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Wakefield Opens Track Season

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bombersWakefield Boy’s and Girl’s results from the Chapman Invitational Track Meet held in Chapman, Ks. on Friday March 31, 2017

 

Discus                          2nd Place              Jacob Judy                  135’-11”

 

300 M. I. Hurdles          6th Place              Ashton Pickering           47.10

 

400 M. Dash                 4th Place              Brock Barrett                54.88

 

1600 M. Run                5th Place              Johnathan Bowen         5:02.38

 

4 x 800 M. Relay          4th Place              Johnathan Bowen         9:33.61

                                                            Jeff Thompson

                                                            Kirk Iseli

                                                            Kevin Jackson

 

Boy’s Team Standings:

 

1st Place               Abilene                  112 Points

2nd Place              Chapman                 99 Points

3rd Place              Clay Center              93 Points

4th Place              Wamego                  81 Points

5th Place              Council Grove           65 Points

6th Place              St. Marys                 61 Points

7th Place              Wakefield                15 Points

 

100 M. Dash                 4th Place              Joanna Wright              13.60

 

200 M. Dash                 4th Place              Kenzy Barrett               29.08

 

300 M. Hurdles             6th Place              Dakota Swader             54.74

 

4 x 100 M. Relay          5th Place              Kenzy Barrett               55.30

                                                            Dakota Swader

                                                            Tori Hernandez

                                                            Joanna Wright

Girl’s Team Standings:

 

1st Place               St. Marys             130 Points          

2nd Place             Clay Center            99 Points                 

3rd Place              Chapman              98 Points

4th Place              Abilene                 92 Points

5th Place              Wamego              71 Points

6th Place              Council Grove       24 Points

7th Place              Wakefield            11 Points

 

Coach Ladd Braden

 

Wichita State in Serious Talks to Join AAC

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shockersHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A person with direct knowledge of the negotiations says Wichita State and the American Athletic Conference are in serious talks to have the school join the league as a non-football member as early as next fall.

No move would be announced before the end of the NCAA Tournament, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the negotiations.

Any increase in membership would have to be approved by the presidents of the schools in the league.

Officials at Wichita State and the Missouri Valley Conference did not immediately return messages seeking comment from the AP.

AAC spokeswoman Bernadette Cafarelli said the conference would not comment on any internal matters.

The timing of the school’s move was first reported by Sports Illustrated.

Royals Wrap Up Exhibition Schedule

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kcr smallARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Carlos Gomez and Shin-Soo Choo each drove in two runs and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 to end the teams’ exhibition schedule on Saturday.

Texas had a scoreless tie and two wins in the last three games, all against Kansas City, to finish at 17-16-3.

The Royals (17-15-2) had been shut out in the first two games. Drew Butera led off the fifth inning with his second home run of the spring for KC’s only run, ending a 22-inning scoreless streak.

Blue Jay Baseball Postponed

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small-blue-jayThe Junction City Blue Jay baseball doubleheader scheduled at Emporia on Friday has been postponed.

Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus reported it has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 4th.

Lady Jay Softball Falls to Emporia

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small-blue-jayThe Junction City Lady Jays nearly pulled off a successful rally from a six-run deficit in game one of their doubleheader against Emporia Friday, but lost to the Lady Spartans 7-6 at Cleary Field. Emporia took the nightcap 8-3.

In the first game Junction City trailed 6-0 in the third inning but had tying run at second base in the bottom of the seventh but failed to get that final run. Some fielding errors also led to some runs for Emporia, including the winning run in the top of the seventh inning.

Junction City coach Aaron Craig noted the third inning in the first game was tough. They earned two of the six runs we gave them. We gave them four, they earned two. Lack of communication. In that first game Kylecia Taylor went 4-4 at the plate with a double and four singles. Chelsea McDiffett had a home run for Junction City.

Lady Jays Capture First – Blue Jay Boys Second in JCHS Invitational Track Meet

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small-blue-jayThe Junction City Lady Jays rolled up 176 team points enroute to capturing first place in the JCHS Invitational at Al Simpler Stadium Friday.

Lady Jay first place finishes included:

–Amaya Booker in the 100 meter dash in 12.46, while teammate Lyric Holman finished third in 12.92.

–Amaya Booker won the 200 meter dash in 26.04.

–Tiara Smith captured the 400 meter run in 1:02.28, with teammates Nashaia Nixon and Lyric Holman finishing third and fourth in 1:03.84 and 1:06.03, respectively

–Kienna Newman won the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.29

–Alana Kramer finished first in the 300 meter hurdles in 48.72

–The Lady Jay 4 x 100 relay team of Shamya Banks, Makayla Lemons, Amaya Booker, and Lyric Holman captured first in 50.43

–The Lady Jay 4 x 400 relay squad of Tiara Smith, Nashaia Nixon, Alana Kramer and Lyric Holman were first in 4:16.53

–Lillian Stephans finished first in the High Jump with a jump of 4’10

–and Hannah Reynolds won the Shot Put with a throw 36’7.75″ while teammates Sherrie Jones finished second with a throw of 36’3.25″ and Savannah Adams third with a throw of 34’7.

The girls team scores found Junction City with 176 points followed by Great Bend with 106, Salina Central 95, Shawnee heights 81, Salina South 40, Tonganoxie 36, and Kansas City Turner 7.

The Blue Jay boys track team scored 120 points to finish second behind Salina South, who had 139 points.

For the Blue Jay boys Isayiah Moore was second in the 100 meter dash in 11.45 and Demarcus Smith third with a time of 11.64. Moore and Smith were also second and third respectively in the 200 meter dash in 23.33 and 23.54.

Other Blue Jay results included:

–A second place finish by Jacob Lovell in the 3200 meter run in 10:25.37

–Jaylene Brime won the triple jump with a mark of 43′ 3.25.” Antonio Porter finished third in 41′ and 1/2 inch

–Xavier Cason won the shotput with a throw of 53’11.50.”

The boys team scores included Salina South with 139 points, Junction City 120, Shawnee Heights 102.50, Tonganoxie 56.50, Kansas City Turner 47, Salina Central 46 and Great Bend with 43 points.

 

JCHS Blue Jays Cheer Coach Selected

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kelsey-garverJunction City High School has selected Mrs. Kelsey Garver as the new Blue Jays head cheer coach, pending Board of Education approval. Kelsey is a current family and consumer science teacher at Junction City High School and a sponsor of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America organization. She is married to Joel Garver, who is the AV communications teacher at Junction City High School.

Kelsey Garver is a graduate of Kansas State University and comes to JCHS with a background in dance at Olathe South High School.

 

Busy Friday Sports Schedule

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small-blue-jaySpring sports teams are competing at area high schools on Friday.

–The Junction City High School Invitational track meet begins at 3:30 p.m. on Friday at Al Simpler Stadium. In addition to the Blue Jays and Lady Jays, teams from Great Bend, Hays, Kansas City Turner, Salina Central, Salina South, Shawnee Heights and Tonganoxie will compete.

–The Blue Jay baseball team will play a doubleheader at Emporia at 4 p.m.

–Lady Jay softball is hosting Emporia in a doubleheader at 4 p.m. The first game of the doubleheader will be broadcast on 1420 KJCK The Talk of JC.

–The Chapman Invitational Track meet is also on Friday.

 

Kansas’ Frank Mason III is AP Player of the Year

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photo courtesy KU Sports, photo by Nick Krug
photo courtesy KU Sports, by Nick Krug

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Frank Mason III, who led Kansas to its 13th consecutive Big 12 title, is The Associated Press’ Player of the Year.

The senior point guard averaged 20.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists while shooting 48.7 percent from 3-point range.

He received 37 votes Thursday from the same 65-member media panel that selects the weekly AP Top 25.

Josh Hart of Villanova was second with 16 votes while Caleb Swanigan of Purdue had 9 and Lonzo Ball of UCLA had 3.

Mason is the first Kansas player to win the award. He is the first Big 12 player to win it since Blake Griffin of Oklahoma in 2009.

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