Jun 4, 2026
Kingsford’s Landon Adam competes at the Upper Peninsula Division 1 Boys Tennis Finals in Westwood. (Randy Ritari photo)
ISHPEMING — Players from Upper Peninsula champion Marquette along with Kingsford, Negaunee and Westwood were among those earning various All-U.P. Division 1 boys tennis honors as voted on by participating coaches at the MHSAA U.P. Finals held May 27 at Westwood High School.
The Sentinels’ Lucas Belkowski tied with Kingsford’s Landon Adam for All-U.P. Player of the Year after the pair met in the championship match at No. 1 singles in the U.P. Finals.
Belkowski did win the title in straight sets, a 6-2, 6-4 victory.
Marquette, which joined Negaunee and Kingsford as the leading schools vying for the U.P. Finals team title, won the Division 1 championship with 17 points, narrowly edging out the Miners with 15 and Flivvers with 12.
Possibly for that very reason, the Sentinels’ Karl Thomsen was voted All-U.P. Coach of the Year.
Westwood, Escanaba and Gladstone also participated in Division 1.
Along with the All-U.P. First Team and Honorable Mention awards made in singles and doubles, seven participants at the finals earned all-state honors in MHSAA Division 2.
In singles, it was Belkowski, Adam and Negaunee’s Easton Guenette, another leading No. 1 singles player all spring.
For doubles, it was the championship match pairing at No. 1 at the U.P.’s, Winston Leonard and Conner Henry of Marquette, along with Andy Yu and Clark Robb of Kingsford. Leonard and Henry won a marathon three-setter for the U.P. title, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (11-9).
With all these players also eligible to be named All-U.P., the singles First Team included Belkowski, Guenette, Adam, Westwood’s Damian Grondz and Negaunee’s Nolan O’Dovero.
The doubles First Team had, among others, Leonard and Henry, Yu and Robb, Xavier Grondz and AJ Pizziola of Westwood, Carson Lajimodiere and Quinn Walters of Negaunee, and Bode Helman and Connor Dunn of Marquette.
All-State Division 2
Singles:
Landon Adam (Kingsford)
Easton Guenette (Negaunee)
Lucas Belkowski (Marquette)
Doubles:
Andy Yu/Clark Robb (Kingsford)
Winston Leonard/Conner Henry (Marquette)
Division 1 All-U.P. First Team Singles
Landon Adam (Kingsford)
Easton Guenette (Negaunee)
Damian Grondz (Westwood)
Lucas Belkowski (Marquette)
Chase Korpi (Escanaba)
Isaac Lebouef (Kingsford)
Nolan O’Dovero (Negaunee)
Division 1 All-U.P. Honorable Mention Singles
James Blair (Gladstone)
Brady Janofski (Marquette)
Caden Balzarini (Westwood)
Evan Grymes (Kingsford)
Max Larson (Negaunee)
Division 1 All-U.P. First Team Doubles
Xavier Grondz/A.J. Pizzlola (Westwood)
Carson Lajimodiere/ Quinn Walters (Negaunee)
Andy Yu/ Clark Robb (Kingsford)
Logan Stephens/Jacob Prey (Escanaba)
Winston Leonard/Conner Henry (Marquette)
Teagan Reynolds/Tyler Soderman (Gladstone)
Bode Helma/Connor Dunn (Marquette)
Division 1 All-U.P. Honorable Mention Doubles
Vince Tincknell/Marshall Knapp (Negaunee)
Ethan Marta/Jacob Ridi (Westwood)
Alex Hemgren/Beau Bracket (Kingsford)
Conner Steede/Trent Emard (Negaunee)
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Adam Hinch of the Escanaba Daily Press contributed.
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