Edwardsburg dominates All-Wolverine Conference team
Published 6:46 am Thursday, March 22, 2018
EDWARDSBURG — Wolverine Conference champion Edwardsburg landed a pair of players on the All-Wolverine Conference first team, while Jon Pobuda was named Coach of the Year.
First-team selections for the Eddies were senior Alexa Markel and junior Kaitlyn Zarycki.
“In my mind, she is the best player in the area,” Pobuda said. “She is solid on both ends of the court and she makes her teammates better. She is a 1,000-point scorer as a junior and I look forward to having her back next year.”
“Alexa is a player that everyone wants on their team,” Pobuda said. “She didn’t fill up the stat sheet, but she did all the little things to help our team be successful. We are going to miss her leadership.”
Sophomore Abbey Krugh was a second-team selection, while sophomore Claire Bartz was named honorable mention.
“Abby Krugh is a shooter,” Pobuda said. “If she starts to knock down shots, watch out. She is young and she is only going to get better. Claire should have been second-team all-conference at the least. She led our team in rebounding and always seemed to step up in big games.”
Dowagiac’s senior Amiyah Smith was also an honorable mention pick.
ALL-WOLVERINE
CONFERENCE
First team
Alison Bishop, Allegan
Alexis Markel, Edwardsburg
Kaitlyn Zarycki, Edwardsburg
Jaycie Callaway, Otsego
Mattison Rayman, Otsego
Alivia TerMeer, Plainwell
De’Ashia Sanders, Sturgis
Hadley Miller, Three Rivers
Coach of the Year
Jon Pobuda, Edwardsburg
Second team
Delanie Nahikian, Allegan
Abbey Krugh, Edwardsburg
Liz Barwegen, Otsego
Grace VerHage, Otsego
Megan Huggett, Paw Paw
Frances Lyons, South Haven
Kali Heivilin, Three Rivers
Hannah Vallier, Vicksburg
Honorable mention
Amiyah Smith, Dowagiac
Claire Bartz, Edwardsburg
Emma Johnson, Paw Paw
Bree Colyer, Plainwell
Korrin Johnson, Plainwell
Sage Groves, Sturgis
Tessa Hawkins, Three Rivers
Madeleine Geiger, Vicksburg