This past Saturday, the Blue Jay tennis team competed in the All Comers Tennis Tournament held at the Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka.

Blue Jay doubles teams found their winning ways as the duo of Jace Goheen and Aaron Reutzel, played #1 Doubles and went 3-1 on the day earning 3^rd place.  Calen Boller and Mason Muto also faired very well as they went 2-1 on the day and finished as the runner ups in their bracket.

Kody Westerhaus played in the #2 singles bracket and finished 1-2 on the day defeating a Highland Park opponent in his final match.  Albert Caba and Chase Ahlers represented the Blue Jays in the #3 singles bracket.  Caba earned fourth place, going 1-2 on the day.

The Blue Jay Tennis Team next travels to Manhattan for a varsity quad this Tuesday at 3:00 pm.

Coach Matthew Micheel

The Junction City Lady Jays finished second and the Blue Jays eighth out of 13 teams in the KT Woodman track meet hosted by Maize High School on Friday.

JCHS coach Randall Zimmerman said for the Blue Jay boys Xavier Cason finished fourth in the shot put, Jaylene Brime was  second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump, while Jacob Lovell captured third place in the 3200 meters.

For the Lady Jays, Amaya Booker finished first in the 100 meter dash, Lyric Holman won the 200 meters, Kionna Newman finished first in the 110 meter high hurdles and Kianna Newman was also third in the 200 meters, and Alana Kramer finished second in the 300 meter hurdles.

The Junction City Lady Jays improved to 2-2 on the season with a sweep of the Hayden Wildcats in Topeka Friday night.

The Lady Jays host Topeka High next Friday at Cleary Field.

The Junction City Blue Jays got a complete game seven inning performance from pitcher Thane McDaniel and shortstop Charlie Peyla drilled a 3-run home run in the fifth inning to help lift the Blue Jays to a 5-3 win over the Hayden Wildcats in game one of their baseball doubleheader at Rathert Field on Friday.

In game the Blue Jays led Hayden 2-0 entering the seventh inning but two defensive errors proved costly and the Wildcats tied the game 2-2, forcing extra innings. In the eighth inning the Blue Jays committed two more errors and Hayden went on to win the contest 5-2. Charlie Peyla pitched seven strong innings for Junction City in the second game.

Blue Jay coach Drew Biery thought his team competed well in the first game victory. “That second game, that’s a tough one to take.”

The Blue Jays are 2-2 on the season.

 

The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team tied Wichita Independent 1-1 on Tuesday.

The teams played in Wichita.

Junction City is 3-1-1 on the season.

The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team defeated Wichita Southeast 2-0 Monday night at Al Simpler Stadium.

The Lady Jays are 3-1 on the season.

The Junction City Blue Jay baseball doubleheader scheduled at Emporia on Friday has been postponed.

Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus reported it has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 4th.

The Junction City Lady Jays nearly pulled off a successful rally from a six-run deficit in game one of their doubleheader against Emporia Friday, but lost to the Lady Spartans 7-6 at Cleary Field. Emporia took the nightcap 8-3.

In the first game Junction City trailed 6-0 in the third inning but had tying run at second base in the bottom of the seventh but failed to get that final run. Some fielding errors also led to some runs for Emporia, including the winning run in the top of the seventh inning.

Junction City coach Aaron Craig noted the third inning in the first game was tough. They earned two of the six runs we gave them. We gave them four, they earned two. Lack of communication. In that first game Kylecia Taylor went 4-4 at the plate with a double and four singles. Chelsea McDiffett had a home run for Junction City.