Ingalls
Ingalls, MI · Education
Eagle Herald
Maroons continue District dominance with victory over Manistee
MENOMINEE — On October 26, 2007, as the Menominee High School football team was in the midst of claiming its second straight State championship, Manistee became the first playoff victim of the Maroons buzzsaw after suffering a 53-7 flogging in the MHSAA Division 5 District semifinals. Flash forward nearly 20 years later to November 7, 2026, and Manistee finally had an opportunity to exact a measure of payback as the Mariners strode into the hallowed grounds of Walton Blesch Stadium to square off against Menominee for the Division 7 District 49 title on Saturday. Forty-eight minutes later, history had repeated itself. Dylan Beal threw for 123 yards and accounted for four touchdowns while Menominee’s one-two backfield punch of Jackson Myszak and Caleb Barstow combined to rush for over 150 yards as the Maroons cast the Mariners out to sea 42-8. Menominee (10-1 overall) scored touchdowns on all six of its first-half possessions and out-gained the Marines by a 378-to-234 margin en route to the program’s fourth consecutive District 49 crown. “It does not get old. Fourth District title here. Fourth year in a row hosting a Regional…it means a lot to have teams travel up here. We know we’re going
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