Northeast Nodaway beat Stewartsville 50-38 in a game that was not as close as the final score as Dylan Vore was a force in the post for the Bluejays, getting 19 points. The Bluejays evened their record out at 9-9, with a chance to play for a winning season, their second in a row after spending some time in the basement. The Bluejays had beaten Stewartsville 44-37 in the first game between the two teams, at the Platte Valley Invitational in Union Star in a game that was nip and tuck. Since then, the Cardinals have played .500 ball, but all but one of their wins were against teams with three wins or less for the year.
Coaches were wary of the Cards, who sport a rabid fan base and an athletic team; they drew the third seed at the Platte Valley Invitational. But frustration has set in for the Cards, with their coach, Travis Curtis, doing the Chinese Fire Drill several times during Tuesday's game, trying to find some kind of spark. Stewartsville had every reason to go all-out against the Bluejays, who derailed them in Union Star. It looked like the Cardinals might take control as they collected five offensive boards within the first few minutes of the game, but then NEN suddenly figured out how to put pressure on them, getting 16 tips and 22 steals for the night while only surrendering the ball 12 times despite nonstop pressure from the red shirts in the second half.
Northeast was somehow ahead 6-4 early despite Stewartsville's early control of the boards, but then NEN started to pull away as Dylan Vore got loose in transition and Ben Boswell added a 3-pointer to make it 11-4. Tyler Haskell cut it to 11-7 for Stewartsville, but Chet Spire got a tip and Spencer Weir a steal, and then Ben Boswell added another steal to put the Bluejays up 15-7 after one.
Mitchell Sherry hit Dylan Vore inside, prompting the Chinese Fire Drill from Stewartsville. Despite that, NEN kept pulling away as Weir hit two free throws, Reed McIntyre got it to Vore in transition, McIntyre lobbed one into Vore for a three-point play, and then Weir got a tip on defense, Chet Spire got a steal, and got it back to Spencer to make it 26-7. Stewartsville chipped away, getting it down to 26-10 on Mitchell Lundy's steal, but then Vore found Reed McIntyre all alone with four seconds left to make it 28-10 at the break.
Stewartsville put on frantic pressure to start the second, and at first, it looked like it might work. Spencer Weir hit Dylan Vore inside to make it 30-10, but then Mitchell Lundy got a putback, Jake Schellhorn got a steal off the press, and Tyler Haskell got a three to make it 30-17. The Stewartsville fans were threatening to erupt, and things were threatening to get interesting for the Bluejays after Weir, one of NEN's main ballhandlers, collided with one of the red shirts, got a bloody lip, and no foul was called as he came out for the rest of the quarter.
But all of a sudden, Northeast settled down and started feeding their big man inside as Vore scored off a drive and then Chet Spire found him inside. Vore got a steal and hit Ben Boswell for a layup, and then Chet Spire's drive set up Ben Boswell's three. Mitchell Sherry got one to Spire in transition as NEN restored order, going into the fourth quarter up 41-17. Spencer Weir was OK, and he came back in at the start of the fourth. Auston Pride showed some promise in the post as the freshman scored twice in the paint as NEN's biggest lead was 45-20 and 47-22.
Dylan Vore had 19 points to lead the Bluejays. Ben Boswell had 10, Spencer Weir 6, Ethan Adwell and Auston Pride 4, Chet Spire 3, and Reed McIntyre and Drew Wiederholt 2.
Dylan Vore, Chet Spire, and Chase Atkins had 1 block each.
Spencer Weir had 6 boards for the Bluejays. Chet Spire had 5, Mitchell Sherry 4, Dylan Vore 3, and Ethan Adwell, Nathan Schieber, Auston Pride, and Reed McIntyre had 1 each.
Mitchell Sherry had 5 assists. Chet Spire and Dylan Vore had 4, Reed McIntyre 3, Spencer Weir 2, and Rory Bredlow 1.
Mitchell Sherry had 8 tips. Ethan Adwell, Spencer Weir, and Dylan Vore had 2, while Chet Spire and Ben Boswell had 1.
Chet Spire had 5 steals. Dylan Vore and Spencer Weir had 4, Ethan Adwell and Mitchell Sherry 3, Ben Boswell 2, and Nathan Schieber 1.
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