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A dozen honored: 5 area schools — Negaunee, Westwood, Ishpeming, Gwinn and Manistique — have 12 players share in Mid-Peninsula Conference awards for boys basketball

Negaunee’s Mason Sager, center, is surrounded by a trio of Ishpeming defenders, from left, Connor Gauthier, Alex Sundberg and Griffin Argall, during their high school boys basketball game played at the Hematites’ gym on Jan. 13. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

NEGAUNEE — With Negaunee and Westwood leading the way, a dozen area players won a total of 14 awards when the Mid-Peninsula Conference recently named its high school boys basketball honors.

A pair of Negaunee players were named to the M-PC First Team as a total of four Miners gathered five awards.

Westwood senior Jerzee Karki won one of the league’s special awards, the Defensive Player of the Year, along with making the M-PC Second Team.

Two Patriots won awards, as did three from Ishpeming, two from Manistique and one from Gwinn.

Negaunee senior Mason Sager was named to the M-PC First Team and also earned a berth on the First Team Defense.

Westwood's Jerzee Karki drives to the basket in the second quarter of a game played against Marquette at the Barb Crill Gymnasium at Marquette Senior High School on Jan. 31. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. Jarvinen)

Miners’ junior Gavin Saunders also made the M-PC First Team, while senior teammate Gavin Downey joined Sager on the First Team Defense and sophomore Ty Jacobson won honorable mention.

From Westwood, junior Andrew Niemi made the M-PC First Team to join Karki in winning honors.

Sophomore Caden Luoma headed up Ishpeming honorees by making the M-PC First Team, as junior Hunter Smith made the First Team Defense and senior Alex Sundberg earned honorable mention.

For Manistique, senior Bryce Blixt and junior Wyatt Demers each made the M-PC Second Team.

And for Gwinn, junior Conner Dupras earned honorable mention.

Negaunee's Gavin Saunders, left, takes a big stride as he drives toward the basket in the first quarter as Ishpeming's Griffin Argall follows the play in their high school boys basketball game played at Lakeview Memorial Gymnasium in Negaunee on Feb. 10. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. jarvinen)

Iron Mountain sophomore Oskar Kangas was named the M-PC Player of the Year.

Here are the other honorees, with class and school:

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First Team — Kaden Gibbs, jr., Gladstone

Second Team — Reese Kangas, jr., Iron Mountain; Gerald Sampoll-Torres, soph. IM

Ishpeming's Caden Luoma, left, goes up for a shot while being defended by Westwood's Edward Anderson during their high school boys basketball game played at the Hematites' gym in Ishpeming on Feb. 8. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

First Team Defense — Joey Colavecchi, sr., IM; Matthew Colavecchi, jr., IM

Honorable mention — Drake Johnson, jr., Gladstone

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

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