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Junction City Blue Jay Class 6A Final Regional Results

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Junction Blue Jay wrestlers will be competing in the Regional Tournament Friday and Saturday at Wichita South High School. We will update the results on this page throughout the tournament.

113  Pounds

  • Cons. Round 2 – Tate Sauder (Manhattan) 22-13 won by decision over Blayne Danford (Junction City) 12-14 (Dec 3-0)
  • Cons. Round 1 – Blayne Danford (Junction City) 12-13 received a bye (Bye)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Ethan Hill (Derby) 21-14 won by fall over Blayne Danford (Junction City) 12-13 (Fall 0:47)

120 Pounds

  • Cons. Round 2 – Hao Dang (Wichita-East) 5-4 won by decision over Zane Thornton (Junction City) 18-15 (Dec 5-2)
  •  Quarterfinal – Diago Hernandez (Garden City) 23-7 won by fall over Zane Thornton (Junction City) 18-14 (Fall 5:30)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Zane Thornton (Junction City) 18-13 won by fall over Ivan Nunez (Wichita-South) 9-9 (Fall 5:57)

126 Pounds

  • 5th Place Match – Edwin Estrada (Dodge City) 17-17 won by decision over Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 22-11 (Dec 10-6)
  • Cons. Semi – Izaiah Delvalle (Hutchinson) 32-8 won by fall over Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 22-10 (Fall 2:48)
  • Cons. Round 3 – Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 22-9 won by major decision over Marccus Wallace (Manhattan) 7-19 (MD 16-5)
  • Cons. Round 2 – Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 21-9 won by fall over Michael Kelty (Wichita-Southeast) 11-13 (Fall 2:54)
  • Quarterfinal – Xavier Sisco (Derby) 14-5 won by decision over Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 20-9 (Dec 8-6)
  • Matthew Whitton (Junction City) 20-8 won by fall over Edwin Estrada (Dodge City) 14-16 (Fall 3:42)

132

  • 3rd Place Match – Max Bazan (Junction City) 34-7 won by decision over Rocky Sisco (Wichita-South) 16-2 (Dec 7-5)
  • Cons. Semi – Max Bazan (Junction City) 33-7 won by decision over Nathan Bowen (Haysville-Campus) 32-14 (Dec 6-4)
  • Semifinal – Gunnar Murray (Topeka-Washburn Rural) 22-1 won by decision over Max Bazan (Junction City) 32-7 (Dec 7-2)
  • Quarterfinal – Max Bazan (Junction City) 32-6 won by decision over Kaj Perez (Garden City) 25-13 (Dec 7-2)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Max Bazan (Junction City) 31-6 won by fall over Sam Tarbox (Hutchinson) 11-17 (Fall 3:29)

138 Pounds

  • 5th Place Match – Andrew Garcia (Garden City) 18-15 won by fall over Logan Roether (Junction City) 27-14 (Fall 4:38)
  • Cons. Semi – Alec McCuan (Haysville-Campus) 11-3 won by decision over Logan Roether (Junction City) 27-13 (Dec 7-4)
  • Cons. Round 3 – Logan Roether (Junction City) 27-12 won by decision over Cooper Ross (Derby) 2-2 (Dec 3-1)
  • Cons. Round 2 – Logan Roether (Junction City) 26-12 won by fall over Cole Curry (Wichita-East) 7-13 (Fall 5:53)
  • Quarterfinal – Abraham Sanchez (Manhattan) 15-4 won by decision over Logan Roether (Junction City) 25-12 (Dec 5-4)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Logan Roether (Junction City) 25-11 won by decision over Nick Wells (Wichita-North) 11-10 (Dec 10-6)

145 Pounds

  • Cons. Round 2 – Jaden Evans (Wichita-East) 31-11 won by decision over CJ Neuman (Junction City) 24-10 (Dec 8-2)
  • Quarterfinal – Elijah Jacobs (Lawrence-Free State) 31-8 won by decision over CJ Neuman (Junction City) 24-9 (Dec 3-0)
  • Champ. Round 1 – CJ Neuman (Junction City) 24-8 won by decision over Daron Island-Jones (Manhattan) 18-18 (Dec 8-4)

152 Pounds

  • 7th Place Match – Russell Wilkey (Junction City) 16-16 won by decision over Braydon Hoover (Wichita-Northwest) 22-11 (Dec 4-3)
  • Cons. Round 3 – Weston Moon (Dodge City) 23-19 won by decision over Russell Wilkey (Junction City) 15-16 (Dec 4-3)
  • Cons. Round 2 – Russell Wilkey (Junction City) 15-15 won by decision over Jacob Alcantar (Wichita-North) 14-13 (Dec 6-1)
  • Quarterfinal – Dalton Sparling (Topeka-Washburn Rural) 13-12 won by fall over Russell Wilkey (Junction City) 14-15 (Fall 4:52)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Russell Wilkey (Junction City) 14-14 won by major decision over Braydon Hoover (Wichita-Northwest) 20-9 (MD 11-2)

160 Pounds

  • Cons. Round 2 – Dakota Mitchell (Haysville-Campus) 31-17 won by decision over Elias Robinson (Junction City) 8-21 (Dec 4-1)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Caemen Blake (Topeka) 27-9 won by fall over Elias Robinson (Junction City) 7-20 (Fall 2:20)

170 Pounds

  • 7th Place Match – Sadiki Smith (Junction City) 26-15 won by fall over Jesse Fallier (Wichita-Northwest) 12-24 (Fall 2:42)
  • Cons. Round 3 – Quincy Saddler (Manhattan) 19-9 won by fall over Sadiki Smith (Junction City) 25-15 (Fall 5:59)
  • Cons. Round 2 – Sadiki Smith (Junction City) 25-14 won by decision over Tayton Jenkins (Wichita-North) 12-10 (Dec 5-3)
  • Quarterfinal – Brycen Schroeder (Haysville-Campus) 34-7 won by fall over Sadiki Smith (Junction City) 24-14 (Fall 1:28)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Sadiki Smith (Junction City) 24-13 won in sudden victory – 1 over Jesse Fallier (Wichita-Northwest) 11-22 (SV-1 12-10)182

182 Pounds

  • 5th Place Match – Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 31-10 won by fall over Jonathan Fernandez (Garden City) 6-6 (Fall 1:59)
  • Cons. Semi – Drake Graybeal (Topeka-Washburn Rural) 15-12 won by fall over Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 30-10 (Fall 2:44)
  • Semifinal – Riley Smith (Hutchinson) 24-7 won by decision over Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 30-9 (Dec 12-11)
  • Quarterfinal – Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 30-8 won by fall over Jonathan Fernandez (Garden City) 4-4 (Fall 2:26)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Terrance Adeleye (Junction City) 29-8 won by fall over Mason Ross (Wichita-Northwest) 25-8 (Fall 1:03)

195 Pounds

  • Cons. Round 2 – Tyler Allen (Derby) 2-1 won by major decision over Arturo Chavez (Junction City) 11-18 (MD 13-3)
  • Quarterfinal – Gavin Carter (Topeka-Washburn Rural) 24-2 won by tech fall over Arturo Chavez (Junction City) 11-17 (TF-1.5 2:19 (19-4))
  • Champ. Round 1 – Arturo Chavez (Junction City) 11-16 received a bye () (Bye)

220 Pounds

  • 5th Place Match – Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 25-12 won by decision over Cody Terrell (Dodge City) 22-17 (Dec 6-1)
  • Cons. Semi – Andrew Davis (Topeka-Washburn Rural) 23-11 won by fall over Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 24-12 (Fall 5:30)
  • Cons. Round 3 – Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 24-11 won by decision over Nik Self (Derby) 23-17 (Dec 7-6)
  • Cons. Round 2 – Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 23-11 won by major decision over Jose Lopez (Wichita-North) 8-11 (MD 13-3)
  • Quarterfinal – Payton Collins (Wichita-South) 33-9 won by major decision over Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 22-11 (MD 13-3)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Kenson Henderson (Junction City) 22-10 won by fall over Joss Jones (Wichita-Southeast) 8-15 (Fall 2:22)

285 Pounds

  • Cons. Round 2 – Refugio Chairez (Garden City) 23-9 won by fall over Matt Wienke (Junction City) 13-16 (Fall 2:37)
  • Cons. Round 1 – Matt Wienke (Junction City) 13-15 received a bye (Bye)
  • Champ. Round 1 – Steehl Limon (Hutchinson) 23-12 won by fall over Matt Wienke (Junction City) 13-15 (Fall 1:36)

Final Team Scores:

  1. 1Derby 212.02
  2. Topeka-Washburn Rural 199.03
  3. Manhattan 187.04
  4. Garden City 168.55
  5. Wichita-South 149.06
  6. Haysville-Campus 141.57
  7. Lawrence-Free State 138.08
  8. Dodge City 125.09
  9. Hutchinson 112.510
  10. Junction City 85.011
  11. Wichita-Northwest 74.012
  12. Wichita-West 47.513
  13. Wichita-Southeast 47.014
  14. Wichita-East 17.015
  15. Wichita-North 11.016
  16. Topeka 10.0

Lady Jays First and Blue Jays Third in Centennial League Bowling

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The Junction City Lady Jays have captured the Centennial League Bowling championship.

The Blue Jay boys finished third out of ten teams in the League Tournament in Manhattan on Wednesday.

JCHS Coach Brad Adams said the Lady jays bowled about 70 pins over average. “Once again some of those other teams that were right next to us, Washburn Rural, they shot a little bit less because the pattern was a little more difficult. The girls did an awesome job today. I couldn’t say anything better.”

For the Blue Jay boys they hadn’t expected to finish as high as third. I guess if you went by averages we were sitting in around that fifth hole. “Our boys bowled average today and everybody else kind of fell off.”

For the boys Tyler Gromlovits finished second in the individual competition, while for the Lady Jays Chloe Lovell captured second place and Taylar Smith finished fourth.

K-State at Oklahoma State Wednesday Evening

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KANSAS STATE (17-8, 6-6 Big 12) at OKLAHOMA STATE (15-10, 5-7 Big 12)

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 >> 6 p.m. CT >> Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611) >> Stillwater, Okla.

 

COACHES

Kansas State: Bruce Weber (Wis.-Milwaukee ’78)

Overall: 430-231/20th season

At K-State: 117-76/6th season

  1. Oklahoma State: 9-5 (1-4 on the road)

Oklahoma State: Mike Boynton (South Carolina ’05)

Career Record: 15-10/1st Year

Record at OSU: 15-10/1st Year

  1. Kansas State: 0-1 (0-0 on the road)

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP

Kansas State (17-8, 6-6 Big 12)

G: #2 Cartier Diarra

G: #5 Barry Brown, Jr.

G: #20 Xavier Sneed

F: #32 Dean Wade

F: #14 Makol Mawien

Oklahoma State (15-10, 5-7 Big 12)

G: #1 Kendall Smith

G: #21 Lindy Waters III

G: #30 Jeffrey Carroll

F: #12 Cameron McGriff

F: #41 Mitchell Solomon

SERIES HISTORY

Overall: K-State leads 79-53

Big 12 era: OSU leads 18-13

In Stillwater: OSU leads 33-25

In Manhattan: K-State leads 40-16

Active Streak: K-State, 1

Weber vs. Oklahoma State: 9-5 (1-4 on the road)

Boynton vs. K-State: 0-1 (0-0 at home)

Weber vs. Boynton: 1-0 (0-0 on the road)

OPENING TIP

  • Kansas State (17-8, 6-6 Big 12) returns to the road on Wednesday night, as the Wildcats travel to Stillwater, Okla., to take on the surging Oklahoma State Cowboys (15-10, 5-7 Big 12) at 6 p.m., CT at Gallagher-Iba Arena. K-State has won just once in the last four outings, including back-to-back home losses, while Oklahoma State has two of the best road wins in the league with victories at Kansas and West Virginia the last two Saturdays. Wednesday’s game will air on ESPNU and the WatchESPN app with Clay Matvick (play-by-play) and Tim Welsh (analyst) on the call.
  • K-State will finish with a split of its last six regular-season games with three at home and three on the road beginning on Wednesday night at Oklahoma State. The Wildcats will host consecutive home games against Iowa State (13-11, 4-8 Big 12) and Texas (15-11, 5-8 Big 12) on Feb. 17 and 21 before back-to-back road games at No. 23/23 Oklahoma (16-8, 6-6 Big 12) and TCU (17-9, 5-8 Big 12) on Feb. 24 and 27 before the regular-season finale against Baylor (16-10, 6-7 Big 12) on March 3. The squad is 6-5 away from Bramlage Coliseum this season, including 5-3 in true road games and 3-3 in Big 12 road contests. The five true road wins tie Kansas for the most of any league team, while K-State is one of four with three or more Big 12 road wins.
  • K-State and Oklahoma State will meet for the second time this season after the Wildcats posted a 86-82 victory at home on Jan. 10, in which, junior guard Barry Brown, Jr., scored a career-high 38 points on 12-of-17 field goals in 36 minutes. Overall, the schools will be meeting for the 133rd time in their respective histories, including the 32nd time in the Big 12 era, with the Wildcats owning a 79-53 edge. The Cowboys hold a 33-25 advantage at home in the series, including wins in 15 of the last 17 meetings at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Wildcats are looking to sweep the season series for the first time since 2012 when round-robin play began.
  • K-State ran into a defensive buzz saw on Saturday night, as No. 7/7 Texas Tech broke open a tightly-contested game with a 13-1 run to start the second half en route to a 66-47 win at Bramlage Coliseum. The victory snapped an eight-game losing streak by the league-leading Red Raiders in Manhattan, as they swept the season series for the first time since round-robin play began in 2012. The Big 12’s top defensive team held the Wildcats to a season-low 47 points on 28.9 percent shooting (13-of-45), including 17.6 percent (3-of-17) from 3-point range, while scoring 18 points off of a season-high 18 Wildcat turnovers. It was the fewest points by K-State at home since 2014 and the fewest in a Big 12 home game since 2006, while the 19-point loss was the largest at home since a 98-71 loss to No. 2 Kansas in 2002.
  • K-State is in the midst of an offensive slump in the last five games, in which, the Wildcats haven’t broken the 70-point barrier and are averaging just 55.4 points on 36.8 percent shooting, including 26.7 percent from 3-point range, while posting 53 assists (10.6 apg.) to 58 turnovers (11.6 tpg.).
  • Despite having two players among the Big 12’s Top 10 in scoring, balanced scoring has been a huge key to K-State’s success under head coach Bruce Weber, as the Wildcats are 50-18 (.735) when four or more players score in double figures, including 9-2 (.818) this season. The team is 6-0 when sophomore Makol Mawien registers double digits, while they are 7-2 when Diarra scores 10 or more points.

NOTES ON OKLAHOMA STATE

  • Oklahoma State enters Wednesday’s game with a 15-10 overall record and a 5-7 mark in Big 12 play after its come-from-behind 88-85 win at No. 19/17 West Virginia  on Saturday. The Cowboys trailed by eight points in the second half, including six in the last three minutes, before rallying down the stretch. All five starters scored in double figures, including 20-point efforts from graduate transfer Kendall Smith and junior Cameron McGriff and 14 points from senior Jeffrey Carroll. OSU shot 46.2 percent from the field, including 53.6 percent in the second half, and knocked down 83.3 percent (30-of-36) from the free throw line.
  • OSU is averaging 77.4 points per game on 44.2 percent shooting, including 33.6 percent from 3-point range, to go with 36.8 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 7.0 steals and 4.1 blocks per game, while allowing opponents 73.1 points per game on 43.2 percent shooting, including 36.0 percent from long range. The Cowboys are averaging 8.0 3-point field goals per game with five players with at least 28 made treys. The team is shooting 76.1 percent from the free throw line, which ranks second in the Big 12.
  • Carroll is one of three Cowboys averaging in double figures, as he averages a team-best 15.4 points per game game (12th in the Big 12) on 39.6 percent shooting, including 33.3 percent from 3-point range, to go with 5.7 rebounds in 30.0 minutes per game. Smith averages 12 points on 41.7 percent shooting, including 39.2 percent from 3-point range, to go with 3.0 assists and 2.6 rebounds in 25.8 minutes per game, while junior Tavarius Shine averages 11.2 points on 43.5 percent shooting, including 32.6 percent from 3-point range, to go with 3.7 rebounds in 25.2 minutes per game. Four others (Lindy Waters, Mitchell Solomon and Cameron McGriff) all average better than 8 points per game, while Carroll (44), sophomore Thomas Dziagwa (41), Waters (32), Smith (29) and Shine (28) all post more than 28 made 3-point field goals this season. Solomon is tops in rebounding at 6.4 per game, while sophomore Brandon Averette averages a team-best 3.3 assists per game to go with 7.6 points.
  • Oklahoma State is led by head coach Mike Boynton, who is in his first season after serving as assistant coach last season. A former assistant to former K-State head coach Frank Martin at South Carolina from 2008-13, he has been an assistant for 12 years at six different schools (Furman, Coastal Carolina, Wofford, South Carolina, Stephen F. Austin and Oklahoma State).

SERIES HISTORY

  • This will be 133rd meeting between Kansas State and Oklahoma State on the hardwood, including the 32nd in the Big 12 era, with the Wildcats holding a 79-53 advantage in a series that dates to 1922. The 79 wins are the seventh-most against one team, while the two schools have met at least once a year every season since 1958. The Cowboys own a 33-25 advantage at home, including 15 wins in the last 17 meetings at Gallagher-Iba Arena since 1994. OSU has an 18-13 advantage since the start of Big 12 play in 1997, including a 12-2 record at home.
  • In the last matchup in Stillwater, then sophomore guard Barry Brown, Jr., paced a potent K-State offense with a then career-best 22 points, as the Wildcats earned their first win at Gallagher-Iba Arena since 2012 with a 96-88 win over Oklahoma State in the last meeting between the schools on Jan. 18 in Stillwater. The 96 points were the most scored in a Big 12 road game in school history and the most since posting 101 in an overtime win at Oklahoma on March 2, 1991. Overall, the point total was the ninth-most recorded by the Wildcats in a road contest and the most-ever against OSU.
  • The Wildcats took the lead for good after a 3-point play from senior D.J. Johnson with 13:49 remaining. The Cowboys would close to within 80-76 at the 5:02 mark on a pair of free throws from junior Mitchell Solomon, however, a Brown layup just 30 seconds later ignited a 10-3 run to close out the victory. Brown paced five players in double figures with his 22 points on 9-of-17 field goals, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, while Johnson added 18 points, 6 rebounds and a game-high 3 blocks. Senior Wesley Iwundu finished with 15 points, a game-tying 8 rebounds and a career-best 8 assists. Sophomore Kamau Stokes (12) and freshman Xavier Sneed (11) also reached double figures. The Wildcats connected on 50 percent or better from the field for the third consecutive road game, hitting on 56.3 percent (36-of-64) from the field and 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from 3-point range. The team knocked down 81 percent (17-of-21) from the line, including 86.7 percent (13-of-15) in first half.
  • Head coach Bruce Weber is 9-5 all-time against Oklahoma State, including 1-4 on the road.

Chapman Basketball Teams Go 1-1

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The Chapman Irish girls basketball team picked up a 47-32 win over Rock Creek Tuesday night while the Chapman boys fell to Rock Creek 62-58.

In the girls game McKenna Kirkpatrick scored 19 points while Ashlynn Bledsoe had 13 and Peyton Suther eight for the Irish. Chapman outscored Rock Creek 30-16 in the second half of the ballgame.

In the boys contest the Irish scored only eight points in the third quarter while Rock Creek scored 14.

Chapman was led by Izek Jackson with 23 points while Brandon Colston had 11.

Three Point Shots Lift Lady Jays to Victory

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The Junction City Lady Jays led Topeka West by two points half time. But the game changed dramatically behind the three point shooting of Kiara Patty and Briona Jensen Junction City pulled away to a 62-40 win over the Chargers.

Junction City hit ten 3-point baskets in the game with nine of those coming in the second half. When it was over Patty finished with six treys or 18 points while Jensen finished with four 3-pointers and 19 points total.

Lady Jay Coach Derek Petty noted in the second half his squad played as a team. “And when they find the open person like Briona and she knocks down a three that just gets everybody just excited. And then it boiled over, K-P hit I think about four or five threes, people played harder, we played defense.”

Junction City ( 5-12 ) outscored Topeka West ( 4-13 ) 43-23 in the second half.

Topeka West Defense Slowed Junction City

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The Topeka West Chargers used a smothering defense to hold Junction City to just 13 points in the first half enroute to a 47-37 win over the Blue Jays at the Shenk Gym Tuesday night.

The Chargers ( 12-5 ) used a 2-2-1 full court and zone defense in the half court to hinder the Blue Jays as they brought up the court.

Junction City Coach Nick Perez noted in the first quarter the Blue Jays had never practiced against the 2-2-1. “And it’s frustrating for us, but we’ve got to do a better job as coaches of teaching it and  getting our kids to execute stuff.” Perez referred to Topeka West coach Rick Bloomquist. ” I give ) Coach Bloomquist credit. He does what he does and he’s a good coach.”

Despite the tough first half, Perez felt the Blue Jays competed in the second half of the ballgame.

Junction City ( 7-10 ) hosts Seaman Friday night.

 

JCHS Spring Sports Informational Meeting

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The 2017-18 Spring sports season is quickly approaching and the Junction City High School Athletic Department would like to remind you of a few important dates/items regarding winter sports (Baseball, B Golf, Softball, G Soccer, G Swim, B Tennis, B/G Track)

Follow us on twitter @BlueJays_AD 

1st Day for Spring Sports Practices – Monday, February 26th.

Two Wildcats will transfer from K-State Football

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Heath-photo KSU Athletics

MANHATTAN – Two Kansas State football players confirmed Sunday they are leaving the Wildcat program. On his social media account, wide receiver Dominique Heath and running back Dalvin Warmack announced they were going to transfer.
Both are juniors.

During National Signing Day last week Kansas State announced they are bringing in 24 new student athletes to play for Head Coach Bill Snyder

Elisa Robinson – State Champion

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Elisa Robinson of Junction City High School has captured the Girls 170 pound weight class  state wrestling championship.

She went 5-0 on the day in the state tournament in McPherson on Saturday.

Elisa Robinson, JCHS, captured the Girls State Wrestling championship in the 170 pound weight class.
( Photo courtesy of Blue Jay Athletics twitter account ).

Chapman Basketball Teams Sweep Concordia

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The Chapman Irish boys basketball team defeated Concordia 60-54 Friday night. Zac Loy scored 15 points while Izek Jackson had 13 for Chapman.

The Irish opened up a 29-16 lead at halftime enroute to the win.

In the girls game Chapman picked up a 50-34 win.  McKenna Kirkpatrick had 19 points and Peyton Suther 14 points for Chapman.

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