The Junction City put 35 points on the board in the first half enroute to a 56-21 win over the Hutchinson Salthawks in their Class 6a Regional football matchup Friday night. The two teams met at Al Simpler Stadium in Junction City.

Jovan Baldwin scored on a touchdown run on the first possession of the game for the Blue Jays in the first minute of the game. In the second quarter Raye Wilson rushed for two scores and caught one pass for a touchdown. Baldwin scored one more TD on a 16-yard run with 1:07 left in the first half.

Blue Jay coach Randall Zimmerman felt his team play well. “I’m very very proud of our kids. They put together a really nice game tonight. They really played hard against a tremendous Hutchinson team.”

Junction City led 42-21 after three quarters after the Salthawks scored two touchdowns in the period on a 5-yard run by quarterback Canyon Maldonado and a 1-yard TD run by Maldonado. But the Blue Jays tacked on two scores in the fourth quarter on a 55-yard run by Baldwin and a 5-yard run by Wilson.

Junction City ( 10-0 ) will host Derby ( 9-1 ) in the second round of the Class 6A playoffs next Friday night. Derby defeated Topeka High in the first round 52-21.

( Pictures courtesy of Rick Dykstra )