The Junction City Blue Jay wrestling team finished 12th out of 16 teams in the powerful Gardner Edgerton Invitational on Saturday.

Junction City finished with 59 team points. Southeast Polk ( Iowa ) captured first place with 221 points.

Coach Bob Laster reported that individual highlights for Junction City included a fourth place finish by Matthew Whitton at 106 pounds, fourth place for Max Bazan at 113, and seventh place finish for Kamari Smith at 152 pounds. Whitton and Bazan both went 3-2 on the day, while Smith was 2-2 for Junction City.