The Macomb Daily

All-Macomb County awards announced

- By George Pohly gpohly@medianewsg­roup.com

Eisenhower, Armada and De La Salle Collegiate won team honors at the Macomb County boys tennis postseason awards celebratio­n.

Eisenhower was named the county Team of the Year in Division 1 and Armada and De La Salle shared the honor in Division 2-3-4.

The Eagles won a MAC Red Division championsh­ip for the first time as they shared the title with Grosse Pointe South. Coached by Mike Pearson and Kevin Donahue, Eisenhower qualified for the state finals and achieved its second-best showing at the tournament.

Armada, coached by Tom Reuter and Dave Fredette, won the Blue Water Area Conference championsh­ip and qualified for the state finals for the 35th time — and the first time since 2015. Seven of the Tigers’ eight flights won 20 matches or more.

De La Salle was a conference tournament finalist. Coached by Annie Michol, the Pilots had a cumulative grade point average of 3.999.

Michol was named the Division 2-3-4 Coach of the Year. Chippewa Valley’s Colin Evanson won the Division 1 award.

Alex Buzdugan of Stevenson was named the county MVP. The senior had a 26-2 record, including a 16-0 mark against county competitio­n, and he went undefeated in MAC White matches.

Here is the 2022 All-Macomb County team as selected by coaches:

Tennis

All-Macomb County

Boys 2022

Selected by coaches

Dream Team

Singles

(MVP) Alex Buzdugan, Stevenson, senior

Daniel Buzdugan, Stevenson, freshman

Luke Suchyta, Eisenhower, senior

Nolan Hill, Armada, senior

Shaan Singh, Ford, junior

Doubles

Austin Endres, senior, and Ken Haemmerle, senior, Eisenhower Drew Kozel, junior, and Jack Caverly, junior, L’Anse Creuse North

Gianni Smith, senior, and Peyton Mehr, senior, Eisenhower

Max Livingston, junior, and Brady Bennie, senior, De La Salle Collegiate

Colton Smith, senior, and Jack Davis, junior, Armada

Division 2-3-4

Singles

First Team

Adrian Payne, sophomore, Lakeview

Louis Mollicone, senior, De La Salle Collegiate

Parker Westfall, senior, Armada Second Team

Dylan Wolfe, sophomore, L’Anse Creuse

Cole Donaldson, junior, Lakeview Vincent Gibala, senior, Sterling Heights

Gavin Flosky, junior, L’Anse Creuse

Leo Tucciarone, senior, De La Salle

Honorable Mention

Jacob Engblom, sophomore, Lakeview

Joe Cusumano, senior, WarrenMott

Braeden Holder, sophomore, De La Salle Collegiate

Jim Burns, senior, Armada

Jaret Hill, sophomore, Armada Noah Cafagna, senior, Cousino Rookie

Sam Kozak, freshman, Lakeview Mark Gerardi, freshman, De La Salle Collegiate

Doubles

First Team

Jacob Dell, senior, and Nick Engblom, sophomore, Lakeview Nathan Moses, sophomore, and Tyler Deubel, sophomore, Lakeview

Luke Moceri, senior, and Jon Opolski, senior, De La Salle Collegiate

Ty Vanlerberg­he, senior, and Jacob Meerschaer­t, junior, Armada Drew Blake, junior, and Jacob Dean, sophomore, Armada Gianmarco Rizzo, junior, and

Josh Opolski, sophomore, De La Salle Collegiate

Second Team

Max Till, senior, and Jack Ketelhut, senior, L’Anse Creuse

Nathan Merzlak, sophomore, and Colten Germundson, sophomore, Armada

Cameron Conklin, junior, Lorenzo Aloia, junior, De La Salle Collegiate Honorable Mention

Brayden Pudlo, junior, and Luke Mantela, senior, L’Anse Creuse Avery Mecher, senior, and Matvey Pukalo, junior, Cousino

Rookie

Connor Green, junior, and Aidan Mouton, freshman, Lakeview Teams of the Year

Armada

De La Salle Collegiate

Coach of the Year

Annie Michol, De La Salle Collegiate

Division 1

Singles

First Team

Aaron Glefke, sophomore, L’Anse Creuse North

Carter Barnett, senior, Chippewa Valley

Jared Wu, senior, Fraser

Matt Jennings, senior, Eisenhower

Second Team

Logan Bergler, senior, Eisenhower

Anthony Merrill, senior, Chippewa Valley

Nathan Berger, senior, Utica Nathan Kisell, senior, Fraser Honorable Mention

Brady Zarb, senior, Anchor Bay Hien Nguyen, junior, Ford

Dan Garner, junior, Anchor Bay Colin Mikla, junior, Dakota

Carter Burton, senior, Utica Rookie

John Weir, freshman, Anchor Bay Doubles

First Team

Carson Bennie, sophomore, and Camden Townsend, sophomore, Fraser

Lucas Dubon, senior, and Riley Ballard, sophomore, Chippewa Valley

Jordan Li, senior, and Cristian Clark, senior, Dakota

Matthew Kavanaugh, senior, and Griffin Cargill, senior, Utica Second Team

Josh Byars, junior, and Christian Fakhoury, junior, Ford

Luke Clyne, junior, and Tyler Caverly, sophomore, L’Anse Creuse North

Max Viviano, sophomore, and Parker Bronson, sophomore, Dakota

Trevor Haemmerle, junior, and Andrew Gamboa, senior, Eisenhower

Brandon Adams, sophomore, and Rowan Urquahart, sophomore, Utica

Honorable Mention

Max Scendison, junior, and Kellen Struck, freshman, Ford

Jack Palus, senior, and Brandon DeWitte, senior, Eisenhower

Luke Lindsay, senior, and Jackson Choike, sophomore, L’Anse Creuse North

Dylan Wilbur, sophomore, and Jordan Wright, junior, Chippewa Valley

Aiden Hardy, sophomore, and Cameron Clements, sophomore, Chippewa Valley

Rookie

Mateusz Pilch, junior, and Irwin Patcharapu­t, junior, Stevenson Vito Pantalena, freshman, and Andrei Barbu, junior, Ford

Jacob Saraya, junior, Utica

Team of the Year

Eisenhower

Coach of the Year

Colin Evanson, Chippewa Valley

?? GEORGE POHLY PHOTOS — MEDIANEWS GROUP ?? Macomb County Dream Team singles players, front, from left, Daniel Buzdugan, Stevenson, and Luke Suchyta, Eisenhower; back, from left, Shaan Singh, Ford; Nolan Hill, Armada, and MVP Alex Buzdugan, Stevenson.
GEORGE POHLY PHOTOS — MEDIANEWS GROUP Macomb County Dream Team singles players, front, from left, Daniel Buzdugan, Stevenson, and Luke Suchyta, Eisenhower; back, from left, Shaan Singh, Ford; Nolan Hill, Armada, and MVP Alex Buzdugan, Stevenson.
?? ?? Colin Evanson, left, of Chippewa Valley was named the Macomb County Division 1Coach of the Year, and Annie Michol of De La Salle Collegiate was named the Division 2 Coach of the Year.
Colin Evanson, left, of Chippewa Valley was named the Macomb County Division 1Coach of the Year, and Annie Michol of De La Salle Collegiate was named the Division 2 Coach of the Year.
?? ?? Macomb County Dream Team doubles players, from left, Colton Smith and Jack Davis, Armada, and Drew Kozel, L’Anse Creuse North. Not pictured, Jack Caverly, L’Anse Creuse North.
Macomb County Dream Team doubles players, from left, Colton Smith and Jack Davis, Armada, and Drew Kozel, L’Anse Creuse North. Not pictured, Jack Caverly, L’Anse Creuse North.
?? ?? Macomb County Dream Team doubles players, front, from left, Gianni Smith and Peyton Mehr, Eisenhower; back, from left, Austin Endres and Ken Haemmerle, Eisenhower, and Brady Bennie and Max Livingston, De La Salle Collegiate.
Macomb County Dream Team doubles players, front, from left, Gianni Smith and Peyton Mehr, Eisenhower; back, from left, Austin Endres and Ken Haemmerle, Eisenhower, and Brady Bennie and Max Livingston, De La Salle Collegiate.
?? GEORGE POHLY PHOTOS — MEDIANEWS GROUP ?? De La Salle was named a Macomb County Division 2Team of the Year.
GEORGE POHLY PHOTOS — MEDIANEWS GROUP De La Salle was named a Macomb County Division 2Team of the Year.
?? ?? Eisenhower was named the Macomb County Division 1Team of the Year.
Eisenhower was named the Macomb County Division 1Team of the Year.
?? ?? Armada was named a Macomb County Division 2Team of the Year.
Armada was named a Macomb County Division 2Team of the Year.

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