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

 

Rossville Trounces Mission Valley 51-6

Rossville       14    24    7     6      51
Mission Vly    0     0     0     6        6

1st qtr

8:54          Corey Catron 11 yd run                              PAT  Arantes kick
6:20          Corey Catron 54 yd run                              PAT  Arantes kick

2nd qtr

1l:09         Trenton Barker 1 yd run                              PAT  Arantes kick
5:24          K. Brown 5 yd pass from Catron                 PAT  Arantes kick        
2:23          Kaden Perine 20 yd pass from Catron         PAT  Arantes kick
  :04          29 yd field goal by Arantes

3rd qtr      (Running clock after start of 3rd quarter)

8:24         Trenton Barker 5 yd run                               PAT  Arantes kick

4th qtr            

3.24         MV 1 yd run                                                  PAT failed
  :20         Tayson Horak 41 yd run                                Time expired before kick

You can view video of the game at:  WIBW video of Mission Valley game

Rossville opens start of playoffs at home against Republic Co.  Oct. 29.

Amanda Hill Preseason All-KCAC

 

Amanda Hill and Kelcey Hinz named to KCAC Women’s Basketball Preseason All-KCAC team

KWU Athletics ReleaseOctober 20, 2021

Kansas Wesleyan’s Amanda Hill (SR/Rossville, Kan.) and Kelcey Hinz (JR/Whitewater, Kan.) were selected by conference coaches to the Kansas Conference Women’s Basketball Preseason All-KCAC team as announced by the conference office on Tuesday.

Hill returns to the Coyotes after being named to the All-KCAC second-team last season. Hill led the Coyotes and ranked third in the conference in scoring at 16.3 points per game and 3-pointers made per game at 2.27. She also ranked eighth in the conference in rebounding at 7.38 rebounds per game.

Hinz also returns for the Coyotes after earning All-KCAC second-team honors a year ago. She was second on the team in scoring and ranked seventh in the conference at 14.26 points per game. She also ranked fifth in the conference in field goal percentage (.452) and was third in the conference in rebounding at 10.96 per game. She had 16 double-doubles on the season last year, ranking third in the conference.

Kansas Wesleyan was 16-11 last season and was picked to finish third by both conference coaches and media outlets in 2021-22 in their respective preseason polls.

 The Coyotes open the season on October 29, hosting Columbia College at 6 p.m. inside Mabee Arena. KWU then hosts the Coyote Classic on November 5 and 6.

Sub-State Volleyball Oct. 23 At Sabetha

[1] Hiawatha HS (36-3)
                                            10/23 @ Sabetha 2:00 PM (East Ct)
[8] Meriden-Jefferson West HS (3-29)

[4] Marysville HS (27-12)
                                            10/23 @ Sabetha 20 minutes after (East Ct)
[5] Easton-Pleasant Ridge HS (20-10)

[2] Seneca-Nemaha Central HS (33-6)
                                            10/23 @ Sabetha 2:00 PM (West Ct)
[7] Sabetha HS (17-19)

[3] Rossville HS (29-8)
                                            10/23 @ Sabetha 20 minutes after (West Ct)
[6] Hoyt-Royal Valley HS (22-13)

The winner of the [1]/[8] game will play the winner of the [4]/[5] game.
The winner of the [2]/[7] game will play the winner of the [3]/[6] game/

Siler Lake Gets Two Volleyball Wins

 Silver Lake started slow allowing Rossville to win the first game,  but they came back to win the next four on Oct. 19.  The scores were 25-22, 13-25, 8-28 and also 20-25, 26-28.

Abilene Volleyball Tournament

 The Rossville Volleyball team competed in the Abilene Tournament on Oct 16. winning against Salina Central, Topeka High, and Royal Valley twice.

School                                              Result

Salina Central                                  25-18, 25-13
Topeka High                                    25-13, 25-14
Royal Valley                                    15-25, 25-19, 25-21
Abilene                                            24-26, 22-25
Royal Valley (3rd Place)                  24-26, 25-17, 25-21

MEL FB Standings Oct 16

  School                        League       Overall 

Rossville                       3-0             7-0       
Riley Co,                       2-0             7-0        
Silver Lake                    2-2             5-2           
Wabaunsee                  0-0              5-2            
Rock Creek                  0-2              3-3      
St. Marys                      0-3              3-3  

Projected Playoff Bracket

There is one week remaining in the regular season before the playoffs of the top 32 teams begin.  Thus the brackets have not been set, but Williams of the Wellington Dailey News has projected his version of the brackets.  The quarter part with Rossville is possibly going to be:

St. Marys Colgan vs. Eureka
Osage City vs Fredonia
Rossville vs Republic Co.
Nemaha Central vs Pleasant Ridge

If the projection is correct,  Rossville will play Republic Co.Oct 29, then #10 Nemaha Central, and then #5 Osage City.   

On Friday Oct. 22 Rossville plays Mission Valley, their last district opponent.