The Junction City Blue Jays close out the regular season at Topeka West in basketball Friday night.

Coach Pat Battle expects it to be a tough game. “They might have the best player in the Centennial League in Jordan Newby. He’s 6’5, he can go inside, he can go outside, he’s athletic, he plays with a lot of spring in his legs. ”

The Blue Jays enter the contest 8-11 overall and 5-7 in the Centennial League,while Topeka West is 2-17.

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In the girls game between Junction City and Topeka West Friday night both teams are 2-17 overall, while the Lady Jays are 1-11 in the conference and Topeka West is 0-12.

Both games can be heard on KJCK AM, The Talk of JC beginning with the girls contest at 6 p.m.

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High School basketball teams will compete in substate tournaments next week.