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All-UP Boys Basketball Award-Winners Announced
 MARQUETTE---The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school boys basketball teams, coaches, and players. A group of 18 reporters from every corner of the U.P. met at Northern Michigan University on Monday to come up with the awards list. The list was released Friday night. The Marquette Sentinels and Kingsford Flivvers were selected as co-teams of the year on a 9-9 vote among the reporters in attendance. Marquette’s Jacob MacPhee won a three-way race for Division 1-2 Player of the Year over Kingsford’s Gavin Grondin and Iron Mountain’s Oskar Kangas. All three easily made the Dream Team. MacPhee, who has signed to play basketball at Michigan Tech University, was named Mr. Basketball for the Upper Peninsula. The Westwood Patriots, who advanced to the state semifinals, was named the Division Three Team of the Year, and the Forest Park Trojans, who also played at the Breslin Center, was named Division Four Team of the Yeat. Kingsford’s Ben Olsen and Pickford’s Tracey Peterson were named Coach of the Year for their respective divisions. In Division Four, Vic Giuliani of the Forest Park Trojans was named Player of the Year. He also landed a spot on the Dream Team. UPSSA President Mike Ludlum was satisfied with how things went. “We had teams that were evenly-matched in different divisions,” Ludlum said. “You had players from opposite ends of the U.P. that were kind of hard for us to get into a pecking order. In some cases, the decisions were easy (Lillie Johnson), and some, we had to check and double-check our (voting) totals to see if things went right.” The All-U.P. lists are posted below. All-U.P. Boys Basketball Team Special Awards Mr. Basketball: Jacob MacPhee, Marquette Division 1-2 Team of the Year: Marquette, Kingsford Division 3 Team of the Year: Westwood Division 1-3 Player of the Year: Jacob MacPhee, Marquette Coach of the Year: Ben Olsen, Kingsford Division 4 Player of the Year: Vic Giuliani, Crystal Falls Forest Park Team of the Year: Crystal Falls Forest Park Coach of the Year: Tracy Peterson, Pickfod Dream Team Gavin Grondin, Kingsford, 6-0, Sr. Ethan Marta, Westwood, 6-3, Jr. Oskar Kangas, Iron Mountain, 6-6, Sr. Jacob MacPhee, Marquette, 6-6, Sr. Vic Giuliani, Crystal Falls Forest Park, 6-3, Soph. Division 1-3 First Team Jaxon Jurmu, Marquette, 5-11, Sr. Caden Luoma, Ishpeming, 6-1, Sr. Tanner Theuerkauf, Menominee, 6-3, Jr. Carson Kienitz, Munising, Sr. Trevor Nolan, Munising, Sr. Second Team Kyler Sager, Marquette, 6-1, Sr. Morgan Sleik, Kingsford, 6-4, Sr. Gerald Sampoll-Torres, Iron Mountain, 5-10, Sr. Jordan Guenette, Negaunee Luke Hill, Houghton Lonnie Davey, Gladstone, 6-0, Soph. Tristan Miller, Westwood, 6-1, Sr. Nick Miskovich, Ironwood, 6-3, Jr. Elijah Oberlin, West Iron County, 6-4, Sr. Jack Dusseault, Munising, Sr. Special Mention Darrent Butler, Menominee, 6-1, Jr.; Brayden Derouin, Bark River-Harris, 6-1, Jr.; Reid Frustaglio, Westwood, 6-0, Sr.; Waylon Sales, Gwinn, 6-4, Sr.; Javon Stevenson, Escanaba, 6-4, Sr.; Gavin Sturos, Calumet 5-9, Sr.; Kyle Waterman, Negaunee, Soph. Honorable Mention Taylor Asgaard, Escanaba, 5-11, Jr.; Dylan Beal, Menominee, 5-9, Soph.; Evan Copley, Iron Mountain, 6-1, Sr.; Connor Fierstine, Marquette, 6-5, Jr.; Baron Heslip, Negaunee; Finley Johnson, Sault Ste. Marie, 5-11, Soph.; Jack Kriegl, Kingsford, 5-10, Jr.; Landon Larson, Jeffers, 5-11, Jr.; Lane Laux, Houghton; Isaiah Lawson, Houghton; Trevin Maleport, Sault Ste. Marie, 5-8, Jr.; Ian Marttila, Iron Mountain, 6-1, Sr.; Micah Pieti, Calumet, 5-11, Sr.; A.J. Pizziola, Westwood, 5-8, Jr.; Alex Prins, Gladstone, 5-8, Fresh.; Axton Ruotsala, Ironwood, 5-9, Sr.; Gabe Spear, Bark River-Harris, 6-2, Soph. Division 4 First Team Kevin Giuliani, Forest Park, 6-5, Sr. Eli MacDonald, Pickford, 6-1, Sr. Austin Gordon, Ewen-Trout Creek, 6-1, Sr. Owen Kuehnau, Stephenson, 5-10, Sr. Trey Lynn, Brimley, 6-0, Sr. Second Team Cole Baij, Norway, 6-1, Sr. Jayden Sagataw, Hannahville, 6-1, Sr. Liam Tourtillott, Dollar Bay, 6-0, Jr. Daniel Connor, Baraga, Jr. Dax Huuki, Crystal Falls Forest Park, 6-0, Soph. Sam Lee, L’Anse, 6-1, Fresh. Spencer Kramer, North Dickinson, 6-2, Jr. Gunner Bennin, Pickford, 6-0, Jr. Cayden Harju, Bessemer, 5-11, Soph. Caden Besonen, Ewen-Trout Creek, 5-10, Sr. Caden Chromy, Maplewood Baptist, 6-1, Soph. Keagan Martin, Newberry, 5-10, Jr. Special Mention Jaxon Clark, Rudyard, 5-6, Jr.; Nick Desjarden, Big Bay de Noc, 6-3, Sr.; Chase Lane, Wakefield-Marenisco, 5-7, Soph.; Sam Salo, Carney-Nadeau, 5-11, Sr.; Tommy Storey, Pickford, 5-9, Sr.; Zack Swartz, Stephenson, 6-5, Sr.; Mason Trudeau, Norway, 6-0, Sr. Honorable Mention Bryce Adams, Norway, 6-0, Sr.; Zander Bigger, Superior Central, 6-2, Sr.; Gage Chynoweth, Hancock, Fresh.; Jack Cifelli, Rudyard, 6-4, Sr.; Keegan Davidson, L’Anse, 6-0, Jr.; Carver Day, Maplewood Baptist; Joseph Fish, Baraga, Soph.; Eddie Forslund, Rapid River, 6-1, Sr.; AJ Gallino, Norway, 5-9, Sr.; Wade Goetz, Cedarville-DeTour, 6-3, Sr.; Lane Gorzinski, North Central, 6-0, Sr.; Ethan Harrison, Rapid River, 6-0, Sr.; Nolan Hendrickson, Baraga, Sr.; Leland Hollenbeck, Bessemer, 6-3, Jr.; Brady Jungwirth, North Dickinson, 5-10, Jr.; Cullen Kasbohm, Carney-Nadeau, 5-10, Soph.; Caleb Kentala, Dollar Bay, 5-10, Jr.; Ty King, North Dickinson, 6-1, Jr.; Trenton Kramer, North Dickinson, 6-4, Soph.; Brayden Larson, Chassell, 5-10, Jr.; Talan Larson, L’Anse, 5-9, Fresh.; Kaden Malone, North Central, 5-8, Soph.; DaShawn Metzger, Hannahville, 5-7, Sr.; Lane Olson, Rapid River, 5-11, Soph.; Matthew Rahilly, Newberry, 6-0, Sr.; Matt Showers, Crystal Falls Forest Park, 6-2, Sr.; Landson Smith, Baraga, Soph.; Blake Tanner, Superior Central, 5-11, Jr.; Isaiah Tarter, Crystal Falls Forest Park, 6-1, Soph.; Logan Thiele, Newberry, 5-11, Soph.; Jordan Walters, North Central, 5-7, Sr. |
