The Junction City High School girls tennis team finished fourth in a quadrangular at the JCHS tennis courts on Thursday.
Lawrence Free State went 10-2 in matches to finish first, followed by Manhattan, 9-3, Salina South, 4-8, and Junction City, 1-11.
For Junction City Kristen Hamilton went 1-2 in the Number Two singles competition.
The Junction City Lady Jay volleyball team opened their season Thursday night at the Shenk Gym with wins over Highland Park and Topeka West, and a loss to Hayden.
JCHS Coach Megan Parks was pleased with her team’s performance. “Not too bad at all. We came in expecting to have some wins. And I think I’m satisfied. I think the girls are pretty happy with a two and one win.”
Junction City defeated Highland Park 25-9 , 25-14, and Topeka West 25-16, 25-23. They fell to Hayden 25-10, 25-7.
The Junction City Blue Jays open their 2013 football season at Hays on Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. You can hear the game on KJCK A, 1420, The Talk of JC. The pregame broadcast with Dewey Terrill and Brian Field is set to begin at 6:38 p.m.
In other Friday night action:
–Manhattan goes to Mill Valley, Abilene travels to Scott City, Chapman is at Rossville, Concordia visits Beloit, Clay Center is at Riley County, Hayden goes to Seaman, Washburn Rural travels to Blue Valley West, Emporia hosts Shawnee Heights, and Highland plays Topeka High.
–Topeka West travels to Kansas City Schlagle, Council Grove visits Herington, Rock Creek travels to Wamego, Marysville hosts Winfield, Centre is at Goessel, Wakefield hosts Little River, Hope goes to Solomon, and White City visits Peabody – Burns.
The Fort Riley Middle School Troopers seventh grade football team scored 20 unanswered points in the second to defeat Clay Center 20-0 on Thursday.
In eighth grade football Fort Riley Middle School fell to Clay Center 22-0.
It was the season opener for both teams.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Mike Moustakas homered to lead off the 13th inning, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday.
Moustakas homered to right on an 0-2 pitch from Chance Ruffin (0-1), who had not pitched in the majors since 2011.
Louis Coleman (3-0), the eighth Kansas City pitcher, retired the only batter he faced in the top of the 13th.
Kansas City rallied from five runs down and led 6-5 in the ninth inning before Raul Ibanez homered off Greg Holland into the Mariners’ bullpen with two outs to tie the score. It was Holland’s first blown save since May 6 to end his streak of 31 consecutive saves.
Billy Butler went 5 for 5, matching his career high in hits for the Royals, while Emilo Bonifacio went 4 for 6 for his first four-hit game since July 4, 2009.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Chiefs had offensive tackle Eric Fisher rated No. 1 on their draft board. The Jacksonville Jaguars had fellow offensive tackle Luke Joeckel rated first on their board.
Both of the teams got what they wanted in April.
Now, the Chiefs and Jaguars will get a good idea who might have fared best when Fisher and Joeckel make their NFL debuts. Kansas City visits Jacksonville on Sunday with both players set to start at right tackle for teams coming off 2-14 seasons.
Fisher and Joeckel have both been slowed by injuries during the preseason, but they’ve showed flashes when they’ve been on the field. Chiefs coach Andy Reid and Jaguars coach Gus Bradley both said Wednesday that they’re happy with the way things worked out.
The Kansas State Equestrian will conduct their Purple – White scrimmage at 9 a.m. Sunday at Timbercreek Stables.
The Wildcats are coming off a season which saw the Western team take home its third Reserve National Championship in four years. K-State returns several key riders including team captains Kelly Bovaird, Jordan Cox, Madison Wayda, and Rachel Webster.
Admission to Sunday’s event is free to the public.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – A decision on Blaine Gabbert’s return from a broken thumb could stretch until game day.
Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley said after practice Wednesday that he “saw some glimpses at the end where (Gabbert) was starting to get into a little bit more of a rhythm.” But Bradley added that his quarterback decision “very easily could” last until before Sunday’s game against Kansas City.
Bradley says: “We’ve got some decisions to make. I know he feels better every day, so I think we’re going to have to get as much time as we can to evaluate this.”
Gabbert sustained a hairline fracture in his right thumb during the team’s second preseason game. Gabbert sat out the final two exhibitions, and team doctors thought he would be healthy enough to play against the Chiefs.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said Tuesday that he plans to use quarterback Daniel Sams more after the sophomore sat for most of the Wildcats’ loss to North Dakota State last week.
Snyder said that Sams had a “great practice” on Monday and deserves to be on the field when Kansas State tries to bounce back on Saturday night against Louisiana-Lafayette.
Sams was in a race with junior college transfer Jake Waters to be the starter most of fall camp. He was beaten out by Waters, who played nearly all the snaps against the Bison.
Waters threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns, but he was also intercepted twice. Sams only played a couple of downs, though he did run 17 yards for a touchdown.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Felix Hernandez lost his fourth straight start and Will Smith struck out a career high eight to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Monday.
The Mariners right-hander hasn’t lost four straight starts since 2008. He also left in the seventh inning with a cramp in his lower back.
Smith (2-1) pitched 4 1-3 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the victory, allowing just one hit, after starter Danny Duffy failed to make it through four innings. Five of Smith’s strikeouts took only three pitches.
Greg Holland pitched a one-hit ninth for his 37th save in 39 opportunities.