THE GREAT PLAYOFF RUN FOR THE MENOMINEE MAROONS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM CAME TO AN END YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE BRESLIN CENTER IN EAST LANSING. MENOMINEE LOST IN THE DIVISION 3 STATE SEMI-FINALS 78-66 TO ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY OF PONTIAC. AFTER LEADING 40-31 AT HALFTIME, THE MAROONS WERE OUTSCORED 47-26 IN THE SECOND HALF. JADEN PRICE PACED THE LIONS WITH 27 POINTS AND LEWIS LOVEJOY ADDED 24. DARRENT BUTLER LED THE MAROONS WITH 23 POINTS AND TANNER THEUERKAUF HAD 14. MENOMINEE CLOSES AN OUTSTANDING SEASON AT 23-5.

THE MENOMINEE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM HAD THEIR FINE SEASON COME TO A CLOSE FALLING 56-40 TO ROSCOMMON IN ENGADINE IN THE REGION 17 TITLE GAME. THE MAROONS TRAILED BY AS MANY AS 25 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF BUT THEY RALLIED TO CUT THE DEFICIT TO 5 IN THE 4TH QUARTER BUT THE BUCKS PULLED AWAY DOWN THE STRETCH. REESE LINSMIER LED THE MAROONS WITH 13 POINTS. MENOMINEE FINISHES 18-7.

SEMI-PRO HOCKEY SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEKEND
THE M&M SHAMROCKS WILL HOST CALUMET AT 7 O’CLOCK TONIGHT AT THE COMMUNITY REC CENTER. IT’S “BLACK OUT NIGHT” WITH THE FIRST 100 FANS RECEIVING A TEAM BLACK OUT RALLY TOWEL. ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THE SHAMROCKS WILL HOST DEPERE AT 7 O’CLOCK ON A “GREEN OUT NIGHT”. THE FITST 100 FANS WILL RECEIVE A GREEN OUT RALLY TOWEL.