First team:

Hayden –  Mariah Grunert, Raven Lawlor

Seaman – Rylee Neigenfind

Shawnee Heights – Megan Cooney, Jazz Sweet, Mikayla Wells

Washburn Rural – Morgan Hutchinson, Jordyn Musselman

 

Second team:

Emporia – Kelsey Gordon, Lexie Longbine, Mikayla Simons

Hayden – Taylor Otting

Manhattan – Madi Fief, Maddie Mittie

Seaman – Brooke Fender

Shawnee Heights – Faith Rottinghaus

 

Honorable Mention:

Emporia – Allie Christensen, Jennica Smith, Braxtyn Stewart

Hayden – Amanda Desch, Brooklyn Hunter, Jensen May

Highland Park – Don’tajah Jones

Junction City – Emmaya Liaina, Kaileigh Solis, Kirsten Stallcup

Manhattan – Brooklyn Cink, Gigi McAtee

Seaman – Taylor Stirton

Shawnee Heights – Amaya Tillman

Topeka High – MiKayla Keeling, Maliyah Malone

Washburn Rural – Jessica Gentine, Presley Stevens

 

Player of the Year:  Mikayla Wells (SH)

Newcomer of the Year:  Brooklyn Hunter (Hay)

Coach of the Year:  Carly Spicer (Emp)

 

 

 

 

The Junction City Blue Jays and Derby Panthers meet in the Sectionals round of the Class 6A football playoffs Friday night at Al Simpler Stadium.

Derby checks in with a 9-1 record, and a first-round playoff win over Topeka High.

Blue Jay coach Randall Zimmerman noticed one strong trait of the Panthers. “You know the thing that really stands out when you watch Derby on film is how hard those kids play, how sound they are, how disciplined they are. They’re a very disciplined team. You’re not going to find them out of position, you’re not going to trick them a lot with different things up front so we’ve just got to be very, very sound.  We’ve got to have our hands inside, we’ve got to run our feet, we’ve got to play hard.”

Derby quarterback Brady Rust has rushed for 1,352 yards and has thrown for 1,232 yards this season. He has rushed for 25 touchdowns and thrown for 17 more.

Junction City is 10-0, and owns a first round playoff win over Hutchinson.

The winner of the game Friday night will advance to the substate ( semifinal ) round of the Class 6A playoffs next week.  The other Sectionals playoff games Friday night include Lawrence Free State at Wichita Northwest, Shawnee Mission at Olathe North, and Overland Park – Blue Valley at Lawrence High.

Tickets for the game at Al Simpler Stadium at $6 for adults, and $5 for students ( K-12 ).

 

A big crowd is wanted for the Junction City Blue Jay postseason playoff football game against Derby Friday night at Al Simpler Stadium.

Blue Jay coach Randall Zimmerman said they need to have the place filled. “Derby will have the visitor’s side and everything around the outside of the fence full. They follow that team very very well. I just plead with our community to come out.”

The Blue Jays are 10-0 while Derby is 9-1 on the season. “Just plead for everybody to come out, and be loud, and be vocal, and help us play the way we’re capable of playing and extend this thing.”

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Friday.

USd 475 issued a press release reporting that business along 6th Street would receive Blue Jay signs to put in their yards.  Sheets will be made and hung along the fence at the stadium, the Pep band will do a pep band run during seminar period throughout the school, “Blue out the Panthers” for the kids spirit night, and the locker room and commons area will be decorated with spirit signs.

The J-Stepper Dance Team and Blue Jay Marching Band will also perform Friday night at the game.

Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press

PREP FOOTBALL
Class 6A State Tournament
Regional
Blue Valley Stillwell 37, SM West 14
Derby 52, Topeka 21
Junction City 56, Hutchinson 21
Lawrence 56, SM North 32
Lawrence Free State 49, Wichita West 0
Olathe North 35, BV North 28
SM East 49, BV Northwest 13
Wichita Northwest 55, Wichita North 13

Class 5A State Tournament
Regional
Goddard-Eisenhower 20, Kapaun Mount Carmel 14
Maize South 26, Great Bend 14
Mill Valley 49, Leavenworth 0
Pittsburg 49, Shawnee Heights 0
St. James Academy 41, Lansing 20
St. Thomas Aquinas 55, Topeka Seaman 21
Wichita Bishop Carroll 31, Salina South 14
Wichita Heights 41, Goddard 27

Class 4A Div-I State Tournament
Regional
Abilene 43, Ulysses 38
Andover Central 47, Independence 13
Basehor-Linwood 41, Louisburg 34
Bishop Miege 61, KC Piper 12
Buhler 35, Mulvane 28
Eudora 33, Fort Scott 7
Paola 38, DeSoto 21
Topeka Hayden 21, Augusta 0

Class 4A Div-II State Tournament
Regionals
Andale 60, Nickerson 45
Colby 14, Hugoton 2
Columbus 55, Anderson County 7
Frontenac 38, Girard 6
Holcomb 48, Concordia 0
Holton 35, Osawatomie 12
Santa Fe Trail 35, Jefferson West 22
Wamego 28, Clearwater 27

Class 2-1A State Tournament
Regional
Jackson Heights 24, Jefferson North 14
Lyndon 48, Mission Valley 32
Meade 42, Ellis 14
Oakley 45, Syracuse 6
Olpe 35, Northern Heights 6
Phillipsburg 38, Salina Sacred Heart 13
Smith Center 48, Sedgwick 21
Troy 67, Wabaunsee 20

The Junction City put 35 points on the board in the first half enroute to a 56-21 win over the Hutchinson Salthawks in their Class 6a Regional football matchup Friday night. The two teams met at Al Simpler Stadium in Junction City.

Jovan Baldwin scored on a touchdown run on the first possession of the game for the Blue Jays in the first minute of the game. In the second quarter Raye Wilson rushed for two scores and caught one pass for a touchdown. Baldwin scored one more TD on a 16-yard run with 1:07 left in the first half.

Blue Jay coach Randall Zimmerman felt his team play well. “I’m very very proud of our kids. They put together a really nice game tonight. They really played hard against a tremendous Hutchinson team.”

Junction City led 42-21 after three quarters after the Salthawks scored two touchdowns in the period on a 5-yard run by quarterback Canyon Maldonado and a 1-yard TD run by Maldonado. But the Blue Jays tacked on two scores in the fourth quarter on a 55-yard run by Baldwin and a 5-yard run by Wilson.

Junction City ( 10-0 ) will host Derby ( 9-1 ) in the second round of the Class 6A playoffs next Friday night. Derby defeated Topeka High in the first round 52-21.

( Pictures courtesy of Rick Dykstra )

Junction City High School Madison Roether has been named to the Class 6A Girls Golf 1st Team All State.

Roether was a senior on this years inaugural season for Lady Jay Golf. She placed 1st in a number of tournaments throughout the season and capped it off with a 6th place finish at the Class 6A Girls State Golf Tournament.

All State Golfers are nominated by 6A Girls Golf Coaches across the state, using the players overall season 18 hole over par average scores.

Other Centennial League golfers joining Roether on the Class 6A 1st Team All State team included Macie Meyers, of Manhattan and Rachel Stous, of Topeka.

The Player of the Year in Class 6A went to Mia Tovkach, of Garner-Edgerton. Dave Bertholf of Winfield High School was selected as the Kansas Coaches Association Girls Golf Coach of the Year.

There will be a student-parent orientation meeting for those interested in participating in a winter sport on Monday, November 9th at 7 p.m. at Junction City High School.

Each winter sport will conduct their own informational meeting to discusstryout procedures, rules, etc.

At 7:30 p.m. there will be a general meeting to discuss athletic department guidelines, random drug testing policy. Parents/student athletes should attend the general meeting if they missed the fall parent meeting and/or have an interest in hearing about new NCAA eligibility guidelines.

Winter sports offered at JCHS include boys and girls basketball, wrestling, boys and girls bowling, and boys swimming.

Winter sports will begin their first day of practice on Monday, November 16th. A JCHS athletic packet must be completed and returned to the athletic office at JCHS one week prior to the first day of practice, and signed physical evaluations form’s must be dated after May 1, 2015.

The Junction City High School Athletic Department announced Monday that the Blue Jays will host the Hutchinson Salthawks Friday at Al Simpler Stadium in the first round of the 6A State football playoffs. 

The game will kick at 7 pm, gates open at 5 pm. Admission prices are $6 for adults and $5 for students K-12.

This is a KSHSAA sponsored event and league passes, USD 475 ID cards, golden age passes, student passes, etc. will not be honored by ticket takers or ticket sellers. A ticket must be purchased by everyone except for those people whose name(s) appear on the Pass Gate list furnished by each school’s Athletic Department.

The game will be broadcast on 1420 AM KJCK with Dewey Terrill and Brian Field. Pregame will begin at 6:40 pm on the “Talk of JC.”

The Junction City Lady Jays finished 12th in the 6A Girls team competition at the state cross country meet at Rimrock Farm near Lawrence on Saturday.

Myrissa Humphrey led the way for Junction City with a 41st place finish in 10:33.5. Briona Jensen of Junction City finished 64th in 21:03.3.

Manhattan and Lawrence Free State tied for the 6A Girls state championship with both teams  having the winning low score of 72 points. Junction City finished with a team score of 301 points.

In the boys Class 6A state meet, two Blue Jays competed for Junction City. Nick Arneson finished 60th in 17:35.1, and Miguel Espinosa finished 73rd in 17:48.5. JCHS did not have a full team in the meet.

In the Class 6A boys team competition Olathe North won the team title with the low score of 97 points. Manhattan finished fourth with 125 points.

 

The Junction City Blue Jays ( 9-0 ) will host the Hutchinson Salthawks ( 7-2 ) in the first round of the Class 6A postseason football playoffs Friday, Nov. 6 at Al Simpler Stadium.

The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released the pairings.