The Junction City Blue Jay varsity boys cross country team finished sixth in the Buhler Invitational Thursday with a team score of  188 points. Great Bend finished first with the low score of 42 points.

In the individual competition for the Blue Jays Juan Tovar led the way with an 11th place finish in 18:30.7. Clay Dustin finished 35th in 20:03.6 while Alexander Seelye was 36th in 20:10.7. Dain Yale finished 50th out of 75 runners with a time of 21:03.2.

In the varsity girls competition Junction City finished ninth out of ten teams. The Lady Jays had a team score of 197 points while Buhler finished first with 54 points.

For the Lady Jays Stephany Lechuga led the way with a 22nd place finish in 23:18.2, Kaydra Baer was 34th in 24:29.2, Cassidy Eschliman 35th in 24:33.1 and Laynee Chase 52nd in 26:31.8.

 

The Junction City Lady Jays lost to Emporia in three games and in two games versus Topeka High on Thursday.

Junction City lost to Emporia 19-25, 25-22 and 11-25. The Lady Jays fell to Topeka High 11-25 and 21-25.

The Lady Jays are 3-6 on the season, and will play in the William Christman Tournament on Saturday in the Kansas City area.

The Junction City Blue Jays play football Thursday night at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka against the Topeka West Chargers.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.  You can hear the game on The Talk of JC, with the pregame broadcast beginning at 6:30 p.m.

This was a shorter week of practice for the Blue Jays since the game is being played on Thursday instead of Friday evening. Junction City Coach Randall Zimmerman said the team pushed part of their Tuesday practice into Monday,” part of Wednesday into Tuesday and extended Tuesday’s a little bit more. ” Zimmerman noted they tried to condense the preparations some and move them forward.

Junction City is 1-1 entering the game while the Chargers are 0-2 on the season.

Since Hummer Sports Park is also home to the football programs at Topeka High and Highland Park that necessitates a Thursday night game. All three schools use the field for their games.

The Junction City Lady Jay tennis doubles teams had a tough couple of rounds with losses to Manhattan and Washburn Rural in a quadrangular hosted by Manhattan on Tuesday. But in their third matches of the day they played Marysville.

In one doubles the Junction City team of Krysta Talley and Erilinne Thornton teamed up for a victory while in two doubles Abby Rosauer and Avery Jacobsen won their match.

The Lady Jays will compete in a quadrangular in Olathe on Thursday beginning at 3 p.m. at the College Boulevard Activity Center.

The Washburn Rural Junior Blues used two fourth-quarter touchdowns and benefitted from six Junction City turnovers enroute to a 34-24 victory over the Blue Jays in Friday night football.

The teams played through windy, wet conditions with a fine mist and light right falling over the Rural field during the course of the game.

The Blue Jay turnovers included four fumbles, an interception and a muffed punt. Coach Randall Zimmerman felt his team didn’t play well. “We had six turnovers and we had the ball inside the 20 two different times where we did not score and you just can’t do that against a good solid football team like Washburn Rural.”

Junction City led 24-21 entering the fourth quarter but the Junior Blues scored on a 37 yard touchdown run by Jalen Carter with 10:27 remaining and then scored a TD later in the period on another touchdown run to go ahead 34-24.  The Blue Jays drove deep into Washburn Rural territory in the final four minutes but missed a field goal that would have brought Junction City back within seven points.

Junction City ( 1-1 ) play at Topeka West next Thursday, while Washburn Rural, 2-0, meets Hayden next Friday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Junction City Blue Jay boys soccer team defeated Highland Park in overtime at Al Simpler Stadium Tuesday night.

The JCHS Lady Jay volleyball team split a triangular at Seaman High School. They lost to Seaman 25-20, 25-9 but defeated Highland Park 25-3, 25-6. The Lady Jays are 3-2 on the season.

The Junction City High School cross country runners competed in the Manhattan Invitational at Warner Park on Saturday.

In the boys varsity race Juan Tovar finished 7th in 17:57.7 while Clay Dustin was 20th in 18:37.9.

In the girls varsity race Stephany Lechuga of Junction City was 20th in 22:33.7.

In the boys j-v race Devin Ecker of JCHS finished 28th in 21:00.9.

The JCHS cross country runners will compete in Emporia this Saturday.

 

The Junction City Blue Jays outlasted the Hays Indians 56-31 Friday night at Al Simpler Stadium in the 2018 football opener for both teams.

The Indians jumped on top 7-0 on their opening series with quarterback Palmer Hutchison scoring on a three yard touchdown run. But Junction City answered on their first series with the football as they drove down the field with Christopher Randolph scoring on a one-yard touchdown run with 5:07 remaining in the first quarter. At halftime it was 21-17 in favor of the Blue Jays.

A key sequence in the game occurred when the Indians drove to the Blue Jay one-yard line but fumbled. Junction City recovered the football and on their next possession scored on another one-yard run by Randolph.

During the contest Russell Wilkey scored on a 59-yard touchdown run for Junction City while Blue Jay quarterback Rooster Adams threw two touchdown passes and and ran for another score.

Junction City will play at Washburn Rural next Friday while Hays will host Great Bend.

 

The Junction City Blue Jay soccer team fell to Wichita Home 2-0 Thursday evening at Al Simpler Stadium.

The Blue Jays are 0-2 on the season.