103rd all-time meeting between schools

WASHINGTON D.C. -- PREPARED BY THE OFFICES OF BART STUPAK AND STEVE KAGEN
In what has become an annual tradition, U.S. Congressmen Bart Stupak (D-Menominee) and Steve Kagen (D-Appleton) have again placed a gentleman’s wager on this year’s Marinette-Menominee High School football game.  This is the third time the representatives have made the wager.  The score is tied at one-a-piece.

“This year’s rematch is bound to be competitive, but I am looking forward to a decisive victory by the Menominee Maroons,” Stupak said.  “Our annual wager on this cross town rivalry is a great tradition, and I am planning to enjoy a big helping of Wisconsin cheese curds this year, courtesy of Congressman Kagen.  In the event of a Marinette victory, I will send Congressman Kagen a batch of pasties, an Upper Peninsula tradition.  But I am confident the Maroons will prevail.”

“I am looking forward to another Marinette victory and another chance to eat some of the delicious pasties from the Upper Peninsula.  I am proud to be a part of this great tradition, this terrific football game, and this wager with my friend Bart Stupak,” said Dr. Kagen.  “Of course, should Menominee win, I will treat Congressman Stupak to some cheese curds from Simon's Specialty Cheese in Little Chute.  Let’s Go Marines!” The game will be Saturday, October 17^th in Menominee. 

Starting in 1894, the Menominee vs. Marinette High School football game (the M&M game) has developed into one of the oldest interstate athletic competitions in the country.  Until 2005, the National Federation of State High School Associations recognized the M&M game as the oldest interstate series in the United States.  In 2006, the National Federation of State High School Associations found that two other interstate athletic series were older.  Nonetheless, the M&M game remains the oldest interstate high school football competition in the Midwest and the third oldest in the nation.  In 2006, the schools observed the 100^th M&M game.