Clarke junior wide receiver Dylan Diveney earned third-team honors on the Class 2A Iowa Newspaper Association all-state team, as announced last week.

The 6-3, 170-pound receiver is the only player named to the nine slots for wide receivers and tight ends who will return next season, as the other eight selections were all seniors.

“I’m very excited he’s only a junior and he’s coming back next year,” first-year Clarke head coach Michael Kline said. “I’m excited to have another year to work with him, and hopefully develop his route-running skills some more. You can’t really teach the desire to go get the football. When the ball is in the air, he thinks it is his to go catch.”