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Pair from both Munising, Superior Central earn Skyline Central girls basketball honors

Munising’s Jenna Matson, below, looks to put up a layup as Carney-Nadeau’s Tessa Wagner defends during the third quarter of an MHSAA Division 4 girls basketball regional semifinal game played March 29 at Westwood High School. (Journal photo by Ryan Stieg)

HERMANSVILLE — Two players each from Munising and Superior Central earned honors when the Skyline Central Conference announced girls basketball honors that were voted on by coaches recently at the Wildwood Restaurant in Hermansville.

One of those players, junior Jenna Matson of Munising, actually earned two honors — she was named to the league’s top group, the First Team, while also earning a nod to the All-Defensive Team.

A junior teammate, Valerie Johnson, earned one of the league’s special honors after she won the Individual Sportsmanship Award.

Headlining for Superior Central was junior Riley Johnson, who joined Matson on the Skyline First Team.

Joining her on the Second Team was junior teammate Emma Rutter.

Munising's Jenna Matson, front right, tries to draw a foul from Carney-Nadeau's Taylor Kedsch, front left, during the third quarter of an MHSAA Division 4 girls basketball regional semifinal game played March 29 at Westwood High School. (Journal photo by Ryan Stieg)

Sweeping the league’s Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors was junior Tessa Wagner of Carney-Nadeau, which advanced to the MHSAA Division 4 semifinals on Monday with a 22-0 record.

And her coach, Ken Linder, won Coach of the Year.

Other “specials” went to Forest Park for the Team Sportsmanship Award and Stephenson’s Morgan Anderson for the Free Throw Award.

Here are the awards, with year (where available) and school:

First Team — Allison Richer, sr., Bark River-Harris (unanimous); Andie Arsenault, sr., North Central (unanimous); Ashton Hord, jr., North Dickinson (unanimous); Cara Zawacki, jr., Bark River-Harris; Taylor Kedsch, sr., Carney-Nadeau

From left, Munising's Jenna Matson tries to dish the ball to a teammate as Carney-Nadeau's Taylor Kedsch tries to cut her off during the third quarter of an MHSAA Division 4 girls basketball regional semifinal game played March 29 at Westwood High School. Also in on the play are the Mustangs' Emmy Crisp and C-N's Shae Linder. (Journal photo by Ryan Stieg)

Second Team — Natalie Belanger, sr., Rapid River; Paige Cappaert, sr., Stephenson; MacKenzie Clifford, sr., Norway; Micah Lindholm, soph., North Dickinson; Lea LaChapelle, sr., Forest Park; Morgan Anderson, sr., Stephenson

Honorable mention — Haley Ernest, sr., C-N; Morgan Cappaert, sr., BR-H; Gracie Kleikamp, fresh., NC; Vanessa Lindholm, jr., ND; Andi Carlson, soph., Norway; Kassandra Gyselinck, jr., Norway

All-Defensive Team — Hord, ND; Ernest, C-N; Amya Johnson, Forest Park; Arsenault, NC; Aspen Fredrick, BR-H; Donna VanHolla, Norway; Belanger, RR

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

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