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The Blue Jay

Senior pitcher Conrad Gomez throws toward home plate.

Varsity Baseball Sweeps Wamego

Conrado Gomez III, staff writer April 21, 2026

Junction City High varsity baseball played a double header against Wamego High School on Friday, April 10. With two outs in the inning, a ball was hit deep into the outfield that looked like it was going...

Junior swimmer Sarren Hines  swims the 50 M freestyle in the triangle against Manhattan and Topeka High School last Tuesday, March 29 at the Topeka Natatoriam. She placed first with a time of 28.93 seconds.

Blue Jay girls swim beats personal records

Andrea Hipolito, Staff Writer April 5, 2022

The Junction City girls swim team had a meet on March 29, 2022 in the Topeka Natatorium. Junction City competed against two teams, Manhattan High and Topeka High. Overall, they placed 2nd as a team. With...

Baseball scores big against Emporia

Baseball scores big against Emporia

Nathaniel Rumbaugh, Staff Writer April 14, 2021

The Blue Jays Baseball team had a successful road trip on Tuesday when they faced Emporia. The first and second game were quite different, in which the Blue Jays won by 4 and then by 9. In the first game...

Junior Brooke Swango works to rotate her opponent to her back for the pin. Swango was one of five wrestling to compete at state. Although she didn't come home with a placing, Swango says she enjoyed the experience.

Winter Sports Recap

Nathaniel Rumbaugh, Staff Writer March 23, 2021

Before the spring season can officially begin, here is how the winter sports completed their seasons. Boys basketball fell during sub state to the Firebirds of Lawrence Free State. To get to the 2nd round...

Winter sports have successful seasons

Winter sports have successful seasons

Nathaniel Rumbaugh, Staff Writer February 25, 2021

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic Junction City High School has managed to keep sports up and running. Throughout everything, our Blue Jays boys basketball team has still competed well each week. Posting...

Elisa Robinson, 2019

State Wrestling 2020

Olivia Knerr, Staff Editor March 6, 2020

On February 27, 2020, in Salina, Kansas, the State wrestling meet commenced at the Tony Pizza Event Center. The meet began at 6 pm and ended at 7 pm. There were 500-1000 people there to watch the meet....

Sports Recap: Fall Sports

Joshua Allen, Staff Writer September 20, 2019

On September 12, 2019, The JCHS Girls Tennis team participated in a quadrangle, hosted by Washburn Rural. Varsity players Krysta Talley and Anna Torres beat Marysville 8-1, but sadly lost to Washburn Rural....

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