2009 De Soto Boys Basketball Alumni Game
De Soto was proud to welcome these Dragons back to the court. Asterisks denote participants in the First Annual Alumni Game.
1940's Nelson Klaus and Eugene Klaus
1950's Nate Dennis, Gene Krodinger, Ab Micke, and Bob Stroupe
1960's Gary Courtois Sr., Jim Dunlap, Terry Owen, Rick Ruble, and Larry Sanders
1970's *Allen Davis, *Ron Luellen, and Tim Lewis
1980's *Stephan Baker, *Zach Blanks, *Cary Dennis, *David Greenlee, *Dennis Griffin, *Dennis "Butch" Henderson, *Steve Krodinger, *Butch Parmeley, *John Sansoucie, *Marty Voyles, *Wes Wagner, Kenny Dowe, and Mark Ferrell
1990's *Brian Bourbon, *Jay Burch, *Gary Courtois, *Tom Dontrich, *Brandon Klaus, *Brian Klaus, *Dave Landholt, *Brad McKinnon, *Sean Murphy, *David O'Shea, *Craig Ruble, *Mark Russell, *Dwayne Smith, *Gabe Stearns, *Nick Stearns, *Gary Wood, Chad Stafford, and Jim Klaus (asst. coach)
2000's *Garrett Bone, *Josh Aylesworth, *Kevin Baisch, *Taylor Carron, *Tyson Davis, *Cory DeClue, *Matt Guemmer, *Zeb Hammond, *Patrick Henry, *Adam Jones, *R.J. Luellen, *Mike Owen, *Jerry Palmer, *Tyler Reando, *Patrick Singer, Robbie Coleman, Billy Davis, Jason Gannon, Jeremiah Garrett, and Matt Valle
Game Highlights
Three Point Shooting Contest
1980s winner was Marty Voyles
1990s winner was Brian Bourban
2000 winner was Zeb Hammond
The Free Throw Contest
1970s - Ron Luellen
1980s - tie between Steve Krodinger and Zach Blanks
1990s - Mark Russell
2000 – tie between Josh Aylesworth and Zeb Hammond
After the skills events, the main event began. The alumni were split into 4 teams based on age. The first game was made up of players from the early 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s. The second game was between players from the late 1990s and 2000s. After the second game, the vintage Dragons decided to challenge the younger Dragons to a 20 minute play-off, which proved itself a test. Leading scorers for the vintage Dragons were 1988 standout Stephan Baker with 12, Brian Bourban with 11, Brad McKinnon with 11, and Marty Voyles with 10. Leading scorers for the younger Dragons included Zeb Hammond with 37, Josh Aylesworth with 29, Kevin Baisch with 18, and Garrett Bone with 15.