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Goaltender Kate Bjornson has been named most valuable player of the Brainerd Warriors girls' soccer team.

Other award winners:

Warrior Way award, Erin MacDonald; Warrior junior award, Chelsey Smith; program award, Beth Sexton.

All-conference, Bjornson, Breanna Olson; all-conference honorable mention, Joyce Hendricks, Sexton, Jessie Rosenthal; scholar all-conference, Marie Lange, MacDonald, Dana Kohan.

Defender of the year -- Rosenthal; midfielders of the year, Breanna Olson, Taylor Hartje; striker of the Year, Joyce Hendricks.

Most improved: eighth-grader, Laura Baden; ninth-grader, Emily Lorenz; sophomore, Ally Hartje; junior, Kate Olson; senior, Bjornson.

S-M's Adam Johnson MVP of conference

Adam Johnson of Staples-Motley has been named most valuable football player of the Northern Lakes Conference.

Other conference award winners:

Most valuable offensive back, Jon Clausen, East Grand Forks; most valuable offensive lineman, Colin Reynolds, Crookston; most valuable defensive back, Tyler Frisk, S-M; most valuable defensive lineman, Tom Dostal, EGF; coaches of the year, Bruce Nelson, EGF, and Ryan Beachy, Staples-Motley.

All-conference team

Staples-Motley -- Adam Johnson, Tyler Frisk, Landon Thompson, Josh Smith, Lemm Barry, Izaak Schafer, Kurt Porter.

Wadena-Deer Creek -- Travis Pettit.

East Grand Forks -- Jon Clausen, Tom Dostal, Nick Mertens, Eric Gast, Derrek Wentz, Rainey Anderson.

Perham -- Mark Lindberg, Peter Guck, Dan Heineke, Troy Schmitz, Jake Schultz.

Warroad -- Luke Schaible, Willy Quade, Jamie Gausen, Nick Hazelton.

Park Rapids -- Aaron Pederson, Eric Pilgrim.

Crookston -- Colin Reynolds, Coty Wangen, Mike Picard, Chris Erdmann.