By Jackson Schneider
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. — The Junction City High School basketball teams will host a pair of Sub-State contests in Shenk Gym on Saturday, February 27th, according to a release from JCHS Athletic Director Matt Westerhaus.
At 1 p.m., the 4-seed Junction City Lady Jays will host the 5-seed Lawrence Free State Firebirds in the play-in round of the 6A State playoffs, with the winner to travel to take on 1-seed Topeka High Trojans in the next round.
On the boys' side, at 4 p.m., the 4-seed Junction City Blue Jays will host the 5-seed Topeka High Trojans, also in the play-in round of the 6A State playoffs, with the winner to travel to take on 1-seed Lawrence Free State Firebirds.
Attendance will be once again limited to two spectators per participant, due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts. For those listed as attendees to the events, tickets are $7 and gates will open 45 minutes prior to the start of each game. Shenk Gym will be cleared between the two games to allow for cleaning.
For those unable to attend, coverage of both basketball games will be provided live on 142o AM and 107.9 FM KJCK, as well as on KJCK.com , with live video courtesy of Junction City High School here on JCPost.com.