The regular season for fall sports is coming to a close so we wrap up the fall sports season with some remarkable showings by the athletes. A cross country runner placed in the Top 10 at the U.P.  Meet in Gladstone earning back-to-back all-state laurels. The volleyball team improved as the season went on and they had an extremely successful night off the court to raise money for the local cancer fund. In football, multiple records fell this season including a 40-year-old passing record set by former Maroon Coach Joe Noha. 

We preview the playoff race in volleyball and football with what teams the Maroons will face and possibly in the future. Are you wondering how the playoffs are determined? A breakdown of both volleyball and football is explained if you can follow along! 

Mini-Maroons is winding down with fall sports at the Hornets closed off the season with a win in their M&M Game. The M&M YMCA flag football league continues to be strong, and we take a look at some games that feature our 3rd through 6th graders. 

We are approaching the midway point with youth football in the area as we are approaching the start of the M&M YMCA youth flag football league. Youth Sports Coordinator Joe Plautz joins me as we look into the inner workings of the 4th-6th grade youth flag league the YMCA offers to the area. We go beyond football and hit on some other offerings they have as well. We wrap up our conversation with some past TimberJack memories and what was involved with the former M&M T-Jack football program. 

With Mini-Maroons this week the 4-6th grade football teams took on Peshtigo and the Hornets traveled to Allouez. The 7th and 8th grade girls basketball teams notched wins over Stephenson and Escanaba.  The Maroon Minute features some details regarding all of the Maroons fall sports contests regarding Cross Country, Tennis, Volleyball and Football. We will also look into the game schedule for all sports for the week 9/15-9/22.

We take a break from football this week to have a chat with Girls Tennis Coach Nikki Mathieu. It's hard to believe but the tennis team is halfway through the season. We recap some of there matches and go into the details of the team and dynamics they have. 

We are in full stride with sports this fall and it shows during Mini-Maroons and the Maroon Minute. In this episode  with Mini-Maroons, we have opening week details this week regarding basketball and football. The 7th and 8th Grade Girls Basketball team played against Carney and North Central as they opened the season. Menominee Youth football started with there first game against Bonduel and we have highlights regarding Week 3 of the M&M Hornets 7th/8th Grade Team. All high school fall sports are featured in the Maroon Minute this week with the Cross Country team participating in the Dale Philips Invite, while the Girls Tennis Team and Volleyball Team was also in action. A quick recap of the Maroon Football loss to Richmond-Burton is featured and we also look into the game schedule for all sports for the week 9/8-9/15.

Football season is inching into full stride as I am joined by Menominee Youth Football President Jeremy Sallgren. It's his second season as president as the organization moves into a positive direction for our future football stars. We go into the inner workings of how the football season moves with details on practices and games for our 4th through 6th graders. 

In Mini-Maroons this week the 7th & 8th Grade Hornets played another Saturday game and youth football is just around the corner. The Maroon Minute is full with fall sports action as the Volleyball team has won back to back matches against Great Northern Conference opponents. We recap the 116th M&M Game with a breakdown of the game that includes some football highlights of the Maroon win! 

The 116th M&M Game is upon us! This week I am joined by legendary Maroon Football Coach Ken Hofer as we talk about his past M&M Game experiences going back to 1966. We re-live some of the moments throughout the decades and even play some highlights from past contests. We have a good discussion along with more highlights regarding the 58-54 game that took place in 2001 and a get into a whole lot more! 

In Mini-Maroons this week the 7&8th Grade Hornets earned a football victory over the Manitowoc Chiefs and we have details of that game. High School Sports are in full swing now as the Girls Volleyball and Tennis Teams took to the nets along with the Maroon Cross Country runners taking the course. We have updates from all those contests and look ahead to the week of 8/25 to 9/1 in the Maroon Minute.

A new era is born in Menominee as first year Maroon Head Football  Coach Chand Brandt joins me to open up this years podcast series  We talk about the upcoming season and what we can expect to see from the 2022 Maroons. It's a good conversation regarding the offseason progress, camps and practices as the Maroons prepare for the upcoming season. We get to learn a little about the new coach and his past football experiences associated with High School football from his early days in Schoolcraft to the successes he had coaching the Stephenson Eagles.  

With the M&M Game a week away for football, fall sports kicks off in other sports like Tennis and Volleyball for the girls. I touch on the there upcoming schedules for 8/18-8/25  in the Maroon Minute. It's early in the season for the fan-favorite Mini-Maroons but we will have updates with the areas youngsters once there season get underway shortly in youth football and middle school basketball!

Maroon Boys Basketball coach Sam Larson is in studio as the boys wrapped up the regular season. We get into some exciting games from the season and talk about the historical moments the Maroons had. March Madness is officially here and we preview the boys postseason with a look into District 66.

We have results from the Marinette-Menominee YMCA Gymnastics Gliders regarding the Sheboygan event from the weekend of February 19th on Mini-Maroons. We will also look into the Menominee Youth Wrestlers as they were in Escanaba.  The Maroon Minute gets into the results from the last two regular season boys basketball games and the district opener from the girls.

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Maroon Girls Basketball coach Lucas Chouinard is in studio as we wrap up the regular season for the girls. We go over the ups and downs of the season and how they are moving into the right direction with the playoffs on the horizon. The playoff brackets are official and we dive into the teams with a playoff preview for Region 17. 

Mini-Maroons has a full schedule as the Menominee Youth Wrestling athletes participated in the Oconto Falls tournament. We have Menominee Hoops Club results with the 5th Grade Girls taking first place at the State Tournament in the Wisconsin Dells.  The Maroon Minute gets into the results from this past week for the boys and girls basketball teams and we look into the future games as the boys look to close out the regular season. 

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Menominee High School and Upper Peninsula Hall of Famer Al Ruleau is in studio as we talk about Maroon Basketball in the early 80's.  Al is in in the rare class of the 1,000 point club scoring 1,153 points in his career and was a part of the historic 1981-82 basketball team that finished 24-1  after losing in the State Semi-Finals. We discus local influencers in sports that includes some past coaches. The game and venues have evolved over the years and we have a few stories on those topics. He remembers one of the biggest games ever held in Menominee as the Maroons hosted the Stephenson Eagles his senior year. 

In Mini-Maroons  we have the results from the Marinette-Menominee YMCA Gliders meet in Eau Claire from the previous weekend.  We will take a look into the final weeks of the Maroon basketball season as the Boys and Girls are getting closer to the district tournament.  

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Menominee Youth  Wrestling Coach Robert Forgette joins me as we  are in the middle of the youth wrestling season. A lot of information is shared and we try to answer the basic questions you may have about the youth wrestling program.

Details on the Crivitz Youth Wrestling Event can be heard in Mini-Maroons and the 5th Grade Girls Basketball team qualified for the state tournament this past weekend.  The Maroon Minute is full with the boys and girls basketball teams as they had a pretty successful week! We talk about Pink Out Night for the girls along with details on on the there Gladstone and Marquette games. For the boys, we have details and radio clips of the triple overtime game in Marquette and we get into the North Central win as well.  

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