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Negaunee Uses Long Ball, Defense To Stop Eskymos
 ESCANABA---The Escanaba High School girls basketball team does not give up very many points. In fact, more than halfway through this 2012-'13 season, the girls have only allowed 50 points to two teams. And nobody has reached 60 points against the Eskymos this season. 
Codi Jenshak (4) runs the Escanaba offense as Negaunee's Ashley Veale (22) defends.
The trend continued Wednesday night as the Escanaba Eskymos lost to the Negaunee Miners, 44-33, at the Escanaba Gym. The Miners, the third-ranked team in the Upper Peninsula, never could shake the Eskymos. The Escanaba girls made the Miners work all night long, and the difference in the game came in the second quarter when Negaunee hit a couple of three's to build a lead. Negaunee led, 21-15, at halftime, and then expanded that lead to 11 points in the third quarter. The Eskymos stabilized the game the rest of the way, but the girls could not get the Negaunee lead lower than five points. Negaunee was led by Ashley Veale's 23 points. The Miners are now 11-1 this season.  
Esky's Sydney Gafner attacks the basket.
This was Escanaba's second loss to the Miners this season, with the other loss also coming by 11 points in Negaunee on Dec. 4. The Eskymos (3-9) host Iron Mountain Friday night as the girls' six-game homestand continues. Click the thumbnails in the "ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS" box to see photos and videos from Wednesday night's game.  |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Record |
11/27 |
7:20 PM |
at Calumet Copper Kings
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37 - 51 (L)
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0-1
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12/1 |
2:45 PM |
Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils
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48 - 45 (W)
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1-1
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12/4 |
7:45 PM |
at Negaunee Miners
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35 - 46 (L)
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1-2
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12/11 |
7:30 PM |
at Gwinn Model Towners
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45 - 39 (W)
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2-2
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12/13 |
7:30 PM |
Ishpeming Hematites
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38 - 49 (L)
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2-3
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12/18 |
7:30 PM |
at Houghton Gremlins
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25 - 49 (L)
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2-4
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1/4 |
7:15 PM |
at Gladstone Braves
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33 - 35 (L)
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2-5
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1/8 |
7:30 PM |
Marquette Redmen
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35 - 52 (L)
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2-6
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1/10 |
8:00 PM |
at Kingsford Flivvers
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33 - 48 (L)
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2-7
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1/14 |
7:30 PM |
Menominee Maroons
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40 - 28 (W)
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3-7
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1/17 |
7:20 PM |
at Marquette Redmen
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31 - 53 (L)
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3-8
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1/23 |
7:30 PM |
Negaunee Miners
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33 - 44 (L)
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3-9
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1/25 |
7:30 PM |
Iron Mountain Mountaineers
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34 - 47 (L)
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3-10
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2/1 |
7:30 PM |
Houghton Gremlins
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38 - 64 (L)
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3-11
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2/5 |
7:30 PM |
Kingsford Flivvers
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36 - 45 (L)
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3-12
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2/7 |
7:30 PM |
Calumet Copper Kings
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25 - 54 (L)
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3-13
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2/12 |
7:30 PM |
Gladstone Braves
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47 - 46 (W)
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4-13
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2/14 |
7:45 PM |
at Ishpeming Hematites
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40 - 45 (L)
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4-14
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2/16 |
3:30 PM |
DeTour Red Raiders
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42 - 50 (L)
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4-15
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2/21 |
8:00 PM |
at Menominee Maroons
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32 - 53 (L)
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4-16
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2/25 |
6:00 PM |
at Kingsford Flivvers
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34 - 46 (L)
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4-17
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