The Junction City Blue Jay football team didn’t try to do anything flashy and kept the plan simple in their Blue – White scrimmage Friday night at Al Simpler Stadium.

Coach Randall Zimmerman for the most part was pleased with the team’s performance. “Our kids executed decently offensively, defensively we kind of handicapped them just a little bit in that we wanted them to protect their teammates. ” The play calls in the game were very limited. The varsity only played a short time. “I think our oldest kids got eight snaps and that’s it, and defensively I think we had fewer than that.”

Zimmerman said the team has had two weeks of good practice and now it’s time to start getting their legs back underneath them.

The coach said the offensive line is coming around. Caleb Miller is the returning starter there. At quarterback Andrew Khoury is working with the first team.  Dawson Kratzer, David Rowell, Ashton Sharpsteen and Keghan McConnel are also playing in backup roles at quarterback.

The Friday night activities also included scrimmages for the middle school teams. the Junior Jays and a future Blue Jay Drills segment. The parking lot at JCHS was filled to capacity and there was a strong turnout at the football stadium. Other fans attended the Lady Jay volleyball scrimmage in the Shenk Gym.

The Blue Jays play at Hays next Friday night. Zimmerman said the Indians have a big offensive front, strong talent at running back and quarterback. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Sept. 6. You can hear the game on 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK.

 

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