GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL LAST NIGHT

CALUMET DEFEATED MENOMINEE 64-40 IN THE MHSAA REGION 17 SEMI-FINALS PLAYED AT ESCANABA HIGH SCHOOL.LEXI MARINEAU PACED THE MAROONS WITH 16 POINTS. FOUR SENIORS PLAYED IN THEIR LAST GAME FOR MENOMINEE. THE MAROONS, WHO WON A DISTRICT TITLE, HAD ELEVEN JUNIORS ON THEIR ROSTER THIS SEASON.

THE MARINETTE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WON ITS SECOND STRAIGHT NORTH EASTERN CONFERENCE TITLE AND FIVE  MARINES RECEIVED POST SEASON  HONORS. SENIOR RILEY KIEFER (KEEFER) AND SOPHOMORE LIZ WADE BOTH WERE NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL-NEC AND SENIOR CHLOE SEYMOUR, LAST YEARS CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, EARNED SECOND TEAM HONORS. SEYMOUR WAS ALSO A UNANIMOUS CHOICE FOR DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM ALL CONFERENCE. SENIORS BRYANNA TORKO AND OLIVIA HANSON RECEIVED HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CONFERENCE.

MARINETTE SOPHOMORE KADEN DUCANE EARNED HONORABLE MENTION LAURELS ON THE ALL-NEC BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM.

MARINETTE SENIOR JAXON SMITH WAS NAMED TO THE ALL NORTH EASTERN CONFERENCE WRESTLING SECOND TEAM. MARINE SOPHOMORES CORY COHAN AND LEVI KUENZLI (KOONZ-lee)  WERE HONORABLE MENTION.

MARINETTE JUNIOR JAZLEEN FONG-BAAKE WAS NAMED TO THE ALL NEC GIRLS WRESTLING SECOND TEAM.