Northeastern Minnesota 24-25 Team Scoring Breakdown

MINNESOTA OFFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Cherry	33	2918	113	70	88.42
2	Littlefork-Big Falls	28	2441	124	59	87.12
3	Deer River	30	2513	109	61	83.77
4	Braham	29	2312	112	63	79.72
5	Northland	26	2058	107	46	79.15
6	Nevis	33	2569	109	58	77.85
7	Cass Lake-Bena	28	2146	112	41	76.64
8	Northome-Kelliher	28	2125	108	20	75.89
9	Walker-Hackensack-Akeley	27	2046	119	49	75.78
10	Mountain Iron-Buhl	29	2165	107	49	74.66

Most Points Scored (Single Game): 124 - Littlefork-Big Falls

Most 100+ Point Games: 5 - Cherry & Littlefork-Big Falls

Total 100+ Point Games: 38

MINNESOTA DEFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Nevis	33	1722	81	18	52.18
2	East Central	28	1526	88	22	54.50
3	Cherry	33	1879	81	17	56.94
4	Walker-Hackensack-Ackeley	27	1539	84	20	57.00
5	Cromwell-Wright	28	1608	101	25	57.43
6	Mountain Iron-Buhl	29	1686	78	26	58.14
7	Braham	29	1716	96	28	59.17
8	Grand Rapids	28	1669	81	27	59.61
9	Esko	30	1802	87	37	60.07
10	Crosby-Ironton	27	1625	87	26	60.19

Fewest Points Allowed (Single Game): 16 - Pine City

Most Less Than 20 Point Games Allowed: 1 - Cherry, McGregor, Nevis, Pine City

Total Less Than 20 Point Games: 4

Season Best Plus/Minus: +31.48 - Cherry

Northern Wisconsin 24-25 Team Scoring Breakdown

 WISCONSIN OFFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Bayfield	27	2113	130	47	78.26
2	Ladysmith	27	1951	92	36	72.26
3	Barron	25	1786	97	48	71.84
4	Northwestern	27	1894	102	41	70.15
5	Hayward	24	1674	91	45	69.75
6	Mellen	26	1809	89	45	69.58
7	Mosinee	26	1793	89	46	68.96
8	Cumberland	27	1808	85	52	66.96
9	Eau Claire Memorial	26	1723	84	39	66.27
10	Hudson	25	1643	90	50	65.72

Most Points Scored (Single Game): 130 - Bayfield

Most 100+ Point Games: 4 - Bayfield

Total 100+ Point Games: 8

WISCONSIN DEFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Solon Springs	24	1009	81	12	42.04
2	Hurley	26	1098	65	4	42.23
3	Mellen	26	1170	86	10	45.00
4	Stratford	27	1224	66	32	45.33
5	Drummond	26	1193	74	13	45.88
6	Clear Lake	26	1230	76	23	47.31
7	Rhinelander	25	1186	83	13	47.44
8	Auburndale	28	1329	69	29	47.46
9	Unity	25	1255	75	27	50.20
10	Washburn	24	1367	80	16	50.38

Fewest Points Allowed (Single Game): 3 - Lac Courte Oreilles

Most Less Than 20 Point Games Allowed: 4 - Solon Springs

Total Less Than 20 Point Games: 23

Season Best Plus/Minus: +24.58 - Mellen

Mr. UP Candidates (24-25)

MAJOR CONTENDERS

Gavin Grodin - Kingsford - 6'1" - Guard - Senior

Making Gavin's Case: The best player on a team that made the Division 2 State Semi-Finals, tough to not be in the running at that point. Kingsford was co-champions of the Great Northern Conference with a 7-1 record. He was named the Great Northern Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Ended the regular season averaging 23.7ppg and 4.3rpg. Headed to Lake Superior State University next season.

Jacob MacPhee - Marquette - 6'6" - Forward - Senior

Making Jacob's Case: Marquette might have been the best team in the UP this season, unfortunately they ran into Flint Carman-Ainsworth in the Division 1 Quarterfinals. Marquette was co-champions of the Great Northern Conference with Kingsford. MacPhee was named Great Northern Conference Player of the Year. Marquette was the highest scoring team in the Upper Peninsula. On top of all of that, he was named to Michigan HS Basketball D1 All-State Team 4 already since the season ended. Headed to Michigan Tech University next season.

IN THE RUNNING

Oskar Kangas - Iron Mountain - 6'5" - Wing - Senior

Making Oskar's Case: Kangas had some big games this year helping Iron Mountain win a share of the West PAC Conference title. Along with that he was named co-conference Player of the Year. Had some big scoring nights including: 38 points against Negaunee, 31 points to beat Kingsford in OT, and 30 against Escanaba. Headed to UW-Oshkosh next season. 

Ethan Marta - Westwood - 6'3" - Guard/Wing - Junior

Making Ethan's Case: I do think it will be tough for him as a junior to win the award, mostly because there are seniors who had the same accomplishments. Marta was Co-Player of the Year in the West PAC Conference. Westwood shared the conference title with Iron Mountain and also made a run to the Division 3 State Semi-Finals. Based on this list, I would assume if Marta can have a similar season next year, he'll be at the top of the list for Mr. UP.

Jaxon Jurmu - Marquette - 6'1" - Guard - Senior

Making Jaxon's Case: It's safe to say MacPhee and Jurmu were big reasons why Marquette had the season they had, and Jurmu helped MacPhee put up his numbers as well. Jurmu broke multiple records during his senior season (career assist record, single season assist record, single game assist record, season season FT% record), along with scoring his 1000th career point. Jurmu was selected 1st-Team All-Great Northern Conference. I think he'll get overlooked by MacPhee for Mr. UP, but I would say he has to be a lock for All-UP Dream Team.

DARK HORSES

Caden Luoma (Ishpeming) - 6'1" - Guard - Senior

Making Caden's Case: Caden made a name for himself during his senior season. He was named to the Dream Team for the West PAC Conference. During the season he became the all-time leading scorer at Ishpeming, in a game where he scored 40 points against Menominee. The season included a school record 49 points against Hancock in January. Showed he was an explosive scorer, but I don't know that Ishpeming won enough for him to be Mr. UP.

Trevor Nolan - Munising - 5'10" - Guard - Senior

Making Trevor's Case: Trevor put up bigs numbers and helped Munising win a lot of games this season. I don't know that it'll be enough to get him above some of these previously listed guys who accomplished the same feats at higher levels. Munising was 19-3 and at one point had a 14 game winning streak, including wins over Pickford (state qualifier) and Escanaba. Two of their losses came to Westwood and Crystal Falls Forest Park, both lost in the state semi-finals of their divisions.

Austin Gordon - Ewen-Trout Creek - 6'1" - Guard - Senior

Making Austin's Case: I think this one is a bit of a stretch, strictly because Ewen-Trout Creek didn't make a big post-season run. He was named Porcupine Mountain Conference Player of the Year and Ewen-Trout Creek was co-champions of the conference. I don't know if that'll be enough to put him above some of these other players.  I would've needed to see some bigger non-conference wins for me to be persuaded to move Austin up this list.

Morgan Sleik - Kingsford - 6'6" - Forward - Senior

Making Morgan's Case: Kingsford had a great season (as stated under Grodin), and Sleik was a big part of that. He was named 1st-Team Great Northern Conference selection this year. He missed some games at the start of the season, which I think would be tough for him to make up. He was able to pick up some of the scoring load this year, and was a big part of Kingsford making their run. Headed to Carroll University next season.

Upper Peninsula 24-25 Team Scoring Breakdown

MICHIGAN OFFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Hannahville Nah Tah	23	1763	102	49	76.65
2	Marquette	26	1976	105	52	76.00
3	Houghton	23	1596	91	43	69.39
4	Kinross Maplewood	23	1572	104	48	68.35
5	Pickford	26	1701	88	40	65.42
6	Westwood	28	1808	86	32	64.57
7	Crystal Falls Forest Park	28	1800	83	39	64.29
8	Iron Mountain	25	1594	82	47	63.76
9	Brimley	25	1563	89	41	62.55
10	Dollar Bay	25	1557	89	47	62.28

Most Points Scored (Single Game): 105 - Marquette

Most 100+ Point Games: 1 - Hannahville Nah Tah, Kinross Maplewood, & Marquette

Total 100+ Point Games: 3

MICHIGAN DEFENSE

Rank	High School	GP	Points	High	Low	PPG
1	Munising	23	890	64	14	38.70
2	Pickford	26	1008	58	13	38.77
3	Iron Mountain	25	995	67	22	39.80
4	Kingsford	26	1081	60	15	41.58
5	North Dickinson	24	1013	69	14	42.21
6	Crystal Falls Forest Park	28	1226	82	25	43.79
7	Bessemer	26	1160	67	18	44.62
8	Superior Central	23	1028	65	28	44.70
9	Ewen-Trout Creek	23	1042	80	18	45.30
10	Westwood	28	1285	77	20	45.89

Fewest Points Allowed (Single Game): 12 - Marquette

Most Less Than 20 Point Games Allowed: 2 - Pickford & Gwinn

Total Less Than 20 Point Games: 16

Season Best Plus/Minus: +26.65 - Pickford

Northern Minnesota Top 10 All-Time Leading Scorers

Rank	Player	High School	Total Points
1	Anders Broman	Lakeview Christian ('13)	5,119
2	Bjorn Broman	Lakeview Christian ('15)	4,130
3	Asher Zubich	Mountain Iron-Buhl ('23)	3,576
4	Isaiah Dahlman	Braham ('06)	3,366
5	Tyler Vaughan	Braham ('12)	3,340
6	Isaac Asuma	Cherry ('24)	3,318
7	Joel McDonald	Chisholm ('91)	3,292
8	Dylan DeChampeau	Greenway ('20)	2,989
9	Cory Johnson	Duluth East ('06)	2,960
10	Jaylon Holmes	Mountain Iron-Buhl ('17)	2,707

Upper Peninsula Top 10 All-Time Leading Scorers

Rank	Player	High School	Total Points
1	Foster Wonders	Iron Mountain ('21)	2,286
2	Gage Kreski	St. Ingnace ('16)	2,178
3	Dom Jacobetti	Negaunee ('62)	2,140
4	Jim Manning	Ewen-Trout Creek ('61)	2,137
5	Bob Gale	Ewen-Trout Creek ('66)	2,086
6	Marcus Johnson	Iron Mountain ('20)	2,076
7	Jaden Borseth	Ewen-Trout Creek ('22)	2,073
8	Jason Whitens	Powers North Central('17)	2,062
9	Jonny Ingalls	St. Ingnace ('24)	2,029
10	Jim Hammerberg	Baraga ('96)	2,010

*Jim Manning and Bob Gale both graduated from Trout Creek High School before it combined with Ewen to form Ewen-Trout Creek.*

2025 Commitments

Player	High School	Height	Position	College
Elliot Bessen	Eau Claire North	6'1"	Guard	UW-Platteville (D3)
Gage Braiedy	Mora	6'1"	Guard	UW-Superior (D3)
Carson Brown	Cherry	6'1"	Guard	Rochester CC (NJCAA D3)
Jack Charbonneau	New Richmond	6'5"	Forward	Bethel (D3)
Marnaries Ferguson	Duluth Denfeld	5'11"	Guard	Central Lakes (NJCAA D3)
Gavin Gores	Cumberland	6'9"	Forward	Wyoming (D1)
Gavin Grondin	Kingsford	6'1"	Guard	Lake Superior State (D2)
Jordan Guenette	Negaunee	6'0"	Guard	North Central Michigan (NJCAA D2)
Jaxon Jurmu	Marquette	6'1"	Guard	Alma (D3)
Brooks Johnson	Duluth Marshall	6'5"	Wing	Minnesota-Duluth (D2)
Oskar Kangas	Iron Mountain	6'5"	Wing	UW-Oshkosh (D3)
Lane Laux	Houghton	6'2"	Guard/Wing	Gogebic CC (NJCAA D2)
Alex Lester	Nevis	6'7"	Forward	Valley City State (NAIA)
Caden Luoma	Ishpeming	6'2"	Wing	Gogebic CC (NJCAA D2)
Jacob MacPhee	Marquette	6'6"	Forward	Michigan Tech (D2)
Sam Majeske	Unity	6'0"	Wing	Judson (NAIA)
Wesley Mboga	Eau Claire Memorial	6'4"	Wing	UW-Stout (D3)
Trevor Nolan	Munising	5'10"	Guard	Bay (NJCAA D2)
Noah Oberfeld	Mora	6'5"	Forward	Dakota Wesleyan (NAIA)
Zack Orr	Rice Lake	6'0"	Guard	UW-Stevens Point (D3)
Connor Raleigh	New Richmond	5'11"	Guard	Northwestern-St.Paul (D3)
Ty Rhoem	Luck	6'4"	Forward	Northwestern-St.Paul (D3)
Kyler Sager	Marquette	6'1"	Guard	Bay (NJCAA D2)
Waylon Sales	Gwinn	6'6"	Forward	Alma (D3)
Morgan Sleik	Kingsford	6'5"	Forward	Carroll (D3)
Evan Strand	Rice Lake	6'1"	Guard	Bethel (D3)
Zak Walters	Luck	5'11"	Guard	Northwestern-St.Paul (D3)
Kingsly Whitebird	Cass Lake-Bena	6'2"	Wing	United Tribes (NJCAA D2)