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Chapman Varsity Track at Marion

Girls Results:
Lindsey Anderson – 3rd 800M 2:33.85, 4th 1600M 5:57.96
Taylor Briggs – 1st 800M 2:30.38, 2nd 1600M 5:39.86, 1st 3200M 12:11.41
Madeline Elliott – 4th 3200M 13:57.53
McKenna Kirkpatrick – 2nd 400M 1:05.41, 2nd Triple Jump 34’ 9″
4×800 (Madison Smith, McKenna Kirkpatrick, Madeline Elliott, Lindsey Anderson) – 1st 11:02.8
Team Finish – 3rd

Boys Results:
Shaun Blocker – 1st 400M 51.41
Aaron Modrow – 3rd 1600M 4:50.82, 2nd 3200M 10:38.71
Mitchell Tiller – 1st Pole Vault 12’, 3rd Javelin 147’ 5″
Anthony Wasylk – 5th 800M 2:11.03
Malik Watkins – 6th 100M 11.72, 4th 200M 23.74, 6th High Jump 5’ 6″
4×800 (Shaun Blocker, James Butler, Aaron Modrow, Anthony Wasylk) – 3rd 9:07.36
Team Finish – 5th

Wakefield Results at Bennington Invitational

Wakefield Boy’s and Girl’s results from the Bennington Invitational Track Meet held in Bennington, Ks. on Thursday April 5, 2018

 

Teams competing:  Bennington, Canton-Galva, Classical School-Wichita,  Clifton-Clyde, Ell-Saline, Herrington, Lincoln, Minneapolis, Salina Christian, St. John’s-Beloit, Rock Hills, Tescott, Wakefield, and Wilson.

 

Boy’s Results:

 

Pole Vault                     4th Place              Dalton Murray              9’-06”

 

200 M. Dash                 5th Place              Sammy Finnegan          24.67

                                  6th Place              Justin Carver                24.99

                                   

400 M. Run                  6th Place              Kevin Jackson               57.18

 

3200 M. Run                4th Place              Dalton Murray              11:26.36

 

Boy’s Team Results:

 

1st Place     Bennington                       134 Points

2nd Place     Beloit-St. John’s                106 Points

3rd Place     Ell-Saline                            80 Points

4th Place     Mankato-Rock Hills              70 Points

5th Place     Clifton/Clyde                       50 Points

6th Place     Classical School of Wichita   38 Points

7th Place     Minneapolis                        31 Points

8th Place     Wakefield                           13 Points

9th Place     Wilson                                11 Points

10th Place   Lincoln                                 8 Points

10th Place   Canton-Galva                        7 Points

11th Place   Herington                             7 Points

12th Place   Tescott                                 3 Points

 

Girl’s Results:

 

Shot Put                       6th Place              Shawna Trumpp           31’-00 ¼”

 

3200 Meter Run            4th Place              Kelly Flickenger             14:21.88

 

 

4 x 100 M. Relay           6th Place              Jadyn Pickering            59.17

                                                             Isabelle French

                                                             Destiny Wickersham

                                                             Te’a Copenhaver

 

                                                              

Girl’s Team Results:

 

1st Place     Bennington                             100 Points

2nd Place     Minneapolis                             88 Points

3rd Place     Hope                                      70 Points

4th Place     Clifton/Clyde                            59 Points

5th Place     Herington                                56 Points

6th Place     Lincoln                                    48 Points

7th Place     Canton/Galva.                          42 Points

8th Place     Beloit/St. John’s                       36 Points

9th Place     Ell-Saline                                 23 Points

10th Place   Mankato/Rock Hills                   13 Points

11th Place   Tescott                                    10 Points

12th Place   Wilson                                      7 Points

13th Place   Wakefield                                  6 Points

 

Coach Braden, “Today I was pleased with the effort of several Bombers.  Sophomore Dalton Murray competed well in the pole vault and the 3200.  Seniors Justin Carver and Sammy Finnegan scored points for us in the 200 meter dash.  Junior Kevin Jackson had a 6th place finish in the open 400 and was our fastest leg on the Bomber boy’s 4 x 400 meter relay.  Junior Shawna Trumpp scored for the Lady Bombers in the shot put.  Freshman Kelly Flickenger ran a great race and scored for us in the 3200 meter run and the Lady Bomber 4 x 100 meter relay team of freshman Jadyn Pickering, sophomores Destiny Wickersham and Te’a Copenhaver and junior Isabelle French scored a 6th place finish for Wakefield today.”

 

Next Friday the Bombers get up bright and early to travel to Wichita for the 2018 Shocker Pre-State Challenge.           

 

Coach Ladd Braden

JCHS Track Teams Compete in Maize Invitational

The Junction City Lady Jays scored 122 points to finish second out of 11 teams and the Blue Jay boys 57 points to finish fourth out of 12 teams in the Maize Invitational track meet on Thursday.

For the Lady Jays Hannah Reynolds finished second in the discus with a throw of 114’2″ and Savannah Adams fifth with a throw of 93’11.” In  the shotput Adams finished fifth at 35’5″ while Reynolds was sixth at 35’2.”

Keiana Newman won the 300 meter hurdles in 48.08 and the 100 meter hurdles in 15.42. Lyric Holman won the 200 meters in 26.37 and the 100 meter dash in 12.37. Tiara Smith finished fourth in the 200 meters in 27.43.

For the Blue Jay boys Juan Tovar finished fourth in the 3200 meters in 10:36.64 and fourth in the 800 meters in 2:06.47. Javontez Brime captured fifth in the 110 meter hurdles in 15.89 and sixth in the 300 meter hurdles in 43.32 while Jamarcus Plato was second in the 300 meter hurdles in 41.41. Ian Sanchez finished fourth in the 200 meters in 23.43, Lucio Norris sixth in the 400 meters in 59.86 and Allen Romero eighth in the 400 meters 53.57

Blue Jays Win 11 of 12 Matches

The Blue Jay varsity tennis team played Thursday afternoon in the rescheduled Highland Park Quadrangular. Teams competing in the event were Shawnee Heights, Highland Park and Topeka West. The Blue Jay tennis team saw a lot of success on the day as they won 11 of the 12 matches.

In the first round against Shawnee Heights, the Blue Jays won all four matches. Kody Westerhaus and Yuno Fernandez won the singles events. Teaming up in doubles were Mason Richards and Luke Craft at the top doubles spot and Nolan Rothfuss and Aaron Reutzel at the second doubles spot.

The Blue Jays repeated their sweep in matches against Highland Park as Westerhaus and Craft won both singles events. Richards and Rothfuss teamed up to win doubles at the top spot and Reutzel and Fernandez won the other doubles spot.

In the final round, the Blue Jay tennis team won three of the four matches against Topeka West. Each of the matches was closely contested with Richards winning the top singles spot 8-6, Rothfuss and Craft winning the top doubles spot 8-6, Westerhaus and Fernandez winning their doubles match 8-5 and Reutzel dropping a tight match 8-6.

The Blue Jays next play on Tuesday, April 10 in Manhattan.

Lady Jay Soccer Defeats Highland Park

The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team defeated Highland Park 3-0 Thursday at Al Simpler Stadium.

JCHS Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus reported on his Blue Jay Athletics twitter feed that with the win the Lady Jays improved to 4-2 on the season.

Their next match is at home on Monday against Hays.

Lady Jays Fall to Hayden

The Hayden Wildcats ( 2-4 ) defeated the Junction City Lady Jay softball team 11-1 in five innings and 5-1 in a doubleheader at Cleary Field Thursday evening.

Lady Jay Head Coach Aaron Craig saw his team improve from game one to game two. Referring to puzzles Craig noted each person does a puzzle their own way. He noted the point of that is that every player is different. “But once they come together and starting the putting pieces together as consistently as a group and find a way to co-exist with their differences this group has the potential to do some good things.”

Junction City ( 0-6 ) plays in Topeka against the Topeka High Trojans next Friday.

Lady Jay Soccer Wins

The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team defeated Wichita Independent 2-1 in overtime Wednesday evening at Al Simpler Stadium.

According to JCHS Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus Mindy Lechuga put in the match winning goal with five minutes left in the first overtime. It was her second goal of the night.

Blue Jays Sweep Garden City in Baseball

The Junction City Blue Jays defeated the Garden City Buffaloes 11-1 in game one of a doubleheader at Rathert Field on Wednesday. Thane McDaniel pitched a complete game for the Blue Jays.

In game two Junction City rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to win 14-4. Ashton Wiegand came into the game after the Blue Jays fell behind and pitched the rest of the way for Junction City. The Blue Jays are now 4-0 on the season.

The doubleheader was a make up from two earlier game dates that had to be rescheduled due to cold weather.

The Junction City Lady Jay softball team hosts Hayden in a doubleheader on Thursday at Cleary Field. The first game begins at 4 p.m. That game will be broadcast on the 1420 KJCK AM.

Royals Postponed!

The baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers in Detroit has been postponed due to cold weather.

The teams will make it up as part of a day-night doubleheader on April 20th. The first game will begin at 12:10 p.m. and the second game at 6:10 p.m.

K-State’s Wainright charged, suspended from team

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State junior guard Amaad Wainright is suspended from the Wildcats basketball team after being charged when someone allegedly fired shots from his car in January.

Wainright -photo Johnson Co.

The U.S. Marshals Service says Wainright was arrested Tuesday in Kansas City. He is charged with obstruction, and fleeing and eluding.

The charges stem from an incident Jan. 17 in Overland Park, Kansas. Police said a passenger in Wainright’s car fired a handgun into another car in a possible road rage incident. No one was injured and no one was arrested at the time.

Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor says Wainright has been suspended indefinitely. His status will be re-evaluated after the investigation is complete.

Wainright a junior guard, didn’t respond to an email to his student account Tuesday.

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