Calumet, Westwood Lead WestPAC Copper Division All-Stars

WestPAC Copper Division champion Calumet and Westwood dominated the All-Conference Team announced Tuesday. Travis Ojala of the Copper Kings was named Offensive Player of the Year. Teammate Nick Djerf was named Special Teams Player of the Year, and John Croze was named Coach of the Year for leading Calumet to a perfect regular season. Calumet and Westwood will meet in the opening round of the state tournament Friday night. Our broadcast coverage will begin at 6:35 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com.

Offensive Player of the Year: Travis Ojala – Calumet
Honorable Mention: Nathan Beckman – Westwood
Defensive Player of the Year: Sam Gilles – Westwood
Honorable Mention: Trevor Hendrickson – Calumet
Lineman of the Year: Sam Gilles – Westwood
Honorable Mention: Josh VanDenburg – Calumet
Special Teams Player of the Year: Nick Djerf – Calumet
Coach of the Year: John Croze – Calumet

Offensive Team
Center: 1st Team: Drew Bjorn – Calumet
Honorable Mention: Max Ostermeyer – L’Anse, Brayden Velmer – Negaunee
Guard: 1st Team: Sam Gilles (unanimous) – Westwood, Josh VanDenburg – Calumet
Honorable Mention: Jacob Maxon – Iron Mountain
Tackle: 1st Team: Blake Hewitt – Westwood, Alex Studebaker – Calumet
Honorable Mention: Leo Helppi – Negaunee, Colin Broemer – Gogebic, Justin Hood – Iron Mountain
Tight End: 1st Team: Charlie Gerhard – Iron Mountain, Jacob Adriano – Westwood
Honorable Mention: Sam Keskimaki – Houghton
Receiver: 1st Team: Austin Salani – Hancock, Matt Ojala – Calumet
Honorable Mention: Drew DuShane – Negaunee
Full Back: 1st Team: Ashton Bergman – Westwood
Honorable Mention: Trevor Hendrickson – Calumet, Peyton Anderson – Negaunee
Running Back: 1st Team: Travis Ojala – Calumet (unanimous), Nathan Beckman – Westwood (unanimous), Jonah Dowd – L’anse (unanimous)
Honorable Mention: Nate Erva – Houghton
Quarterback: 1st Team: Brent Loukus – Calumet
Honorable Mention: Marcus Johnson – Iron Mountain, Colton Salani – Hancock

Defensive Team:
Defensive Lineman: 1st Team: Hayden Mann – Westwood (unanimous), Brayden Velmer – Negaunee, Jayden Gariepi – Calumet
Honorable Mention: Justin Hood – Iron Mountain, Ewan Beyer – Houghton, Devan Funke – L’anse
Defensive End: 1st Team: Sam Gilles (unanimous) – Westwood, Alex Zampese – Negaunee, Charlie Gerhard – Iron Mountain, Josh VanDenburg – Calumet
Outside Linebacker: 1st Team: Travis Ojala – Calumet (unanimous) Erik Anderson – Westwood
Honorable Mention: Alex Munson – Negaunee, Evan Larson – Hancock, Alec Rajala – L’Anse
Inside Linebacker: Trevor Hendrickson – Calumet (unanimous), Ashton Bergman – Westwood (unanimous), Ty Halonen – Houghton
Honorable Mention: Tommy Lundin – Gogebic, Alec Sanregret – L’Anse, Zach Herrick – Iron Mountain, Garrett Mann – Westwood
Defensive Back: 1st Team: Nathan Beckman – Westwood, Brent Loukus – Calumet, Marcus Johnson – Iron Mountain, Jason Waterman – Negaunee
Honorable Mention: Connor LeClaire – Hancock, Reese Waara – L’Anse, Chad Pohlman – Westwood, Sam Erkkila – Calumet
Kicker: 1st Team: Reese Waara – L’Anse, Erik Salminen – Negaunee
Honorable Mention: Brendan LeClaire – Hancock
Punter: 1st Team: Travis Ojala – Calumet, Parker Wilson – Gogebic