Seven Junction City Blue Jays are competing in the Class 6A State Wrestling Tournament in at Hartman Arena, Park City, KS.  We’ll keep you updated with the results  throughout the tournament here at jcpost.com.

126 Pounds

• Cons. Round 3 – Xavier Sisco (Derby) 18-8 won by major decision over Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 24-13 (MD 13-5)

• Cons. Round 2 – Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 24-12 won by fall over Edwin Estrada (Dodge City) 18-19 (Fall 4:14)

• Quarterfinal – Austin Jenkins (Topeka-Washburn Rural) 22-8 won by decision over Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 23-12 (Dec 6-4)

• Champ. Round 1 – Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 23-11 won by decision over Luke Gawlick (BV Northwest) 33-19 (Dec 9-6 )

132 Pounds

• 5th Place Match – Max Bazan (Junction City) 37-9 won by decision over Rocky Sisco (Wichita-South) 18-5 (Dec 10-3)

• Cons. Semi – Kaj Perez (Garden City) 31-16 won by decision over Max Bazan (Junction City) 36-9 (Dec 3-1)

• Semifinal – Gunnar Murray (Topeka-Washburn Rural) 26-1 won in sudden victory – 1 over Max Bazan (Junction City) 36-8 (SV-1 3-1)

• Quarterfinal – Max Bazan (Junction City) 36-7 won by decision over Garrett Edwards (Dodge City) 27-10 (Dec 7-3)

• Champ. Round 1 – Max Bazan (Junction City) 35-7 won by fall over Vlad Honc (OL Northwest) 15-18 (Fall )

138 Pounds

• 5th Place Match – Abraham Sanchez (Manhattan) 20-8 won by decision over Logan Roether (Junction City) 29-17 (Dec 5-1)
• Cons. Semi – Brooks Rockey (BV Northwest) 41-10 won by decision over Logan Roether (Junction City) 29-16 (Dec 6-2)

• Semifinal – Jevon Parrish (Olathe North) 51-2 won by major decision over Logan Roether (Junction City) 29-15 (MD 17-3)
• Quarterfinal – Logan Roether (Junction City) 29-14 won in the ultimate tie breaker over Jared Hailey (BV North) 14-11 (UTB 7-5)

• Champ. Round 1 – Logan Roether (Junction City) 28-14 won by decision over Brooks Rockey (BV Northwest) 37-10 (Dec 8-7)

152 Pounds

• Cons. Round 1 – John Gorman (SM East) 20-16 won by fall over Russell Wilkey (Junction City) 16-18 (Fall 4:16)

• Champ. Round 1 – Kavian Kalantari (OL Northwest) 16-3 won by fall over Russell Wilkey (Junction City) 16-17 (Fall 5-12 )

170 Pounds

• Cons. Round 1 – Philip Landrum (Wichita-South) 33-10 won by fall over Sadiki Smith (Junction City) 26-17 (Fall 2:19)

• Champ. Round 1 – Garrett Parks (BV Northwest) 37-8 won by fall over Sadiki Smith (Junction City) 26-16 (Fall 3:08 )

182 Pounds

• 3rd Place Match – Bryce Westmoreland (Derby) 35-13 won by decision over Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 35-12 (Dec 5-2)

• Cons. Semi – Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 35-11 won in tie breaker – 1 over Clarence Miller (SM East) 31-18 (TB-1 5-4)

• Cons. Round 3 – Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 34-11 won by fall over Mitchell Bartsch (Blue Valley) 23-16 (Fall 0:49)

• Cons. Round 2 – Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 33-11 won in sudden victory – 1 over Jonathan Fernandez (Garden City) 7-8 (SV-1 7-5)

• Quarterfinal – Riley Smith (Hutchinson) 27-7 won by decision over Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 32-11 (Dec 7-3)

• Champ. Round 1 – Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 32-10 won by fall over Brandon Medina (OL Northwest) 24-12 (Fall 0:46 )

220 Pounds

• Cons. Round 3 – Josh Cruz (BV Northwest) 39-6 won by fall over Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 27-14 (Fall 4:01)

• Cons. Round 2 – Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 27-13 won by decision over Jordan Baker (Olathe North) 21-23 (Dec 7-1)

• Quarterfinal – Josh Carter (Wichita-Northwest) 24-12 won by fall over Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 26-13 (Fall 5:56)

• Champ. Round 1 – Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 26-12 won by decision over Jacob Petree (BV North) 25-13 (Dec 7-1)

Final Team Scores:

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Trae Young scored 27 points to help Oklahoma top Kansas State 86-77 on Saturday and end its six-game losing streak.

Young, the freshman point guard who leads the nation in scoring, was coming off a season-low 11 points in a loss to Kansas earlier in the week. He bounced back by making 7 of 10 shots from the field, including 6 of 9 3-pointers.

Oklahoma hadn’t won a game since Jan. 30 and had dropped two straight at home.

Kansas State handled Young in the first meeting and forced him into 12 turnovers as the Wildcats rolled past the Sooners 87-69 on Jan. 16. In the rematch, Young had five turnovers, though two came well after the Sooners had the game in hand.

Christian James scored 15 points and Brady Manek and Jamuni McNeace each added 10 for the Sooners (17-11, 7-9 Big 12), who shot 53 percent from the field overall and 62 percent in the second half.

Barry Brown scored 28 points and Dean Wade added 15 points and 11 rebounds for Kansas State (20-9, 9-7). The Wildcats made just 4 of 21 3-pointers.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State used a late 16-4 scoring run to end the game, including 14 from junior guard Barry Brown Jr., during the span, to secure the 29^th 20-win season in program history, defeating Texas, 58-48, in front of 8,623 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday night.

The victory marked the fourth time in the last six seasons that the Wildcats (20-8, 9-6 Big 12) has reached 20 wins under head coach Bruce Weber. The team has now posted 10 20-win seasons in the last 12 seasons.

Brown led all scorers with 16 points, including 14 in the last 4:49 of the game, on 5-of-10 from the field and 5-of-7 from the free throw line. He was joined in double figures by fellow juniorDean Wade, who scored 13 points on 5-of-12 field goals, and redshirt freshman guard Cartier Diarra, who added 12 points. The team is now 8-2 when Diarra registers double figures this season with six of those coming in the last 13 games.

K-State ran its winning to a series-best four games over Texas (16-12, 6-9 Big 12) and swept the season series for the second consecutive season.

On defense, the Wildcats held the Longhorns to just 48 points on a season-low 28.6 percent (16-of-56) from the field, including just 18.8 percent (6-of-32) in the second half, and their second-lowest point total of the season. The team also recorded a season-high 7 blocks, including a career-high 4 rejections from Wade.

Freshman guard Matt Coleman led the Longhorns with 14 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

K-State recorded its first four points from jumpers in the paint from sophomore forward Makol Mawien and redshirt freshman guard Cartier Diarra. After scoring their first four points in the paint to open up the contest, Diarra found leading scorer, Wade, for an open 3-pointer to open up a 7-3 opening lead for the Wildcats.

After Texas tied it up at seven-a-piece just four minutes into the game, the Wildcat defense came through with a stop, when sophomore forward Xavier Sneed blocked the Longhorns’ shot, forcing them into a shot clock violation. The defensive stand helped hold the Longhorns scoreless for 3:28.

However, Texas would bounce back with a 6-0 run behind a Dylan Osetkowski jumper to give the Longhorns a 16-11 lead with 9:18 remaining in the half.

In the first half alone, the game saw seven lead changes and five ties as the teams battled to gain an advantage. With 4:37 remaining in the half, K-State took back possession of the lead with a deep 3-pointer from Sneed to bring the score to 24-21.

Late in the first half the aggressive play by Texas led to foul trouble, as the team hit the bonus with just under three minutes remaining. Throughout the half, K-State cashed in on its chances, hitting 77.7 percent (7-of-9) from the free throw stripe in the half.

Just before the buzzer, the Longhorns tied the game up at 25 after Kerwin Roach II was fouled on a last-second shot from beyond the arc. Roach went on to knock down 2-of-3 free throws to knot it up at 25.

In a tightly contested first half, both teams entered the break tied at 25-25. Diarra led the way with 8 points at the break, as the Wildcats shot just 28.5 percent (8-of-28) from the field in the half. The Wildcats also used the glass as an advantage, out-rebounding the Longhorns, 20-17.

In the second half, K-State went back to the paint to get its scoring started, as the Wildcats scored their first six points of the half around the basket. The team gained momentum after Diarra corralled a defensive rebound and passed the ball up the court to Wade, found Sneed with a lob for an alley-oop, which brought the score to 31-27 with 17:30 remaining.

Defensively, the Wildcats did a good job protecting the rim, totaling a season-high 7 blocks in the game, including one from Wade in the second half that helped K-State force the Longhorns into an 0-7 drought. The drought spanned 2:47, as they upped their lead to 33-28.

With 6:01 remaining in the game, Texas tied the game back up at 40-40 following a pair of free throws from freshman Matt Coleman. In the second half, it was the Wildcats who were faced with foul trouble, as K-State tallied nine fouls with five minutes remaining.

Tied at 44-44, Brown drove the lane and drew contact while connecting on the layup to setup the and-one. After converting the free-throw, K-State held a narrow 47-44 lead with 4:16remaining.

After the Brown conversion, the Wildcats carried out a 11-0 run behind five free-throws to expand their lead to 53-44. Over that span, K-State held Texas to 1-of-9 from the field, including a scoring drought of 3:38.

Brown helped cap off a strong showing down the stretch, as he accounted for the final 5 points for the Wildcats to bring the final of 58-48. Brown led all scorers in the game with 16 points on 5-of-10 from the field and was joined in double-digits by Wade (13) and Diarra (12).

As a team, K-State shot 41.7 percent (20-of-48) from the field and connected on 15-of-21 from the free throw line. Defensively, the Wildcats held strong by holding the Longhorns to 28.6 percent (16-of-56) from the field, including just 11.1 percent (2-of-18) from 3-point range.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Barry Brown, Jr. – The junior guard led the game with a game-high 16 points on 5-of-10 from the floor and 5-of-7 from the free throw line. 14 of Brown’s 16 points came in the final five minutes of play, as he led the Wildcats to a 16-4 scoring run to close out the game. Brown’s double-digit scoring effort marks the 21^st time he has scored in double-digits this season and 55^thof his career.

TOM GILBERT
Associate Director for Athletics Communications | K-State Athletics

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State football will host its annual coaching clinic at the Vanier Family Football Complex and Bill Snyder Family Stadium April 13-14, providing coaching staffs with the resources to develop as a coach and mentor to young student-athletes.

Open to coaching staffs of all levels from youth league to community college, the clinic provides participants the opportunity to observe two Wildcat team practices, presentations by all K-State coaches, as well as drill demonstration and breakout sessions with the Wildcat coaching staff.

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder, a 2015 College Football Hall of Fame inductee, will speak to the group on two occasions in addition to presentations from Wildcat coordinators on offense, defense and special teams.

Registration is $45 per coach if completed prior to April 1 and $55 per coach thereafter. For more information, including clinic schedules and order forms, visit www.kansasstatefootballcamps.com, contact Kacey Harper at 785-532-5876 or email footballcamps@kstatesports.com.

Following an 8-5 campaign in 2017 – which featured wins in five of its last six games and a Cactus Bowl victory – Kansas State begins spring practice on March 28, with the Purple/White Spring Game set for April 21.

Season tickets for the seven-game 2018 home slate will go on sale on March 1. Details will be announced in the coming weeks.

– k-statesports.com –

RYAN LACKEY
Asst. Director/Athletics Communications | K-State Athletics

On Tuesday night the Junction City Stone Cold Foxes Roller Derby team conducted an intrasquad scrimmage. roller derby. The scrimmage took place at Spin City in Junction City. The final score red team 178 black team 66.