FOOTBALL: 2016 Associated Press All-State Football Eight-Man Team

 

The 2016 Associated Press Division Eight-Man, All-State football team, selected by a statewide panel of Michigan sports writers:

 

ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM

 

Player of the Year: Jason Whitens, Powers North Central

 

QB/DB: Jason Whitens, Powers North Central

 

OL/LB: Reese Bays-Kramer, Deckerville

 

RB/LB: Wyatt Boik, Pickford

 

RB/LB: Bobby Kleiman, Powers North Central

 

RB/LB: Daniel Nocerini, Crystal Falls Forest Park

 

QB/DB: Braydon Sherrod, Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian

 

OL/DL: Austin Spaetzel, Deckerville

 

WR/DL: Jake Witt, Ewen Trout Creek

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS

 

DE/OL Jordan Bailey, Cedarville; QB/DB John Basile, New Haven Merritt Academy; DL/OL Taylor Belongie, Powers North Central; RB/LB David Binder, Owendale-Gagetown; DL/OL Garrett Bybee-Mullins, Fife Lake Forest Area; QB/DB Trevor Brawley, Engadine; RB Erick Carey, Marion; OL/DL Greg Doll, Portland St. Patrick; OL Chase Fremstad, Dryden; RB Sam Hodge, Portland St. Patrick; DE Bryce Hornick, Stephenson; OL/LB Jeremy Johnson, Crystal Falls Forest Park; QB/DB Brandon Pattulo, Deckerville; OL/DE Tanner Poupore, Powers North Central; QB/DB Hollis Thomas, Fife Lake Forest Area; RB/LB Jake Warack, Owendale-Gagetown.

 

COACH OF THE YEAR

 

Kevin Bellefeuil, Powers North Central