Editing Menominee, Michigan (section)

===Sports===
The Menominee Maroons won the state high school championship in its division for [[basketball]] in 1967 and [[American football|football]] in 1998, 2006 and 2007. In the 2006 season, the Maroons finished unbeaten and only allowed 38 points scored against them but their offense scored 513 points in that entire season. They beat the former [[Wisconsin]] and [[Minnesota]] Division One state champions. Menominee shares a historic high school football rivalry with neighbor [[Marinette, Wisconsin]]. The two have conducted the third-longest rivalry in the nation.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.eagleherald.com/llar0911.asp |department = ByeLines |first = Larry |last = Ebsch |title = M&M Game spirit can't be beat |date = September 10, 2006 |work = Eagle Herald |location = Marinette, Wisconsin |access-date = September 10, 2007 }}</ref>

Menominee, like most good-sized towns, embraced the newly emerging 19th-century sport of football.  A local group took the name of North End Athletic Club and, under manager McPhaul, were the visiting opponent for the newly formed Green Bay team sponsored by the Indian Packing Co. led by captain [[Curly Lambeau]].  The Indian Co. Packers of Green Bay defeated the N.E.A.C. Colts of Menominee 53–0 at Hagemeister Field.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.packers.com/news/selling-snake-oil-football-in-green-bay-in-1919-16181553| title=Selling Snake Oil Football in Green Bay in 1919| last=Christl| first=Cliff| date=October 29, 2015| website=packers.com | publisher=Green Bay Packers, Inc.| access-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref>