Junction City High School officials have been sorting out the problem that occurred during Tuesday night’s Blue Jay boys basketball loss to Seaman at the Shenk Gym.

Late third – early fourth quarter was the key problem time when a six point swing resulted in a 10-point lead for Seaman instead of a four-point lead over Junction City.

Matt Westerhaus, JCHS Athletic Director, explained there was an error at the scorers table.

“During the third quarter we gave Seaman credit for a three-pointer that we hit. So at the end of third quarter the clock had the score as 39-46 in favor of seaman, the score was correct on the clock at that time,” Westerhaus said. “At the 7:52 mark of the fourth quarter, we then added three points to Seaman’s score, which now made the score 39-49 in favor of Seaman. That adjustment was made after a conversation with table workers.”

The game continued on until the scoreboard read 52-45 in favor of Seaman, but then after a conference at the scorer’s table an adjustment was made to reflect what had become an inaccurate official scorebook, and three points were taken away from Junction City to make the score 52-42.

Despite the fact the Blue Jay coaches pointed out the score was wrong, the game then proceeded with Seaman winning by the final score of 58-46.

JCHS officials reviewed video of the game and scorebook records as they worked to determine what had actually happened in the game.