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Carlisle High School basketball player
Carter Prenosil was arrested Wednesday in Iowa and charged with a
felony count of willful injury—causing serious injury after allegedly punching an opponent from Nevada High School during the postgame
handshake line Tuesday night.
TMZ Sports reported Thursday that
Prenosil’s first court date in the case is scheduled for Dec. 13. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years
in prison if convicted.
Court documents state Prenosil threw an
“unwarranted punch” toward the Nevada player, Ty Dittmer, who suffered
a concussion and required four stitches because of a cut on his
mouth, per TMZ.
Carlisle student JayJay Noring, who
attended the game, told KCCI the players had “traded insults” during the contest.
“He said something during the game
that Carter didn’t like so at the end, Carter went up and finished
it. Which was a little way too beyond if you ask me. He didn’t have
to go that far,” Noring said.
The superintendents from both school
districts released statements to KCCI.
“This is without question an
unfortunate incident that is not representative of the school culture
that exists in Carlisle Community School District,” Carlisle’s
Bryce Amos said. “I want to make it clear that this type of conduct is
not tolerated at Carlisle CSD.”
Nevada’s Dr. Steve Gray added: “It
was a very unfortunate and disturbing situation. Fortunately, it
sounds like our student-athlete is going to be alright. I’m very
appreciative of the response of our coaches and players, as well as
the Carlisle administration, for quickly de-escalating the
situation.”
The Iowa High School Athletic
Association is also investigating the matter.
Both teams are still tentatively scheduled to
continue their 2021-22 seasons Friday night. Carlisle is set to visit
North Polk High School, while Nevada is slated for a road game
against PCM High School.
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