Rally Falls Short For Esky JV Football Team, 20-18
ESCANABA---The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team fell behind 20-0 Thursday night and put on a big rally before losing to Iron Mountain, 20-18. Freshman quarterback Nick Bink threw a long touchdown pass and ran in another score for the Eskymos, but a fourth quarter interception was costly....as was a missed extra point in the second quarter. The Eskymos fell to 5-3 on the JV season. But the usually-automatic Riley Stenfors bounced the extra point kick off of the right goalpost, so it stayed 20-6. And that would be a big play as the game went on. On Iron Mountain's next possession, Jack Valentine came up with the big strip and Mohammed Hoque crawled on all-fours to get the fumble. Bink hooked up with Brandon Punzel for the long touchdown pass to cut the Iron Mountain lead to 20-12. Because of the earlier missed PAT, the Eskymos had to go for the two-point conversion, and they missed. So, Escanaba trailed at halftime, 20-12. Escanaba continued to gain momentum in the second half as Bink scrambled for a touchdown to bring his team to within two points. But the conversion pass was out of the reach of a diving Van Effen, so Iron Mountain stayed ahead, 20-18. Escanaba got the ball back one more time with six minutes left in the game, but the offense went three-and-out and punted. The Mountaineers converted two third down conversions in the final three minutes of play, and they ran out the clock. Escanaba (5-3) hosts Kingsford to close out the junior varsity football season next Thursday night. Kickoff is set for 6:30 (ET) at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box above to see photos and videos from the game. |
Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Record |
8/29 |
7:00 PM |
Alpena Wildcats
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7 - 15 (L)
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0-1
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9/5 |
7:30 PM |
at Traverse City Central Trojans
|
7 - 28 (L)
|
0-2
|
9/13 |
7:00 PM |
at Cheboygan Chiefs
|
21 - 33 (L)
|
0-3
|
9/20 |
7:00 PM |
Marquette Redmen
|
35 - 14 (W)
|
1-3
|
9/28 |
2:00 PM |
Detroit Country Day
|
7 - 34 (L)
|
1-4
|
10/4 |
8:00 PM |
at Menominee Maroons
|
0 - 44 (L)
|
1-5
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10/11 |
7:00 PM |
Gladstone Braves
|
41 - 16 (W)
|
2-5
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10/18 |
7:00 PM |
at Iron Mountain Mountaineers
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34 - 14 (W)
|
3-5
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10/25 |
7:30 PM |
at Kingsford Flivvers
|
21 - 28 (L)
|
3-6
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