Four GSM, two JL boys basketball players earn All-Ski Valley honors
Three area boys basketball players (two St. Mary, one JoBurg) were named All-Ski Valley honorees while three more were among the honorable mentions.
GAYLORD ― The high school basketball seasons have come and gone; despite the weather outside, it is nearly time for spring sports to officially begin across the Northern Lower Peninsula. While we wait for the snow to melt, we continue to look back on a memorable 2025-26 campaign for boys basketball players across the area. Feature St.
Mary's David Wahl honored as MHSAA Scholar Athlete recipient All Big North, boys basketball Petoskey, Gaylord place six across boys Big North all-conference lists Gaylord St. Mary boys basketball was up-and-down throughout the regular season; led by a young group and a new coach, the Snowbirds took their lumps at times while also showing how good they can be at other times. JoBurg, meanwhile, struggled against the rest of the Ski Valley Conference, finishing with just two wins for the third time in four seasons.
Still, a pair of players did enough to garner recognition from the SVC coaches when they voted for the All-Conference honorees recently. GSM had four total players honored by the coaches (two all-conference, two honorable mentions), joining the two top JoBurg players as honorees on the All-SVC lists. St.
Mary sophomores Nathan O'Connell and Cal Royce were both on the All-Conference teams, joined by JL junior Cash Cunningham, while St. Mary's Charlie Cameron, Joe Jacobson and JL's Wyatt Konkle were honorable mentions. O'Connell took a leap from his freshman year and was GSM's best player for much of his sophomore season, using his combo of height and athleticism to average a double-double (18.