Great Bend (6-1) at Junction City (3-4) RADIO—104.3 FM VIDEO—youtube.com (Junction City High School) BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com Great Bend football coach Erin Beck is focused on building postseason momentum when the Panthers journey to 6A Junction City Friday. No. 1 West 4A seed Great Bend (6-1) owns the tiebreaker for home-field advantage over McPherson (6-1) because of a 21-3 head-to-head victory. However, a loss to Junction City could drop the Panthers as low as sixth seed. "Our goal is to go 1-0 this week," said Beck. "We have to bounce back and feel like we're playing our best football." If the Panthers slow down Junction City quarterback Khalil Walker, they'll likely earn a victory. Walker is the Bluejays' chief offensive threat with 685 yards rushing and eight touchdowns. "Their quarterback (Walker) is dangerous with their quarterback read game," Beck said. "They'll line up and run it at you. They'll use play action and he'll run it or pass it." Tight end Brody Boeckman has 307 yards receiving. Center Levi Engstrom and tackle Courtney McLarin are first-team All-Centennial League standouts. Hays gained nearly 500 yards rushing last week in a 35-7 victory. Great Bend is yielding 310 yards per game. "We overran plays and cutbacks hurt us against Hays," Beck said. "Our run blitzes were out of position. When you don't tackle well against good backs, they'll make you pay." Panther quarterback Maxson Smiley has thrown for 1,392 yards and 16 touchdowns with Cooper Ohnmacht (578 yds. 5 TDs) and Alec Premer (394 yds. 3 TDs) the top targets. The Panthers are averaging 207 yards passing and 138 yards rushing. The Bluejays' defense features All-Centennial League linebackers Marcus Boganowski and Josiah Totive. "It'll be a challenge because we're facing an aggressive and athletic Junction City defense," Beck said. "They've got fast players at all three levels." Schartz has rushed for 535 yards and nine touchdowns. "Offensively, we have to have confidence and run the football," Beck said. "We struggled to control the line of scrimmage last week." PANTHER OFFENSE—1—Cal Schartz, TB; 2—Cooper Ohnmacht, WR; 5—Maxson Smiley, QB; 7—Kale Kern, TE; 13—Alec Premer, WR; 24—Jaxon Wondra, WR; 54—Gavynn Maddox, C; 57—Keeton Bray, RT; 58—Colby Spore, LT; 59—Brady Mendez, RG; 73—Josue Bustamante, LG PANTHER DEFENSE—1—Cal Schartz, S; 2—Cooper Ohnmacht, S; 3—Carter Dreiling, STAR; 4—Hayden Liles, CB; 6—Gavin Wondra, CB; 7—Kale Kern, MLB; 24—Jaxon Wondra, DE; 27—Blake Suppes, MIKE; 50—Cole Fanshier, DE; 58—Colby Spore, DT; 73—Josue Bustamante, DT JUNCTION CITY OFFENSE—4—Marcus Boganowski, WR; 8—Khalil Walker, QB; 12—Brody Boeckman, TE; 17—Amare McNeese, WR; 33—Tyler Proietti, RB; 21—Landon Beene, TE; 51—Hemaloto Tatufu, LG; 52—Tom McElroy, RT; 71—Levin Engstro, C; 74—Noah Taylor, LG; 77—Courtney McLarin LT JUNCTION CITY OFFENSE—3—Alejando Lugo, S: 4—Marcus Boganowski, WR; 6—Thomas Karmann, CB; 7—Angel Allen, S; 16—Landon Mitchell, OLB/DE; 25—Josiah Totive, LB; 34—Braxon Stroada, OLB/DE; 37—Axton Richardson, DT; 51—Hemaloto Tatufu, DT; 52—Tom McElroy, DT