Nathan Nowack set a Menominee High School record by scoring seven touchdowns as the Maroons beat the Gladstone Braves, 63-13, Friday in Gladstone. Nowack scored two touchdowns on the ground and threw five touchdown passes. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Marinette Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament came to an end on Sunday with four games. The Escanaba Cubs made seven errors and lost to Manitowoc, 14-1. Menominee hung on to beat Green Bay, 3-1, while Watertown beat Marquette, 5-3. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the Escanaba-Manitowoc and Menominee-Green Bay games.
The fourth time was not the charm for the Menominee High School Football team on Saturday. The Maroons lost to Grand Rapids West Catholic, 27-14, in the Division Five State Championship game at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MHSAA.
The Marinette-Menominee Timberjacks semi-pro football team had plenty of chances to stay atop of the league standings Saturday night, but couldn't cash in and lost to the Sheboygan County Rebels, 20-6, in Menominee. Click the above headline for details.
Three Upper Peninsula high school football teams played in state semifinal action on Saturday. The Ishpeming Hematites beat Pewamo-Westphalia, 8-7, to advance to next week's state championship game in Detroit. The Menominee Maroons lost a heartbreaker to Grand Rapids West Catholic, 20-17, and the St. Ignace Saints were beaten by Beal City, 25-7. Click the above headline to read recaps of all three games.
Big news in Upper Peninsula high school football. Longtime Menominee Maroons Coach Ken Hofer announced his retirement on Monday. He won 320 games over more than four decades coaching at both Stephenson and Menominee, using the old single wing offense. Hofer won three state championship games in Menominee, and was inducted into the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. Click the above headline to read more.
The Escanaba High School tennis team picked up its first win of the 2012 season on Thursday, turning back the Menominee Maroons, 8-0. The win came under sunny conditions, but there was a cold, gusty wind that made it very difficult to return the ball...or to serve...effectively.
Pictured: Eskymo junior Jake Eastin lunges after a ball during Thursday's match. Click the above headline to see all of the results and more photos from the match.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team had a poor first quarter, falling behind, 15-4, and was eliminated by the Menominee Maroons, 60-50, in the Class B district semifinals Wednesday in Gladstone. The Braves gave up too many offensive rebounds, and the quick Maroon guards were able to get numerous steals that were turned into baskets at the other end of the court. Jared Vuksan led the Braves with 19 points, and his team closed to within seven points on several occassions in the fourth quarter. But Menominee's Jared Rivard nailed long jumpers on all three occassions to hold Gladstone at bay, finishing with 16 points. Bryan Hines had 14 points for the Maroons.
