Last Friday (April 7), the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association (UPSSA) voted and released the 2022-23 All-Upper Peninsula boys basketball teams. MSHS had two sophomore student-athletes honored as part of the announcement with Jacob MacPhee being named to the All-U.P. Frist Team and teammate Jaxon Jurmu selected to the All-U.P. Second Team for Divisions 1-3. Click here for full story (courtesy of WJMN – UPMatters.com).
Major Awards:
- Team of the Year (Divisions 1-2): Kingsford
- Teams of the Year (Division 3): Iron Mountain and St. Ignace
- Team of the Year (Division 4): Munising
- Mr. U.P. Basketball: Kane Nebel – Munising
- Player of the Year (Division 1-3): Oskar Kangas – Iron Mountain
- Coach of the Year (Division 1-3): Kane Nebel – Munising
All-U.P. “Dream Team”:
- Oskar Kangas – Iron Mountain
- Jonny Ingalls – St. Ignace
- Levi Frahm – Jeffers
- Nic Nora – Kingsford
- Kane Nebel – Munising
All-U.P. First Team (Divisions 1-3):
- Trevor Theuerkauf – Menominee
- Casey Bray – Escanaba
- Gavin Saunders – Negaunee
- Gavin Grondin – Kingsford
- Jacob MacPhee – Marquette
All-U.P. Second Team (Divisions 1-3):
- Gerald Sampoll Torres – Iron Mountain
- Jaxon Jurmu – Marquette
- Andrew Niemi – Westwood
- Shane Wallin – Escanaba
- Mikko Salmi – Houghton
- Mason Sager – Negaunee
- Kaden Drossart – Bark River-Harris
- Nate Koepp – Sault Ste. Marie
- Joey Colavecchi – Iron Mountain
- Caden Luoma – Ishpeming
All-U.P. Special Mention (Divisions 1-3):
- Kevin Frazier – St. Ignace
- Kaden Gibbs – Gladstone
- Ty Jacobson – Negaunee
- Drake Johnson – Gladstone
- Jerzee Karki – Westwood
- Ethan Marta – Westwood
- Ethan McLean – St. Ignace
- Bryce Blixt – Manistique
All-U.P. Honorable Mention (Divisions 1-3):
- Griffin Argall – Ishpeming
- Eli Beal – Menominee
- Tyler Black – Calumet
- Gavin Downey – Negaunee
- Cole Myllyla – Kingsford
- Brayden Nelson – Calumet
- Elijah Oberlin – West Iron County
- AJ Prosser – Ishpeming
- Max Scott – Sault Ste. Marie
- Hunter Smith – Ishpeming
- Alex Sundberg – Ishpeming
- Wyatt Demers – Manistique