Cedarburg’s Diener is all-state again
Cedarburg’s John Diener pulled off a rare feat.
The senior guard earned all-state recognition from the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association for the fourth straight year. The DePaul recruit was an honorable mention pick in Division 2 as a freshman. The next year, he claimed firstteam distinction and the past two seasons he has been an unanimous first-team pick.
Diener averaged 23.2 points per game this past season and led the Bulldogs to its second straight North Shore Conference title.
Whitnall senior Tyler Herro was a firstteam pick in Division 2 for the third straight season. Two other area players, Milwaukee Washington’s Deontay Long in Division 2 and Prairie School’s JC Butler in Division 4, received first-team distinction for the second consecutive year. DIVISION 1
Max Alba, sr., Franklin; Quincy Anderson, sr., Oshkosh North; Drew Blair, sr., Stevens Point; *Patrick Cartier, sr., Brookfield East; Carlos Curtis, sr., Milwaukee Riverside; *Tyrese Haliburton, sr., Oshkosh North; *Jalen Johnson, soph., Sun Prairie; Keshawn Justice, sr., Madison East; *Mitch Listau, sr., Waunakee; *Marlon Ruffin, sr., Sun Prairie.
Honorable mention
Patrick Baldwin, Jr., fr., Sussex Hamilton; Gage Malensek, jr., Brookfield Central; De’Monte Nelson, sr., Kenosha Bradford; Jack Plumb, sr., Bay Port; Alec Rosner, sr., Kimberly.
DIVISION 2
Grant Basile, sr., Pewaukee; Johnny Davis, soph., La Crosse Central; *John Diener, sr., Cedarburg; Michael Foster, fr., Milwaukee Washington; *Tyler Herro, sr., Whitnall; Jaxon Knotek, sr., River Falls; Deontay Long, jr., Milwaukee Washington; *Jordan McCabe, sr., Kaukauna; Derek Sabin, sr., Slinger; Jake Schroeckenthaler, sr., Monona Grove; Jaeden Zackery, jr., Westosha Central.
Honorable mention
Seth Anderson, sr., Marshfield; Jack Gohlke, sr., Pewaukee; Jack Petit, sr., Union Grove; Jamari Sibley, soph., Nicolet; C.J. Siegel, sr., La Crosse Logan; Noah Skifton, sr., Onalaska; Tyson Tully, sr., Reedsburg; Owen White, sr., Rhinelander. DIVISION 3
Ethan Anderson, sr., Black River Falls; Tanner Brandt, sr., Wisconsin Dells; *Peter Brookshaw, sr., Prescott; *Marcus Domask, jr., Waupun; *Jay Gentry, sr.., Brown Deer; Gacoby Jones, sr., Dominican; Jaylen Mahone, sr., Laconia; *Hunter Plamann, sr., Appleton Xavier; Kyle Tuma, Sr., Valders; AJ Vukovich, soph., East Troy. Honorable mention
Kyle Daoust, jr., Southern Door; Sam Ferris, sr., Appleton Xavier; Chris Thompson, sr., Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau; Solomon Zarling, sr., Kettle Moraine Lutheran. DIVISION 4
*Bailey Blanchard, jr., Clear Lake; *J.C. Butler, sr., The Prairie School; Diovonte Caldwell, sr., Destiny; Brayden Dailey, fr., Mineral Point; *Jaden Kreklow, jr., New Glarus; Chombi Lambert, jr., Manitowo Roncalli; Isaac Lindsey, soph., Mineral Point; Logan Mulhern, jr., Osseo-Fairchild; Eric Reinemann, sr., Howards Grove; Mitchell Schneider, sr., Manitowoc Roncalli; Gunner Wilder, Sr., Cameron. Honorable mention
Jacob Bolwerk, sr., Living Word Lutheran; Cullen Brooks, sr., New Glarus; John Chenal, sr., Grantsburg; Donavon Free, sr., Marathon; Nicholas Henke, sr., Pardeeville; Qwan Jackson, soph., Milwaukee Lifelong Learning; Ben Maki, sr., Kohler; Kaleim Taylor, soph., Milwaukee Academy of Science; Zach Yuenger, jr., Dodgeland.
DIVISION 5
Noah Allen, sr., Seneca; *Hayden Baughman, sr., Chippewa Falls McDonell Central; Kauy Fargo, sr., Barneveld; Joe Grundhoffer, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Jared Jurss, sr., Sheboygan Lutheran; Noah Kollock, jr., Almond-Bancroftl; Justin Kuehl, jr., Hustisford; Nick Malovrh, sr., Columbus Catholic; Samuel Meerstein, jr., Green Bay NEW Luth.; *Luke Reader, sr., Bangor; *Nate Siewert, sr., Deerfield.
Honorable mention
Jack Farley, sr., St. Thomas Aquinas; Drew Haffner, sr., Gresham; Ryan Mahoney, sr., Suring; Caleb Miedema, sr., Bangor; Jacob Ognacevic, soph., Sheboygan Luth.; Jared Payne, sr., Seneca; Jontae Peterson, sr., Young Coggs; Connor Sorenson, sr., South Shore.
* Denotes unanimous selection