The Lady Jay tennis team competed in the Olathe Northwest Quadrangular on Thursday.  The Lady Jays competed against Gardner Edgerton, Shawnee Mission West and Olathe Northwest.

Coach Matt Micheel said the Lady Jays were able to pick up a couple wins on the day as Sierra Stage defeated her opponent from Shawnee Mission West in the top singles spot and Anna Torres and Avery Jacobsen teamed up to defeat a Gardner Edgerton duo in their first match of the day.

Other players competing for the Lady Jays were Elyse Nguyen at #2 singles and Krysta Talley and Erilinne Thornton at #1 Doubles.  The Lady Jays next travel to Manhattan for a quadrangular this Monday, September 23.  Matches will be played at the Mike Goss Tennis Center located on Kansas State’s campus.

Blake Reed was the top finisher for the Blue Jay boys cross country team at the Buhler Invitational on Thursday. He turned in a time of 19:50.1 to finish 32nd. For Junction City Isaiah Smith finished 37th in 20:11.8, Tristan Hicks 38th in 20:36.1 and Dain Yale 39th in 20:41.2. The Blue Jays had a point total of 189 and finished seventh in the team standings. Great Bend finished first with the low total of 32 point.

In the varsity girls competition Junction City was led by Cassidy Eschliman who finished 33rd in 25:13.7. Malia Silva was 39th in 26:06.8, Dakota Dochenetz 43rd in 26:28.4 and Murin Burkett 44th in 26:29.2. The Lady Jays finished seventh in the team standings with a score of 178 points. Great Bend won the team title with the low score of 33 points.

The Junction City Lady Jays played two tough matches against Emporia and Topeka High Thursday evening at the Shenk Gym.

In the first match Emporia defeated the Lady Jays 17-15, 25-22, 26-24. Against Topeka High the Lady Jays came out on the winning end 29-27, 21-25 and 25-9. A large student section kept up the cheers for Junction City. Coach Basil Nevill addressed the support. “They did a fantastic job. We had a lot of football players that made their way in, and they’re really supportive of the girls.”

In the match against Topeka High Nevill thought the Lady Jays had perhaps lost their mental edge in the second game loss to Topeka High, but that changed in the dominant win in game three. “I just encouraged them to get back to playing Junction City volleyball.”

The Lady Jays play in a tournament at William Chrisman High School in  the Kansas City area on Saturday.

The Junction City Lady Jay volleyball team lost a pair of matches Tuesday night in the capitol city.

Junction City fell to Washburn Rural 25-9, 25-9 and they lost to Topeka West in three games. Junction City won the first one 25-15 but lost the last two 26-24, 25-21.

The Junction City Lady Jay tennis team traveled to Manhattan on Tuesday for a quadrangular with Manhattan, Washburn Rural and Marysville.

Coach Matt Micheel said the competition was tough on the Lady Jays as they were able to pick up only a single win.  That came from the doubles team of Anna Torres and Avery Jacobsen, as they won a match at #2 doubles vs Marysville.

Lady Jay players played in a mixture of singles and doubles positions on the day.  Other players participating in the event for Junction City High School were Krysta Talley, Sierra Stage, Juliauna Throckmorton and Elyse Nguyen.

Manhattan won the event with 11 wins, followed by Washburn Rural (9), Marysville (3) and Junction City (1).  The Lady Jays next travel to Olathe Northwest for a quadrangular on Thursday, September 19.  Matches will be played at the College Boulevard Activity Center and will start at 3 pm.

The Topeka West Chargers defeated Junction City in boys varsity soccer 9-0 Monday evening at Al Simpler Stadium.

The Chargers won the JV contest 3-0.

Blake Reed finished 52nd and Dain Yale 72nd for Junction City when the JCHS cross country team competed in Emporia on Saturday. They competed in the varsity boys race.

Coach Ryan Norton said the JV boys team finished fourth as a team. They were led by freshman Isaiah Smith, a freshman, who improved his time to 18:55 in his fifth place finish. Tristan Hicks finished 23rd in 20:15, Hayden Diestelkamp 33rd and Tate Miller 35th.

The JV girls finished in seventh place. They were led by Cassidy Eschliman in 25th, Murin Burkett 33rd, Dakota Dochenetz 38th and Madison Burke in 39th.

Manhattan rolled to a pair of soccer wins over Junction City Thursday evening at Al Simpler Stadium.

Manhattan won the JV contest 10-0 and the varsity match 10-0. Both matches were called due to a mercy rule.

The Junction City Lady Jay tennis team traveled to Washburn Rural on Wednesday for a quadrangular. Krysta Talley led  the team by going 2-1 on the day.

She teamed up with Anna Torres at one doubles for an 8-1 victory and  defeated her opponent from Kansas City Christian School 8-6.

Elyse Nguyen picked up the other Lady Jay victory as she defeated her Marysville opponent in two singles 8-5.

Overall the Lady Jays went 2-2 vs. Marysville, 0-4 against Washburn Rural and 1-3 against Kansas City Christian. The Lady Jays play at Manhattan in a quadrangular on Tuesday at City Park beginning at 3 p.m.