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Saturday April 20, 2024
Witt Highlights All-U.P. Boys Basketball Selections

The Upper Peninsula high school boys basketball All-U.P. teams were released Saturday morning by the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.

Ewen-Trout Creek senior Jake Witt was named Mr. U.P. Basketball, as well as the Class D Player of the Year. Iron Mountain sophomore Marcus Johnson was named the Class A-B-C Player of the Year. Witt and Johnson were joined by Dollar Bay's Devin Schmitz, Ishpeming's Hart Holmgren, and Sault Ste. Marie's Brandon Paul on the Dream Team.

The selections:

2018 ALL U.P. BASKETBALL TEAMS
Mr. U.P. Basketball: Jake Witt, Ewen-Trout Creek

Class ABC Player of the Year: Marcus Johnson, Iron Mountain

Class D Player of the Year: Jake Witt, Ewen-Trout Creek

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Class ABC Coach of the Year: Bucky Johnson, Iron Mountain

Class D Coach of the Year: Jesse Kentala, Dollar Bay

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Class AB Team of the Year: Gladstone

Class C Team of the Year: Iron Mountain

Class D Team of the Year: Dollar Bay
 

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Dream Team

Jake Witt, Ewen-Trout Creek, 6-7, Sr., C

Devin Schmitz, Dollar Bay, 6-0, Sr., G

Hart Holmgren, Ishpeming, 6-5, Sr., F

Marcus Johnson, Iron Mountain, 5-10, Soph., G

Brandon Paul, Sault Ste. Marie, 6-8, Sr., C

 

Class ABC First Team

Reece Castor, Gladstone, 6-4, Jr., G

Ryan Robinette, Escanaba, 6-3, Sr., G

Matt Ojala, Calumet, 6-1, Jr., G

Foster Wonders, Iron Mountain, 6-4, Fresh., G-F

Brad Spindler, Gladstone, 6-3, Sr., F
 

Class ABC Second Team

Tucker Taylor, Gwinn, 6-4, Jr., F

Marius Grazulis, Marquette, 6-10, Jr., C

Connor Ortman, Norway, 6-4, Sr., C

Brad Sirard, Houghton, 6-4, Soph., F

Jason Waterman, Negaunee, 5-11, Soph., G

Steven Nelson, West Iron County, 6-8, Sr., C

Luke Terrian, Kingsford, 6-2, Jr., F

Charlie Gerhard, Iron Mountain, 6-3, Jr., F

Griffen Revoyr, Ironwood, 6-4, Jr., F

Darius Yohe, Ishpeming, 6-6, Jr., F
 

Class D First Team

Jaden Janke, Dollar Bay, 6-5, Sr., F

Cade Contreras, Munising, 5-11, Sr., G

Preston Lauscher, Carney-Nadeau, 6-3, Sr., F

Dakota Fairchild, Cedarville, 6-0, Sr., G

Ryan Arndt, Bark River-Harris, 5-10, Sr., G-F
 

Class D Second Team

Logan Hardwick, Rapid River, 6-4, Sr., F

Alec Blank, Munising, 6-0, Sr., G

Nick Edington, Pickford, 6-6, Soph., F

Jacob Suzik, Wakefield-Marenisco, 6-2, Sr., F

Terry Brower, Mid-Peninsula, 6-1, Sr., G

Lucas Dombrowski, North Central, 5-9, Sr., G-F

Abe Gockenbach, Chassell, 5-11, Jr., G

Joe Heinonen, Superior Central, 6-2, Sr., G-F

Joey Starzynsky, Stephenson, 5-6, Jr., G

Jacob Kleiman, Carney-Nadeau, 6-1, Sr., G
 

Special Mention

Class ABC

George Butvilas, Houghton, Jr.; Austin Forbes, Gwinn, Jr.; Jaylen James, Newberry, Jr.; Treylon McFerrin, Marquette, Sr.; Jared Nash, Escanaba, Jr.; Luke Ogea, Marquette; Rudy Peterson, Gladstone, Jr.; Josh Plante, Norway, Sr.; Gavin Sundberg, Ishpeming, Jr.; Reece Waara, L’Anse, Jr.; Jaden Bicenzi, Iron Mountain, Jr.
 

Class D

Kaleb Johanson, Brimley, Sr.; Josh Logan, Forest Park, Sr.; Tristan Masuga, Cedarville, Jr.; Dylan Mills, Rudyard, Jr.; Eli Nordine, Ewen-Trout Creek, Jr.; Trey Norris, Cedarville, Sr.; Mason Saubert, Wakefield-Marenisco, Jr.; Lucas Sundling, Rapid River, Sr.; Carson Turner, Jeffers, Sr.

 

Honorable mention

Class ABC

Kyle Anderson, Menominee, Jr.; Tyler Beauchamp, Kingsford, Jr.; Nathan Beckman, Westwood, Jr.; David Delarye, Westwood, Sr.; Keagan Monroe, Menominee, Soph.; Caden Pellizzer, West Iron County, Jr.; Alec Rajala, L’Anse, Sr.; Shane Thompson, Sault Ste. Marie, Sr.; Austin Willette, Escanaba, Jr.
 

Class D

Aaron Barnes, Chassell, Sr.; Scout Bigger, Engadine, Sr.; Andrew Blanchard, Engadine, Sr.; Ethan Brown, Stephenson, Sr.; Noah Gorzinski, North Central, Soph.; Riley Hendrickson, Forest Park, Jr.; Colton Lindemann, Baraga, Sr.; Wade Krysiak, Superior Central, Sr.; Tristen Lyons, Brimley, Jr.; Max Nylund, Forest Park, Jr.; Beau Rondeau, Superior Central, Jr.; Trenton Schaff, North Central, Sr.; River Shumate, Republic-Michigamme, Sr.; Jimmy Storey, Pickford, Soph.; Brayden Tomes, Bessemer, Sr.; Cameron Willemsen, Rapid River, Sr.



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