Soccer Preview: Topeka vs. Junction City
Topeka is 7-1 against Junction City since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Topeka Trojans will challenge the Junction City Bluejays at 6:20 p.m. Topeka is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
While Topeka didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-10), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They blew past Tonganoxie 8-0 on Tuesday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Chieftains are ranked 93rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Topeka's offense was hitting Tonganoxie from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Ian Martinez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Junction City's game last Thursday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Great Bend by a score of 1-0. The Bluejays have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Topeka's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Junction City, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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