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The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assoication on Friday evening unveiled the All-U.P. teams for the eleven-man football divisions. And the Iron Mountain Mountaineers cleaned up on most of the major awards.

Major awards

Mr. Football: Alex Jayne, Iron Mountain

Offensive Player of the Year: Ian Marttila, Iron Mountain

Defensive Player of the Year: Alec Haferkorn, Iron Mountain

Large School Team of the Year: Kingsford

Small School Team of the Year: Iron Mountain

Coach of the Year: Robin Marttila, Iron Mountain

Mitchell Snyder Lineman of the Year: Talon Smith, Marquette

Dream Team Offense

C: Eli Cody, Negaunee, Sr.

G: Bryce Davis, Iron Mountain, 6-0, 195, Sr.

G: Cam Gauthier, Menominee, Sr.

T: Talon Smith, Marquette, 6-6, 285, Sr.

T: Lucas Thoune, Menominee, 6-2, 285, Sr.

QB: Ian Marttila, Iron Mountain, 6-1, 175, Sr.

RB: Drew Bradley, Marquette, 6-1, 210, Sr.

RB: Alex Jayne, Iron Mountain, 6-0, 190, Sr.

RB: Trenton VanOss, Kingsford, Sr.

WR: Gavin Grondin, Kingsford, Sr.

WR: Oskar Kangas, Iron Mountain, 6-6, 190, Sr.
 

Dream Team Defense

T: Cole Cooper, Menominee, 6-0, 240, Jr.

T: Bryson Wood, Manistique

E: Kaleb Gagne, Escanaba, 5-8, 160, Sr.

E: Alec Haferkorn, Iron Mountain, 6-0, 170, Sr.

E: Mason Tappy, Kingsford, Sr.

LB: Bradley Jochem, West Iron County, 5-9, 165, Sr.

LB: Caleb Kliest, Kingsford, Sr.

LB: Noah Wautier, Marquette, 6-0, 230, Sr.

DB: Casey Alworden, Gladstone, Sr.

DB: Baron Heslip, Negaunee, Sr.

DB: Jack Kriegl, Kingsford, Jr.

DB: Zach Leonhard, Marquette, 6-3, 190, Sr.
 

Dream Team Special Teams

K: Sawyer Johnson, Marquette, 5-10, 170, Sr.

P: Baron Heslip, Negaunee, Sr.

RS: Gavin Grondin, Kingsford, Sr.
 

First Team Offense

C: Jake Powell, Iron Mountain, 5-9, 170, Sr.

G: Lucas Hall, Bark River-Harris, 5-11, 160, Sr.

T: Matt Frantti, Calumet, 6-1, 230, Sr.

T: Ethan Gauthier, Negaunee, Jr.

T: Pavel McCutcheon, Marquette, 6-7, 295, Jr.

QB: Tanner Theuerkauf, Menominee, 6-3, 185, Jr.

RB: Jayce Goudreau, Manistique

RB: Troy Johnson, Bark River-Harris, 5-10, 170, Sr.

RB: Clayton Miller, Menominee, Jr.

WR: Tristan Miller, Westwood, Sr.

WR: Kyler Sager, Marquette, 6-0, 165, Sr.
 

First Team Defense

T: Gavin Ziminski, Manistique

E: Dave Carlson, Negaunee, Sr.

E: Kent Koskela, Calumet,  6-3, 200, Sr.

E: Elijah Oberlin, West Iron County, 6-4, 195, Sr.

E: Isaiah Odom, Menominee, Sr.

LB: Jacob MacPhee, Marquette, 6-6, 225, Sr.

LB: Cale Bell, Sault Ste. Marie

LB: Thomas Maynard, Kingsford, Sr.

LB: Jack Savard, Gladstone, Jr.

DB: Preston Argall, Westwood, Sr.

DB: Dawson Bardowski, Menominee, 5-7, 145, Jr.

DB: Brayden Kassin, Iron Mountain, Soph.
 

First Team Special Teams

K: Bryce Davis, Iron Mountain, 6-0, 195, Sr.

P: Graham Johnson, Escanaba, 5-8, 170, Jr.

RS: Dawson Bardowski, Menominee, 5-7, 145, Jr.

Special Mention

C: Bjorn Anderson, Marquette, 6-3, 215, Jr.

QB: Nolan Bink, Escanaba, 6-3, 175, Jr.;
Nic Novara, Kingsford, Sr.;
Ford Richardson, Marquette, 6-1, 195, Jr.

RB: Louis Salmi, Westwood, Jr.;
Christian Spear, Bark River-Harris, 6-1, 190, Sr.

WR: Ian Engstrom, Negaunee, Sr.;
Jackson Goudreau, Manistique;
Javon Stephenson, Escanaba, 6-4, 185, Sr.

LB: Brody Ison, Escanaba, 5-10, 160, Soph.;
Olin Johnson, Bark River-Harris, 6-1, 170, Sr.;
Isaac Ketchum, Gladstone, Sr.;
Masin Tryan, Manistique

P: Jacob Mileski, Bark River-Harris, 6-0, 175, Jr.

RS: Casey Alworden, Gladstone, Sr.;
Olin Johnson, Bark River-Harris, 6-1, 170, Sr.
 

Honorable Mention

QB: Ty Jacobson, Negaunee, Sr.;
Mack Pugh, Manistique

RB: Aiden Ellis, Iron Mountain, Sr.

WR: Preston Argall, Westwood, Sr.

LB: Kaiden Bell, Menominee, 5-9, 195, Sr.;
Evan Copley, Iron Mountain, Sr.;
Gavin Wagner, Escanaba, 5-9, 165, Jr.

K: Clayton Miller, Menominee, Jr.