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 --- Class ABC Coach of the Year: Bucky Johnson, Iron Mountain Class D Coach of the Year: Jesse Kentala, Dollar Bay --- Class AB Team of the Year: Gladstone Class C Team of the Year: Iron Mountain Class D Team of the Year: Dollar Bay --- 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. |