Honors for the players and a coach were revealed Tuesday with the winning and runner-up teams at those MHSAA U.P. Finals taking the most honors.

The Patriots won the meet, held at Kingsford last Wednesday, with 20 points, while the Miners were second with 15. Negaunee had a perfect 15-0 dual-meet record during the season.

Coaches whose teams were at the meet, which also included Marquette, Escanaba, Gladstone, Menominee and Kingsford, voted for these honors.

The two top honors were split between Westwood and Negaunee.

Negaunee’s Lilly Nelson hits a return during a No. 1 singles match on Oct. 2, 2019, during the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 finals at Negaunee High School. (Journal file photo)

The Miners’ Lilly Nelson was named Player of the Year, while the Patriots’ Sarah Massie earned Coach of the Year laurels.

And each of those schools had a singles player and doubles team earn Division 1 All-State honors as well.

Nelson was joined in singles by Westwood’s Jillian Koski, while in doubles, honorees were Negaunee’s Emma Miller and Madison Austin and the Patriots’ Natalie Prophet and Natalie Blanck.

Division 1 All-U.P. First Team awards in singles included Nelson, Koski, Marquette’s Kaia Miller, Negaunee’s Daylyn Drew and Westwood’s Lindsay Williams.

Doubles winners were the previously mentioned Miller and Austin, along with Prophet and Blanck. Joining them were Marquette’s Eliina Brazeau and Cecelia Jacuzzo and the Patriots’ Lexi Olson and Alyssa Prophet.

Westwood No. 1 singles player Jillian Koski serves during a high school girls tennis meet played against Marquette at the Patriots' courts on Sept. 27. (Journal photo by Travis Nelson)

Several area players and duos earned All-U.P. Division 1 honorable mention. Honored in singles was Westwood’s Mallory Leece, while in doubles it was the Miners’ Stella Harris and Alex Levra and Westwood’s Hannah Mattila and Hannah Niemi.

The other four teams at the finals each had at least two honorees.

Here is that list:

Singles — First Team: Ashlyn Blaskowski, Kingsford; Pearl Wellens, Menominee; Sophia Derkos, Escanaba; and Addie Tromblie, Gladstone. Honorable mention: Natalie Williams, Escanaba.

Doubles — First Team: Emma Wagner and Montgomery Pepin, Gladstone; Abby Hill and Gracie Wickham, Escanaba; Kennedy Olson and Anna Ngrat, Menominee; Delaney Cram and Paige Janousek, Kingsford; and Erica Moore and Delaney McIntyre, Escanaba. Honorable mention: None.

Sarah Massie

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