The Junction City Blue Jays enjoyed a weekend road trip to Great Bend and Dodge City.

The Blue Jays came away with a 50-15 win over the Great Bend Panters, and defeated the Dodge City Red Demons 47-33.

In the contest against the Panthers Junction City held Great Bend to just four field goals in the entire game.   In the matchup with Dodge City the Blue Jays held the Red Demons to just 27.9% shooting from the field, while Junction City turned in a field goal percentage of 60.6%.

Blue Jay coach Pat Battle stated Saturday after the Dodge City it was a big win for his team. “I think coming out and holding a pre4tty good team, a team that usually shoots really well, holding them to 33 points, boxing out the way we did….big win, big win!

Junction City improved to 2-1, while Dodge City fell to 1-2 on the season.

The Blue Jays will host Hays Tuesday night.

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In girls basketball Junction City tried to rally in the fourth quarter Friday night against Great Bend after trailing by 18 points, but in the end came up short 57-49.  The Lady Jays cut the lead to seven, but couldn’t make up the entire difference.

On Saturday in Dodge City Junction City led 42-38 after three quarters, and the game was tied in the final minute at 46-46.  Brianna Bradshaw of Dodge City missed a free throw but got her own rebound and scored to give her team what proved to be the winning basket. Dodge City tacked on another late game basket by Bailey Shelor to help secure the victory. Junction City fell to 1-2 on the season, while Dodge City is 2-1.

Junction City coach Nate Parks will now prepare his team to host Hays on Tuesday. “‘I expect for us to be able to come out with a lot of effort. We’re going to try to clean up as much as we can on Monday what I think our faults are, which is our rebounding and again some of our defensive assignments. I look to put on a good show for the home fans, and hopefully everybody comes to support us.”