The Junction City Blue Jays and Manhattan Indians split their baseball doubleheader Tuesday at Rathert Field.

Behind the pitching of Thane McDaniel, the Blue Jays ( 11-7 ) defeated the Indians 5-2 in game one. McDaniel went six and two-thirds innings on the mound. And he made a stellar defensive stop at shortstop in the seventh inning to help prevent a Manhattan run from scoring.

Ashton Wiegand also had a big game for Junction City when he collected three hits and scored two runs.

In game two Manhattan ( 13-7 ) defeated Junction City 4-2.

The Junction City Lady Jay track team captured first place in the Salina Central Invitational with 118 points. The Blue Jay boys finished second out of ten teams with 97.6 points, behind first place Manhattan.

For the Lady Jays highlights included a first place finish by Hannah Reynolds in the discus with a throw of 129’9,” and Junction City claimed first, second and fourth place in the shot put. Sherrie Jones captured first place with a throw of 38’7.50,’ Savannah Adams second at 37’4,” and Hannah Reynolds fourth at 36’2.50.” Keiana Newman finished second in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.92, Lyric Holman third in the 200 meter dash in 25.89 and first in the 100 meter dash in 59.34, Michelle Sanchez first in the 1600 meter run in 5:16.40 and Ayi-lissa Dotson third in the High Jump with a leap of 5-00.00.

For the Blue Jay boys Xavier Cason finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 151’5,” Jamarcus Plato second in the 110 meter hurdles in 14.75, Ian Sanchez first in the 100 meter dash in 10.91 and Izayiah Moore second in the 100 meters in 11.04. Ian Sanchez finished second in the 200 meters in 22.26 and Izayiah Moore third in 23.35, Jamarcus Plato second in the 300 meter hurdles in 39.57, and Juan Tovar first in the 800 meter run in 2:02.70. The Blue Jay boys 4 x 100 meter relay team of Ian Sanchez, Izayiah Moore, Javontez Brime and David Giddens finished fourth in 42.73.

Blue Jay tennis player Mason Richards earned a second straight trip to the 6A State Tennis tournament by finishing 6^th place in the Wichita Southeast Regional.

Last year, Richards qualified as a doubles player, but this year he battled through the singles bracket to qualify.  In the first round, he defeated Turner Seals from Washburn Rural  6-4, 6-1.  The next two rounds he matched up against players from Topeka High.  Richards lost his second round match to Banks Whitney and then won a tough three set match 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 against Marcus Rodriguez to secure a spot in the state tournament.

The Blue Jay tennis team had trouble getting past the first round with their other events.  Yuno Fernandez was the other singles entry.  Nolan Rothfuss and Jace Goheen represented the Blue Jays in doubles along with Luke Craft and Aaron Reutzel.

Manhattan won the team championship.  The 6A State Tennis Tournament will be held in Topeka on May 11-12^th.

Coach Matthew Micheel

The Junction City Lady Jay varsity softball game that was not completed Thursday evening in Topeka against Highland Park has been rescheduled for Wednesday, may 9th at 5 p.m. in the capitol city.

Junction City won the first game of the doubleheader 19-13 and was leading in the second game 8-7 in the top of the fourth inning when weather forced a postponement.

The Junction City Lady Jay softball team got their first win of the season Thursday in Topeka.

Junction City defeated Highland Park in game one of a doubleheader 19-13. The Lady Jays led game two 8-7 in the top of the fourth inning when that contest had to be suspended due to weather.

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Blue Jay baseball scheduled Thursday against Highland Park at Rathert Field was postponed due to wet field conditions. The doubleheader is currently scheduled at 4 p.m. Friday.

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The Lady Jay soccer team picked up a 1-0 win over Topeka West. The match was halted early due to lightning, but the score is final.

The Junction City Blue Jay varsity baseball doubleheader scheduled Thursday afternoon has been postponed due to field conditions at Rathert Field. According to JCHS Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus the games will be played beginning at 4 p.m. Friday at Rathert Field.

Junction City received 77-hundredths of an inch of rain Wednesday night, resulting in wet field conditions.

The Blue Jay tennis team competed in the Centennial Varsity League tournament on Monday.

Mason Richards led the team with a 9^th place finish in singles going 3-2 on the day.  The other singles player representing the Blue Jays was Luke Craft.  He finished out the day winning his last two matches going 2-4 on the day.  The doubles team of Nolan Rothfuss and Jace Goheen went 3-3 on the day, finishing 13^th place.  The defeated their teammates Yuno Fernandez and Aaron Reutzel in their final match.  Fernandez and Reutzel went 2-4 on the day.

Overall, the Blue Jays finished 7^th place as a team.  Manhattan won the ten team league tournament, followed by Emporia and Washburn Rural.

Coach Matt Micheel

The Junction City Lady Jay track team scored 90 points to tie for first place with Lawrence in the Seaman Invitational on Friday. There were 26 teams.

Highlights for Junction City included a first place finish by Ayi-lissa Dotson in the high jump at 5’4,” first, second and third place finishes in the shot put including Sherrie Jones first at 41’9 1/2,” Savannah Adams second 37’8 1/4,” and third for Hannah Reynolds at 36’10 3/4,” a third place finish for Reynolds in the discus with a throw of 122’9,” first place for Keiana Newman in the 100 meter hurdles in 15.00 and a second place finish for Newman in the 300 hurdles in 47.16, second for Lyric Holman in the 400 meter dash at 59.04 and third for Holman in the 200 in 26.28, and second place for the 4 x 400 relay team of Tiara Smith, Janiah Nicholson, Kaila Anderson and Lyric Holman in 4:14.01.

The Blue Jay boys team finished fourth with 67 points.

Highlights for Junction City included second place for Xavier Cason in the shot put with a throw of 53’5 1/4,” third for Kenson Henson in the discus with a throw of 157’6,” second place for Jamarcus Plato in the 110 meter hurdles in 15.27 and in the 300 meter hurdles in 39.23, first place for Izayiah Moore in the 100 meter dash in 11.00, first for the 4 x 100 relay team of Ian Sanchez, David Giddens, Javontez Brime, and Izayiah Moore in 42.71, and Ian Sanchez finished third in the 200 meter dash in 22.32.

Bishop Carroll won the boys team championship with 143 points.