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
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
