Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Week 9 – 6 Ft Over Gets Vindication

6 Ft Over played fantastic basketball to close out the season and enacted revenge on the only team to beat them last year.

"We circled this game on our calendar early and knew we had to be ready to play," said Jeff Reiners who sported a bruised and scratched eye following the physical contest.

6 Ft Over came out with defensive intensity seldom seen during the 8 week season. Learning a lesson from last seasons defeat Coach Reiners assigned defensive stopper Richard Dengler to reigning league MVP Roger "The Wizard" Clark. The result was spectacular. Dengler stuck to the MVP like glue and was not scored upon. Clark acknowledged after the game that he struggled while being guarded by the young drug addict.

"They put the lanky guy on me and I just couldn't get going," Clark said.

Professional cage fighter Beau Laughridge was signed to a 10 day contract just hours before tip off and proved to be a great addition to the team. Auditioning for a big money free agent deal in the off season Laughridge had several key plays including a game winning jumper to end Game 1.

Tony Nieland scored a career high 2 points last night including a jaw dropping 20 foot jump shot.

"Come on there wasn't anyone within 10 feet of me," Tony said explaining his shot selection.

Aaron Shupert came into the game with his own personal vendetta. Badly outplayed in last seasons loss to Cobra Kai Shupert vowed to improve in the off season and get even with his tormenter "Porky Pig". Pork was the 300 pounder with an attitude and a smooth left handed jump shot that burned 6 Ft Over badly last season. Shupert was not outplayed on this night and ended Pork's season in one the most satisfying ways possible. With possession of the ball and one point away from victory Shupert took a pass on the baseline from Reiners. He put a quick pump fake on the Pork, got him off balance, took one hard dribble towards the basket and put his shoulder into Porks massive chest. As the Pork flew backwards whining for an offensive foul in a pickup basketball game Shupert drained the game winning 8 footer.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Week 8 – St. Patties Day Massacre

6 Ft Over put a good old fashion holiday beat down on "Sales Prevention" beating them by a combined score of 26-3. Shupert and Reiners showed no effects of the St. Patties Day Specials consumed prior to the game as they combined for over half of the teams points. Team "Sales Prevention" was murdered on the glass. Rarely did a ball carom off of the rim that didn't end up in the hands of Dengler, Nieland or Shupert. 6 Ft Over ran a clinic of fast break, back cutting basketball as "Sales Prevention" stood around perplexed by off the ball movement.

6 Ft Over admitted to looking towards next weeks showdown prior to the end of the Week 7 "competition". In the match up prior to theirs, 6 Ft Over witnessed reigning league MVP Roger Clark sink a jumper in double overtime to take down the previously undefeated "Only If". Clark, and his team "Cobra Kai", go into the week 8 battle on an all-time high. Last season "Cobra Kai" handed 6 Ft Over their only blemish. Revenge has been on the teams mind ever since. Bad blood still exists between Shupert and the entire front line of "Cobra Kai". Shupert, obviously still irked by "Cobra Kai's" intentional fouling in last seasons contest, promises to dominate come March 24th.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Week 7 – 6 Ft Over Back to Winning Ways

Losers in 3 of their past 4 games 6 Ft Over has looked nothing like the team that breezed to a 13-1 record last season. Team "Team Guys" were just what 6 Ft Over needed to get back that winning feeling. Last year, if you recall, 6 Ft Over dominated Them Guys in 4 consecutive wins. Them Guys made some improvements in the off season by dumping that immobile, impossibly slow 345lb Hawaiian guy for a sweet shooting tattooed guard named Julio Caesar Vasquez.

Richard Dengler, who during warm ups bellowed at anyone that would listen that he was "shooting all night tonight boys," showed off his new found touch from outside in Game 1. Again powered by his AI shooting sleeve Aaron Shupert showed flashes of his old 1st Team All Rec League self, dominating the paint and blocking weak shot attempts by 5'6 45 year old men.

Shupert credits his new warm-up routine for his improved play. Shuperts strange, but effective pre-game warm-up now involves light weight lifting, a full out sprint on a treadmill and jump roping. All of this is done with West Coast funk blaring in his headphones, a Chicago Bulls warm-up suit on his back and wet spiked hair.

Them Guys came out with a passion in Game 2 and played like they were tired of getting beat down by 6 Ft Over. The aforementioned Vasquez was red hot draining pull up jumpers over Dengler and Shupert 4 or 5 times in a row. The problem was no one else could do anything as Game 2 turned into 6 Ft Over vs. Vasquez. He eventually cooled off and 6 Ft Over walked away the winners 13-10.

The match up with last seasons lone conqueror Cobra Kai is two weeks away but the squad promises not to look past "Sales Prevention" next week.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Week 6 – 6 Ft Over Stumbles in Split

6 Ft Over has hit a skid not seen since the days of the competitive league. Losers in 3 of their past 4 games 6 Ft Over again struggled to get stops. Team "Crafty" scorched 6 Ft Over in Game 2 easily shooting above 70% from the field.

"They were just a bad match up for us", guard Justin Hasenmiller mumbled to the press following the loss.

It appeared as if 6 Ft Over had a distinct advantage in talent while they breezed through team "Crafty" 13-8 in the opener. Aaron Shupert led the way in Game 1 as he demonstrated a surprisingly soft touch from the outside. Shupert sported a Allen Iverson like black shooting sleeve on his right arm and credited it for his improved accuracy from beyond 3 feet.

Game 2 was a different story. Team "Crafty" scored on 6 straight possessions to take a commanding 9-2 lead before 6 Ft Over knew what had hit them. The squad mounted a minor comeback to make things interesting. A Jeff Reiners jumper closed the gap to 12-10 but that was as close as it got.

The local press is circulating a rumor that a few members of 6 Ft Over may be on the trading block ahead of the Week 7 trade deadline. Reiners dismissed the rumors as "ridiculous" but a source close to the situation reported that there is an offer on the table involving 3 teams, cash considerations and a rack of new basketballs.