Jets Get Paybacks In 'Civil War' Win Over Carney

POWERS---Things were going just fine for the Carney-Nadeau High School basketball team Tuesday night as the boys played their arch-rivals, the North Central Jets.

The Wolves had the fast-paced tempo that they love, and they led, 20-14, after one quarter of play. The Carney lead grew to 29-17 midway through the second quarter.

Carney's Dionte Blahnik drives inside against two NCA defenders Tuesday.

But there was one problem. Carney's star player, Wade Schetter, was in foul trouble. He was given three personal fouls in the first five minutes of the game. And when he got a fourth personal foul midway through the second quarter, the momentum in the game turned.

Carney was ahead by twelve, but without the Wolves' leader on the court, NCA went on a 9-2 run and closed to within 31-26 at halftime.

Schetter played the entire second half saddled by those four fouls. He has unable to play as aggressvely on defense as normal, and the Jets took full advantage.

North Central took a 39-38 lead entering the fourth quarter as Travis Vincent scored on a put-back with time running out in the third quarter.

Carney's last-second attempt to tie fails.

Schetter nailed a three-pointer from NBA territory early in the third quarter to tie the game at 41-41, but Josh Granquist answered with a long ball of his own to put the home-standing Jets back in front.

As time ticked down on the game, Schetter retied the game at 49-49 with an off-balance jumper. But the Jets came back down court and got a clutch three from Trevor Ekberg to put North Central back in front, 52-49, with a minute left in the fourth quarter.

Wade Schetter is surrounded by three Jets.

The Wolves had several chances to tie the game in the closing seconds. The last attempt was a deep "three" by Keenan Lampinen, which clanked off the rim as time expired. The game was played under a tournament atmosphere, with the NCA parking lot completely full with cars and trucks.

With the win, North Central (8-2) reversed its recent fortunes against the Wolves.

This goes back to last spring's district tournament game that turned in Carney's favor after a former NCA student threw a Coke bottle onto the court in the closing seconds, allowing Carney to gain possession for Schetter to nail a game-winning shot.

On this night, Schetter led the Wolves (8-3) with 20 points. Carney has lost three of four games after a 7-0 start.

North Central got 15 points from Ekberg, 14 from Rob Granquist, and 13 from Vincent.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Record

12/3	8:00 PM	Stephenson Eagles	61 - 48 (W)	1-0

12/6	7:45 PM	at Rapid River Rockets	67 - 47 (W)	2-0

12/10	7:00 PM	at Republic-Michigamme Hawks	60 - 43 (W)	3-0

12/13	8:00 PM	at Carney-Nadeau Wolves	53 - 59 (L)	3-1

1/3	7:45 PM	at Rapid River Rockets	64 - 32 (W)	4-1

1/7	8:00 PM	North Dickinson Nordics	66 - 70 (L)	4-2

1/12	6:00 PM	Superior Central Cougars	65 - 60 (W)	5-2

1/17	7:30 PM	at Big Bay deNoc Black Bears	48 - 39 (W)	6-2

1/25	7:45 PM	Bark River-Harris Broncos	68 - 39 (W)	7-2

1/29	8:00 PM	Carney-Nadeau Wolves	52 - 49 (W)	8-2

2/1	8:00 PM	at Forest Park Trojans	67 - 56 (W)	9-2

2/5	8:00 PM	Republic-Michigamme Hawks	60 - 41 (W)	10-2

2/8	8:00 PM	Big Bay deNoc Black Bears	73 - 45 (W)	11-2

2/12	8:00 PM	at North Dickinson Nordics	53 - 49 (W)	12-2

2/15	8:00 PM	at Stephenson Eagles	57 - 44 (W)	13-2

2/18	7:30 PM	at Munising Mustangs	56 - 63 (L)	13-3

2/22	7:45 PM	at Bark River-Harris Broncos	59 - 47 (W)	14-3

2/23	7:00 PM	Mid Peninsula Wolverines	57 - 47 (W)	15-3

2/26	8:00 PM	Forest Park Trojans	61 - 41 (W)	16-3

2/28	7:30 PM	at Mid Peninsula Wolverines	54 - 41 (W)	17-3

3/4	7:00 PM	Mid Peninsula Wolverines	87 - 65 (W)	18-3

3/6	7:00 PM	Carney-Nadeau Wolves	65 - 54 (W)	19-3

3/8	7:00 PM	at North Dickinson Nordics	54 - 40 (W)	20-3

3/11	6:00 PM	Superior Central Cougars	64 - 61 (W)	21-3

3/13	7:00 PM	Forest Park Trojans	59 - 50 (W)	22-3

3/19	7:00 PM	at Cedarville Trojans	71 - 57 (W)	23-3

3/21	6:00 PM	at Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian Defenders	36 - 51 (L)