Menard youth excel big time all weekend- DEFEATING JUNCTION in football and sweeping band contest
NOT TODAY, EAGLES! Senior Zadrian Zapata (#21, head down) busts through Junction’s line to block their point after. The denial of this extra point ended up being the game-winner in Menard’s 7-6 win Nora Davis, photo.
WOODWIND PYRAMID-Katherine Russell, A’Lora Gonzales, Sabri Zamora (front) Mikayla Hidalgo, Cado Bannowsky, Aspen Hutchinson, Bryce Davis, Lorelei White, and Aubree Hernandez make up the woodwind section of the Yellowjacket band in their halftime performance in Junction on Friday, October 8. Nora Davis, photo.
It’s snowing in Junction
MENARD BEATS JUNCTION 7-6 in district opener
By Paige Wright
BEAT JUNCTION! According to local lore, back in the ‘30s and ’40s Menard was set to meet Junction in a football contest on Eagle turf. In an interview, the Menard coach said that it ‘would be a cold day in hell when Junction beat them.’ After the game, the victorious Junction coach quipped- “It must be snowing in Me…
