Janke, Simonsen make All-U.P. Dream Team
Dollar Bay-Tamarack City senior Ashton Janke was named the All-U.P. Division 4 Player of the Year on Friday.
Janke’s accolade was among a few for local basketball players in this year’s U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association selections.
Janke and Houghton senior Brad Simonsen were named to the Dream Team.
Dollar Bay was named the Division 4 Team of the Year after finishing the regular season 18-2 and reaching the Division 4 District 98 final against Chassell before the COVID-19 outbreak forced an abrupt close to the season.
Iron Mountain’s Foster Wonders was named Mr. U.P. Basketball and Division 1-3 Player of the Year.
Marquette was named the Division 1-2 Team of the Year. Iron Mountain was selected as the Division 3 Team of the Year.
Houghton junior Pablo Salgado was named to the Division 1-3 Second Team.
Ewen-Trout Creek’s Jaden Borseth was named to the Division 4 First Team.
Dollar Bay’s Davin Hill and Connor LeClaire were Second Team selections.
Chassell’s Bill Rautiola and Ontonagon’s Logan Latvis were Division 4 Honorable Mention.
Iron Mountain’s Foster Wonders and Marcus Johnson, Negaunee’s Jason Waterman and Marquette’s Kam Karp joined Janke and Simonsen on the Dream Team.
The Division 1-3 First Team included Negaunee’s Jakson Sager, West Iron County’s Justin Nelson, Westwood’s Zach Carlson, Escanaba’s Peyton Fedell and Norway’s Kody Hendricks.
Besides Salgado, the Division 1-3 Second Team included Marquette’s Ty Lotterman, Gladstone’s Rane Castor and Cam Ballard, Menominee’s Keagan Monroe, Negaunee’s Drew Lindberg, Gwinn’s James Harnick, Ishpeming’s Jacob Kugler, Norway’s Logan Parolini, Manistique’s Schyler Andersen and Marquette’s Drew Wyble.
Borseth was joined on the Division 4 First Team by Pickford’s Nick Edington, Carney-Nadeau’s Brett LaFord, Brimley’s Zach Gross and North Central’s Luke Gorzinski.
Hill and LeClaire were joined on the Division 4 Second Team by Rapid River’s Tyler Sundling, Wakefield-Marenisco’s Morgan Miskovich, Cedarville’s Trey Paquin, Mid Peninsula’s Zach Englund, Rudyard’s E.J. Suggitt, North Dickinson’s Cameron Schultz, Engadine’s Pedro Pardo and Maplewood Baptist’s Isaiah May.
Negaunee’s Dan Waterman was named the Division 1-3 Coach of the Year. Carney-Nadeau’s Paul Polfus was named Division 4 Coach of the Year.
The girls All-U.P. basketball selections will be announced in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Mining Gazette.
2019-20 All-U.P. Boys Basketball Team
Special Awards
Mr. U.P. Basketball
Foster Wonders, Iron Mountain, Jr.
Division 1-3 Player of the Year
Foster Wonders, Iron Mountain, Jr.
Division 4 Player of the Year
Ashton Janke, Dollar Bay, Sr.
Division 1-2 Team of the Year
Marquette
Division 3 Team of the Year
Iron Mountain
Division 4 Team of the Year
Dollar Bay
Division 1-3 Coach of the Year
Dan Waterman, Negaunee
Division 4 Coach of the Year
Paul Polfus, Carney-Nadeau
Dream Team
Foster Wonders, Iron Mountain, 6-5, Jr.
Marcus Johnson, Iron Mountain, 5-9, Sr.
Brad Simonsen, Houghton, 6-6, Sr.
Ashton Janke, Dollar Bay, 6-3, Sr.
Jason Waterman, Negaunee, 6-0, Sr.
Kam Karp, Marquette, 6-0, Jr.
Division 1-3 First Team
Jakson Sager, Negaunee, 5-10, Sr.
Justin Nelson, West Iron County, 6-8, Jr.
Zach Carlson, Westwood, 5-11, Soph.
Peyton Fedell, Escanaba, 6-2, Sr.
Kody Hendricks, Norway, 6-2, Sr.
Division 1-3 Second Team
Ty Lotterman, Marquette, 6-3, Jr.
Rane Castor, Gladstone, 6-2, Jr.
Cam Ballard, Gladstone, 6-1, Jr.
Keagan Monroe, Menominee, 6-1, Sr.
Drew Lindberg, Negaunee, 6-3, Sr.
James Harnick, Gwinn, 6-3, Jr.
Pablo Salgado, Houghton, 6-3, Jr.
Jacob Kugler, Ishpeming, 6-2, Sr.
Logan Parolini, Norway, Jr., 5-11
Schyler Andersen, Manistique, 6-2, Sr.
Drew Wyble, Marquette, 6-1, Sr.
Division 4 First Team
Jaden Borseth, Ewen-Trout Creek, 6-3, Soph.
Nick Edington, Pickford, 6-7, Sr.
Brett LaFord, Carney-Nadeau, 6-1, Sr.
Zach Gross, Brimley, 6-3, Sr.
Luke Gorzinski, North Central, 5-7, Freshman
Division 4 Second Team
Davin Hill, Dollar Bay, 5-8, Jr.
Tyler Sundling, Rapid River, 5-11, Sr.
Morgan Miskovich, Wakefield-Marenisco, 6-5, Sr.
Trey Paquin, Cedarville, 5-11, Sr.
Zach Englund, Mid Peninsula, 5-10, Sr.
E.J. Suggitt, Rudyard, Soph., 5-10
Cameron Schultz, North Dickinson, Sr., 5-9
Connor LeClaire, Dollar Bay, 5-10, Jr.
Pedro Pardo, Engadine, 5-8, Sr.
Isaiah May, Maplewood Baptist, 6-1, Sr.
Division 1-3 Honorable Mention
Ty Alderton, Westwood, Sr.; Noah Ballard, Gladstone, Sr.; Aidan Bellisle, Menominee; Cole Brackett, Kingsford, Jr.; Riley Bray, Bark River-Harris, Sr.; Taylor Dellangelo, Westwood, Sr.; Jacob Dorenbecker, St. Ignace, Jr.; Brandon Frazer, Escanaba, Jr.; Josh Huotari, Munising, Sr.; Carter Hudson, Escanaba; Tommy Lundin, Ironwood, Sr.; Ely North, St. Ignace; Peyton Williams, West Iron County; Kaaleb Ranta, Sault Ste. Marie, Sr.; Tony Feira, Iron Mountain, Sr.; Drew DuShane, Negaunee, Sr.; Lincoln Sager, Marquette, Jr.
Division 4 Honorable Mention
Max Baumler, Carney-Nadeau, Sr.; Tate Besteman, Rudyard, Soph.; Tony DeMars, Rapid River, Sr.; Noah Gorzinski, North Central, Sr.; Beau Koffman, Carney-Nadeau, Jr.; Eli Luokkala, Republic-Michigamme; Parker Maki, Superior Central, Jr.; Dayton Parish, Brimley; Jimmy Storey, Pickford, Sr.; Keall Emmers, Forest Park, Jr.; Ian McArthur, Engadine, Sr.; Logan Depew, Newberry, Jr.; Blake Friisvall, Rudyard; Michal Vigas, Engadine, Sr.; Logan Latvis, Ontonagon, Sr.; Anthony Metas, Bessemer, Sr.; Christian Hocking, Jeffers, Jr.; Bill Rautiola, Chassell, Sr.