CHEBOYGAN – A pair of Cheboygan Chiefs earned themselves some top honors following impressive boys basketball seasons in 2025-26.
Senior forward Andrew Kiefer and junior center Nolan Schley, who helped lead the Chiefs to a runner-up finish in the Northern Shores Conference, were both named to the all-conference first team.
Junior guards Gavin Smith and junior point guard Landon Gahn made the NSC second team.
Rounding out the Chiefs on the NSC squad as an honorable mention was senior guard Carson Kiefer.
Together, those five started lifted Cheboygan to its first district championship since the 2015 season.
During Cheboygan’s end-of-season banquet on Tuesday, March 24, Jason Pauley earned the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan’s (BCAM) Team First award, while Carson Kiefer and Andrew Kiefer were recognized as BCAM’s outstanding student-athletes, recording a grade point average of 3.8 or higher.
Team awards at the banquet included most valuable player (Carson Kiefer), defensive player of the year and hardest worker (Landon Gahn), most improved (Andrew Kiefer) and most energetic (Frank Leonard).
Here’s a look at the entire all-Northern Shores Conference basketball team.
Northern Shores Conference
1st Team
Cam Kerfoot, Elk Rapids, Senior
Tyler Standfest, Elk Rapids, Junior
Jayden Hresko, Elk Rapids, Senior
Nolan Schley, Cheboygan, Junior
Andrew Kiefer, Cheboygan, Senior
Ryan Novak, Harbor Springs, Senior
Ben McShannock, Harbor Springs, Senior
Ben Stanek, Boyne City, Junior
Luke VanZee, Boyne City, Senior
Jackson Shetler, Kalkaska, Senior
Myles Mead, Grayling, Senior
Tucker Dreves, Kingsley, Junior
Joe Gaffney, Charlevoix, Senior
2nd Team
Mason Cannon, Elk Rapids, Senior
Jake Moore, Elk Rapids, Junior
Gavin Smith, Cheboygan, Junior
Landon Gahn, Cheboygan, Junior
Aaron Sowles, Harbor Springs, Senior
Drew Neer, Boyne City, Senior
Zachary Porter, Kalkaska, Senior
David Neal, Grayling, Senior
Jaden Peters, Grayling, Sophomore
Brody Wolf, Kingsley, Junior
Carter Greenacre, Charlevoix, Sophomore
Talan Jacobs, Charlevoix, Sophomore
Honorable Mention
Nathan Wells, Boyne City, Freshman
Ian Moran, Charlevoix, Senior
Carson Kiefer, Cheboygan, Senior
Caden Schlicker, Elk Rapids, Junior
Matt Pettiti, Grayling, Junior
Thaddeus Cosens, Harbor Springs, Sophomore
Alex Bontrager, Kalkaska, Senior
Andrew George, Kingsley, Junior
NSC Standings
1. Elk Rapids, 14-0, 2. Cheboygan, 11-3, 3. Harbor Springs, 8-6, 4. Boyne City, 7-7, T5. Kalkaska, 4-10, T5. Grayling, 4-10, T5. Kingsley, 4-10, T5. Charlevoix, 4-10
Contact sports editor Jared Greenleaf at jgreenleaf@gannett.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter @sportsCDT
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