Junction City hasn't had much luck against Topeka recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Junction City Bluejays will be playing at home against the Topeka Trojans at 6:20 p.m.
Junction City is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Great Bend last Thursday. Junction City fell just short of Great Bend by a score of 1-0. The Bluejays have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Topeka had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They never let the Chieftains onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. Considering the Trojans have won three games by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their 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.
Junction City's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Topeka, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Junction City beat Topeka by a goal in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, winning 3-2. Will Junction City repeat their success, or does Topeka have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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