Opening day for junior varsity and varsity soccer will be this Thursday, Sept. 5 at Al Simpler Stadium. Junction City teams are hosting Washburn Rural. The JV will play at 4:30 and the varsity at 6:15 p.m.

Also on Thursday the Lady Jay varsity tennis team will host an invitational starting at 3 p.m., the JCHS varsity girls golf team will compete at the Shawnee Country Club beginning at 2 p.m. and Lady Jay varsity volleyball plays at Hayden in a quadrangular at 5 p.m.

The Blue Jay and Lady Jay cross country teams compete in an invitational at Warner Park in Manhattan on Saturday. It begins at 8:30 a.m.