By Anthony Gorges
JC Post
The Junction City Blue Jay boys basketball program hosted the St. Mary's Academy Crusaders in boys only action on Wednesday night at Junction City High School. The JCHS boys went 3-0 as a program, with the Freshman, JV, and Varsity all winning in their final action before Christmas break.
Varsity boys - Junction City 48, St. Mary's Academy 22
By no means was it a clean game, but the Junction City Blue Jays win their final game of 2025, 48-22. St. Mary's Academy scored the first basket of the game, and that's the only time the Crusaders led. Following that early basket and a sluggish start for JCHS, the Blue Jays went on an 11-0 run and then led 13-4 at the end of the first period.
The second quarter is when Junction City began to find their groove. Senior Lovell Autry and junior Brody Boeckman both got rolling in this period, and the Blue Jays went on a 13-0 run, capped off by a Boeckman right-wing three pointer with less than a minute to go in the first half. JC led 34-9 at the half.
Second half saw the Blue Jays get some of their younger players on the floor with a 30 plus point lead, and a continuous running clock in the fourth quarter. JC led 46-12 at the end of the third quarter and won the game 48-22.
With the win, Junction City improved to 3-2 on the season and heads into Christmas break with a winning record.
Senior Lovell Autry finished with a game high 17 points, and Brody Boeckman finished with 13 points.
*On our KJCK Radio broadcast, our Blu restaurant player of the game was Junior Brody Boeckman. (For being our player of the game, Brody receives a $20 free meal voucher from Blu Restaurant in Junction City).