6 Ft Over's summer season is truly in disarray after the whipping handed to them by Team "Hello Kitty" Tuesday night. The 8:30 start created attendance problems for two key contributors, Nich Hach and Richard Dengler. For Hach, 8:30 was past his bedtime. Dengler's excuse was that he was working on school work all day and forgot about the game. This was interesting when you take into consideration that classes at Iowa don't start until next week. What exactly was the young Dengler working on one must wonder.
Truth be told it wouldn't have mattered if the full squad showed up as the game was a total mismatch. Hello Kitty trotted out a starting lineup of 4 shirtless 16 year old kids who were all 6'5 and above and had obviously all played organized basketball together for a long time. Every single one of the kids was lengthy and quick, two traits not possessed by Reiners, Hasenmiller or Shupert.
When it came time to play and 6 Ft Over had only 3 "live" bodies Shupert went into the crowd and recruited a athletic PG that said he "was in shape and played at Kirkwood." That sounded good enough to qualify as a honorary member of 6 Ft Over. As the game started it was obvious "K-Wood" was on a completely different level than any of his teammates. He gladly launched 6 Ft Over's first dozen shots and made most of them. After a competitive start, Hello Kitty's huge advantages at 3 of the 4 positions became apparent and they jumped out to a 20 or 30 point lead.
Next weeks 6:30 start hopefully will draw the entire squad. The opponent will be Team "Yellow Book" which beat 6 Ft Over last season with a buzzer beater.
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