The Friday night high school boys and girls basketball schedule includes:
–Manhattan at Junction City
–Abilene at Concordia
–Marysville visits Chapman
–Wamego goes to Clay Center
–Emporia hosts Topeka High
–Rock Creek at Wabaunsee
–Herington travels to Lyndon
–Council Grove hosts West Franklin
–Highland Park at Topeka West
–Hayden at Seaman
–Shawnee Heights visits Washburn Rural
–Blue Valley Randolph goes to Hanover
–Rural Vista at Goessel
–Centre at Wakefield
The lid was on the basket for the Junction City Blue Jays ( 2-2 ) in the second half Friday night in a 55-50 loss to the Hays Indians ( 5-1 )at the Shenk Gym.
After leading at halftime by seven points, 34-27, the Blue Jays scored just 16 points over the final two quarters. JCHS coach Pat Battle said his team needs to do a better job of executing offensively. “It’s been a problem all four games that we’ve played now. We’ve got to trust our offense, and we’ve got to do a better job of executing. It’s that simple. We just did not execute well enough and so we were taking guarded shots.” Battle also stated, “Yeah we had some opportunities in the paint. We didn’t knock them down. That’s true.”
Battle noted the Blue Jays had some good offensive rebounds and chances for stick backs and couldn’t make them.
One positive for Junction City is the defense and rebounding. The Blue Jays out rebounded Hays by nine in the game.
Ironically in the first quarter Ricardo Erans of Junction City and Isaiah Nunnery of Hays both lit up the scoreboard. Erans scored 12 points and Nunnery hit four three-point shots in that period for 12 points.
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In the girls game both teams battled turnovers before Hays pulled away late to win 53-42 over Junction City. Missed free throws were also a problem for the Lady Jays.
Lady Jay coach Derek Petty said, “Yeah, again we had turnovers at inopportune times, and again, we missed free throws down the stretch.”
Junction City trailed by only four points after three quarters but Hays moved on to the win. Alana Kramer led Junction City with 12 points, and A’kia Fain had 11 points. Audra Schmeidler had 15 points to lead Hays.
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Junction City teams host Manhattan Friday night.
AP-KS–Kansas Prep Scores
Tuesday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Andale 63, Wellington 26
Andover 48, Arkansas City 37
Andover Central 59, Goddard-Eisenhower 41
Augusta 84, Winfield 41
Bennington 57, Lakeside 26
Berean Academy 50, Caldwell 38
Buhler 64, El Dorado 32
Council Grove 51, Chase County 39
Flinthills 54, Altoona-Midway 16
Frankfort 38, Wetmore 32
Goddard 60, Valley Center 58
Haven 70, Nickerson 50
Hays 55 Junction City 50
Hesston 44, Smoky Valley 26
Hutchinson 42, Wichita Campus 40
Hutchinson Central Christian 41, Little River 37
Jackson Heights 78, Pleasant Ridge 52
Lawrence-Nelson, Neb. 41, Rock Hills 36
Lebo 56, Southern Coffey 44
Maize 59, Derby 42
McDonald County, Mo. 51, Pittsburg Colgan 40
Olpe 45, Hartford 29
Pratt 51, Kingman 37
Rock Creek 67, St. Mary’s 41
Sabetha 62, Atchison County 39
Salina South 57, Newton 42
Solomon 44, Inman 40
Southeast Saline 66, Beloit 59
St. John 55, Central Plains 48
Sterling 54, Lyons 45
Topeka West 55, Ottawa 49
Wichita Bishop Carroll 75, Wichita South 57
Wichita Collegiate 88, Mulvane 41
Wichita Heights 53, Wichita North 31
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Andover Central 56, Goddard-Eisenhower 43
Arkansas City 47, Andover 28
Attica 63, Ashland 34
Augusta 54, Winfield 36
Baxter Springs 46, Erie 33
Beloit 53, Southeast Saline 47
Bennington 55, Lakeside 38
Berean Academy 45, Caldwell 28
Central Plains 46, St. John 15
Chanute 60, Columbus 33
Cheney 49, Medicine Lodge 24
Cherryvale 39, Southeast 31
Circle 55, Clearwater 34
Clay Center 63, Riley County 42
Colby 40, Ulysses 34
Council Grove 49, Chase County 25
Cunningham 52, Argonia 31
Derby 45, Maize 37
Douglass 64, Bluestem 41
El Dorado 45, Buhler 41
Ell-Saline 48, Ellinwood 38
Fairfield 50, Stafford 20
Flinthills 47, Altoona-Midway 9
Fort Scott 40, Parsons 38
Frankfort 52, Wetmore 46
Goddard 34, Valley Center 24
Goodland 45, Norton 41
Hanover 64, BV Randolph 30
Hays 53, Junction City 42
Hays-TMP-Marian 57, Victoria 32
Hesston 45, Smoky Valley 7
Hill City 60, Oberlin-Decatur 14
Humboldt 71, Yates Center 14
Hutchinson 37, Wichita Campus 21
Hutchinson Central Christian 31, Little River 23
Hutchinson Trinity 33, Larned 22
Inman 43, Solomon 41
Jefferson North 49, Troy 38
Kapaun Mount Carmel 64, Wichita Southeast 52
Kingman 40, Pratt 27
Kinsley 35, Pratt Skyline 29
Labette County 59, Independence 31
Lawrence 87, KC Wyandotte 12
Lawrence-Nelson, Neb. 56, Rock Hills 16
Lebo 49, Southern Coffey 21
Marysville 63, Concordia 62
McPherson 61, Abilene 50
Mission Valley 49, Lyndon 23
Natoma 40, Plainville 32
Nemaha Central 40, Hiawatha 25
Ness City 51, Hodgeman County 35
Newton 39, Salina South 30
Norwich 63, Udall 20
Olathe South 50, Washburn Rural 36
Olpe 70, Hartford 41
Peabody-Burns 42, Burrton 39
Perry-Lecompton 44, Jefferson West 42
Pike Valley 48, Smith Center 37
Pittsburg 61, Coffeyville 44
Pittsburg Colgan 47, McDonald County, Mo. 37
Prairie View 43, Santa Fe Trail 41
Riverton 57, Oswego 46
Rock Creek 42, St. Mary’s 33
Royal Valley 47, Riverside 33
Rural Vista 26, Wakefield 23
Russell 44, Salina Sacred Heart 24
Sabetha 49, Atchison County 25
Satanta 64, Minneola 50
Sedgwick 41, Halstead 38
Silver Lake 49, Burlington 32
South Central 48, Kiowa County 23
Sterling 66, Lyons 35
Sublette 55, Lakin 52
Sylvan-Lucas 52, Lincoln 41
Syracuse 26, Wichita County 21
Tescott 54, Chase 46
Topeka 58, Highland Park 46
Topeka West 37, Ottawa 34
Valley Falls 36, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 21
Wabaunsee 42, Onaga 15
Wamego 48, Chapman 25
Wellington 59, Andale 42
Wheatland-Grinnell 46, Ellis 34
Wichita Collegiate 40, Mulvane 34
Wichita East 51, Wichita West 31
Wichita Heights 79, Wichita North 15
Wichita Independent 44, Chaparral 37
Wichita South 42, Wichita Bishop Carroll 26
Wichita Trinity 53, Belle Plaine 24
Wilson 51, Palco 34
The Junction City Blue Jays finished 10th in the 13-team Clay Center Invitational on Saturday. Here are the Blue Jay individual weight class results and team scores.
106 — MATTHEW WHITTON FIFTH
113 — MAX BAZAN SECOND
120 — LOGAN ROETHER FIFTH
126 — TANNER BOGENHAGEN SEVENTH
132 — MALACHI TINNEL SEVENTH
138 — TAYQUAN BERRY EIGHTH
145 — NONE
152 — KAMARI SMITH FIFTH
160 — TROY MURRAY EIGHTH
170 — NONE
182 — TERRANCE ADLELEY SIXTH
195 — TIMOTHY JEFFRIES EIGHTH
220 — JEFFERY WALTERS SIXTH
285 — NONE
TEAM SCORES
MARYSVILLE — 158
NORTON — 152.5
OLATHE NORTHWEST — 151.5
CLAY CENTER — 126
BLUE VALLEY — 110.5
SMOKY VALLEY — 109
HOXIE — 83
WABAUNSEE — 67
JUNCTION CITY — 63
SALINA SOUTH — 48.5
ROCK CREEK — 30.5
BELOIT — 17.5
( Great Bend ) — The Junction City Blue Jay boys basketball team ( 2-1 ) raced out to a 20-5 first quarter lead and never really looked back enroute to a 65-45 win over the Great Bend Panthers ( 2-2 ).
The Blue Jays used a strong defensive and their best shooting half of the season to build the lead to 36-20 at halftime. In the first half Junction City hit four three-point baskets, including three by T. J. Poole and one by Ricardo Erans. Junction City cooled off in the second half but the defense remained strong. The closest Great Bend got in the second half was 11 points.
Junction City finished with 23 points from Poole and 14 from Ricardo Erans.
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In the girls game the Lady Jays ( 0-3 ) appeared enroute to their own win, but in the closing minutes of the game coughed up a nine-point lead, and fell to Great Bend 65-64.
The winning basket for Great Bend ( 3-1 ) came after the Lady Panthers’ Carley Brack missed a free throw but got a shot after her miss, and from the right wing put up a shot that went in at the final buzzer. Brack had made the first of two free throws to pull Great Bend to within one point, but then missed the second, got the ball back and hit the game winning shot.
The Lady Jays missed four key free throws in the closing seconds of the game that could have sealed a win. Instead they fell to 0-3. Junction City got 12 points from both Kealee Rains and A’kia Fain plus 11 from Ally McKenzie in what was still their best game of the season to this point.
Junction City Blue Jay wrestler Malik White suffered a serious leg injury in practice Wednesday. He has been competing in the heavyweight class for the Blue Jays.
Coach Bob Laster confirmed the injury. “My heavyweight, Malik White, is out for the year. He had a leg injury at practice. Don’t know the severity of it yet, but I’m pretty sure that he’s gone for the season.”
Laster said at this moment the Blue Jays do not have anyone to replace White. There are some 220 pound wrestlers on the team, but he is unsure if he will move one of them up to heavyweight.
Malik White is a senior at Junction City High School.
The Friday night high school basketball schedule includes:
—Junction City teams at Great Bend
–Manhattan at Dodge City
–Rock Creek visiting Council Grove
–Riley County at Silver Lake
–Abilene hosting Augusta
–Chapman hosting El Dorado in the Irish Classic
–Clay Center at Marysville
–Concordia at Smoky Valley
–Wamego visits Nemaha Central
–St. Xavier at Blue Valley Randolph
–Hayden at Basehor-Linwood
–Shawnee Heights hosts Lawrence
–Seaman hosts Lansing
–Washburn Rural at Shawnee Mission Northwest
The Junction City Blue Jay wrestling team finished 12th out of 16 teams in the powerful Gardner Edgerton Invitational on Saturday.
Junction City finished with 59 team points. Southeast Polk ( Iowa ) captured first place with 221 points.
Coach Bob Laster reported that individual highlights for Junction City included a fourth place finish by Matthew Whitton at 106 pounds, fourth place for Max Bazan at 113, and seventh place finish for Kamari Smith at 152 pounds. Whitton and Bazan both went 3-2 on the day, while Smith was 2-2 for Junction City.
The Junction City Blue Jays turned in a strong performance on defense enroute to a 52-44 boys basketball victory over Dodge City ( 0-1 ) Saturday afternoon.
Blue Jay coach Pat Battle said a big difference from the team’s loss to Salina Central Friday night was that Junction City executed. “Played basic basketball, we shared the ball better, we found the open guy, and we got some runouts in transition. Our defense created some offense tonight a little bit to.”
Ricardo Erans led the Blue Jays with 16 points as they evened their season record at 1-1.
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In the girls varsity contest Dodge City ( 1-0 ) jumped out to an 8-0 lead and went on to defeat the Lady Jays 67-35. Alana Kramer and A’kia Fain both had six points for Junction City.
The Lady Jays fell to 0-2 with the loss.
Salina Central blew open a close game in the second half and rolled to a 60-42 boys basketball win over the Junction City Blue Jays at the Shenk Gym.
The Mustangs led the game 26-24 at halftime, but then outscored Junction City 34-18 over the final two quarters. Blue Jay coach Pat Battle said his team missed a lot of chip shots inside, particularly in the third quarter, when they had an opportunity to take the lead. “That was part of it, and then we got into a mode where we had to go out and chase them. They had good ballhandlers. They did a really good job. You’ve got to give credit to them. They outplayed us in the second half. There’s just no doubt about it.”
Brayden Neuschafter hit 10 of 11 free throws for the game and as a team the Mustangs hit 15 of 17 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter.
Junction City was led in scoring by Josh Hall with 12 points.
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In the girls varsity game Salina Central took the lead early and never relinquished it enroute to a 64-34 victory over Junction City.
Despite the loss Lady Jay coach Derek Petty thought the Lady Jays played well in spurts. “When we played our game in those spurts we were a better team I honestly believe. They had a pretty big lead on us and we cut it to eight pretty easily playing good defense and making our easy tries at the basket.”
Junction City was led in scoring by Imari Williams and Alana Kramer with six points apiece.
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The Junction City boys and girls basketball teams play at Dodge City Saturday afternoon. The girls game is scheduled at 2:30 p.m. and the boys game at 4 p.m.