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Marquette pummels Menominee 41-18 in high school football opener

Marquette’s Desmond Mullen, front left, strips the ball for a fumble from the hands of Menominee’s Joseph Romero-Haire, center, in the third quarter of their high school football game played at the William R. Hart Stadium in Marquette on Friday. The fumble was negated due to forward progress being stopped prior to the strip. Also in the on the play are the Redmen’s Ethan Richards, Ty Lotterman and Alex Applekamp. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. Jarvinen)

MARQUETTE — The Marquette football team had to make a big comeback to earn a win over Menominee in 2019.

On Friday night, though, the Redmen took charge quickly and cruised to a 41-18 victory over the Maroons in what is scheduled to be the first to two meetings

with Menominee. This encounter was considered a nonconference game, while the rematch in Menominee on Oct. 9 will be a Great Northern Conference game.

The Redmen were originally scheduled to host Gladstone in a GNC contest, but the Braves had to pull out of the game when it was announced a coronavirus test came back positive at the Delta County school.

Marquette’s high-powered offense had a big night with quarterback Austin Ridl finishing 10 of 19 passing for 229 yards and a touchdown along with four carries for 65 yards and a touchdown.

Wide receiver Kam Karp also had a strong performance, hauling in three passes for 112 yards and a TD.

Marquette running back Wyatt Kulhman is caught by Menominee's Erick Brown (hidden at left) while looking for a way around the Maroons' Chad Kenney, front left, in the third quarter of their high school football game played at the William R. Hart Stadium in Marquette on Friday. In on the play for the Redmen are Desmond Mullen, Dakota Fredy, Trevor Simon and Kameron Karp. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. Jarvinen)

The Redmen got on the scoreboard first with a 58-yard run by Ridl and extra point making it 7-0 late in the first quarter. After Menominee answered with a touchdown a couple minutes later, Marquette struck again early in the second quarter on a 6-yard run by Brady Wright and with the PAT kick, led 14-6.

Marquette scored again before halftime on a run by Owen Beauchamp. Teammate Truman Langlois picked off a Menominee pass in the end zone to preserve the Redmen’s 21-6 halftime lead.

Karp kept the Marquette offense rolling in the second half with a 49-yard scoring run as the Redmen padded their advantage to 28-6. The Maroons trimmed Marquette’s lead with a touchdown with less than five minutes remaining in the third quarter, but the Redmen shook it off.

Ridl scored from 12 yards out to extend the lead to 34-12 heading into the fourth, and Desmond Mullen put the game away with a long punt return for a touchdown.

Marquette plays Sault Ste. Marie at 6 p.m. Friday.

Information compiled by Journal Sports Writer Ryan Stieg. His email address is rstieg@miningjournal.net.

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