that ate up seven-plus minutes with Horak scoring from 26 yards out on fourth and 4.

Horak finished with 192 yards on the ground and Rossville pounded out 299 as a team.

Ryan Matzke threw for 149 yards for the Eagles, and scored on a 2-yard run with 45 seconds left for the final margin.

“We didn’t take advantage of short fields,” Silver Lake coach C.J. Hamilton said. “We missed a field goal and couldn’t get one in the first half and you have to do that against good teams. ... We just have to get better and learn from this. They’re a good team — No. 1 vs. No. 2 — and I thought we played well and both teams put on a show. They deserved what they got.”

Silver Lake (8-1) 0 0 0 14 — 14

Rossville (9-0) 0 3 7 14 — 24

Ross — Steinke 19 field goal

Ross — Reesor 28 pass from Tu. Horak (Steinke kick)

Ross — Tu. Horak 15 run (Steinke kick)

SL — Boyd 10 run (Klein kick)

Ross — Tu. Horak 26 run (Steinke kick)

SL — Matzke 2 run (Klein kick)

GAME IN FIGURES

SL Ross

First downs 12 19

Rushes-yards 22-66 50-299

Passing 149 58

Comp-Att-Int 13-24-1 6-11-1

Punts 4-35.8 3-28.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 5-33 5-40

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Silver Lake: Matzke 12-49, Boyd 10-17. Rossville: Tu. Horak 22-192, Th. Horak 16-41, Reesor 7-34, Hammes 5-32.

PASSING — Silver Lake: Matzke 13-24-1, 149. Rossville: Tu. Horak 6-11-1, 58.

RECEIVING — Silver Lake: C. Baird 4-57, Wolfley 3-43, K. Baird 1-2, Byers 2-25, Freeman 2-19, Boyd 1-3. Rossville: Th. Horak 3-16, Roduner 1-5, Reesor 2-37.

Library Considering Expansion

The Rossville Community Library will be having an Open House on Nov. 5 at 7:00 PM to discuss plans for a possible addition to the existing library.   Click on the flyer below to enlarge it to read the details.  

3A Football Rankings

No change in the 3A top 5 rankings this week as none of the teams lost their game Friday night.

Wichita Eagle Class 3A Football Rankings

1. Silver Lake 8-0 (1)
2. Conway Springs 8-0 (2)
3. Rossville 8-0 (3)
4. Scott City 8-0 (4)
5. Wichita Collegiate 7-1 (5)

Topeka Capital Journal 3A Football Rankings.

     1.   Silver Lake (1) 8-0 
     2.   Rossville (2) 8-0  
     3.   Conway Springs (3)8-0  
     4.   Scott City (4) 8-0  
     5.   Hutchinson Trinity (5) 8-0

Football District Standings.

A District 4 Football Standings

Rossville	2-0
Silver Lake	2-0
Osage City	0-2
Oskaloosa	0-2 The winner of the RHS-SL game on Thur. night will be District Champion Osage City and Oskaloosa play for third place in the district. Rossville and Silver Lake both advance to the playoffs./

Dawgs Trample Osage 91-22 (updated)

You can see some video of the Rossville Osage City game on Oct. 24 at the below URL.  Look to the right and just click on Rossville-Osage City.

http://www.wibw.com/sports/ksprepzone

Rossville     42    35    7    7    =    91
Osage City    8      6    0    8    =    22

Rossville  scoring:
Horak (3), 62 punt return, 48 interception, 50 run
Woodcock (3), 37 run, 30 interception, 49 run
Horak (2), 20 pass from Horak, 4 run
Reesor (2), 7 run, 30 run
Lovejoy 3 run
Luellen 6 run
Horak 12 pass from Horak
PAT — Steinke 13 Kicks.