The Junction City Blue Jay baseball team split a doubleheader at Seaman in Topeka Friday evening. The Blue Jays, with Thane McDaniel pitching five innings defeated the Vikings 8-5 enroute to the win. Trevor Laughlin pitched in relief in the sixth and seventh innings.

Junction City, 7-3, will play at Highland Park on Tuesday.

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The Lady Jay soccer team played to a 0-0 tie with Emporia at Al Simpler Stadium.

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The JCHS boys track team scored 108 points to finish second in the Manhattan Invitational. The Indians captured the team title with 198 points. Six teams competed in the meet.

Highlights for Junction City included a first place finish by the 4×100 relay, first place finish by David Giddens in the long jump at 20’11.” second place for Marcello Bussey in the 400 meter dash in 52.51, first place for Javontez Brine in the 100 hurdles in 16.12, Jacob Smith second in the discus with a throw of 113’7,” and the 4×400 relay team finished first in 3:32.41.

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In the girls portion of the Manhattan Invitational Manhattan won the team title with 153 points while Junction City with 106 points was third out five teams.

Highlights for the Lady Jays included the 4×400 relay team finishing first in 4:22.53, Savannah Adams first in the javelin throw at 119’7″ and first in the shot put at 39″2. Sherrie Jones second in the shot put at 38’1-,”  Sarahgrace Pilling second in the triple jump at 31’2.25,” Keiana Newman first in the 100 hurdles in 15.35 and first in the 300 hurdles in 47.04 and Jayda Harris first in the 400 meter dash in 1:03.22.

This is a busy sports Friday for Junction City High School teams.

–The Junction City Blue Jay and Lady Jay track teams will compete in the Manhattan Invitational Friday. The meet begins at 3 p.m.

–Blue Jay varsity baseball plays at Seaman beginning at 4 p.m. The games had to be moved to Topeka because work on Rathert Field improvements is still under way.

–The Lady Jay softball team plays at Seaman in a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.

–Lady Jay soccer plays at Hayden beginning at 4 p.m.

 

 

The Junction City Blue Jay tennis team entries in the Seaman Invitational Wednesday all went 2-1.

Kody Westerhaus finished second in the top singles bracket, and Albert Caba and Erik Mitchell teamed up to finish second in the second doubles flight.

Coach Matt Mikheel said entries finished in third place were hayden Diestelkamp in number two singles and Nolan Rothfuss and Mason Richards in the top doubles bracket.

The Blue Jays finished second overall as a team with six other teams competing in the invitational. Junction City will travel to Topeka Saturday for the rescheduled Washburn Duals. Matches will be played at the Kossover Tennis center beginning at 8:30 a.m.

The ongoing improvement work at Rathert Field is causing some adjustments to the Junction City Blue Jay baseball schedule.

JCHS Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus said the junior varsity doubleheader originally scheduled at Seaman on Friday has been moved to Wednesday ( April 10 ) at 4 p.m.

The varsity baseball doubleheader vs. Seaman originally scheduled for Rathert Field on Friday has been moved to Seaman on Friday at 4 p.m.

Right now the varsity baseball twinbill vs. Highland Park originally scheduled for Rathert Field next Tuesday ( April 16 ) is tentatively scheduled at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka at 4 p.m., but officials are looking at trying to move that doubleheader to a later date in the season to guarantee a home game for Junction City. The JV games with Highland Park were previously cancelled due to numbers at Highland Park.

Westerhaus added officials will continue to monitor progress at Rathert Field and make adjustments as needed.

The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team fell to Hays on Monday by the score of 7-0.

The Lady Jays host Emporia Friday night.

The Al Simpler Stadium was the site Monday for the four-team Junction City High School Invitational track meet.

Monday was a makeup from a date last month when the meet was postponed due to cold weather. The invitational had initially been scheduled to include eight schools.

In the girls competition The Junction City Lady Jays finished first with 88 points while Manhattan had 84, and in the boys team scoring Manhattan finished with 106 and Junction City 83 points.   Salina Central and Great Bend teams also participated in the meet.

In the individual competition for Junction City, Kiana Newman won the 200 meters and the 100 hurdles while Ethan Alcorn finished first and Alex DeGuzman second in the triple jump.

The Junction City Lady Jays rallied from a 3-0 1st inning deficit to defeat Shawnee Mission West 13-3 in five innings in the first game of a doubleheader at Cleary Field on Monday. In game two the Lady Jays prevailed with a victory in three innings.

The wins were the first of the season for the Lady Jays, who are now 2-4.

JCHS Tennis coach Matt Micheel said the Blue Jay Tennis Team traveled to Topeka on Saturday for a varsity tennis tournament.

The Blue Jay singles players both finished 2^nd place on the day. Aaron Reutzel went 2-2 on the day to finish runner up in the top flight of singles and Mark Virtudazo went 2-1 on the day to finish in second place in the #3 singles bracket.

In doubles, Jace Engle and Trenton Reynolds teamed up to finish 5^th in the second flight of doubles going 2-1 on the day.

Two other doubles teams competed for the Blue Jays and finished in 6^th place. Those teams were Jace Goheen and Calen Boller in the top flight and Nate Green and Alex Seelye in the 2^nd flight of doubles.

The Blue Jays next travel to Manhattan on Tuesday for the Manhattan Varsity Tennis Quad. Matches will start at 3 pm.

The Junction City Blue Jay boys track team in their first meet of the season scored 83 points to capture first place in the Maize Invitational.

For Junction City Juan Tovar finished first in the 800 meters in 2:05.76 and Javontez Brime first in the 300 hurdles in 41.96. Antonio Cooper was second in the shot put with a throw of 52’1.” David Giddens second in the long jump at 21’6.75,” and Alex DeGuzman second in the triple jump at 41’3,” and the 4 x 100 relay team of Aaron Hamilton, Marcello Bussey, Javontez Brime and D.J. Giddens finished second in 43.75.

The Lady Jays scored 70 points to finish fourth, just one half point behind third place Derby.

For Junction City Kiana Newman captured first in the 300 hurdles in 48.45 and first in the 110 hurdles in 15.79, Nyle Blagrove won the high jump, Savannah Adams finished first in the shot put with a throw of 39’9.5,” while second place finishes were turned in by Sherrie Jones in  the shot put.

The Junction City High School track teams host their own invitational on Monday beginning at 3:30 p.m.