Northeast Nodaway’s boys have been following a tough road all year. They changed coaches right before the season started, they played the numbers game, and they struggled against a tough schedule. But they finally got their first win of the season in December, a 52-42 win over DeKalb. They got their whole team together at last and nearly knocked off Gilman City at their place before falling by two. They have been playing most of their games tough, but falling just short, nearly knocking off Rock Port and Nodaway Valley. They finally got over the hump against King City, beating them 57-46 in the King City Tournament and knocking them out. They then took Stanberry down to the wire; against a team that had beaten them 73-33 in Ravenwood in December, they lost to them in the consolation game 25-22.
On Tuesday, January 30th, they went to Union
Star. Against the Trojans, a team following similar fortunes, they got locked
into a desperation battle against another team which was searching desperately
for a win. The result was an all-out war, in which the Bluejays came out on top
45-38 after a big struggle.
At first, it looked like it would be easy after Trenton
Hartley hit a 3-pointer, Drew Dack scored off a Jack Boswell steal, and Jake
Redden hit a free throw to make it 6-0. But Carter Jackson converted a three
point play and Wyatt Thiemann hit a free throw and the Trojans were right back
in it. The game was physical, with both teams committing a bunch of fouls. Jack
Boswell drove and scored, as did Drew Dack to make it 10-4 before Jackson cut
it to 10-5 after one.
Lake Klawuhn hit a 3-pointer to cut the Trojan deficit to
10-8. It looked like Northeast would finally pull away in the second when
Brycen Kennard’s 3-pointer after Drew Dack kept a possession alive sparked a
Bluejay run. Jack Boswell scored off a steal, Grant McIntyre got a steal and
fed Drew Dack, and Grant McIntyre scored from inside to make it 19-8. But then Carter
Jackson got a three point play to break the run and then Wyatt Thiemann threw
up a prayer from 15 feet that went in to cut it to 19-13 at the half, and Union
Star was still very much part of the game.
The foul trouble for the Bluejays mounted as Grant McIntyre
picked up his fourth foul and Jake Redden his third as Carter Jackson cut it to
19-15. Jack Boswell hit a free throw, Drew Dack took a charge on defense, and
Boswell scored off a drive. Dack made a free throw to make it 23-15. But in a
sequence featuring a foul call every time down the floor, Union Star chipped
away as Carter Jackson hit two free throws. At that point, three minutes into
the third quarter, both teams were already in the bonus there were so many
whistles and fouls. Jackson then scored from inside and then stepped outside
and hit a 3-pointer to cut the Trojan deficit to 23-22.
With their backs to the wall and both their big men in foul
trouble, Northeast fought back as Jack Boswell drove and hit two free throws.
Lake Klawuhn countered with two free throws to cut it to 25-24, but Jake
Redden, playing with three fouls, made three of four from the line to make it
28-24. Jackson countered inside after Carter Heinrich grabbed an offensive
board. Trenton Hartley hit a 3-pointer, but then, Shea Simerly, normally an
outside shooter and a ball handler, suddenly went downhill with the third
quarter clock winding down, slashed into the paint, and scored to cut the
Trojan deficit to 31-28.
The teams traded blows to start the fourth quarter as Jack
Boswell hit a 3-pointer, only for Carter Jackson to answer to make it 34-31.
Boswell cleaned up after Trenton Hartley got a steal but missed the layup,
Hartley got a 3-pointer, and then Grant McIntyre hit from inside to make it
41-31 at the three minute mark.
But Carter Jackson and the Trojans started fighting back
again as Jackson hit two free throws. Union Star had a lot of fouls to give in
the period, with only one foul at that point, meaning they could afford to be
very aggressive on defense. Jackson kept coming, hitting a free throw and then
grabbing a third chance putback to make it 41-36 with 1:42 left before Northeast
ran a minute off the clock, finally got into the bonus, and Drew Dack hit one
of two to make it 42-36 with 49 seconds left.
Lake Klawuhn countered with a runner to make it 42-38, but
Lance Runde hit one of two to make it 43-38 with 32 seconds left. Carter
Jackson, who was hot all night from three, finally missed one. Northeast missed
two free throws with 20 seconds left, but Jake Redden grabbed the second miss
and put it back to make it 45-38, and Union Star missed two tries at the other
end.
Jack Boswell had 14 points for the Bluejays. Trent Hartley
had 9, Drew Dack 8, Jake Redden 6, Grant McIntyre 4, Brycen Kennard 3, and
Lance Runde 1.
Drew Dack had 6 rebounds. Jake Redden had 5, Grant McIntyre
4, Jack Boswell and Brycen Kennard 3 each, Lance Runde 2, and Trent Hartley 1.
Jack Boswell had 5 assists. Drew Dack had 3, Grant McIntyre
2, and Jake Redden, Trent Hartley, Brycen Kennard, and Lance Runde all had 1.
Drew Dack, Trent Hartley, and Jack Boswell had 3 tips each. Grant
McIntyre and Lance Runde had 2 each, and Jake Redden had 1.
Jack Boswell had 3 steals, as did Trent Hartley. Brycen
Kennard, Jake Redden, Drew Dack, and Grant McIntyre had 1 each.
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