The Junction City Bluejays will take on the West Pioneers on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Junction City has three straight wins, West has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Junction City got the win against Emporia by a conclusive 28-6. Given the Bluejays' advantage in MaxPreps' Kansas football rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Spartans are ranked 127th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last six times West and South have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Friday. The Pioneers took a blow against the Titans, falling 41-8. The Pioneers were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Junction City will have to contain Colby Eck-Watkins as he made an impact in West's last game. He rushed for 105 yards on only 14 carries, and also threw for 52 yards and one TD.
West's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Junction City, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
Junction City beat West 28-21 in their previous meeting back in October of 2017. Will the Bluejays repeat their success, or do the Pioneers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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