Deckerville’s Hunter Garza voted player of year in 8-player football by Michigan sports writers

The 2024 Michigan Sports Writers All-State Team for 8-player football, which is selected by a statewide panel of 10 sports writers:

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Hunter Garza, Deckerville, Sr.

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FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE

QB – Hunter Garza, Deckerville, Sr.

QB – Tommy Storey, Pickford, Sr.

RB – Owen Gorham, Mendon, Jr.

RB – Lane Gorzinski, Powers North Central, Sr.

WR – Owen Baij, Norway, Jr.

WR – Ethan Mattson, Merrill, Sr.

OL – Carter Bell, Gobles, Sr.

OL – Kevin Giuliani, Crystal Falls Forest Park, Sr.

OL – Haydn Rader, Pickford, Sr.

DL – Preston Holman, Deckerville, Sr.

DL – Matthew Showers, Crystal Falls Forest Park, Sr.

DL – Travis Smith, Morrice, Sr.

LB – Eli MacDonald, Pickford, Sr.

LB – Brandon Salowitz, Deckerville, So.

DB – Wyatt Valentine, Morrice, So.

DB – Chase VanMiddlesworth, Climax-Scotts, Sr.

ATH – Aidan Fenstermaker, Indian River Inland Lakes, Sr.

ATH – Matthew Rahilly, Newberry, Sr.

K – Dietrich Rasner, Crystal Falls Forest Park, So.

P – Luke Bradford, Onekama, Jr.

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Coach of the year

Erik Johnson, Britton Deerfield

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SECOND TEAM ALL-STATE

QB – Cole Baij, Norway, Sr.

QB – Garrett Somers, Alcona, Sr.

RB – Joel Fisher, Morrice, Sr.

RB – Mason Mansfield, Gobles, Sr.

WR – Caden Besonen, Ontonagon, Sr.

WR – Tegan Williams, Pittsford, Sr.

OL – Wes Bennett, Cedarville, Sr.

OL – Talan Buchanan, Mendon, Sr.

OL – Spencer Willa, Powers North Central, Sr.

DL – Arden Bradford, Onekama, Sr.

DL – Cody Omo, Montabella, Jr.

DL – James Williams, Marion, Sr.

LB – Carter Deatsman, Munising, Sr.

LB – Daniel Jacobson, Gaylord St. Mary, Sr.

DB – Andre Bradford, Indian River Inland Lakes, Jr.

DB – Aidyn Burton, Powers North Central, Sr.

ATH – Wade Haskins, Bridgman, Sr.

ATH – Luke Lawrence, Climax-Scotts, Sr.

ATH – Gavin Meyers, Martin, Sr.

K – Nate Siler, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, So.

Coach – Bill Brown, Deckerville

Coach – Brian Fabbri, Crystal Falls Forest Park

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HONORABLE MENTION

QB – Jake Drawe, Pittsford; Chuck Pagel, Bridgman; Carter Zeien, Au Gres

RB – Wyatt Cartier, Morrice; Cole Meyer, Marion; Luke Wiser, Britton Deerfield

WR – Tyler Zaherniak, Au Gres

DL – James Jager, Martin

LB – Haylen Buell, Martin; Colt Myers, Battle Creek St. Philip; Liem Roe, Britton Deerfield; Brady Trabalka, Grandville Calvin Christian; Jack Wetters, Bay City All Saints

DB – Zane Cherfan, Adrian Lenawee Christian; Lawson Cooper, Brown City; Drake Koepke, Bellaire; Trey Most, Breckenridge; Nick Stiver, Mendon; Collin Stockero, Coleman

ATH – Brenner Powers, Adrian Lenawee Christian

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Coach – Jeff Hebden, Bellaire

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Voting panel: Paul Adams, Huron County View; James Cook, Traverse City Record-Eagle; Doug Donnelly, Adrian Daily Telegram; Matthew Ehler, Kalamazoo Gazette; Daniel Hardenbrook, Newberry News; Jason Juno, Ironwood Globe; Ben Sanders, Benton Harbor Herald-Paladium; Lee Thompson, Bay City Times; Marc Vieau, Cadillac News; Brandon Watson, Sturgis Journal.