MARQUETTE – On Mar. 14, the Calumet Copper Kings played the Munising Mustangs in the quarter final round of High School Bowl and won by a score of 320-90. Forty schools from the Upper Peninsula and Northern Wisconsin field teams for WNMU-TV’s High School Bowl tournament, now celebrating 42 years on the air. Calumet will advance to the semi-finals when they play Superior Central in Game 37, scheduled to air on Mar. 28. Running from Nov. through the championship game in Apr., the High School Bowl series airs on WNMU-TV Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Mondays at 3 p.m. Find more information on the 2019-2020 tournament at wnmutv.nmu.edu.

Representing Calumet, seated from left, are players Lowell Torola, Serenity Snyder, team captain Zander Worm and Ben Jackson. Standing is coach David Torola. Players for Munising are, seated from left, Joe Potila, team captain Maci Cornish, Carly Lindquist and Elliot Potila. Standing is alternate Caitlin Britton and coach Eric Lynch. High School Bowl host Jim Koski is standing at lower left.

Major production funding for High School Bowl is provided by The Ray & Peg Hirvonen Foundation, and by Janice Mills of Escanaba, and by the Donald & Audrey Anderson Foundation. Local support is provided by 18 Upper Peninsula Credit Unions: TruNorth Federal Credit Union, Marquette Community Federal Credit Union, U.P. State Credit Union, Tahquamenon Area Credit Union, Soo Co-op Credit Union, Peninsula Federal Credit Union, Gogebic County Federal Credit Union, Northern United Federal Credit Union, Torch Lake Federal Credit Union, Michigan Tech Employees Federal Credit Union, Delta County Credit Union, Great Lakes First Federal Credit Union, Baraga Community Federal Credit Union, Iron Mountain/Kingsford Community Federal Credit Union, Embers Credit Union, Settlers Federal Credit Union, Chippewa County Credit Union and Integra First Federal Credit Union. Local support is also provided by Petrucelli and Waara, Attorneys at Law; and by Johnson Controls; in partnership with the Regional Educational Service Agencies & Intermediate School Districts of the Upper Peninsula.

WNMU-TV is a member-supported public broadcasting service of Northern Michigan University and is licensed to the NMU Board of Trustees.