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High School Officials To Be Honored For Longevity
 EAST LANSING---Hundreds of high school game officials with 20 or more years of service will be honored at the Officials Awards & Alumni Banquet on April 26. A total of 706 officials will be honored for reaching their milestones. Eight with 60 years of service, 15 with 55 years of service, 70 with 50 years of service, 72 officials with 45 years, 90 officials with 40 years of service, 164 officials with 30 years of service, and 287 officials with 20 years of experience will be honored. There are 46 Upper Peninsula officials who will receive their awards later this month: 17 of them for 20 years of service, 16 for 30 years, five for 40 years, five for 45 years, two for 50 years, and one for 55 years of service. The dean on the list is former North Dickinson High School athletic director and football coach Joe Reddinger, who will be honored for his 55 years of service. Negaunee’s Steve Ayotte and Ontonagon’s Gene Fiszer are both honored for 50 years of service. Also being honored at this month’s banquett is Avery Beach, a senior at Mason High School who also is dually-enrolled at Ferris State University. Beach carries a 3.96 grade-point average and is a member of both the National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Society as she plans to pursue a career in education. An all-state bowler and four-year varsity softball starter for the Bulldogs, Beach has officiated middle school volleyball as part of the Legacy Program, and also youth softball. 20-YEAR OFFICIALS Carney - Jeff C. Stage Chassell - James K. Tervo Escanaba - Robert S. Johnson Gladstone - Eric J. VanDamme Hancock - David C. Dow Hancock - Jason J. Parker Iron Mountain - John L. Benzie Manistique - John H. Ziemba Marinette (Wis.) - Fred A. Furton Marquette - Mark A. Petrie Negaunee - Bobbi E. Ayotte Negaunee - Mark A. Marana Ontonagon - Allen A. Graham Pickford - Rodney W. Priskorn Rudyard - Tracy R. Peterson Rudyard - Ron Vansloten St. Ignace - Denise E. Freed 30-YEAR OFFICIALS Escanaba - John F. Ziemba Houghton - John B. Sanregret Houghton - James A. Weiler Kingsford - Jack B. Wallis Manistique - Kevin K. Koski Marinette (Wis.) - Keith Plude Marquette - Michael J. Caster Marquette - Todd E. Koski Marquette - Brian W. Maki Marquette - Charlie W. Morrison Munising - Pete Kelto Newberry - Jason R. Depew Norway - Jim Bal Ontonagon - Dr. Joseph A. Strong Quinnesec - Robert D. Forstrom Vulcan - Alan W. Richards 40-YEAR OFFICIALS Gladstone - Michael F. Gobert Hurley (Wis.) - Greg Rigoni Iron Mountain - Steve A. La Coursier Ironwood - Dennis A. Mackey Sault Ste. Marie - David A. Blaskowski 45-YEAR OFFICIALS Brimley - Jerald P. Cook Daggett - Michael P. Lyons Iron Mountain - John R. Pucci St. Ignace - Donald P. Gustafson Wallace - Bruce A. Pearson 50-YEAR OFFICIALS Negaunee - Steven R. Ayotte Ontonagon - Eugene Fiszer 55-YEAR OFFICIALS Kingsford - Joe R. Reddinger 60-YEAR OFFICIALS None from the Upper Peninsula |
