Photo courtesy WNMU-TV13 Representing Jeffers, seated from left, are players Arabella Perala, Kris Luukkonen, team captain Pearl Raffaelli and Naomi Frahm. Standing are alternates Savannah Hendrickson and Meg Ruohonen with coach Emily Raffaelli. Players for Ironwood are, seated from left, Jacinta Lauzon, Mark Jaunzems, Madelena Braucher, and Talon Hughes. Standing are alternates Lily Nolan-Couillard and Alexis Tibaldo with coach Cheryl Jacisin. High School Bowl host Jim Koski is standing at lower left.

MARQUETTE – Jeffers High School played Ironwood in High School Bowl and lost by a score of 160-210. Thirty-six schools from the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin compete in WNMU-TV’s High School Bowl tournament, now celebrating 47 years on the air. Ironwood will advance to the second round when they play Manistique, scheduled to air on March 28, 2026. Running from November through the championship game in April, the High School Bowl series airs on WNMU-TV Saturdays at 8 pm and Mondays at 3 pm. It is also available statewide on the Michigan Learning Channel. Find more information on the 2025-2026 tournament at wnmutv.nmu.edu.

Major production funding for High School Bowl is provided by the Donald & Audrey Anderson Foundation and Island Resort & Casino. Local support is provided by 14 Upper Peninsula Credit Unions: TruNorth Federal Credit Union, Limestone Federal Credit Union, Tahquamenon Area Credit Union, Embers Credit Union, Soo Co-op Credit Union, Marquette Community Federal Credit Union, Gogebic County Federal Credit Union, Peninsula Federal Credit Union, U.P. State Credit Union, Breakwater Federal Credit Union, Settlers Federal Credit Union, Northern Lights Community Federal Credit Union, Great Lakes First Federal Credit Union, and Baraga County Federal Credit Union. Local support is also provided by Vincent and Nora Petrucelli, in partnership with the Regional Educational Service Agencies & Intermediate School Districts of the Upper Peninsula.

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