The Junction City Blue Jays lost to Kansas City Turner 50-45 in the seventh place consolation game at the January Jam Tournament in Valley Center.

The loss capped off an 0-3 Tournament run for the Blue Jays, who fell to 4-7 on the season.

Junction City coach Pat Battle felt his team played pretty hard in the second half against Kansas City Turner, but flat in the first half. “And that’s really where I think things turned a little bit. Then we got ourselves together, but you’ve got to play a full 32 minutes, and we didn’t do that”

Jonathan Wilds led the Blue Jays in scoring with 12 points.

Junction City fell to Olathe Northwest 48-34, and to Topeka Seaman 65-62 in overtime earlier in the Tournament.

In other games in the final round of the Tournament, Garden City defeated Topeka Seaman in the fifth place consolation game 53-51, Olathe Northwest downed Valley Center in the third place game 54-43, and Blue Valley Northwest defeated Wichita Southeast in the championship game 75-56.  For Blue Valley Northwest it was their fourth consecutive championship in the January Jam.