The Junction City Blue Jays used an inbound alley-oop pass play from Darrin Battiste to Qua’vez Humphreys with seventh-tenths of a second remaining to defeat the Topeka West Chargers 86-84 in the capitol city.

Battiste tossed above the defense toward the rim, Humphreys leaped up and grabbed it and fired a shot off of the backboard for the game winning two points just ahead of the final buzzer Tuesday night. Junction City had rallied from a 21-point second half deficit to get the win, their tenth of the season.

Humphreys told JC Post, “Darrin threw a beautiful pass, had a good screen from Aaron ( hamilton ). We just executed it.” The play is one the Blue Jays practice on a regular basis.  Also, for Junction City A. J. Dickerson scored 30 points but went down with a knee injury late in the game. He was able to walk a few minutes later, however.

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In the girls varsity game the Lady Jays turned in their best performance of the season to date, but came up short against Topeka West 51-44. It was a game that saw Junction City leading at one time 36-26. But in the final quarter Junction City scored just eight points as the Chargers rolled on past them to the win.

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Both Junction City teams are hosting Topeka Seaman at the Shenk and Fiffe Gym this evening. The game times have been moved up due to anticipated winter weather. The girls varsity and JV boys games will tip off at 4:30 p.m. in the Shenk and Fiffe gyms respectively. The boys varsity game is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the Shenk Gym while the girls JV game will be at 6 p.m. in the Fiffe Gym.

The Junction City Blue Jays finished 9th out of 18 teams in the Garden City wrestling regional on Saturday. Junction City scored 73 points while first place Derby finished with 229.5. Manhattan was second with a score of 220.5 points.

For the Blue Jays, Terrance Adeleye finished fifth at 195 pounds and C.J. Neuman 5th at 152 pounds. Matthew Whitton of Junction City finished sixth at 138 pounds while Zane Thornton was sixth at 126 points. Sadiki Smith was 8th at 170 pounds and Blayne Danford 8th at 120 pounds. All of those wrestlers have qualified for the Class 6A State Tournament next Friday and Saturday in Park City.

The Junction City Blue Jay boys basketball team ( 9-8 ) lost to Topeka High ( 16-2 ) 57-48 in Topeka Monday night.

The Blue Jays missed a number of layups and free throws, especially in the first half. Convert on those and Junction City could have opened a big lead. Junction City coach Nick Perez noted that the Blue Jays got 11 defensive stops in a row in the first half but came away with just two points. “We missed some shots, missed some layups, we turned the ball over. They’re very athletic and they’re very long.

The game was close until the fourth quarter when the Trojans outscored the Blue Jays 29-18.

Junction City will play at Topeka West on Friday night.

Junction City Blue Jay wrestling coach Bob Laster is recovering from a medical condition and has been temporarily unavailable this past week to coach the wrestling team.

Laster is now at home following a hospital stay, but he confirmed for JC Post that he hopes to return to coaching in time to guide the Blue Jay wrestling team in the state tournament on February 22nd and 23rd. In the meantime the Blue Jay assistant wrestling coaches are overseeing the team.

The Blue Jays will compete in a regional tournament this Friday and Saturday, February 15th and 16th.

Elisa Robinson of Junction City High School has captured the girls state wrestling championship in the 182 pound wrestling category. The state tournament was held in McPherson on Saturday.

It was the third consecutive state wrestling championship for Robinson during her high school career.

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Also in the 120 Pound C category, Zahirah Tanaka of Junction City finished in second place.

The Junction City Blue Jay boys bowling team won their quadrangular at JC Bowl on Friday.

According to Blue Jay athletics twitter feed the Blue Jays finished first in the team competition followed by Topeka West, Hayden and Highland Park.  In the girls competition Topeka West won the team title while Junction City was second and Highland Park third.

In the boys competition Ciaran Pricket finished first, and on the girls side Savannah Adams was second.

The Junction City Blue Jays and Lady Jay basketball teams host Highland Park in the Winter Homecoming games at JCHS Friday night.

In the girls varsity contest about 6 p.m. Highland Park goes in with a record of 10-6 while Junction City is 0-16. In the boys game at about 7:30 p.m. the Blue Jays bring a  9-6 record into the contest while Highland Park is 1-15.

You can hear both games on 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK AM.

According to the JCHS Athletics Department on Tuesday, February 12th – 7:00 pm, there will be an informational meeting for parents and students wishing to participate in a winter sport offered at Junction City High School.  That information is below

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Athletic Dept. Contact Information – https://bluejayathletics.org/athletic-dept-info/

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