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The Northland Lady Eagles have shown consistent improvement, having gained much needed game-time experience over last season. Head Coach Jenny Kovall has shaped her Eagles and honed their skills as the season has progressed. That experience was tested as the girls hosted the 24 ranked, Huskies from Bigfork.

"It was a good game, we kept it close with scrappy defense, we trailed by six at the half and came out in the second half and got the score to within one, but we didn't posses the defense at a few critical spans and that cost us. We'll work on that." Said Kovall.

"Bigfork is ranked 24th, it gives us confidence that we can play with everyone, we just need to fine tune a few things. We had a lot of time to work on the lose ends over the

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Christmas break and it is beginning to show in our play. We're not turning the ball over nearly as much as we have in the past, only 12 as a team tonight, the most we've had all year is 15.

The girls spread out the scoring with Chloe Wolske recording her first double-double of the year with 14 points and 10 boards. Maddy Shepard put in 16 points, five boards and three steals. Keyana Gross added 12 points and five rebounds while Kristine Johnson put down seven points, 9 rebounds and five take-aways. Kali Wake chipped in eight points and four boards.

The final score may have the Huskies on top by 11 (58-69), the Lady Eagles have shown to themselves that they can play with ranked teams in their conference. The wins will come, with consistency comes confidence[[In-content Ad]]

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