By Anthony Gorges
JC Post
Girls recap — Hays 63, Junction City 17
The Hays High Lady Indians jumped out to an early lead over the Junction City Lady Jays and won big on Friday night inside the Blue Jay Event Center. Hays led 20-2 at the end of the first quarter and 41-7 at halftime. Junction City had just one first-half basket, coming from sophomore Aniyah Henry-Rivers with two minutes to go in the half.
Third-quarter action was similar, with Henry-Rivers scoring another basket, but the Lady Indians led 57-9. In the fourth quarter, the JC girls managed to get a couple of shots to go in, including baskets on the final two possessions of the game by sophomore Isabel Pruitt.
Hays won the game 63-17 and improved to 5-0 on the season.
With the loss, the JC Lady Jays fall to 1-2 and will host Dodge City on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
On the KJCK Radio broadcast, Morgan Nabus was named the Blu Restaurant Player of the Game. (For being named Player of the Game, Morgan receives a free meal voucher of up to $20 from Blu Restaurant in Junction City.)
Boys recap — Hays 58, Junction City 49
The game started out well for the Junction City Blue Jays, as they went on a 7-0 run in the first minute and 20 seconds of game action. Hays quickly called a timeout and regrouped. Hays big man Dawson Ruder went on his own 8-0 run to give the Indians a one-point lead. The teams traded baskets throughout the remainder of the quarter, and Hays led 14-9 after one.
The Indians began the second quarter on a 10-5 run and stretched their lead to 10. Similar to what Hays did to start the game, JC called a timeout, regrouped, and then went on its own 7-0 run. A couple of made three-pointers cut the deficit to three, but Hays extended the lead right before halftime and led 28-22 at the break.
Third-quarter action saw the Blue Jay offense finally come alive, but Izaac Fox also got going for the Indians, as Hays extended its lead to eight, 42-34, after three quarters. In fourth-quarter action, the Indians grew their lead and held on for a 58-49 win.
Junction City was led in scoring by senior point guard Lovell Autry, who finished with 21 points. Senior Jet Thompson added 10, and they were the only two JCHS players in double figures.
On the KJCK Radio broadcast, Lovell Autry was named the Blu Restaurant Player of the Game. (For being named Player of the Game, Lovell receives a free meal voucher of up to $20 from Blu Restaurant in Junction City.)
With the loss, the Blue Jays fall to 1-2 on the season and will host Dodge City on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at the Blue Jay Event Center.