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Flivvers, Lady Trojans dominate All-UP honors

Kingsford senior Maddy Kreider (10) soars above the net and blasts a shot over Houghton’s Sophie Hebert (13) on Oct. 10 at Flivver Gym. (Terry Raiche photo)

MARQUETTE — All season long, the Kingsford and Forest Park varsity volleyball teams were a problem for anyone they faced.

On Tuesday, their hard work was recognized as multiple Flivvers and Lady Trojans received All-U.P. honors from the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.

Kingsford senior Maddy Kreider took home Division 1-3 Defensive Player of the Year honors while Flivvers’ head coach Jaclynn Kreider was named Division 1-3 Coach of the Year.

In Division 4, Forest Park junior Ava Fischer received the Offensive Player of the Year award.

Maddy Kreider was also named to the All-U.P. Dream Team alongside fellow Kingsford senior Ellery Nash.

Fischer and Forest Park junior Elsie Williams were also named to the Dream Team.

Kingsford senior Alyssa Larson was named to the Division 1-3 All-U.P. First team as were Iron Mountain senior Macy Linsenbigler and West Iron County freshman Bristol Shamion.

In Division 4, North Dickinson junior Raina Ledzian took home All-U.P. First Team honors along with Forest Park’s Ellie Ayers and Vienna Price.

Kingsford senior Anna Bortolini was named to the Division 1-3 All-U.P. Special Mention team alongside Iron Mountain’s Gerilis Sampoll-Torres, and Flivvers’ senior Kailey Sundquist.

North Dickinson junior Aubrey Applekamp was named to the Division 4 Special Mention squad. She was joined by Forest Park sophomore Tessa Bartozek and North Central senior Haylee Gatien.

The entire list of awards, as voted on by the UPSSA, follows.

UPSSA Major awards

Ms. Volleyball: Allie Bjorn, Calumet

Division 1-3

Offensive Player of the Year: Allie Bjorn, Calumet

Defensive Player of the Year: Maddy Kreider, Kingsford

Team of the Year: Calumet

Coach of the Year: Jaclynn Krieder, Kingsford

Division 4

Offensive Player of the Year: Ava Fischer, Forest Park

Defensive Player of the Year: Brooke Koskela, Hancock

Team of the Year: Hancock

Coach of the Year: Laurie Morley, Rudyard

Dream Team

Jess Anderson, Calumet, Soph.

Allie Bjorn, Calumet, Sr.

Jaylee Dellies, Marquette, Sr.

Leah Goudreau, Manistique, Sr.

Maddy Kreider, Kingsford, Sr.

Grayson LaMarche, Escanaba, Sr.

Ellery Nash, Kingsford, Sr.

Mia Nordstrom, Jeffers, Jr.

Maddie Torola, Calumet, Sr.

Ava Fischer, Forest Park, Jr.

Jillian Fraser, St. Ignace, Sr.

Noelle Grace, Wakefield-Marenisco, Jr.

Brooke Koskela, Hancock, Sr.

Lily Kwiatkowski, Rudyard, Jr.

Emily L’Esperance, Hancock, Sr.

Elsie Williams, Forest Park, Jr.

Division 1-3 First Team

Bella Coppo, Calumet, Sr.

Alyssa Larson, Kingsford, Sr.

Emily Pietila, Houghton, Jr.

Janelle Rautiola, Negaunee, Sr.

Kamry Flodin, Manistique, Sr.

Macy Linsenbigler, Iron Mountain, Sr.

Bristol Shamion, West Iron County, Fr.

Audra Pawlak, Ironwood, Sr.

Hanna Vaughn, Ironwood, Sr.

Jackie Kiilunen, Calumet, Sr.

Harlee Coolman, Escanaba, Jr.

Annabell Fazzari, Sault Ste. Marie, Sr.

Ava Johnson, Menominee, Sr.

Theresa Anderson, Negaunee, Sr.

Clara Braun, Escanaba, Sr.

Special Mention

Brianna Anderson, Marquette; Anna Bortolini, Kingsford; Maya Carlson, Manistique, Jr.; Grace Filizetti, Marquette, Soph.; Taylor Heinonen, Jeffers, Sr.; Laney Johnson, Houghton, Sr.; Sonja Kiviniemi, Ishpeming, Sr.; Ava Maki, Marquette, Sr.; Susie Moberg, Escanaba, Jr.; Kadence Ruggerio, Gwinn, Jr.; Gerilis Sampoll-Torres, Iron Mountain, Sr.; Chloe Serafin, Houghton, Sr.; Jacey Sleeman, Houghton, Jr.; Kailey Sundquist, Kingsford, Sr.; Adie Tryan, Gladstone, Sr.; Hope Varoni, Bark River-Harris, Sr.; Roegen Hruska, Marquette, Sr.

Honorable Mention

Samantha Grossett, Sault Ste. Marie, Sr.; Lillie Johnson, Gladstone, Jr.; Anhaka Oshleski, Sault Ste. Marie, Soph.; Aubrey Paquin, Gwinn, Sr.; Jenna Viau, Kingsford, Sr.; Ivy York, Sault Ste. Marie, Soph.

Division 4 First Team

Kiera Isaacson, Dollar Bay, Sr.

Raina Ledzian, North Dickinson, Jr.

Cleo Milkey, Lake Linden-Hubbell, Jr.

Amelia Shanley, Newberry, Sr.

Bree Besonen, Ewen-Trout Creek, Fr.

Addie Bowerman, Munising, Fr.

Ellie Ayers, Forest Park, Sr.

Reese Driscoll, Hancock, Sr.

Avery Visnaw, St. Ignace

Olivia Cappaert, Stephenson, Jr.

Mariska Laurila, Carney-Nadeau, Sr.

Irelynd McGeshick, Ewen-Trout Creek, Jr.

Caragan Thill, Big Bay de Noc, Jr.

Cadence Cullen, St. Ignace, Sr.

Jazmyn Havelka, Stephenson, Sr.

Vienna Price, Forest Park, Soph.

Bailey Corcoran, Munising, Sr.

Emma Besonen, Ewen-Trout Creek, Jr.

Special Mention

Aubrey Applekamp, North Dickinson, Jr.; Tessa Bartozek, Forest Park, Soph.; Addison Carrick, Brimley, Sr.; Addison Cullen, St. Ignace, Sr.; Carissa Deatsman, Munising, Soph.; Haylee Gatien, North Central, Sr.; Melissa Johnson, Stephenson, Sr.; Ivanna Kapkova, Newberry, Sr.; Amelia Miller, Pickford, Soph.; Brooke Portice, Pickford, Sr.; Kylie Stuer, Superior Central, Fr.; Emma Sundling, Rapid River, Sr.;

Honorable Mention

Gabby Adams, St. Ignace, Jr.; Evie Anderson, Forest Park, Fr.; Hope Brunngraeber, Mid Peninsula, Jr.; Ashley Carlson, Norway, Jr.; Alazayah Depew, Newberry, Sr.; Ruth Johnson, Superior Central, Sr.; Elodie Lenca, Carney-Nadeau, Jr.; Allie Whalen, Newberry, Sr.

Report compiled by Daily News sports editor Sean Chase.

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