The Junction City Blue Jays ( 6-8 ) used a balanced scoring attack and stingy defense to defeat the Topeka High Trojans ( 6-8 ) 56-50 in the Trojans’ gym, called ‘The Dungeon.”

T. J. Poole led the Blue Jays with 15 points and Reggie Topps poured in 10 for Junction City in the victory.

Blue Jay coach Pat Battle felt his team played well. “It was a real tough, great win. We had to do some adjustments on the fly. And we played a variety of different defenses tonight.” Battle added he was proud of his players. “They threw a triangle and two at us. We know it’s been coming on T. J. and Ricardo ( Erans ). We did a good job of executing what we planned to do against a triangle and two ( defense ).”

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Topeka High ( 7-7 )  stormed out to a 9-0 lead in the varsity girls game and held a 10-point lead at halftime over Junction City ( 1-13 ). They opened the margin to 16 points ater three and then got 11 points from Erica Birch and 12 points from Adrianna Henderson in the fourth quarter enroute to an 82-53 win over the Lady Jays. Turnovers were a problem for Junction City in the ballgame.