SPALDING — The Powers North Central girls hope to realize their potential during this basketball season.

They may not be there yet, but the Jets showed signs they could be heading in the direction they want despite dropping a 41-32 decision to Iron Mountain in a season-opener here Monday night.

“We definitely have a lot of potential this year,” Jets’ coach Brooke Granquist said. “We felt we played the best first half to start the year in quite a while. They’re rebounding well. Now, it’s mostly a matter of improving all the little things.”

Iron Mountain, with no seniors on its team, followed a deliberate approach and led 23-17 at halftime.

“We’re a little young,” Mountaineers’ coach Chad Lindeman said. “We had three sophomores and a freshman starting. We had to slow the game down. We wa

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