Cedarburg guard John Diener earns all-state honors for fourth consecutive year

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 first-team distinction and the past two seasons he has been a unanimous first-team pick.

Diener averaged 23.2 points per game for the Bulldogs this past season and led the team to its second straight North Shore Conference title.

Whitnall senior Tyler Herro was a first-team 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. 

Here are the complete lists:

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 Lutheran; *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 Lutheran; Jared Payne, sr., Seneca; Jontae Peterson, sr., Young Coggs Prep; Connor Sorenson, sr., South Shore.

* Denotes unanimous selection