Front Row: Academic Booster Club President Terese Fornetti presents $10,000 check to Terry Uren, Bob Partanen Back Row: Dick Maule, Gary Sparpana and Dick Berlinski.

"Udderly Amazing" Raffle Winners

Congratulations to Kingsford High School  Academic Booster Club's  inaugural Annual "Udderly Amazing Raffle" Winners for 2008.

A special "Thank You" goes out to all who helped out and participated in this annual event.

FCCLA National Qualifiers

Congratulations go out to Jordan Sarder, Katie Roell, Lindsey Beaulier, and Ali Miller on their Gold Medal awards at the recent FCCLA Regional competition. All of the girls advanced to the National level of competition.

2008 Prom King and Queen

Congratulations to Hayley  Massicotte and Ryan Spencer for being named the 2008 Junior Prom King and Queen.

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Halley & Ryan

Spring Concerts

Kingsford Music Department will be holding their annual spring concert series. The concert schedule is as follows:

• The Kingsford High School Band Concert will be held on Monday, April 28th.
• The Kingsford Junior High School Band Concert will be held on Tuesday, April 29th.
• The Kingsford Chorus Concert (Middle School and High School) will be held on Thursday, May 8th.

All concerts will be held at 6:00 p.m. in the Kingsford High School Auditorium. Donations will be accepted at the door.

Hall of Fame Scholarship Winner

Congratulations to Dan Sjoquist for being one of the recipients of the 2008 U.P. Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship. The scholarship is for $500 per year for four years. Dan was one of four students in the Upper Peninsula to achieve this honor.

2008 National Honor Society Inductees

Congratulations to all of the 2008 National Honor Society inductees. The induction ceremony took place Tuesday, April 8 in the auditorium.

All-U.P. Basketball Team

Congratulations to Kelsey Roberts for being selected to play on the All-U.P. Girls Basketball team. Honorable mentions include Jaime Roberts and Molly Wiltzius for the Girls Team and Jake Groeneveld and Jordan Wickman for the Boys Team.

Cheering All Region Team

Congratulations to the KHS competitive cheer team on their 3rd place finish at the 2008 division 3 regional and to the members who were selected to the All Region Team.

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Cheering Scholarship

Congratulations go out to Hannah Pyncheon for being awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Michigan Cheerleading Coaches Association.

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Music Festival Honors

Congratulations go out to the KHS Music Department and those groups who participated at the 2008 Music Festival on Tuesday, March 4 & Wednesday, March 5. The groups all received I Superior ratings.

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GNC Competitive Cheer Champions

Congratulations go out to the Varsity Competitive Cheer team for capturing the 2008 GNC meet in Manistique. The girls compiled 710.110 points in defeating Gladstone (616.826), Marquette (550.060), and Escanaba (547.008).

Wrestling Regional Champions 

Congratulations to senior William Flynn (135) and sophomore Andy Carpenter (171) for being crowned Champions in their weight class at the Division 3 Region 9 Wrestling Regional in Standish-Sterling on Saturday, February 23. Both wrestlers advanced to the State Finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills to be held on March 6, 7, & 8. The finals will see the top 16 wrestlers in each weight class from Divisions 1-4 square off for top honors. William and Andy will compete against 15 others in Division 3 with the top 8 wrestlers garnering medals. Good Luck at the state finals!

Girls Regional Bowling

Congratulations to the girls bowling team for their 2nd place finish  Friday, February 22 in Muskegon at the Regionals. The girls team qualifies for the State Finals in Sterling Heights on Friday, February 29th.

Special congratulations go out to Ashley Burkman for her 10th place finish on Saturday, February 23 at the Singles competition. She qualified for the State Singles Finals in Sterling Heights on Saturday, March 1st.

Male Athlete of the Year and All-UP Swim Team

Congratulations to Andy Lindstrom for being named UP Male Athlete of the Year for the 2007-08 swim season. Andy finished his second straight season undefeated and capped his season with individual UP titles in the 100 Breaststroke and 200 Medley as well as the 200 Free and 400 Free relay team titles. Andy was joined by teammates Derek Barnes, Nathan Winkler, Taylor Sturm, Alec Thurston, Andrew Mitchell, and Steve Mulka on the All-UP Swim Team.
Congratulations also go out to Iron Mountain senior Melissa Harvey for being named to the ALL-UP Girls Team for a fourth season.
Great job swimmers!

All-UP Ski Team

Congratulations to Jared Ische for being named to the All-UP ski team. Jared recently finished 3rd in both Slalom and Giant Slalom at the UP ski meet. Jared also finished 10th in the slalom at the Division 2 State Ski Meet at Boyne Mountain.

All-Great Lakes Conference Hockey

Congratulations to junior goalie Collin Kuoppala for being named 2007-08 Most Valuable Player for the Great Lakes Hockey Conference. Collin was also named to the All-Great Lakes Hockey Conference team joining freshman teammate Jay Pietila.

All-GNC Boys Basketball

Congratulations to Jake Groeneveld for being named to the 2007-08 All-GNC second team. Special Mention went out to Jordan Wickman and Honorable Mention went to Chris Siegler.

All-GNC Girls Basketball

Congratulations to junior Kelsey Roberts for being named 2007-08 Defensive Player of the Year for the Great Northern Conference and being named to the All-GNC First Team.
Congratulations also go out to senior Molly Wiltzius and sophomore Jaime Roberts for being named to the All-GNC Second Team.
Congratulations to senior Jessica Grailer and junior Jordan Zeni for receiving Honorable Mention.
Great season girls!!

Division 3 Wrestling Individual Champions

Congratulations to William Flynn, Andy Carpenter, Chris Carlson, and Brandon Bellmore for winning their weight class at the Division 3 State Individual District Tournament in Negaunee on Saturday, February 16. This is the first year that individuals from the Upper Peninsula have been involved in the State individual tournament.

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Scholar-Athlete Award

Congratulations go out to Derek Harrington for being named a Scholar-Athlete award winner for 2007-08!  Derek was one of only 32 winners out of almost 2,000 entrants.   Derek will be honored at a special ceremony at halftime of the Class C Boys Basketball championship on March 15.
 

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Academic Achiever T-shirts

The Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Federal Credit Union recently provided the Breitung Township School District with 100 Academic Achiever t-shirts for students in grades K-12. The logo was designed by senior Heather Zollner.

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Mariucci Wrestling Invitational Champion

Congratulations Chris Carlson for capturing the 285 lb weight class title at the 2008 Mariucci Wrestling Invitational. This is Chris's second Mariucci title winning his first in 2006.

Congratulations to the Iron Mountain wrestling team for capturing the team title.

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Cheering Invitational Champions

Congratulations to the KHS Competitive Cheering Team for capturing the Manistique Challenge competitive cheer meet Monday, January 7.  The girls defeated Gladstone by a margin of 674.520 to 542.885.

Girls Scouts Gold Award

Congratulations to Christina Nicholson, Casey Chapman, Stephanie Alsteens for receiving the Girl Scouts Gold Award for troop #143.

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Hometown Lumber Athletes of the Month

Congratulations to Dan Sjoquist and Kelsey Roberts for being selected the November Hometown Lumber Athletes of the Month. As a setter and all-around player, Kelsey helped lead the volleyball team to a Regional Final. As quarterback and defensive back, Dan led the football team to a semifinal appearance before bowing to eventual champion Marine City.

GNC Volleyball Player of the Year

Congratulations to Kelsey Roberts for being chosen the 2007 player of the year for the Great Northern Conference volleyball season. This honor was voted on by all the conference coaches. Congratulations also go out to Jessica Grailer (first team), Jordan Zeni (second team), Molly Wiltzius (honorable mention) and Coach Steve Andrews (coach of the year).

All GNC Team

Hometown Lumber Athletes of the Month

Congratulations to Josh Droese and Abby Tresedder for being selected the August-September Hometown Lumber Athletes of the Month. Abby successfully defended her UP No 1 Singles title and was undefeated. Josh has helped lead the Flivvers to the playoffs and a runners-up finish in the GNC.

GNC Lineman of the Year / All UP Dream Team

Congratulations to Paul Santi for being named the 2007 GNC Lineman of the Year. Paul played Guard and Defensive Lineman for the GNC Runners-up Flivvers this past season. Congratulations also go out to Paul's teammates who were named to the All-GNC Team for the 2007 football season. Paul was also selected to the All UP Dream Team for the 2007 football season.

Mr. Bertoldi's Science Class

Mr. Bertoldi's freshman class was learning about air pressure.  See the following web gallery for pictures.

Air Pressure Photos

Band Honor

Chris Maki has been awarded the opportunity to perform at the Wisconsin State Conference on Oct 26. Chris is a senior member of the Jazz Band, Marching Band and Concert Band and has participated in solo and ensemble festival with the highest ratings possible since 8th grade. He currently works with the 8th grade band as a volunteer student director.

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UP Tennis Player of The Year

Congratulations to Abby Tresedder for being selected as the UP Division 1 Player of The Year for the second year in a row.
Congratulations also go out to the following players for being named All UP Division 1: Abby Tresedder, Meagan Harrington, Erika Bruns, Stephanie Marek, Emily Conard, Liz Limback, and Krista Tuomela.
All honors were selected by the UP Tennis Coaches.

Sieve Trophy

Congratulations to the Boys Soccer team for capturing the Sieve Trophy. The trophy is awarded to the winner of the Kingsford & Ironwood soccer match. The trophy is sponsored by Coleman Engineering of Iron Mountain and Ironwood.

UP Tennis Champions

Congratulations to the Girls Tennis team for capturing the UP Division 1 Girls Tennis title. The girls bested GNC Co-Champion Escanaba 20-18 to win the title outright!

GNC Co-Champions

Congratulations to the Girls Tennis team for capturing the GNC Tennis tournament with co-champion Escanaba.

Congratulations to singles players Abby Tresedder (#1), Erika Bruns (#3), and Ariel Bloniarz (#4) for being crowned champions in their respective flights.

Congratulations to #2 doubles players Liz Limback - Krista Tuomela being crowned champions.

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