BUTCHER BONUS EDITION: OL St. Mary's honored its 100-year anniversary on the prep boys basketball floor Friday night, welcoming back former coach Denny Butcher and his current Hartland team for a "Century Game" (73-41 OLSM 'W').
Butcher mentored some pretty fine hoopsters in his days pacing the sidelines at Dombrowski Field House, let's take a gander at the BEST OF THE BEST
FIVE FOR FIGHTING – The top players Denny Butcher coached at OL St. Marys in his time on the bench from 1992-1998
1 Kylo Jones (Class of 1997) – Hard-nosed, playmaking point guard that had the heart of a warrior and earned himself a starting spot as a Fab Frosh on Butcher's epic '94 state-finals squad. Jones would go onto become the historic program's second all-time leading-scorer and then play in college at Western Michigan University
2 Maurice Seawright (Class of 2000) – Might be the single most talented athlete to ever walk the Eaglets' legendary halls. Butcher only had Seawright, a fantastically dynamic floor general on the hardwood and a home-run threat of a wide receiver on the gridiron, as a super soph in his final year at THE LAKE; though, two years later, as a senior he would end up propelling OLSM to state championships in basketball and football, before having a brief career in both sports up in Ann Arbor with the University of Michigan
3 Diallo Johnson (Class of 1995) – The quintessential leader and "Mr. Do It All" for Butcher's '94 club. Johnson was a winner in every way, no matter what sport he was competing in. He quarterbacked OLSM to a state title the following fall on the football field and then played wide receiver for Michigan's '97 Rose Bowl and National Championship squad.
4 David Bowens (Class of 1995) – Spending over a dozen years in the NFL as a defensive lineman, Bowens was pure brute force on the basketball court, just a straight monster in the post
5 Daryl Adams (Class of 1995) – Another two-sport sensation that could hurt opposing teams on the hardwood with his sniper skills, mid-range game or as a finisher in transition with his mad hops. This is not to mention him helping Johnson stretch defenses on the gridiron as a big-play threat split end on the '94 state title team. Adams would continue plying his trade as a WR in college locally at Wayne State
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