LMC awards boys all-conference, Harbor Springs standout leads list with D3 all-state honor
There’s a certain level of play you can expect out of the Lake Michigan Conference each season on the boys basketball side of things.
That level is always high and a big reason for it is the talent that makes up the league year after year.
It was all recently highlighted with the release of the All-Lake Michigan boys basketball squads, while one athlete from the area was also recognized as second team all-state by the Associated Press panel of writers within the state.
Between Boyne City, Harbor Springs, Charlevoix and East Jordan, a total of seven players were named to the all-conference squad, with six others being named honorable mention.
On top of the All-LMC honors, Harbor Springs sophomore guard Braeden Flynn was also named to the Division 3 all-state second team on Tuesday.
Flynn finished the season wavering 22.1 points a game, to go with 6.1 assists and 4.5 rebounds. He also shot 80 percent from the free throw line and 36 percent from three.
He was also only a handful of points shy of 1000 for his career, just two years in.
It’s a second straight season of earning all-state honors for Flynn, after being recognized by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan last season as well.
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Along with Flynn for Harbor, Rider Bartel earned All-LMC honors as well. Bartel averaged 18.4 points and 3.7 rebounds, to go with 2.6 assists and 2.1 steals a game.
For Charlevoix, Joe Gaffney and Hudson Vollmer earned All-LMC, with Gaffney earning a second straight as a sophomore and Vollmer closing his senior career with the honors.
Gaffney averaged 13.2 points, 2.4 assists and 3.0 rebounds a game, while shooting 79.1 precent on free throws. For Vollmer, the season closed averaging 11.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists.
East Jordan had junior Korbyn Russell recognized as All-LMC after a standout season of averaging 13.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals a game.
Boyne City also had both senior Chas Stanek and junior Jaden Alger claim All-LMC honors. No season stats were available for the Ramblers.
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On top of the all-conference selections from the area, Harbor Springs’ Nash VanSloten and Collin Lang earned honorable mention, as did Troy Nickel and Ryan Pearl of Charlevoix, East Jordan’s Lucas Stone and Boyne City’s Ryan Spate.
The complete All-LMC selections and honorable mention list is below.
All-Lake Michigan:
Chas Stanek – Boyne City
Jaden Alger – Boyne City
Joe Gaffney – Charlevoix
Hudson Vollmer – Charlevoix
Korbyn Russell – East Jordan
Haden Somers – Elk Rapids
Christian Kerfoot – Elk Rapids
Owen Spencer – Elk Rapids
Maddox Mead – Grayling
Braden Flynn – Harbor Springs
Rider Bartel – Harbor Springs
Camden Moore – Kalkaska
Max Ogden – TC St. Francis
Harrison Shepherd – TC St. Francis
Honorable Mention LMC:
Ryan Spate – Boyne City
Troy Nickel – Charlevoix
Ryan Pearl – Charlevoix
Lucas Stone – East Jordan
Noah Hilley – Elk Rapids
Brendon Shockley – Elk Rapids
Tristan Demlow – Grayling
Nash VanSloten – Harbor Springs
Collin Lang – Harbor Springs
Thomas Olds – Kalkaska
Chris Bobrowski – TC St. Francis
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: All-Lake Michigan Conference boys basketball teams awarded
