The Junction City High School Boys Bowling Team went to Wichita Friday to compete at the Class 6A State Tournament and walked out as Champions.

Head Coach Brad Adams explained that the Blue Jays were doing everything right from the start.

“We came out of the gate just throwing strikes, picking up spares, doing everything we should be doing and it never slowed down,” said Adams. “Somebody may have fell off a little bit but somebody else picked back up and I mean three games solid back to back to back like that. We had awesome bowlers all day long.”

The Blue Jays were led by their lone senior Jayson Quicksall who finished with a 752 series good enough for second overall in singles. Quicksall also bowled the second highest score of the tournament a 279.

Other Blue Jays Bowlers placing in the top 20 included Kris Quidachay at 19th with a 634 series, Will Wriston in 14th with a 675 series and Tyler Gromlovits at 11th with a 691 series.

 

The Chiefs are bringing back linebacker Josh Mauga on a three-year deal, a person familiar with the move told The Associated Press on Friday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the decision.

The move to retain Mauga, a pending free agent, came one day after the Chiefs parted ways with veteran linebacker Joe Mays. Mauga will likely start at middle linebacker alongside Derrick Johnson, who missed nearly all of last season with a torn Achilles tendon.

Mauga started every game last season in part due to injuries.

The Chiefs, who have been strapped for cash, cleared salary cap space Friday by releasing veteran defensive tackle Vance Walker. He signed a $13 million, three-year deal last offseason.

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) – Royals reliever Tim Collins will seek a second opinion after an MRI exam revealed ligament damage in his left elbow, while second baseman Omar Infante was headed for his own MRI because of continued soreness in his right elbow.

Collins, who left his spring training debut Wednesday, will be evaluated again in about two weeks. The Royals will decide then whether he needs Tommy John surgery.

Collins was competing to be the situational left-hander in the Kansas City bullpen.

Infante has been dealing with elbow soreness since last season. He was expected to start the Royals’ game against Cleveland on Friday at designated hitter, but will instead have tests to try to determine the nature and severity of his injury.

Kansas forward Cliff Alexander will remain out of action amid questions about his family’s relationship with an agent, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

The person spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case.

Yahoo! Sports was first to report late Thursday that Alexander’s family may have received impermissible benefits from an agent. Alexander has missed the Jayhawks’ last two games after the NCAA alerted the school about eligibility concerns.

Bill Self said Thursday that Alexander was unlikely to play in the ninth-ranked Jayhawks’ game against No. 15 Oklahoma on Saturday. The coach declined to comment on specifics of the case.

Kansas has already wrapped up the outright Big 12 championship.

Washburn Rural jumped out to a big early lead and rolled to a 70-39 victory over Junction City in the first round of the girls Class 6A Substate Basketball Tournament.

Washburn Rural ( 15-6 ) got double figure scoring from Paige Cunningham with 23 points and Jordyn Musselman with 21 enroute to the win. Junction City ( 4-17 ) was led by Alana Kramer with 12 points.

Lady Jay coach Nate Parks noted that Cunningham and Musselman held it together for the Lady Blues in the first half. “I think they had everything but about seven of their points. ”

The game was played at Washburn Rural. On the other side of the bracket Derby defeated Wichita East 56-35.

 

AP-KS–Kansas Prep Scores
Thursday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Class 5A Sub-State Tournament
Sub-State #1
Semifinal
Blue Valley Southwest 67, St. James Academy 47
BV West 62, KC Harmon 35
Emporia 55, Salina South 47
Goddard-Eisenhower 55, Liberal 40
Kapaun Mount Carmel 54, Arkansas City 30
Maize South 72, Great Bend 36
Shawnee Heights 60, Leavenworth 39
Topeka Seaman 71, Highland Park 57
Sub-State #2
Semifinal
Andover Central 69, Goddard 59
KC Washington 68, Topeka West 51
Lansing 40, KC Schlagle 37
Mill Valley 61, Pittsburg 38
Salina Central 65, Valley Center 41
St. Thomas Aquinas 63, KC Turner 36
Wichita Bishop Carroll 63, Andover 36
Wichita Heights 40, Newton 28
Class 4A Sub-State Tournament
Division 1
Semifinal
Abilene 68, Wamego 47
Andale 63, El Dorado 23
Basehor-Linwood 81, Tonganoxie 46
Bishop Miege 66, Bonner Springs 57
Chanute 42, Independence 39
Circle 55, Augusta 53
Eudora 54, DeSoto 39
Fort Scott 65, Louisburg 49
Hays 60, Buhler 53
KC Piper 76, KC Sumner 56
Labette County 72, Coffeyville 63
McPherson 84, Ulysses 40
Ottawa 59, Topeka Hayden 57
Paola 67, Spring Hill 48
Rose Hill 65, Winfield 55
Wellington 64, Mulvane 30
Division 2
Semifinal
Atchison 49, Royal Valley 37
Chapman 65, Santa Fe Trail 55
Clearwater 63, Smoky Valley 42
Concordia 69, Goodland 30
Frontenac 66, Baxter Springs 43
Girard 65, Iola 24
Hays-TMP-Marian 65, Colby 29
Holcomb 59, Pratt 29
Holton 51, Jefferson West 43, 2OT
Hugoton 64, Larned 39
KC Bishop Ward 55, Perry-Lecompton 49
Osawatomie 60, Baldwin 53
Parsons 83, Columbus 50
Prairie View 47, Anderson County 38
Rock Creek 52, Clay Center 31
Wichita Trinity 71, Nickerson 36
Class 2A Sub-State Tournament
Semifinal
Bennington 59, Salina Sacred Heart 54
Berean Academy 56, South Central 46
Central Plains 71, Plainville 48
Ellinwood 65, Lincoln 31
Ellis 65, Oberlin-Decatur 42
Hill City 53, Ness City 41
Jackson Heights 61, Bishop Seabury Academy 60
Lyndon 50, Burlingame 40
Olpe 69, Mission Valley 43
Pittsburg Colgan 58, West Elk 49
Sedan 65, Udall 59
South Gray 76, Meade 57
Spearville 64, Sublette 44
St. John 50, Moundridge 27
Troy 59, Jefferson North 45
Washington County 46, Onaga 43
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Class 6A Sub-State Tournament
Sub-State #1
Semifinal
Blue Valley Stillwell 51, Olathe Northwest 45
Hutchinson 44, Garden City 33
Lawrence 67, SM South 56
Maize 94, Wichita West 31
Manhattan 69, Wichita Southeast 26
Olathe South 44, Olathe North 10
SM Northwest 55, SM East 18
Topeka 60, Wichita North 51
Sub-State #2
Semifinal
BV Northwest 49, Gardner-Edgerton 47
Derby 56, Wichita East 35
Lawrence Free State 61, KC Wyandotte 12
Olathe East 55, BV North 46
SM West 71, SM North 46
Washburn Rural 70, Junction City 39
Wichita South 59, Wichita Northwest 10
Class 3A Sub-State Tournament
Semifinal
Beloit 67, Russell 51
Burlington 55, Humboldt 50, 2OT
Cherryvale 61, Northeast-Arma 49
Cimarron 42, Haven 39
Council Grove 55, Pleasant Ridge 36
Douglass 38, Wichita Collegiate 34
Galena 51, Caney Valley 46
Garden Plain 63, Kingman 49
Hesston 52, Southeast Saline 37
Lyons 82, Sterling 78, OT
Minneapolis 58, Phillipsburg 44
Nemaha Central 53, Marysville 44
Remington 51, Conway Springs 38
Sabetha 52, Atchison County 40
Silver Lake 56, Riley County 47
Wellsville 52, Eureka 40
Class 1A Sub-State Tournament
Division I
Semifinal
Centralia 53, Immaculata 21
Centre 50, Rural Vista 29
Goessel 47, Flinthills 29
Hanover 49, Lakeside 15
Hoxie 85, Victoria 28
Ingalls 58, Minneola 32
LaCrosse 51, Pratt Skyline 17
Pleasanton 39, Hartford 37
St. Paul 56, Central Burden 29
Stockton 61, Quinter 31
Thunder Ridge 54, Clifton-Clyde 39
Valley Heights 54, Doniphan West 31
Waverly 60, Southern Coffey 26
Division II
Semifinal
Caldwell 54, Argonia 41
Cunningham 51, Bucklin 43
Elyria Christian 44, Hutchinson Central Christian 27
Linn 52, Axtell 40
Logan 50, Pike Valley 38
Moscow 61, Pawnee Heights 12
Norwich 66, Altoona-Midway 11
Rolla 40, Fowler 23
South Barber 46, Attica 36
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 62, Natoma 11
Sylvan-Lucas 50, Wilson 41
Triplains-Brewster 48, Weskan 20
Wallace County 53, Cheylin 27
Wetmore 58, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 42
Wheatland-Grinnell 45, Western Plains 16

Junction City led 2-0 at the beginning of the game, but then Derby took over and rolled to a 63-41 victory over the Blue Jays in the first round of the Class 6A Substate tournament.

Derby ( 17-4 ), advances to meet Washburn Rural ( 7-14 ) in the championship game of the substate

Friday night at Derby.  Washburn Rural advanced to the title game by upsetting the number one seed in the tournament, Manhattan, 59-58.

Derby hit six 3-point shots in the first against Junction City, four different players hitting those treys.

 

After the game Blue Jay coach Pat Battle said you needed to give the Panthers the most credit for shutting Junction City down on the perimeter. “Dared us to go inside. When we didn’t go inside and we didn’t finish. And we were awful from the free throw line tonight. That’s a bad combination, really.”

James Conley topped all scorers with 19 points, while Raye Wilson led the Blue Jays with 12.

Junction City ends the season with a final record of 6-15.

 

AP-KS–Kansas Prep Scores
Wednesday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Class 6A Sub-State Tournament
Sub-State #1
Semifinal
Lawrence 79, SM Northwest 45
Olathe East 54, BV Northwest 46
Olathe Northwest 72, Gardner-Edgerton 65, OT
SM East 46, SM South 45
Wichita Campus 53, Dodge City 52
Wichita East 76, Wichita North 53
Wichita South 45, Wichita West 35
Wichita Southeast 84, Topeka 68
Sub-State #2
Semifinal
BV North 57, Olathe South 45
Derby 63, Junction City 41
Garden City 46, Wichita Northwest 41
Maize 50, Hutchinson 42
Olathe North 63, Blue Valley Stillwell 55
SM North 50, Lawrence Free State 26
SM West 72, KC Wyandotte 65
Washburn Rural 59, Manhattan 58
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Class 6A Sub-State Tournament
Sub-State #2
Semifinal
Dodge City 54, Wichita Campus 35
Class 5A Sub-State Tournament
Sub-State #1
Semifinal
Andover Central 56, Arkansas City 24
Emporia 42, Valley Center 34
KC Schlagle 51, KC Washington 45
Leavenworth 56, Topeka West 8
Pittsburg 46, St. James Academy 39
Salina Central 52, Salina South 32
St. Thomas Aquinas 60, KC Turner 17
Wichita Bishop Carroll 43, Goddard 23
Sub-State #2
Semifinal
Andover 46, Liberal 26
Blue Valley Southwest 61, KC Harmon 18
Kapaun Mount Carmel 59, Goddard-Eisenhower 43
Mill Valley 43, BV West 33
Newton 69, Great Bend 58
Shawnee Heights 58, Highland Park 44
Topeka Seaman 52, Lansing 42
Wichita Heights 49, Maize South 43

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) – Eric Hosmer joined Royals newcomers Kendrys Morales and Alex Rios in hitting consecutive first-inning homers, and AL champion Kansas City routed the Texas Rangers 13-2 on Wednesday in the spring training opener for both teams.

Hosmer hit a three-run shot off Rangers starter Colby Lewis that landed on the grassy berm beyond the centerfield fence. Morales followed with a shot to right field and Rios went deep to left, giving Kansas City a 6-0 lead before Lewis had recorded an out.

Lewis retired the next three batters after the homer binge, but the veteran still needed 36 pitches to get through his only inning against the Rangers’ campus co-tenants.

Fellow starter Yovani Gallardo fared little better, allowing four runs on six hits over 1 2-3 innings in his Texas debut.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — ‘Press Virginia’ had given the Jayhawks almost all they could take. Down two starters and 42 minutes into the game, Wayne Selden, Jr. and Jamari Traylor pulled off a press break nothing short of perfection. In the air, from midcourt, Selden shot a bullet pass to a sprinting Traylor. He caught it in full stride, took two steps and slammed it through the hoop. The roof nearly blew off the building. No. 9/10 Kansas never trailed again, defeating No. 20/20 West Virginia in overtime, 76-69, to take its 11th-straight Big 12 Conference title outright on Senior Night inside Allen Fieldhouse.

A win for Iowa State against second-place Oklahoma on Monday caused the first celebration ripple throughout Lawrence, as it meant a share of the Big 12 regular-season championship. On Tuesday night, Kansas (24-6, 13-4) made its own noise, claiming sole possession of the Big 12 crown with a comeback for the ages against West Virginia (22-8, 10-7).
The conference title is KU’s 11th-straight, 15th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 58th overall. The 11-consecutive titles, beginning in 2004-05 and all under head coach Bill Self, ranks tied for second all-time on NCAA Division I list with Gonzaga’s 11-straight Big West regular-season championships from 2001-11 and only trails UCLA’s 13-consecutive titles as members of the then-Pac-10 Conference from 1967-79.

The visitors did everything they could to spoil the celebration, leading all but 60 seconds of regulation. West Virginia broke the game open with an 18-point advantage, and with five minutes remaining, the Jayhawks had only managed to cut that in half. Down to two minutes, Kansas still trailed, 57-50. The Jayhawks banded together by way of sophomores Frank Mason III, Brannen Greene, freshman Devonte’ Graham and Traylor. In the final 1:55 of regulation, all four scored to keep the game alive.