Marcotte, Gervais Lead Great Lakes Eight West Division Football All-Stars

Danny Marcotte of Lake Linden-Hubbell was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Great Lakes Eight West Division at the recent league year-end meeting. Lakes coach Brett Gervais was named Coach of the Year. Norway was named the Division Team of the Year, and the Knights’ Ian Popp was honored as Defensive Player of the Year.

Offensive 1st Team:
• Quarterback: Cole Baij, Junior, Norway
• Running Backs: Lane Gorzinski, Junior, North Central and Ian Popp, Senior, Norway
• Wide Receivers: Wyatt Spade, Senior, Norway and Nick Miskovich, Sophomore, Ironwood
• Hybrid: Jacob Gorzinski, Senior, North Central
• Offensive Linemen: Gabe Popko, Senior, Lake Linden-Hubbell; Kevin Giuliani, Junior, Forest Park; Redd Strong, Senior, Ontonagon; Max Nason, Senior, North Central

Offensive 2nd Team:
• Quarterback: Austin Gordon, Junior, Ontonagon
• Running Backs: Felix Quevedo, Senior, Forest Park and Sam Roberts, Senior, Lake Linden-Hubbell
• Wide Receivers: Easton LeGault, Senior, Ontonagon and Alex Ortman, Senior Norway
• Hybrid: Caden Besonen, Junior, Ontonagon
• Offensive Linemen: Matthew Showers, Junior, Forest Park; Kurt Bissell, Senior, Ironwood; Cooper Anderson, Junior, Gogebic

Defense 1st Team:
• Linebackers: Gabe Harju, Junior, Gogebic and Lane Gorzinski, Junior, North Central
• Defensive Linemen: Max Nason, Senior, North Central; Matthew Showers, Junior, Forest Park; Gabe Popko, Senior, Lake Linden-Hubbell; Kevin Giuliani, Junior Forest Park
• Defensive Backs: Caden Besonen, Junior, Ontonagon; Ethan Anderson, Senior, Stephenson; Danny Marcotte, Senior, Lake Linden-Hubbell
• Hybrid: Hayden Amundson, Senior, Norway

Defense 2nd Team:
• Linebackers: Mason Holzberger, Senior, Lake Linden-Hubbell and C.J. Feezor, Senior, Ironwood
• Defensive Linemen: Redd Strong, Senior, Ontonagon; Maddex Burklund, Sophomore, Norway; Hunter Robinson, Senior, North Central
• Defensive Backs: Wyatt Aspinwall, Junior Gogebic; Gaven Rintala, Senior, Forest Park; Riley Jacklovitz, Senior, Norway
• Hybrid: Nik Stephens, Junior Forest Park.

All Conference:
• Kicker: Dietrich Rasner, Freshman, Forest Park
• Punter: Gabe Quevedo, Junior, Forest Park
• Return Specialist: Wyatt Spade, Senior, Norway

Honorable Mention:
• Forest Park: Grayson Sundell, Junior
• Stephenson: Chris Schmidt, Senior
• Bessemer: Bode Lynott, Junior
• Norway: Landon Amundson, Junior
• Lake Linden-Hubbell: Nate St. Onge, Junior
• Ontonagon: Karson Clinesmith, Senior
• Ironwood: Axton Ruotsala, Junior
• North Central: Spencer Willa, Junior