The Junction City Blue Jays broke away from a 7-7 first quarter tie with 24 consecutive points to defeat the Topeka West Chargers 58-21 in the capitol city Thursday night.

The Blue Jays and Chargers were tied when Junction City started to roll on offense. They scored on a 54-yard pass play from Tanner Lueker to Semaj Johnson, a 17-yard touchdown run by Jerma’l Campbell, a 14-yard touchdown run by Dequan Davis, and a 30 yard field goal by ZacharyRoberts.

In the second half Topeka West mounted two scoring strikes but Junction City still put two more touchdowns on the board to maintain a comfortable lead enroute to the victory.  But Junction City sputtered at times in the game with mistakes including a series of penalties.

Blue Jay coach Randall Zimmerman felt his team practiced well on Monday and Tuesday, but did not on Wednesday. “We played tonight as we practiced yesterday. It was kind of puzzling.”

The Blue Jays are 4-2 on the season while Topeka West fell to 2-4.

Junction City will open district play next Friday when they host Washburn Rural.