Six Junction City Blue Jays will compete in the Class 6A State Wrestling Tournament Friday and Saturday at Hartman Arena in Park City.

Coach Bob Laster said they include Kade Danielson at 106 pounds, Max Bazan 113, John Clark 145, Kamari Smith 152, Aryus Jones 160, and Jeffery Walters at 220 pounds.

Laster took his team to Park City on Thursday, one day ahead of the tournament. “Main reason that we go down is they have weigh-in on Friday. It’s like at seven o’clock. If we did not go down early that means we would have to depart somewhere around 4:30 in order to get there.”

Laster also likes to get his team an opportunity to practice at least once at Hartman Arena before the tournament.

The Talk of JC, KJCK AM, will provide wrestling reports both days of the tournament with Kevin Griffith and Mike Goodwin. The first report is scheduled at 9:43 a.m. Friday.

The Junction City Blue Jays close out the regular season at Topeka West in basketball Friday night.

Coach Pat Battle expects it to be a tough game. “They might have the best player in the Centennial League in Jordan Newby. He’s 6’5, he can go inside, he can go outside, he’s athletic, he plays with a lot of spring in his legs. ”

The Blue Jays enter the contest 8-11 overall and 5-7 in the Centennial League,while Topeka West is 2-17.

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In the girls game between Junction City and Topeka West Friday night both teams are 2-17 overall, while the Lady Jays are 1-11 in the conference and Topeka West is 0-12.

Both games can be heard on KJCK AM, The Talk of JC beginning with the girls contest at 6 p.m.

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High School basketball teams will compete in substate tournaments next week.

 

With one game remaining on the regular season for many high school basketball teams including Junction City, these are the standings for teams in one substate tournament group. After the final regular season games are played on Friday, pairings for the substate tournament will be released on Saturday.  The latest standings have been compiled by JCHS Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus.

BOYS Sub-State basketball standings			updated	2/24/2016 10:54
Class – 6A
Seed	Team	Wins	Losses	Avg.
1	Manhattan	16	3	0.842	24-Feb
2	Wichita Southeast	16	4	0.800	24-Feb
3	Lawrence Free State	14	5	0.737	24-Feb
4	Wichita East	13	6	0.684	24-Feb
5	Derby	12	7	0.632	24-Feb
6	Junction City	8	11	0.421	24-Feb
7	Topeka High	7	12	0.368	24-Feb
8	Washburn Rural	7	12	0.368	24-Feb
GIRLS Sub-State basketball standings			updated	2/24/2016 10:54
Class – 6A
Seed	Team	Wins	Losses	Avg.
1	Derby	16	3	0.842	24-Feb
2	Washburn Rural	14	5	0.737	24-Feb
3	Lawrence Free State	13	6	0.684	24-Feb
4	Manhattan	12	7	0.632	24-Feb
5	Topeka High	9	10	0.474	24-Feb
6	Wichita East	6	13	0.316	24-Feb
7	Junction City	2	17	0.105	24-Feb
8	Wichita Southeast	2	18	0.100	24-Feb

 

The powerful Manhattan Indian basketball team hit their shots in the second half and made almost all of their free  free throws enroute to a 58-46 win over Junction City  ( 8-11 ).

The Blue Jays led Manhattan 19-18 at halftime, but the Indians hit four 3-point shots in the third quarter and pulled away to a 38-29 lead at the end of the period. For the game Manhattan hit eight 3-point shots, with five coming from Gabe Awbrey, and the Indians went 16-17 at the free throw line.

Junction City coach Pat Battle said Manhattan ( 16-3 ) is an explosive team and to hold them under 60 I think is a pretty good job.

Awbrey finished with 21 points to lead all scorers, while the Blue Jays got 12 points from TJ Poole and 11 from Ricardo Erans.

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In the girls game Manhattan ( 12-7 ) jumped out to an 18-8 first quarter lead and never trailed as they prevailed over Junction City ( 2-17 ) 67-37.

Manhattan got scoring from 11 players in the ballgame, with Madison Mittie leading the way with 14 points. Alana Kramer scored eight points to lead the Lady Jays.

Lady Jay coach Derek Petty noted Manhattan came out ready to play on Senior Night at MHS. “Big crowd, and they got after us from start to finish.”

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Junction City teams play at Topeka West Friday night, while Manhattan goes to Seaman Friday evening.

 

The 2015 10-1 Junction City Blue Jay football team captured a number of awards, and they were honored during the quarterly USD 475 Board of Education celebration.

Among them were a Centennial League co-championship, District and Regional titles, eight All-league player recognitions including Tim Bell, Darius Hicks, Aryus Jones, Willie Mabry, Christien Ozores, Wayne Shirley, Stephon Starks, and Raye Wilson.

Raye Wilson and Christien Ozores were named 1st team All-State Class 6A by the Kansas Football Coaches Association and Topeka Capital Journal.

Coach Randall Zimmerman and Raye Wilson will participate in the Shrine Bowl. Zimmerman was also named 2015 Centennial League Coach of the Year and Wilson was the 2015 Offensive Player of the Year.

Junction City High School Blue Jay Wrestlers are competing in the Regional Tournament Saturday at Wichita North High School. This page will be updated throughout the day with the most recent results.

Finals

#145 John Clark lost via fall to Mason Wallace of Manhattan. Clark finishes with a 2nd place finish, qualifying for the State Tournament.

#152 Kamari Smith lost via fall to Zephry Killham of Manhattan. Smith finishes with a 2nd place finish, qualifying for the State Tournament.

#160 Aryus Jones defeats Trent Miles of Washburn Rural on a 10-7 decision. Jones takes 1st Place, qualifying for the State Tournament.

#220 Jeff Walters defeats Hunter Christensen of Manhattan in a 2-1 decision. Walters takes 1st place, qualifying for the State Tournament.

Consolation Finals

#106 Kade Danielson lost via fall to Eli Reling of Washburn Rural. Danielson takes 4th place, qualifying for the State Tournament.

#113 Max Bazan defeats Bennett King of Lawrence Free State in a 9-0 decision. Bazan finishes in 3rd place, qualifying for the State Tournament.

2nd Round Consolation

#106 Kade Danielson defeats Troy Wooten of Manhattan 3-2.

#113 Max Bazan defeats Christian Madill of Washburn Rural 15-0.

#120 Tanner Bogenhagen lost via fall to Skyler Mullies of Wichita Southeast. (Bogenhagen finishes his season with a final record of 9-23)

#126 Logan Roether lost 3-4 to Samuel Loerke of Wichita East. (Roether finishes his season with a final record of 7-10)

#132 Alex Castro lost 4-3 to Bryan Roberts of Wichita North. (Castro finishes his season with a final record of 7-20)

#170 Terrence Adeleye lost to Blake Wewer of Manhattan 16-0. (Adeleye finishes his season with a final record of 19-11)

1st Round Consolation

#106 Kade Danielson receives bye.

#120 Tanner Bogenhagen wins by fall over Ishmael Walker of Topeka High.

#126 Logan Roether wins by fall over Kely Klinginsmith of Wichita Southeast.

#132 Alex Castro defeats Savon Shegog of Wichita Southeast 4-3.

#138 Malachi Tinnel lost via fall to Izaiah Maxville of Washburn Rural. (Tinnel finishes his season with a final record of 4-22)

Semi-Finals (Championship)

#113 Max Bazan lost 18-15 to Jose Andrade of Wichita Southeast.

#145 John Clark defeated Esai Gallegos of Topeka High via fall.

#152 Kamari Smith defeats Brady Packard of Topeka High 3-2.

#160 Aryus Jones defeats Chance Henderson of Manhattan 15-0.

#170 Terrance Adeleye lost via fall to Isaac Doell of Wichita North.

#220 Jefferey Walters pins Sky Carey of Lawrence Free State.

1st Round Results

#106 Kade Danielson lost 16-1 against Justin Amaro of Wichita East.

#113 Max Bazan won via fall opver Atreyu Mabry of Wichita East.

#120 Tanner Bogenhagen lost via fall to Cameron Shanks of Lawrence Free State.

#126 Logan Roether lost 7-3 to Austin Jenkins of Washburn Rural.

#132 Alex Castro lost via fall to Devin Norris of Manhattan.

#138 Malachi Tinnel lost via fall to Sid Miller of Lawrence Free State.

#145 John Clark defeats Ben Hill of Lawrence Free State 5-2.

#152 Kamari Smith defeats Dewade Black of Wichita East 8-5.

#160 Aryus Jones receives a 1st round bye as the No. 1 seed.

#170 Terrance Adeleye defeats Bryce Cooper of Topeka High 6-5.

#182 Open

#195 Open

#220 Jefferey Walters won via fall over Chase Scott of Wichita East.

#285 Open.

These are the latest standings for the sub-state tournament group that includes the Junction City Blue Jay and Lady Jay basketball team. They were compiled by JCHS Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus. There is still one week remaining in the regular season. The substate tournament pairings are announced on February 27.

BOYS Sub-State basketball standings			updated	2/20/2016 9:51
Class – 6A
Seed	Team	Wins	Losses	Avg.
1	Manhattan	15	3	0.833	20-Feb
2	Wichita Southeast	15	4	0.789	20-Feb
3	Lawrence Free State	12	5	0.706	20-Feb
4	Wichita East	12	6	0.667	20-Feb
5	Derby	12	7	0.632	20-Feb
6	Junction City	8	10	0.444	20-Feb
7	Topeka High	7	11	0.389	20-Feb
8	Washburn Rural	7	11	0.389	20-Feb
GIRLS Sub-State basketball standings			updated	2/20/2016 9:51
Class – 6A
Seed	Team	Wins	Losses	Avg.
1	Derby	16	3	0.842	20-Feb
2	Washburn Rural	13	5	0.722	20-Feb
3	Lawrence Free State	12	6	0.667	20-Feb
4	Manhattan	11	7	0.611	20-Feb
5	Topeka High	9	9	0.500	20-Feb
6	Wichita East	6	12	0.333	20-Feb
7	Junction City	2	16	0.111	20-Feb
8	Wichita Southeast	2	17	0.105	20-Feb

 

The Junction City Blue Jays ( 8-10 ) used as stingy zone defense to hold off the Emporia Spartans ( 6-12 ) 51-44 in double overtime Friday night at the Shenk Gym.

Junction City overcame cold shooting during the game and problems at the free throw line in the latter part of the fourth quarter and the overtimes to get the win, outscoring the Spartans 11-4 in the final overtime.

Blue Jay coach Pat Battle said his team was not very good on offense. “Not that we couldn’t run things, we just didn’t hit shots. We were just ice cold, and it stayed that way with a few stretches and a few key big shots .”

Battle said the key to the win was the play  by Junction City on defense. “I think we really flustered them with the zone. Our kids worked very very hard, they were very active, and we got some big rebounds there in the second overtime.”

TJ Poole led the Blue Jays with 14 points in the contest.

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In the girls game Emporia ( 13-5 ) rolled to a 62-42 win over Junction City ( 2-16 ).

Lady Jay coach Derek Petty said Emporia was a tough team. “They execute what they do very well. They take smart shots and protect the ball.”

A’kia Fain led Junction City with 11 points.

It was senior night at JCHS.

Kansas Prep Scores
Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 62, Clay Center 30
Andale 44, Clearwater 37
Andover 74, Maize South 64
Andover Central 75, Goddard 45
Arkansas City 53, Winfield 45
Attica 57, Stafford 19
Augusta 60, Labette County 41
Basehor-Linwood 69, Lansing 29
Baxter Springs 69, Columbus 32
Bishop Miege 63, Blue Valley Stillwell 38
Bluestem 54, Belle Plaine 44
Buhler 72, Rose Hill 46
Burlingame 69, West Franklin 48
Burlington 71, Neodesha 35
Caldwell 69, Flinthills 56
Cedar Vale/Dexter 76, Udall 63
Central Plains 85, Kinsley 25
Circle 77, Mulvane 51
Clifton-Clyde 57, Wetmore 37
Coffeyville 60, Chanute 56, OT
Colby 122, Hugoton 73
Conway Springs 48, Medicine Lodge 44
Derby 61, Newton 45
Dodge City 70, Great Bend 46
Ellinwood 30, Otis-Bison 25
Elyria Christian 68, Flint Hills Christian 35
Eureka 74, Cherryvale 63
Fairfield 48, Norwich 44
Garden Plains 55, Chaparral 31
Girard 60, Riverton 50
Goddard-Eisenhower 85, Valley Center 71
Halstead 64, Hoisington 46
Hanover 57, Doniphan West 48
Hays 74, Garden City 50
Hays-TMP-Marian 54, Stockton 25
Hesston 63, Hillsboro 54
Hiawatha 51, Atchison County 38
Hill City 55, Plainville 43
Holcomb 60, Goodland 25
Hutchinson Central Christian 46, Pratt Skyline 25
Inman 36, Little River 34
Jackson Heights 66, McLouth 14
Jefferson West 48, Riverside 47
Junction City 51, Emporia 44, 2OT
Lawrence 82, Olathe North 69
Logan 60, Western Plains 36
Lyndon 54, Madison/Hamilton 32
Maize 52, Salina South 49
Marysville 58, Chapman 48
McPherson 53, Hutchinson 17
Moundridge 61, Peabody-Burns 18
Nemaha Central 59, Holton 33
Ness City 62, Victoria 55
Nickerson 50, Lyons 40
Northeast-Arma 74, Uniontown 40
Onaga 61, Blue Valley Stillwell 43
Osborne 59, Chase 34
Pittsburg Colgan 49, Galena 48
Pratt 58, Smoky Valley 36
Rock Creek 78, Silver Lake 52
Sabetha 53, Royal Valley 40
Salina Central 54, Wichita Campus 35
Salina Sacred Heart 68, Republic County 51
Sedan 68, Oxford 24
Sedgwick 36, Ell-Saline 31
Southeast Saline 72, Russell 41
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 74, Sylvan-Lucas 39
St. John’s Military 64, Flint Hills Job Corps 53
Sterling 56, Kingman 49
Tescott 45, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 29
Troy 73, Axtell 49
Wabaunsee 56, Herington 24
Wakefield 66, Linn 38
Wamego 79, Concordia 70
Washburn Rural 50, Shawnee Heights 49
Washington County 76, Frankfort 33
Wellsville 71, Santa Fe Trail 52
Wichita Collegiate 82, Wellington 48
Wichita Heights 41, Wichita Southeast 40
Wichita Independent 45, Wichita Trinity 39
Wichita North 77, Wichita Northwest 60
Wichita South 66, Wichita West 38
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 39, Clay Center 38
Andale 49, Clearwater 20
Arkansas City 47, Winfield 33
Atchison 61, KC Harmon 22
Attica 66, Stafford 36
Axtell 50, Troy 35
Baldwin 44, Ottawa 28
Barstow, Mo. 56, Maranatha Academy 18
Beloit 53, Minneapolis 39
Bennington 61, Solomon 45
Bishop Miege 65, Blue Valley Stillwell 34
Bluestem 52, Belle Plaine 43
Burlington 45, Neodesha 43
BV Randolph 41, Onaga 24
Caney Valley 57, Erie 29
Central Burden 51, Argonia 44
Central Plains 51, Kinsley 42
Chanute 49, Coffeyville 34
Cheney 55, Douglass 33
Cherryvale 57, Eureka 36
Circle 58, Mulvane 32
Columbus 50, Baxter Springs 43
Concordia 52, Wamego 43
Conway Springs 47, Medicine Lodge 28
Dodge City 47, Great Bend 34
Ellis 45, Norton 35
Elyria Christian 71, Flint Hills Christian 6
Emporia 62, Junction City 42
Flinthills 54, Caldwell 49
Fort Scott 59, Pittsburg 48
Frankfort 51, Washington County 47
Fredonia 74, Yates Center 29
Frontenac 55, Southeast 33
Garden Plains 61, Chaparral 41
Girard 64, Riverton 28
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 55, Tescott 27
Goddard 59, Andover Central 53
Goddard-Eisenhower 57, Valley Center 51
Goessel 63, Canton-Galva 41
Goodland 50, Holcomb 44
Hanover 57, Doniphan West 26
Hartford 45, Northern Heights 41
Haven 55, Larned 20
Hays 40, Garden City 25
Hays-TMP-Marian 80, Stockton 55
Hesston 54, Hillsboro 44
Hiawatha 51, Atchison County 26
Highland Park 31, Topeka Seaman 29
Hill City 62, Plainville 34
Horton 51, Pleasant Ridge 31
Hugoton 63, Colby 34
Hutchinson 38, McPherson 31
Hutchinson Central Christian 46, Pratt Skyline 25
Independence 64, Parsons 48
Ingalls 53, Pawnee Heights 29
Jackson Heights 44, McLouth 30
Jefferson West 53, Riverside 20
Kapaun Mount Carmel 49, Wichita East 34
KC Sumner 67, KC Washington 12
Labette County 66, Augusta 50
Lakeside 44, Natoma 39
Lakin 44, Syracuse 28
Lansing 49, Basehor-Linwood 37
Lawrence 67, Olathe North 38
Leavenworth 52, SM East 25
Linn 39, Wakefield 27
Little River 40, Inman 33
Logan 42, Western Plains 30
Lyons 60, Nickerson 49
Madison/Hamilton 53, Lyndon 37
Maize 41, Salina South 29
Maize South 57, Andover 29
Marmaton Valley 43, Pleasanton 38
Marysville 59, Chapman 51
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 43, Jefferson North 29
Mill Valley 62, KC Piper 59
Minneola 61, Fowler 42
Mission Valley 43, White City 40
Moundridge 66, Peabody-Burns 39
Nemaha Central 59, Holton 43
Newton 56, Derby 43
Northeast-Arma 45, Uniontown 19
Norwich 58, Fairfield 29
Olathe East 58, Lawrence Free State 51
Osborne 68, Chase 49
Otis-Bison 50, Ellinwood 33
Pittsburg Colgan 40, Galena 35
Pratt 46, Smoky Valley 15
Republic County 58, Salina Sacred Heart 50
Rose Hill 44, Buhler 27
Russell 50, Southeast Saline 45
Sabetha 62, Royal Valley 41
Salina Central 61, Wichita Campus 45
Satanta 67, Bucklin 44
Scott City 49, Ulysses 40
Sedan 51, Oxford 23
Sedgwick 47, Ell-Saline 36
Silver Lake 48, Rock Creek 40
Smith Center 57, Phillipsburg 43
South Central 59, Spearville 51
South Gray 44, Kiowa County 38
South Haven 79, West Elk 41
Southwestern Hts. 58, Elkhart 56
Spring Hill 49, Louisburg 44
St. John 41, Macksville 30
St. John’s Beloit 61, Sylvan-Lucas 23
Sterling 61, Kingman 47
Thunder Ridge 89, Rock Hills 26
Tonganoxie 52, KC Turner 35
Topeka 78, Topeka West 40
Topeka Hayden 63, Manhattan 57
Triplains-Brewster 49, Palco 45
Valley Falls 51, Immaculata 32
Van Horn, Mo. 57, KC Christian 48
Victoria 44, Ness City 41
Wabaunsee 63, Herington 25
Washburn Rural 54, Shawnee Heights 48
Wellington 60, Wichita Collegiate 48
Wellsville 51, Santa Fe Trail 23
West Franklin 58, Burlingame 42
Wetmore 45, Clifton-Clyde 37
Wheatland-Grinnell 41, Golden Plains 32
Wichita Heights 71, Wichita Southeast 32
Wichita Independent 56, Wichita Trinity 48
Wichita Northwest 41, Wichita North 33
Wichita South 88, Wichita West 10

The Friday night high school basketball schedule finds:

–Junction City hosting Emporia. It is Senior Night at JCHS.

–Manhattan hosts Hayden

–Riley County hosts Rossville

–Council grove is home against Paola

–Herington travels to Wabaunsee

–Abilene hosts Clay Center

–Chapman goes to Marysville

–Concordia hosts Wamego

–Rural Vista is at Mission Valley

–Highland Park visits Seaman

–Shawnee Heights hosts Washburn Rural