Junction City High School will host an informational meeting on Tuesday, August 6 at 6 p.m. for those who are interested in obtaining information about the upcoming fall sports season. Junction City High School offers football, volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys soccer, girls golf and girls tennis.

There will be a general meeting for all sports at 6 p.m. in Shenk Gym and then each sport will conduct their own meeting to discuss tryouts, procedures, schedules and other matters for the upcoming season.

Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus said fall sports will begin their first day of practice on Monday, August 19.

– ONLINE REGISTRATION – NECESSARY FORMS FOR STUDENT PARTICIPATION –
Students attending Junction City High School will not be eligible to participate (games, practice, tryouts) in any sport without clearance from the Athletic Department. Parents/Students must complete online registration for sports one week in advance of 1st day of tryouts/practice. When online registration process is completed and updated
physical uploaded, the student athlete will then be entered on a cleared list given to the coaches. An athlete must be on this list to be allowed to practice/tryout/participate. Failure to have online registration process complete will prevent the student athlete from having the opportunity to tryout/practice/participate in that sport until process is complete.

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PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS – Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation Form (MUST BE DATED AFTER MAY 1, 2019)

2018 Junction City High School graduate Samantha Shefelton has signed to play softball next year with National Park Community College in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Shefelton played in the Lady Jay softball program at JCHS.

 

Final Team results:

The Junction City girls team finished 7th in the Class 6A scoring with 31 points. Lawrence won the team title with 84 points.

The Junction City boys team finished 19th with 14 points. Gardner-Edgerton won the team title with 64 points.

The Chapman boys finished 4th with 50 points in the Class 4A competition. Andale captured the state title with 71 points.

The Chapman girls team finished in 8th place with 35 points. Andale won the team title with 97 points.

SUNDAY UPDATE:

Junction City girls:

4 x 400 relay — Junction City, 13th, 4:18.87

Junction City boys:

4 x 400 Relay — Junction City, 9th, 3:31.72.

Chapman boys:

Pole Vault — Mitchell Tiller, 5th, 13’6″

4 x 400 Relay — Chapman, 2nd, 3:25.61

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WEATHER SUSPENSION:

KSHSAA has announced that the state track meet has been suspended from Saturday evening until Sunday morning. The suspension is due to inclement weather in that area of southern Kansas.

On Sunday the field events will resume at 10 a.m. and track competition at 11 a.m. On the track there are 200 meter girls and boys dash events, and girls and boys 4 x 400 relay events remaining plus some field events before the meet schedule is completed. Stadium gates will open at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.

Junction City had teams entered in the both the girls and boys 4 x 400 relays. JCHS coach Randall Zimmerman said the Blue Jays and Lady Jays would return home Saturday night, and officials would make a decision Sunday morning on what time that they would return with the relay teams. Should there be stormy weather in the Wichita area Sunday morning they could make a decision not to return.

For Chapman Mitchell Tiller was competing in the pole vault and the 4 x 400 relay team was scheduled to compete Saturday evening. Coach Michelle Elliott confirmed that some athletes had traveled home with parents after their events were done, but the others would remain overnight so that they could finish their events on Sunday. That included six athletes plus coaches.

SATURDAY UPDATE:

Junction City girls:

300 Hurdles — Keiana Newman, 2nd, 45.82

Shot Put – Savannah Adams, 3rd 40’3.50″

Shot Put — Sherrie Jones, 5th, 39’10.75

Triple Jump — Jayda Harris, 15th, 31’00.75

100 Hurdles — Keiana Newman, 1st, 14.85

 

Junction City boys:

800 Meters — Juan Tovar, 6th, 1:59.45

Shot Put — Antonio Cooper, 7th, 47’11.75″

400 Meters — Marcello Bussey, 11th, 51.92

High Jump — Chaz Ruffin, 3-way tie for 6th, 6″00

110 Hurdles — Javontez Brime, 12th, 16.25

4 x 100 Relay -Junction City, 6th, 43.51

The Junction City Blue Jays are currently tied for 18th in the 6A team standings with Olathe South and Lawrence Free State. The Lady Jays are in 7th place with 31 points.

Chapman girls:

Triple Jump — McKenna Kirkpatrick, 1st, 35’8.75″

300 Meter Hurdles — Shannon Anderson, 15th, 52.72

4 x 100 Relay — Chapman 16th, 56.19

Discus Throw — Macy Bliss, 15th, 96’4″

1600 meters – Taylor Briggs, 1st, 5:06.18

Shot Put — Macy Bliss, 12th, 32’00.75″

High Jump — Peyton Suther, 9th, 5’00

3200 Meter Run – Taylor Briggs, 1st, 11:10.31

Long Jump – McKenna Kirkpatrick, 7th, 15’10.75

 

Chapman boys:

Discus — Kel Stroud, 10th, 134’3″

Discus — Dalton Harvey, 14th, 120’10”

800 Meters — Aaron Modrow, 15th, 2:15.67

1600 Meters — Aaron Modrow, 1st, 4:34.31

4 x 800 Relay – Chapman, 3rd, 8:20.18

3200 Meter Run — Aaron Modrow, 1st, 9:49.25

 

Wakefield boys:

3200 Meters — Dalton Murray, 10th, 10:44.53

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Lightning and thunderstorms wiped out most of the State Track Meet on Friday in Wichita. There was some competition in preliminary events in Classes 1A, 2A and 3A and plans to have the 3200 neter runs in Classes 4A, 5A and 6A on Friday evening. The rest of the meet will resume on Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. at Cessna Stadium.

Junction City did not have any athletes compete on Friday.

JCHS coach Randall Zimmerman said there were lightning and rain delays on Friday. The plan is to run all events on Saturday as finals only. “All field events that were not completed on Friday will be inserted into Saturday’s schedule. there’s only four jumps and four throws in all field events. On-track events are scheduled to be finals only with two heats of everything. They’re just condensing the meet.”

The new arrangement could make for a long day of track and field at the state meet on Saturday. Zimmerman said it will be a much longer day. We’re expected to be late in the evening on Saturday. “Further delays with the possibility of rain early Saturday evening in Wichita could make it a late evening meet before it ends.

JC Post will provide coverage on Saturday of Junction CIty and area athletes, along 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK AM.

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The State Track Meet has been hampered by rain and lightning problems on Friday.

The meet was delayed Friday morning for about two hours and 45 minutes. Then there was some competition in Class 1A -2A-3A in the preliminaries. Then more inclement weather arrived and the meet was delayed until 4:30 p.m. It is unclear what the meet schedule might be after that time.

No one from Junction City or Chapman has competed yet.

JCHS coach Randall Zimmerman confirmed the team has spent much of the day sitting under a canopy or when Cessna Stadium was cleared due to lightning in their team vans. The competition in Classes 4A, 5A and 6A has not yet begun.

 

 

A member of the 2019 Junction City Lady Jay softball team, Adrianna Mullins, has received All Centennial League Honorable Mention.

Mullins was a senior at JCHS this past school year.

It’s time for State Track and Field.

The Junction City High School program will have 17 athletes competing at the state meet in Wichita Friday and Saturday.

JCHS coach Randall Zimmerman noted there are some young athletes from Junction City that will get some experience, and some other veterans who will be competing. “Kiana Newman is going in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles and the 4 x 400 ( relay ).  She’s won a handful of state championships already. She’s in pretty good position, she’s got to run her races when she gets down there.”

Javontez Brime will compete on the boys side in the hurdles, and Juan Tovar will run in the 800 meters. On the girls side Savannah Adams and Sherrie Jones will compete in the shot put and Adams will also throw the discus.

JC Post plus 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK will keep you updated on the progress of the Junction City and other area athletes beginning about 2:35 Friday afternoon, and continuing through the remainder of the afternoon and evening, and all day on Saturday.

The Junction City Blue Jay boys baseball team fell to Washburn Rural in Topeka by the scores of 8-0 and 4-3. The Blue Jays fell to 10-8 on the season.

They will play Liberal in a Class 6A Regional Tournament at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Haysville Campus in the Wichita area.

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Lady Jay softball was swept by Topeka West at Cleary Park 14-2 in five innings and 20-5 in four innings. Junction City is 4-14 on the season.

The Lady Jays will Topeka High in Class 6A Regional Tournament next Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Hummer Sports Park in the capitol city.

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According to Blue Jay Athletics Twitter, Junction City Lady Jay team defeated Highland Park 3-1 at the Al Simpler Stadium,

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JCHS senior Kody Westerhaus went 0-2 in singles play at the Class 6A State Tennis Tournament in Olathe. He lost to Blake Eason of Shawnee Mission East 6-1, 6-0 and to Amrith Samuel of Olathe North 9-3. Westerhaus had qualified for state by finishing fifth in a Class 6A Regional last week.

 

 

 

The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team fell to Great Bend 1-0 Thursday evening.

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Lady Jay softball hosts Topeka West Friday in a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. at Cleary Park. You can hear the first game of the doubleheader on 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK AM. It will be both Senior Night for the Lady Jays and Strike Out Cancer Night.

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Blue Jay baseball is scheduled to play a doubleheader at Washburn Rural beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday.

 

The Junction City Blue Jays will meet Liberal in the first round of a Class 6A Regional baseball tournament next Wednesday, may 15th at 3:30 p.m. at Wichita-Haysville Campus.

There will be a play-in game for that tournament between Topeka High and Wichita Southeast on Monday in Topeka. The winner will advance to meet the top seed, Haysville Campus, 16-1, on Wednesday 2 p.m. The championship game of the tournament will be played at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Haysville Campus.

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The Junction City Lady Jay softball team ( 4-12 ) meets Topeka High ( 14-3 ) in the first round of a Class 6A softball substate tournament at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka. The other half of the bracket finds Garden City playing Wichita South. The championship game is scheduled at 6 p.m. Thursday at Hummer Sports Park.