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Andale 54, Haven 8
Andover Central 49, El Dorado 14
Basehor-Linwood 27, Tonganoxie 8
Bishop Miege 75, KC Sumner 0
Blue Valley Southwest 21, BV West 0
Blue Valley Stillwell 25, BV Northwest 7
Buhler 21, Abilene 7
BV North 49, SM West 21
Chanute 32, Labette County 20
Chapman 20, Smoky Valley 0
Colby 47, Goodland 7
Columbus 48, Parsons 7
Concordia 12, Clay Center 0
Derby 56, Wichita West 28
DeSoto 21, Ottawa 6
Dodge City 21, Garden City 20
Ellis 21, Plainville 20
Emporia 54, Andover 6
Eudora 45, Baldwin 18
Frontenac 33, Baxter Springs 0
Gardner-Edgerton 12, Olathe South 9
Goddard 34, Goddard-Eisenhower 19
Great Bend 29, Salina South 26
Holcomb 27, Hugoton 12
Holton 34, Royal Valley 6
Independence 22, Augusta 7
Jefferson West 28, Perry-Lecompton 13
Junction City 44, Wichita North 6
Kapaun Mount Carmel 31, Wichita Heights 21
KC Piper 38, Atchison 21
KC Wyandotte 48, KC Harmon 22
Lansing 48, Leavenworth 19
Larned 15, Pratt 14, OT
Lawrence 47, Olathe East 8
Lawrence Free State 21, Topeka 0
Liberal 17, Arkansas City 6
Louisburg 37, Spring Hill 19
Maize South 35, Maize 7
Manhattan 28, Washburn Rural 8
Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 20, Onaga 6
Marion 22, Mission Valley 20
Marysville 34, Riley County 18
McPherson 31, Hays 24
Mill Valley 48, KC Turner 0
Mulvane 46, Rose Hill 0
Oakley 33, LaCrosse 6
Olathe North 19, Olathe Northwest 13
Olpe 22, Yates Center 0
Paola 28, Fort Scott 7
Pleasant Ridge 52, Atchison County 22
Prairie View 46, KC Bishop Ward 6
Salina Central 45, Newton 18
Salina Sacred Heart 34, Oswego 8
Santa Fe Trail 40, Osawatomie 21
Shawnee Heights 33, Topeka Seaman 26, OT
SM East 56, SM North 34
SM South 14, SM Northwest 6
St. James Academy 26, Bonner Springs 7
St. Thomas Aquinas 35, Pittsburg 3
Syracuse 46, Wichita County 26
Topeka Hayden 37, Circle 8
Topeka West 28, Highland Park 21
Ulysses 36, Wellington 6
Victoria 68, Otis-Bison 22
Wabaunsee 55, Valley Falls 8
Wamego 18, Nickerson 8
Wichita Bishop Carroll 20, Valley Center 0
Wichita East 8, Wichita Southeast 0
Wichita Northwest 28, Hutchinson 21
Wichita South 20, Wichita Campus 7
Winfield 34, Coffeyville 18

The Junction City Blue Jays rolled to a 44-6 win over Wichita North on a rainy cold night at Al Simpler Stadium to clinch the district football title. The Blue Jays will now advance to the Class 6A postseason playoffs for a second consecutive year.

Junction City got on the board first with a safety after North quarterback Darius Russell was tackled in the end zone. But the next score didn’t come until the final play of the first quarter when quarterback Ryan Henington and Jovan Baldwin hooked up on a 33-yard touchdown pass play.

The Blue Jays added four touchdowns in the second quarter, including a 96-yard scoring run by Raye Wilson to help secure a 38-0 halftime lead.  The only score for the Redskins came with 10:59 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Junction City finished the regular season 3-0 in the district, and 9-0 for the regular season. Wichita North finished their season 1-8 overall, and 1-2 in district play.

A starter in the defensive secondary for the Junction City Blue Jay football team has been lost for the remainder of the season due to an injury.

JC Post has confirmed through multiple sources that JCHS junior Aryus Jones suffered a severe leg injury in a non-contact drill at practice Wednesday. Jones underwent surgery Thursday in Manhattan, and is recovering in good condition.

Jones is one of the outstanding players on defense for the Blue Jays. He has been a starter at safety. Through eight games he had registered 32 tackles, 24 of which were solo tackles, and eight assists. He also had one tackle for a loss, two interceptions, and a fumble recovery for the 8-0 Blue Jays.

Jones is expected to recover for his senior season.

The Blue Jays host Wichita North Friday night at Al Simpler Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. It will be senior night for fall sports athletes at JCHS.

If Junction City wins the football game the Blue Jays will clinch a district championship. Wichita North enters the contest 1-7 on the season.

 

The Friday night high school football schedule finds:

–Junction City hosting Wichita North

–Manhattan hosting Washburn Rural

–Abilene at Buhler

–Chapman hosting Smoky Valley

–Circle at Hayden

–Nickerson at Wamego

–Concordia at Clay Center

 

The Junction City Lady Jays wrapped up their season on Saturday with a loss to Washburn Rural in the first round of the Class 6A Substate Tournament by the scores of 25-12, 25-16

The Lady Jays finished the season with a winning record of 20-18.

The Junction City High School girls cross country team has qualified for the Class 6A State meet. The Lady Jays finished third in the team competition at the 6A Regional on Saturday at Milford State Park.

JCHS senior Myrissa Humphrey led the way for the Lady Jays with a ninth place finish in the individual competition in 19:57.7. “It is a very big deal. I didn’t really have much of a goal other than to go to state, so definitely met that goal.” Humphreys said she gave it her all in the race. “I think I didn’t leave anything in the tank.”

Also for Junction City, Briona Jensen finished 17th in 21:02.6, Leah Ervin 19th in 21:21.0, Kailey Koomen 20th in 21:28.1, and Beth Arneson 24th in 21:57.8.

For the Blue Jay boys, Miguel Espinosa and Nick Arneson both qualified for state, which will be held at Rimrock Farm near Lawrence Oct. 31. Espinosa turned in a time of 17:21.0 and Arneson 17:35.0 at the regional.

Miguel Espinosa was excited. “I was thinking I wasn’t going, but it’s awesome going now, knowing officially.”

For Nick Arneson it’s the second year in a row he has qualified for state. It will be Arneson’s last cross country race of his high school career. “Yep, one last. Hopefully, hopefully I can place at this. That’s the hope.” For Espinosa and Humphreys the state meet competition will also be their final cross country race. All three of the JCHS runners are seniors.

In the team competition at Regional, Manhattan won the boys title with the low score of 35 points, followed by Lawrence Free State with 45, and Washburn Rural 74. The Blue Jays turned in a team score of 134 points to finish fifth out of eight teams. For the girls Manhattan was first with a score of 27 points, Lawrence Free State second with 48, and Junction City third with 89.

 

The Junction City Blue Jays remained unbeaten Friday night with a 53-0 football shutout of Wichita East in Wichita.

The Blue Jays got on the board on their first offensive series of the game with a 22-yard touchdown run by Raye Wilson, and then led 36-0 at halftime.  The Junction City scoring in the second half included a blocked punt which was recovered by Tim Bell in the end zone for a touchdown.

The Blue Jays improved to 2-0 in district play, and 8-0 overall. Junction City will host Wichita North ( 1-1, 1-7 overall ) next Friday night at 7 p.m. at Al Simpler Stadium.

 

Wichita East fell to 0-2 in district and 0-8 overall.

Junction City Blue Jay head football coach Randall Zimmerman has been named the 2016 head coach for the West team in the Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star football game.

The 43rd annual Kansas Shrine Bowl will be played on Saturday, July 30, 2016 in Emporia at Welch Stadium on the Emporia State University campus. Kickoff will be at 7 p.m.

Returning for his seventh Shrine Bowl, Zimmerman has been coaching for 29 years, including 22 seasons at Junction City High School. His current Blue Jay football team is 8-0.

Zimmerman served as an assistant coach for the West team last summer, and has two previous stints as a head coach in the Shrine Bowl game.

Blake Pierce of Topeka Seaman High School will serve as the 2016 head coach for the East team in the Shrine Bowl.

Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
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Abilene 38, Hays 7
Andale 49, Clearwater 8
Anderson County 22, Iola 21
Andover Central 70, Circle 6
Ashland 46, Fairfield-Cunningham 0
Atchison 25, Basehor-Linwood 20
Atchison County 24, McLouth 20
Attica/Argonia 56, Norwich 0
Augusta 42, Coffeyville 0
Axtell 60, BV Randolph 12
Bishop Miege 42, Louisburg 6
Blue Valley Stillwell 49, Olathe South 16
Buhler 44, McPherson 28
Burlingame 48, Peabody-Burns 0
BV Northwest 21, Gardner-Edgerton 7
Caldwell 66, South Haven 20
Central Burden 54, Sedan 32
Central Plains 46, Solomon 14
Centralia 44, St. Mary’s 15
Centre 54, Wilson 8
Chase 52, Tescott 0
Cheney 35, Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 28
Cherryvale 28, Riverton 24
Colby 42, Clay Center 35
Columbus 54, Frontenac 43
Concordia 35, Goodland 0
Conway Springs 50, Belle Plaine 16
Crest 56, Southern Coffey 20
Derby 51, Wichita South 13
Destiny Christian, Okla. 55, Wichita Life Prep 8
Dighton/Healy 46, South Gray 8
Douglass 14, Bluestem 6
Ellinwood 40, Little River 24
Ellis 64, Sublette 6
Erie 39, Northeast-Arma 14
Eudora 27, DeSoto 24
Fort Scott 28, Labette County 25
Frankfort 58, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 8
Fredonia 42, Eureka 0
Galena 49, Southeast 0
Girard 26, Burlington 0
Goddard 53, Arkansas City 6
Goddard-Eisenhower 27, Liberal 6
Goessel def. Canton-Galva, forfeit
Great Bend 57, Salina Central 38
Greeley County 56, Wheatland-Grinnell 34
Halstead 32, Garden Plain 28
Hanover 46, Clifton-Clyde 0
Hartford 65, Altoona-Midway 8
Hesston 27, Council Grove 0
Hoisington 56, Sterling 0
Holcomb 33, Pratt 7
Holton 28, Perry-Lecompton 6
Hoxie 58, Golden Plains 0
Hugoton 35, Larned 28
Hutchinson 72, Dodge City 34
Independence 21, Winfield 14
Ingalls 66, Deerfield 0
Jackson Heights 42, Wabaunsee 7
Jayhawk Linn 36, Central Heights 8
Jefferson North 58, Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 20
Jefferson West 35, Royal Valley 21
Junction City 53, Wichita East 0
Kapaun Mount Carmel 51, Andover 27
KC Piper 33, Tonganoxie 6
Kingman 26, Hutchinson Trinity 0
Kiowa County 58, St. John 6
LaCrosse 42, Wichita County 0
Lawrence 31, Olathe North 28
Lawrence Free State 31, Manhattan 14
Lincoln 54, Quinter 8
Logan/Palco 46, Hill City 18
Lyndon 52, Yates Center 14
Lyons 21, Ellsworth 13
Madison/Hamilton 50, Flinthills 8
Marion 50, Herington 6
Meade 56, Elkhart 0
Mill Valley 48, Bonner Springs 14
Mission Valley 28, Northern Heights 22
Moscow 21, Fowler 0
Mulvane 42, Wellington 30
Nemaha Central 40, Rock Creek 14
Neodesha 31, Caney Valley 14
Nickerson 47, Chapman 0
Norton 35, Beloit 16
Oakley 33, Plainville 12
Olathe Northwest 24, Olathe East 7
Olpe 28, Chase County 6
Onaga 30, Valley Falls 2
Osawatomie 48, KC Bishop Ward 7
Otis-Bison 52, Northern Valley 6
Ottawa 19, Baldwin 3
Paola 55, Chanute 7
Parsons 62, Baxter Springs 6
Phillipsburg 52, Ell-Saline 0
Pike Valley 44, Linn 0
Pittsburg 35, Blue Valley Southwest 7
Pittsburg Colgan 31, Humboldt 8
Pleasant Ridge 32, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 27
Pratt Skyline 66, Kinsley 26
Pretty Prairie 74, South Barber 26
Rawlins County 56, Oberlin-Decatur 32
Remington 45, Oswego 12
Republic County 26, Valley Heights 21
Riley County 53, Minneapolis 31
Riverside 55, Hiawatha 0
Rock Hills 52, Lakeside 6
Rossville 61, Osage City 7
Rural Vista 50, Lebo 14
Russell 19, Hays-TMP-Marian 6
Sabetha 55, Horton 0
Salina Sacred Heart 47, Moundridge 15
Salina South 53, Newton 30
Santa Fe Trail 23, Prairie View 12
Satanta 58, Rolla 8
Scott City 55, Lakin 0
Sedgwick 54, Medicine Lodge 7
Shawnee Heights 41, Topeka West 20
Silver Lake 48, Oskaloosa 0
SM West 56, SM South 0
Smith Center 55, Bennington 12
South Central 54, Macksville 6
Southeast Saline 49, Hillsboro 7
Spearville 46, Hodgeman County 0
Spring Hill 42, KC Sumner 20
St. Francis 46, Stockton 0
St. James Academy 28, KC Turner 0
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 57, Thunder Ridge 14
St. Thomas Aquinas 42, BV West 6
Stafford 66, Bucklin 18
Sylvan-Lucas 48, Burrton 0
Syracuse 40, Johnson-Stanton County 0
Topeka 34, Washburn Rural 10
Topeka Hayden 48, El Dorado 0
Topeka Seaman 48, Highland Park 7
Trego 50, Ness City 6
Triplains-Brewster 61, Weskan 28
Troy 47, Inman 26
Udall 58, Cedar Vale/Dexter 8
Ulysses 57, Rose Hill 7
Uniontown 52, Pleasanton 6
Valley Center 28, Maize 7
Wakefield 86, Osborne 40
Wallace County 52, Cheylin 0
Wamego 18, Smoky Valley 14
Washington County 14, Marysville 0
Waverly 70, Marmaton Valley 34
Wellsville 61, West Franklin 0
West Elk 54, Oxford 8
Wichita Bishop Carroll 42, Maize South 14
Wichita Collegiate 63, Wichita Independent 14
Wichita Heights 27, Emporia 25
Wichita Home School 64, Hutchinson Central Christian 18
Wichita Northwest 38, Garden City 21
Wichita Sunrise 40, St. John’s Military 36
Wichita Trinity 52, Haven 7

The Friday night high school football schedule finds:

–Junction City playing Wichita East at Carpenter Stadium, which is located at Wichita South High School.

–Manhattan travels to Lawrence Free State

–Abilene hosts Hays

–Chapman goes to Nickerson

–Hayden hosts El Dorado

–Seaman plays at Highland Park

–Topeka High goes to Washburn Rural

–Emporia is at Wichita Heights

–Council Grove hosts Hesston

–Herington hosts Marion

–Riley County is at home against Minneapolis

–Rock Creek hosts Nemaha Central

–Blue Valley Randolph is at home against Axtell

–Wakefield hosts Osborne

–Centre at Wilson

–Rural Vista hosts Lebo