The Junction City Blue Jay boys basketball team competes in the January Jam tournament at Valley Center this week.

Junction City, seeded third, will meet number six seed Olathe Northwest in  a first round game at 3:15 Thursday afternoon. The same half of the bracket on Thursday sends two-seed Blue Valley Northwest against seven-seed Topeka Seaman. The other half of the bracket pits top seeded Wichita Southeast against number eight Kansas City Turner, and number four seed Garden City against five seed Valley Center.

The tournament continues Friday and Saturday. The championship game is set for 7:15 Saturday evening.