They include four players each from Westwood and Negaunee, three from Gwinn and two from Ishpeming.

The special honors headed south, however, with two going to Iron Mountain and another to West Iron County.

Mountaineers senior Foster Wonders was named Player of the Year while his coach, Harvey “Bucky” Johnson, earned Coach of the Year honors.

Another senior, Justin Nelson of WIC, was named Defensive Player of the Year.

Gwinn’s Reid Hill goes above a pair of Ishpeming defenders to shoot a jumper during a game on March 9, 2020, at Gwinn High School. (Journal file photo)

Three area players earned West PAC Dream Team laurels.

They are junior Zach Carlson of Westwood and seniors Eli Luokkala of Negaunee and Reid Hill of Gwinn.

Another three — each a teammate in the same class as a Dream Teamer — earned a First Team award.

Those players are seniors Will Luke of Negaunee and James Harnick of Gwinn and junior Zach Beckman of Westwood.

And three more area players, all juniors, earned Second Team plaudits.

Westwood's Zach Carlson, front right, tries to find room around the defense of Negaunee's Eli Luokkala for a jump shot in the third quarter of their high school basketball game held on Friday at Lakeview Memorial Gymnasium in Negaunee. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. Jarvinen)

They are Jayce Kipling of Ishpeming, Gerald Johnson of Negaunee and Marcus Boase of Westwood.

Rounding out the list of award winners are the honorable mention selections. Those honorees are sophomores Griffin Argall of Ishpeming and Mason Sager of Negaunee, junior Garrett Sundberg of Westwood and senior Mastin Love of Gwinn.

Another 13 players from other schools were also named to these lists.

Listed by school and with year, they are:

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Dream Team — Justin Nelson, sr., WIC; Bryce Pietrantonio, sr., IM

First Team — Ricky Brown, sr., IM; Nathan Thomson, sr., WIC; Brevin Antilla, sr., Calumet

Second Team — Carsen Chynoweth, sr., Hancock; Dryden Nelson, jr., Calumet; Mitch Ballinger, sr., WIC

Honorable mention — Gabe Smith, sr., Hancock; Dante Basanese, sr., IM; Dylan Primeau, jr., Houghton; Kip Kangas, jr., Calumet; Nolan Anderson, sr., WIC

Information compiled by Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.