The Junction City Blue Jay boy basketball team has drawn Shawnee Mission South in the first round of the Tournament of Champions on January 19th. Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m.
The rest of the first round pairings include Holcomb vs. Newton, Derby meets Bishop Carroll and Dodge City plays Wichita North.
The tournament continues on Friday January 20th and Saturday January 21st.
The Junction City Blue Jays were ahead by one point late midway through the second quarter before the Washburn Rural Junior Blues went on a 12-0 run that helped them to a 43-31 lead over the Blue Jays at halftime. The Junior Blues went on to defeat Junction City 85-62 in Topeka Tuesday night.
A strong shooting Washburn Rural team hit eight 3-point baskets enroute to the victory. Sam Wingert led the Junior Blues with 18 points.
For Junction City A.J. Dickerson started off by scoring 13 of the first 15 points scored by the Blue Jays in the ballgame. But foul woes caused him to spend some time on the bench. He came back in the second half to score 10 more points, and wound up with 23 to lead all scorers.
The Blue Jays fell to 2-7 and 0-4 in the Centennial League, while Washburn Rural improved to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference.
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In the girls varsity game Washburn Rural sophomore Carly Bachelor poured in 30 points against Junction City enroute to a 66-45 win over the Lady Jays.
Junction City was led by 17 points from Briona Jensen, who hit five 3-point shots in the game.
The Lady Jays fell to 2-0 and 0-4 in the Centennial league. Washburn Rural is 5-2 overall.
AP-KS–Kansas Prep Scores
Tuesday’s Scores
The Associated Press
Boys Scores
Andale 55, Rose Hill 29
Andover 60, Arkansas City 56
Argonia 55, Central Burden 47
Ashland 51, Minneola 44
Atchison 56, KC Sumner 55
Balko, Okla. 49, Rolla 35
Basehor-Linwood 62, Lansing 33
Baxter Springs 52, Columbus 30
Belle Plaine 72, Garden Plain 67
Berean Academy 41, Sedgwick 32
Bishop Miege 69, St. James Academy 63
Bishop Seabury Academy 80, Christ Preparatory Academy 24
Blue Valley 54, BV West 38
Bonner Springs 47, Tonganoxie 44
Buhler 68, El Dorado 27
Burlingame 68, Waverly 27
Burlington 77, Osawatomie 56
Centralia 70, Clifton-Clyde 51
Chaparral 62, Wichita Independent 47
Chapman 49, Beloit 41
Chase County 59, Northern Heights 48
Circle 89, Winfield 73
Conway Springs 65, Douglass 51
Council Grove 71, Osage City 46
Cunningham 62, Burrton 33
Derby 56, Newton 49
Doniphan West 40, Frankfort 36
Erie 67, Caney Valley 42
Eudora 62, Paola 57
Fairfield 66, Stafford 42
Flinthills 77, Cedar Vale/Dexter 52
Fort Scott 55, Coffeyville 39
Frontenac 70, Louisburg 58
Garden City 57, Liberal 52
Gardner-Edgerton 70, Mill Valley 53
Goddard-Eisenhower 81, Goddard 61
Goessel 39, Canton-Galva 33
Goodland 55, Colby 42
Hartford 54, Southern Coffey 42
Haven 55, Larned 39
Hays 51, Great Bend 37
Hays-TMP-Marian 74, Trego 29
Heritage Christian 67, McLouth 47
Hesston 61, Kingman 42
Highland Park 57, Emporia 55
Hillsboro 72, Hoisington 52
Hogan Prep, Mo. 79, KC Harmon 48
Holcomb 57, Scott City 45
Holton 61, Sabetha 56, OT
Horton 55, Valley Falls 43
Hugoton 53, Ulysses 49
Humboldt 72, Fredonia 43
Hutchinson Central Christian 51, Attica 42
Jefferson North 54, Jackson Heights 47
Jefferson West 59, Hiawatha 39
Johnson-Stanton County 85, Walsh, Colo. 42
KC Piper 80, KC Bishop Ward 32
Kiowa County 69, Pawnee Heights 56
Lakeside 52, Thunder Ridge 42
Lawrence 65, SM West 55
Lawrence Free State 50, Leavenworth 45
Lebo 43, Olpe 39
Lincoln 35, Tescott 31
Linn 65, BV Randolph 41
Macksville 63, LaCrosse 31
Madison/Hamilton 44, Marais des Cygnes Valley 33
Maize 72, Hutchinson 68
Manhattan 78, Shawnee Heights 72
McPherson 68, Augusta 38
Metro Academy 75, Veritas Christian 55
Minneapolis 54, Clay Center 46
Mission Valley 46, Lyndon 44
Moundridge 56, Ell-Saline 54
Northern Valley 71, Oberlin-Decatur 42
Olathe South 67, SM South 56
Onaga 45, Washington County 36
Otis-Bison 71, Kinsley 25
Ottawa 75, Baldwin 24
Oxford 40, Caldwell 38
Phillipsburg 78, Smith Center 60
Pike Valley 56, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 31
Pratt 44, Halstead 35
Quinter 57, Western Plains-Healy 15
Remington 53, Marion 44
Rock Creek 63, Rossville 50
Royal Valley 49, Atchison County 41
Rural Vista 46, Elyria Christian 44
Salina Central 63, Maize South 55
Salina Sacred Heart 65, Republic County 45
Salina South 62, Wichita Campus 53
Sedan 60, West Elk 44
Silver Lake 63, Wabaunsee 61
SM East 67, Olathe East 66
SM North 64, Olathe Northwest 47
SM Northwest 63, Olathe North 53
Smoky Valley 54, Nickerson 42
South Barber 60, Norwich 49
South Central 51, Bucklin 43
Southeast Saline 65, Russell 30
Southwestern Hts. 59, Meade 50
Spearville 57, Ness City 52
Spring Hill 64, DeSoto 45
St. John 61, Ellinwood 41
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 52, Osborne 34
St. Thomas Aquinas 75, Blue Valley Southwest 51
Sterling 50, Hutchinson Trinity 35
Stockton 73, Victoria 34
Sylvan-Lucas 60, Natoma 40
Syracuse 45, Moscow 38
Topeka Hayden 72, Topeka 67
Topeka Seaman 64, Topeka West 43
Troy 72, Riverside 33
Uniontown 57, Oswego 51
Valley Center 64, Andover Central 59
Wamego 57, Nemaha Central 52
Washburn Rural 85, Junction City 62
Wellsville 60, Santa Fe Trail 43
Wetmore 40, Axtell 36
Wichita Bishop Carroll 58, Wichita West 25
Wichita Collegiate 60, Wellington 51
Wichita East 54, Wichita Heights 53
Wichita Northwest 87, Wichita Southeast 75
Wichita Trinity 75, Medicine Lodge 32
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St. Xavier 65, Flint Hills Job Corps 51
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Andover 39, Arkansas City 30
Andover Central 51, Valley Center 48
Argonia 54, Central Burden 24
Baldwin 58, Ottawa 20
Basehor-Linwood 51, Lansing 43
Baxter Springs 42, Columbus 21
Beloit 60, Chapman 42
Berean Academy 35, Sedgwick 28
Bluestem 64, Neodesha 58
Buhler 33, El Dorado 23
Burlington 73, Osawatomie 21
Caney Valley 40, Erie 36
Central Heights 35, West Franklin 31
Centralia 50, Clifton-Clyde 19
Centre 54, Little River 36
Chetopa 37, Jayhawk Linn 29
Christ Preparatory Academy 32, Bishop Seabury Academy 30
Circle 55, Winfield 19
Clay Center 60, Minneapolis 20
Concordia 54, Marysville 50
Conway Springs 48, Douglass 12
Council Grove 64, Osage City 29
Cunningham 48, Burrton 15
Dighton 53, Wheatland-Grinnell 42
Emporia 57, Highland Park 32
Fairfield 57, Stafford 27
Flint Hills Christian 57, Cedar Vale/Dexter 25
Fort Scott 50, Coffeyville 18
Frankfort 47, Doniphan West 41
Galena 39, Riverton 22
Garden Plain 52, Belle Plaine 10
Gardner-Edgerton 52, Mill Valley 40
Girard 54, Parsons 23
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 42, Pike Valley 30
Goddard 40, Goddard-Eisenhower 25
Goessel 38, Canton-Galva 35
Goodland 44, Colby 42
Great Bend 54, Hays 41
Halstead 43, Pratt 32
Hanover 60, Valley Heights 33
Haven 58, Larned 56
Hays-TMP-Marian 82, Trego 35
Heritage Christian 45, McLouth 37
Hoisington 29, Hillsboro 25
Holton 59, Sabetha 34
Hugoton 63, Ulysses 29
Humboldt 58, Fredonia 42
Hutchinson Central Christian 57, Attica 24
Independence 49, Chanute 27
Ingalls 44, Fowler 35
Inman 30, Bennington 22
Jefferson North 41, Jackson Heights 29
Jefferson West 51, Hiawatha 40
KC Piper 61, KC Bishop Ward 30
KC Sumner 54, Atchison 23
Kingman 51, Hesston 40
Kiowa County 53, Pawnee Heights 15
Lakeside 36, Thunder Ridge 32
Lawrence 52, SM West 44
Leavenworth 36, Lawrence Free State 33
Liberal 56, Garden City 36
Lincoln 43, Tescott 31
Linn 43, BV Randolph 32
Louisburg 50, Frontenac 27
Lyndon 42, Mission Valley 32
Madison/Hamilton 57, Marais des Cygnes Valley 18
Maize 56, Hutchinson 22
Manhattan 63, Shawnee Heights 22
McPherson 62, Augusta 41
Metro Academy 51, Veritas Christian 24
Moundridge 41, Ell-Saline 34
Mulvane 55, Clearwater 52
Natoma 34, Sylvan-Lucas 27
Nemaha Central 52, Wamego 37
Newton 41, Derby 32
Northern Valley 49, Oberlin-Decatur 35
Olathe East 68, SM East 45
Olathe North 61, SM Northwest 59
Olathe Northwest 49, SM North 32
Olpe 64, Lebo 37
Oskaloosa 55, Immaculata 45
Oswego 48, Uniontown 45
Otis-Bison 63, Kinsley 53
Paola 54, Eudora 23
Pittsburg 58, Labette County 39
Pleasant Ridge 62, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 57
Quinter 54, Western Plains-Healy 21
Remington 51, Marion 27
Republic County 44, Salina Sacred Heart 8
Riley County 64, St. Mary’s 42
Riverside 43, Troy 29
Rose Hill 46, Andale 39
Rossville 50, Rock Creek 40
Royal Valley 51, Atchison County 25
Rural Vista 45, Elyria Christian 36
Russell 42, Southeast Saline 33
Salina Central 71, Maize South 66, OT
Salina South 47, Wichita Campus 38
Scott City 37, Holcomb 30
Smith Center 52, Phillipsburg 38
Smoky Valley 36, Nickerson 31
Solomon 51, Wakefield 39
South Barber 47, Norwich 26
South Central 71, Bucklin 35
South Gray 58, Satanta 33
Southern Coffey 54, Hartford 43
Spearville 51, Ness City 47
Spring Hill 49, DeSoto 34
St. John 56, Ellinwood 43
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 53, Osborne 23
Sterling 49, Hutchinson Trinity 30
Stockton 80, Victoria 22
Sublette 47, Wichita County 27
Syracuse 59, Moscow 29
Tonganoxie 40, Bonner Springs 23
Topeka 63, Topeka Hayden 41
Topeka Seaman 48, Topeka West 39
Valley Falls 39, Horton 23
Wabaunsee 55, Silver Lake 33
Washburn Rural 66, Junction City 45
Washington County 64, Onaga 38
Waverly 47, Burlingame 10
Wellington 45, Wichita Collegiate 27
Wellsville 45, Santa Fe Trail 41
West Elk 37, Sedan 34
Wetmore 49, Axtell 43
Wichita Heights 65, Wichita East 33
Wichita Independent 39, Chaparral 30
Wichita Northwest 47, Wichita Southeast 21
Wichita South 41, Kapaun Mount Carmel 30
Wichita Trinity 43, Medicine Lodge 31
Wilson 69, Chase 30
Keenan Evans made a go-ahead layup with 15 seconds left, helping Texas Tech beat No. 25 Kansas State 66-65 on Tuesday night.
Evans’ basket gave the Red Raiders a 63-62 lead. Aaron Ross and Niem Stevenson then combined for three foul shots for Texas Tech before Barry Brown made a 3-pointer in the final seconds for Kansas State.
Evans finished with 18 points. Zach Smith had 16 points and seven rebounds for the Red Raiders (13-3, 2-2 Big 12), who improved to 11-0 at home.
Kamau Stokes led Kansas State (13-3, 2-2) with 17 points. Dean Wade added 12 points, and D.J. Johnson finished with 11.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Frank Mason scored 19 of his 28 points in the second half, and No. 2 Kansas rallied to beat Oklahoma 81-70 on Tuesday.
With No. 1 Baylor losing at West Virginia earlier in the night, the Jayhawks will be in position to claim the No. 1 ranking for the first time this season if they beat Oklahoma State on Saturday.
Josh Jackson scored 16 points and Devonte’ Graham added 13 for the Jayhawks (15-1, 4-0 Big 12), who have won 15 straight.
Rashard Odomes and Kameron McGusty each scored 13 points for the Sooners (6-9, 0-4), who lost their seventh in a row.
The Jayhawks opened the second half on a 13-0 run. A 3-pointer by Mason put Kansas up 56-47, and the Jayhawks maintained control from there.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — As far as Clemson is concerned, the sequel was much better than the original.
The underdog Tigers upset defending national champion Alabama 35-31 as Clemson quarterback DeShaun Watson beat the Crimson Tide with his arm, his legs and his heart to win a rematch of last year’s title game. Alabama beat Clemson 45-40 last season in the championship.
Roughed up early by the Tide’s hard-hitting defense, Watson regained his composure to throw for 420 yards and three TDs. His final strike was a 2-yard score to Hunter Renfrow to cap a nerveless final drive with one second left. Watson also ran the ball 21 times for 43 yards and a touchdown. The lead changed hands four times in the fourth quarter of the seesaw affair.
After falling behind 14-0 early, Clemson scored 21 points in the fourth quarter against an Alabama defense that had allowed just 32 points in the fourth quarter all season. That ended Alabama’s 26-game winning streak and its dreams of back-to-back national titles.
Instead, Clemson won its first national title since 1981. The Tigers have their junior quarterback Watson to thank for his gutsy performance in what probably was his final college game before heading to the NFL draft.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State registered a tie for 25th place in the latest Associated Press poll on Monday to earn its first national ranking since January 20, 2014.
The Wildcats (13-2, 2-1 Big 12), who are off to their best start since also opening the year at 13-2 in 2012-13, notched a national ranking for the 16th time under head coach Bruce Weber and the first time since being ranked No. 22 on January 20, 2014. The team has won two of its first three Big 12 games for the first time since 2014-15.
The national ranking will immediately be put to the test on Tuesday night, as K-State plays Tuesday night at upstart Texas Tech (12-3, 1-2 Big 12), which is a perfect 10-0 at home this season. The game will be televised nationally at 8:15 p.m. CT on ESPNews from United Supermarkets Arena. The Wildcats are 8-2 all-time as the No. 25 team.
K-State returns home on Saturday afternoon, as the Wildcats will play host to top-ranked Baylor (15-0, 3-0 Big 12) at 3:30 p.m. CT at Bramlage Coliseum on ESPNews. It will mark the seventh time that No. 1 has visited Bramlage Coliseum with the Wildcats winning each of the last three such meetings.
K-State will also host Lego Day on Saturday with activities set to begin when the doors open at 2:30 p.m., including multiple LEGO stations from Play-Well Teknologies. There will be a replica of the K-State campus made entirely of LEGO, an interactive LEGO basketball free throw catapult, a LEGO motorized block shot challenge and K-State vs. Baylor LEGO jousting monorail. Fans can also sign up to win a miniature Bill Snyder Family Stadium made entirely of LEGO.
The Bramlage Bundle ticket option is available for the contest, which includes a game ticket, $10 concessions voucher and a souvenir from the K-State Super Store for just $30 per package. A minimum order of two Bramlage Bundles is required. Tickets also start at less than $20 with a Wildcat 4 Pack or just $15 for groups of 12 or more.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has ranked Kansas State’s women’s track team No. 18 with 46.93 points and the men’s team No. 30 with 29.35 points in the indoor preseason poll, the organization announced on Monday.
K-State’s 18th-place ranking marks the third-straight season that the Wildcat women have been ranked in the Top 25 in the USTFCCCA’s preseason poll after being ranked fourth to open the 2016 season and tied for 19th to open the 2015 season. The men also made a sizable jump in the polls after finishing ranked No. 50 in the final indoor poll of the 2016 season, which was released on March 7, 2016.
K-State joins four other Big 12 schools in the women’s top 25, including Texas (5th), Oklahoma State (11th), Baylor (13th) and Oklahoma (25th). The Big 12 also has four men’s programs in the top 25, including Texas (7th), Texas Tech (12th), Oklahoma State (14th) and Oklahoma (24th).
Last season, the women went on to finish in eighth place at the NCAA Championship meet in Birmingham, Alabama, with 26 points on the back of national champions Akela Jones (high jump) and Dani Winters (shot put). The men finished in 40th placed with 5.50 points.
At the conference level, the Wildcats took home seven conference championships en route to both the men and women finishing in third place at the Big 12 Championship in Ames, Iowa, with scores of 107.42 and 9.50, respectively.
Senior Brady Grunder and junior All-American Christoff Bryan are the lone 2016 conference champions returning to the team this season, while All-American high jumper Kim Williamson also returns to the Wildcats for her final indoor season after tying for third place at last season’s NCAA meet in the event and winning the National Championship in the event outdoors.
The Wildcats continue their in-state road trip on December 12 as the team heads to Wichita to compete in the KSU-KU-WSU Triangular meet at the Heskett Center. Field events at the meet are set to begin at Noon, CT, while track events are slated to begin at 5 p.m. CT.
For the latest on K-State track and field follow @kstatesports and @KStateTFXC on Twitter or Kansas State Track & Field/Cross Country on Facebook.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Following a season in which he recorded 11.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks, Kansas State defensive end Reggie Walker has been named a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), the organization announced Monday.
Walker is the sixth Wildcat to earn the honor since the FWAA began naming Freshman All-American teams in 2001. He is the first K-State player to be honored since place kicker Matthew McCrane made the squad in 2014, while he is the first Wildcat defender to earn a spot on the team since defensive back Ty Zimmerman in 2010.
A product of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Walker was seventh overall in the Big 12 in sacks and eighth in TFLs but was tops among freshmen in both categories. He was also second in school history in sacks among freshmen, just 1.5 shy of the school record held by Dwyane Castille in 1984.
In addition to his sacks and TFLs, Walker concluded his initial campaign with 39 total tackles, three forced fumbles and a pair of fumble recoveries, tying for third and eighth, respectively, in the final two categories.
Walker’s inclusion on the FWAA list is in addition other multiple honors this year as he was a First Team Freshman All-American by Campus Insiders and the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year by the league’s coaches and ESPN.com.
K-State opens the 2017 season at home by hosting Central Arkansas on Saturday, September 2. The Wildcats return 18 players that made at least one start this past season on a team that earned a 9-4 record and defeated Texas A&M in the 2016 Texas Bowl.
The Saint Xavier high school boys basketball team improved to 6-1 with a 57-46 victory over Northfield on Friday night.
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The Saint Xavier middle school boys basketball team lost in overtime last week to Flint Hills Christian 38-35, while the middle school girls basketball team lost to Flint Hills Christina 31-15.
