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LAKE LINDEN -- The Baraga Vikings volleyball team had a tremendous regular season, going 26-1, with that only loss coming to top-ranked Hancock. For their efforts, the Vikings nearly swept the Copper Mountain Conference awards, including Team of the Year, Most Valuable Player Elisa Delene, and Coach of the Year Corey Pietila.
Ironwood senior Kiaya Graser was named Defensive Player of the Year.
The CMC Elite Team featured one Viking in junior Mya Hendrickson. She was joined by Lake Linden-Hubbell junior Payton Goldsworthy, Chassell junior Elli Kuntze, and Ewen-Trout Creek junior Bree Besonen amongst Copper Country athletes.
Also named to the Elite Team were Ironwood senior Akira Ruotsala and Graser.
Delene, Hendrickson, Goldsworthy, and Kuntze all were named to the Copper Country Division First Team. Also named were Lakes senior Ashlyn Steves and Dollar Bay-Tamarack City junior Ava Nye.
Besonen, Ruotsala, and Graser led the Porcupine Mountain Division First Team. Also joining them were Ontonagon junior Gracie Guzek, Ironwood senior Mikayla Pawlak, and Wakefield-Marenisco senior Kenly Anderson.
Dollar Bay posted two players on the Copper Country Division Second Team, sophomore Hannah Keranen and junior Kiya Kemppainen. Also joining them were Baraga senior Sophie DesRochers, Lake Linden senior Ella Schneiderhan, L'Anse junior Breyelle Bowers, and Chassell senior Sylvia Aho.
Ewen-Trout Creek had two players named to the Porcupine Mountain Division Second Team, junior Peyton Hardes and sophomore Leona Schutz. Also joining them were Ontonagon senior Summer Stites, Wakefield-Marenisco senior Kara Prisbe, and two players from Ironwood, senior Natalie Vandenburg and sophomore Morgan McRae.
Earning honorable mention in the Copper Country Division were Chassell senior Oriana Olson and Baraga freshman Danica Jahfetson. In the Porcupine Mountain Division, Ontongan sophomore Ava Wascher and Bessemer sophomore Haylee Elias were both given honorable mention.