6 Ft Over Stuns "A" Leaguers

Richard Dengler took one look at last nights nights substitute opponent and immediately conceded defeat.

"The YMCA All-Stars? Oh man I don't know, the baseball all star game is on. I'd rather watch that than be embarrassed," the young Dengler declared.

Richard was eventually talked into sticking around for the game and was able to participate in the greatest victory in team history.

6 Ft Over was schedule to take on team "Ace" in a rematch of their Week 1 victory. "Ace" was nowhere to be found at tip-off so the director of the YMCA league held a quick expansion draft and came up with our opponent. He selected himself and three 6'5 players from the "A" league" One player chosen, Trent Gaines, sported a Prime Time League jersey which I assume he had because he played in the Prime Time League. Slightly intimidating but as they say that's why we play the games.

Things started slowly for 6 Ft Over as they tried to cope with their disadvantages. Size, speed, ballhandling and athleticism were amongst the advantages that belonged to the "YMCA All-Stars". 6 Ft Over did show off some cohesiveness as they consistently beat their opponents with back cuts and quick secondary fast breaks that resulted in open looks. At the half the all-stars seemed a bit amused that their opponents were hanging with them as they led by only single digits.

The 2nd half turned into the Justin Hasenmiller show as he put on his best Steve Kerr impression while knocking down a career high 6 three pointers. Richard Dengler had the unfortunate experience of being guarded by Gaines, the Prime Time Leaguer, who was so much quicker than him it was impossible to dribble the basketball. Dengler did a decent job however, in limiting his man's effectiveness on offensive. Reiners took a turn guarding Gaines and during one sequence was so faked out that he ended up getting a steal because he had yet to move from the 1st fake and was still in the same position when he was hit with the 2nd spin.

Somehow the ball kept bouncing 6 Ft Over's way and they held a small lead with under 2 minutes to go. The "YMCA All-Stars" decided to turn the game into a free throw shooting contest which turned out to be an intelligent choice. Reiners stepped to the line and made 1 of 2. Hassenmiller bricked a few. Dengler missed a pair. Hach dropped in 1 of 2. Not exactly clutch free throw shooting but 6 Ft Over still clung to a 2 point lead with 2 seconds left. The all-stars drew up a quick play, dropped the ball into the post, threw up a wild shot and called a questionable foul with 0.0 on the clock. In a turn of cheaters luck, their free throw shooter barely caught rim and the upset was complete.