Negaunee’s Aubrey Johnson, left, looks for a teammate during a high school girls basketball game played against Ishpeming at Lakeview Memorial Gymnasium in Negaunee on Feb. 7. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

MARQUETTE — A number of area girls basketball players won honors when area high school conference announced awards as their seasons were winding down.

Taking a look back at awards handed out by the Great Northern Conference, Western Peninsula Athletic Conference and Mid-Peninsula Conference, two representatives from Negaunee won top awards.

Miners senior Aubrey Johnson was named Player of the Year in the West PAC and Defensive Player of the Year in that conference along with the M-PC.

Her coach, Mike O’Donnell, earned Coach of the Year in both the West PAC and M-PC.

With each league’s Player of the Year not eligible to be named to their respective conference First Team, the entire M-PC First Team was made up of Marquette County players, led by Johnson.

She was joined by Westwood senior Lexi Olson, Ishpeming junior Jenessa Eagle, Gwinn sophomore Makayla Delmont and Negaunee sophomore Gretel Johnson.

The West PAC First Team didn’t include Aubrey Johnson after she won Player of the Year, but had three county players — Olson, Eagle and Gretel Johnson.

Those leagues were a lot easier for Marquette County team to dominate as a majority of the M-PC and nearly half the West PAC includes Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood and Gwinn.

But Marquette is the only local member of the GNC, and Sentinels senior Bri Anderson was the area representative on that league’s First Team.

Making the GNC Second Team were Marquette senior Aubree Blackburn and junior Lexi Curran, while Anderson and Blackburn earned spots on the GNC Defensive Team.

By the way, Lillie Johnson swept just about every major award she was eligible for as her Gladstone Braves are the only school that is a member of both the GNC and M-PC.

She was Player of the Year in both those leagues, along with Defensive Player of the Year in the GNC, while her coach Andy Cretens earned Coach of the Year in the GNC.

In the M-PC, Lillie Johnson, Eagle and three other Marquette County players took up every spot on its All-Defensive Team — Ishpeming senior Laynie Korpi, Westwood junior Addy Hallum and Negaunee sophomore Keira Waterman.

And in the M-PC, the six-member All-Defensive Team included Marquette County’s Eagle, Delmont, Waterman and Hallum.

Here are all those honor teams, listed with year and position where available:

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GREAT NORTHERN CONFERENCE

Player of the Year — Lillie Johnson, jr., Gladstone

Defensive Player of the Year — Johnson, Gladstone

Coach of the Year — Andy Cretens, Gladstone

First Team — Bri Anderson, sr., Marquette; Mayce Hanson, sr., Gladstone; Gianna Coduti, jr., Menominee; Aubrie Moore, freshman, Kingsford; Grayson LaMarche, sr., Escanaba

Second Team — Aubree Blackburn, sr., Marquette; Lexi Curran, jr., Marquette; Addy Blowers, jr., Gladstone; Katey Lamb, sr., Escanaba; Lexi Marineau, jr., Menominee

Special Mention — Anna Bortolini, sr., Kingsford; Eva Pankonien, soph., Gladstone

Honorable Mention — Hayley Taylor, jr., Marquette; Addi Kramer, sophomore, Marquette; Alexa Wetthuhn, sr., Gladstone; Ava Chouinard, sr., Menominee; Emily Schuettpelz, jr., Menominee; Landry Bray, jr., Escanaba; Emerson Salo, sr., Escanaba; Clara Braun, sr., Escanaba; Cassie Olson, jr., Kingsford; Alivia Kowalski, soph., Kingsford

Defensive Team — Bri Anderson, sr., Marquette; Aubree Blackburn, sr., Marquette; Mayce Hanson, sr., Gladstone; Gianna Coduti, jr., Menominee; Anna Bortolini, sr., Kingsford; Katey Lamb, sr., Escanaba

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WEST PAC

Player of the Year — Aubrey Johnson, sr., Negaunee

Defensive Player of the Year — Johnson, Negaunee

Coach of the Year — Mike O’Donnell, Negaunee

Dream Team — Jenessa Eagle, jr. guard, Ishpeming; Jackie Kiilunen, sr. guard, Calumet; Eva Gerard, sr. forward, Houghton; Lexi Olson, sr. guard, Westwood; Gretel Johnson, soph. guard, Negaunee

All-Defensive Team — Jackie Kiilunen, sr. guard, Calumet; Emery Chynoweth, jr. forward, Hancock; Jenessa Eagle, jr. guard, Ishpeming; Keira Waterman, soph. forward, Negaunee; Makayla Delmont, soph. guard, Gwinn; Addy Hallum, jr. guard, Westwood

Iron Division First Team — Macy Linsenbigler, sr. forward, Iron Mountain; Peyton Kakkuri, sr. guard, Ishpeming; Isabelle Marta, sr. guard, Westwood; Makayla Delmont, soph. guard, Gwinn, Clare O’Donnell, jr. forward, Negaunee

Copper Division First Team — Emery Chynoweth, jr. forward, Hancock; Ellie Hainault, soph. guard, Houghton; Bailey Strom, soph. guard, Calumet; Kiirsi Johnson, jr. guard, Calumet; Kaitlin Smith, sr. guard West Iron County

Honorable Mention — Laynie Korpi, sr. guard, Ishpeming; Miaha Schiefel, sr. guard, Gwinn; Gerilis Sampoll-Torres, sr. guard, Iron Mountain; Eliisa Doney, soph. guard, Westwood; Madison Pekrul, sr. forward, Negaunee; Sofie Freeman, sr. guard, Hancock; Ruby Zawada, soph. guard, Houghton; Allison Bjorn, sr. forward, Calumet; Lacey Shamion, jr. guard, West Iron County

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MID-PENINSULA

CONFERENCE

Player of the Year — Lillie Johnson, jr., Gladstone

Defensive Player of the Year — Aubrey Johnson, sr., Negaunee

Coach of the Year — Mike O’Donnell, Negaunee

First Team — Jenessa Eagle, jr. forward, Ishpeming; Aubrey Johnson, sr. guard, Negaunee; Lexi Olson, sr. guard; Gretel Johnson, soph. guard, Negaunee; Makayla Delmont, soph. guard, Gwinn

All-Defensive Team — Lillie Johnson, jr., Gladstone; Janessa Eagle, jr. guard, Ishpeming; Addy Hallum, jr. guard, Westwood; Keira Waterman, soph. forward, Negaunee; Laynie Korpi, sr. guard, Ishpeming

Second Team — Macy Linsenbigler, sr. forward, Iron Mountain; Isabelle Marta, sr. guard, Westwood; Peyton Kakkuri, sr. guard, Ishpeming; Clare O’Donnell, jr. forward, Negaunee; Mayce Hanson, sr. guard, Gladstone

Honorable Mention — Eva Pankonien, soph. guard, Gladstone; Keira Waterman, soph. forward, Negaunee; Addy Blowers, jr. guard, Gladstone; Miaha Schiefel, sr. guard, Gwinn; Laynie Korpi, sr. guard, Ishpeming; Madison Pekrul, sr. forward, Negaunee; Makayla Fisher, jr. forward, Westwood; Alexis McDade, sr., Manistique; Ella Pickett, sr. forward, Iron Mountain

Steve Brownlee can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 552. His email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.