The Junction City Blue Jay wrestling team finished third out of 12 teams in the JCHS Invitational on Saturday at the Shenk Gym.

Blue Jay coach Bob Laster said out of the 12 Junction City wrestlers, 10 placed in the top four of their individual weight class. “That’s one of the big reasons that I was happy.  Another reason was that we were able to get three guys into the finals. ” One of them, Kenson Henderson won the title at 220 pounds, while another Terrance Adelye capture first at 182 pounds via tiebreaker after going 4-1.

Also for Junction City, C.J. Neuman finished second at 145 pounds, Sadiki Smith second at 170, Russell Wilkey third at 152, and Max Bazan third at 132 pounds.  Finishing fourth for Junction City were Blaine Danford at 113 pounds, Matthew Whitten at 126, Logan Roether at 138 and Arturo Chavez at 145 pounds.

Lawrence Free State won the team title, Kapaun Mt. Carmel was second and Junction City third.