Appleton North earns six spots, Appleton East two, Appleton West one on 2023 All-Fox Valley Association Boys Volleyball Team

By Paul Lecker
AppletonSportsPage.com

Conference champion Appleton North had six players named to the 2023 Fox Valley Association All-Conference Boys Volleyball Team, including Player of the Year Connor Cantrell.

Cantrell, a senior setter, was one of three unanimous first-team selections to the all-FVA team, joining Kimberly senior hitter Brady Koester and Kaukauna senior libero Jade Breckheimer.

Senior middle blocker Ben Brinkman joined Cantrell on the first team for Appleton North, which went a perfect 7-0 in FVA matches this season.

Other first-team picks were Owen Krause of Kimberly, Miles Weaver of Neenah and Jackson Loewe of Fond du Lac.

Appleton North also had three second-team picks – senior libero Alex Ramus, sophomore hitter Nathan Ramus, and senior hitter Jadon Ciriacks. Senior middle blocker Jackson Keesling was an honorable mention pick for the Lightning.

Appleton East had two players named all-FVA as senior setter Ethan Rettler was a second-team selection and senior defensive specialist Alexander Lee was an honorable mention choice.

Appleton West’s lone all-conference pick was senior outside hitter Logan Widenfeld, who was named honorable mention.

2023 Fox Valley Association All-Conference Boys Volleyball Team
(*denotes unanimous selection)
First team: *Connor Cantrell, sr., setter, Appleton North; *Brady Koester, sr., right side hitter, Kimberly; Owen Krause, jr., outside hitter, Kimberly; Miles Weaver, jr., outside hitter, Neenah; Ben Brinkman, sr., middle blocker, Appleton North; *Jade Breckheimer, sr., libero, Kaukauna; Jackson Loewe, jr., outside hitter, Fond du Lac.
Second team: Ethan Rettler, sr., setter, Appleton East; Lucas Eckrose, sr., outside hitter, Kimberly; Michael Janssen, jr., middle blocker, Kimberly; Alex Ramus, sr., libero, Appleton North; Nathan Ramus, so., outside hitter, Appleton North; Jadon Ciriacks, sr., outside hitter, Appleton North; Lukas Broten, sr., setter, Fond du Lac.
Honorable mention: Alexander Lee, sr., defensive specialist, Appleton East; Gage Stahmann, sr., setter, Kimberly; Kameron Kemp, sr., libero, Kimberly; John Hackl, sr., middle blocker, Green Bay Notre Dame; Tatum Routhieaux, sr., outside hitter, Green Bay Notre Dame; Bryson Koehne, sr., libero, Green Bay Notre Dmae; Logan Wiedenfeld, sr., outside hitter, Appleton West; Julian Kuehn, jr., outside hitter, Neenah; Jackson Keesling, sr., middle blocker, Appleton North; Carson Langille, jr., middle blocker, Fond du Lac; Jack Van Epern, sr., outside hitter, Kaukauna; Andrew Vande Hey, sr., outside hitter, Kaukauna; Jackson Dennis, sr., setter, Neenah.
Player of the Year: Connor Cantrell, Appleton North.