Thursday
I won't be around for the Team Sting Poomps hoops game, as I will be traveling to Philly to meet with Ethan in order to drive up to Ithaca to compete this weekend. Good luck to the Hoopsters with DC's Mafia. Word on the street is that they only have 5 players,so I imagine that we can run them down. The key will be having more players than they do. Games will run 4 on 4.

I am so looking forward to jumping this weekend...6'9" at least!
- posted by Pete Ippel @ 9:19 PM (0) comments

 
Coming to Ithaca to Compete!
Sadly I'm going to be missing the hoops game Thurs. night, and will be traveling to Philly to catch a ride with EAC to the frozen tundra of Ithaca for a competition on Sat. morning.

My goal is 6'9" clearance...and great attempts at the next height...
- posted by Pete Ippel @ 9:21 PM (0) comments

 
I haven't posted in a while, so here I am. This is my first time at Cornell at the track camp between jr. and sr. year in high school. This looks good for a high school kid, at least that's what Taylor thought. That's Mark in the red on the mat, and Swizel (spelling?) in the front watching me. What a nice day it was, that's what got me, the nice weather. Alright, that's all.
Dec. 3rd's around the corner, should we start the betting??? I'm down for it, straight up heights or based off of PR's, let's start the talking....
- posted by Pizzle @ 2:59 PM (0) comments

 
Team Sting Poomps 2-0
So we had 6 tonight, thank goodness for that! Missing Zack, Trace, and Gabe. Preston and Jon really helped out with points, Eric, and Tate were all over on the glass, Brian and Pete hit a few jumpers. I think we were up by about 10 pretty much the whole game...a bit sloppy at times, we'll take it!

Final score I think was 49-39? Something like that...

Next week: Team Sting Poomps vs. DC's Mafia

P.P.S. Our biggest competition for the championship will be the team Holla Back. That we will play on 22. Hopefully we'll have all 9 by then.
- posted by Pete Ippel @ 11:06 PM (0) comments

 
FIRST VICTORY!
GREAT JOB GUYS! Team Sting Poomps wins 49-40 vs. "NO GAME"

Brian, Eric, Tate, Preston, Jon, Gabe, and Pete. A bit outsized, we started out a tad jittery, missing a few shots, once Brian started hitting his mid range jumper Preston got a pretty sweet assist, and J hit a 3. Eric and Tate's rebounding really helped us, and Gabe's undying hustle really got us a few extra balls.

We can definitely improve on our defense, we were out shot on free throws, partly because of going for steals and blocks, good aggressive play, just gotta watch out for those hands...

Biggest plus, everyone was having a great time, subbing in and out thanks to Pizzle's substitution system (12345,23456,34567...etc.) Also our end game was great, playing a bit of keep away, and making them foul us.

Again, I can't stress this enough, it was an EXCELLENT TEAM effort. I'm honored to play with you guys...

Lets keep up the good work for next week vs. "The Replacements" at 8:30pm 11-17-2005.

P.S. Thanks to Preston and J's Fans! (bring wives and gf's if you want, we could use the cheering section)
- posted by Pete Ippel @ 10:47 PM (0) comments

 
So excited

First Team Sting Poomps game is at 9:30pm tonight vs. "No Game": pridiction, win by 11pts. In other news, I had the first coaches meeting for University High School, and it went extremely well. I am so very pleased that I am going to be coaching with such a great staff. GO BIG RED (again they have same school colors as CU and are the Red Devils)
- posted by Pete Ippel @ 12:11 AM (0) comments

 
Team Sting Poomps Hoops Schedule

- posted by Pete Ippel @ 7:53 AM (0) comments

 
Thongs
so i think what pell whats to know is 1)if there are thongs large enough to accommodate his physiqye and 2)is the quality good enough to jump in. i think jumping in thongs might be the key for pell to jump 7.

so i will try to post more from now on... now that i have finally settled in honolulu.

- posted by scpynkeal @ 1:20 AM (0) comments

 
Goals for Dec 3rd
I'm not so sure about timing haven't jumped since July, but high jumping is like riding a bike, Pizzle....planning for 6'9" or higher...getting strong and I'm so excited too, I need to buy airfare, any suggestions?
- posted by Pete Ippel @ 5:44 PM (0) comments

 
Hoops BBQ
Thanks for coming over to my place guys, let's get ready for Thursday's game. 9:30pm vs. "NO GAME" yes, that's the name of the squad.
- posted by Pete Ippel @ 5:17 PM (0) comments

 
So, after a few weeks of doing hj stuff, I'm finally feeling like a jumper and not a complete scrub. This makes me excited for exactly one month from today, Dec. 3. It's going to be great, so get excited, but mainly get ready. Plus, is it too early to start the betting?

P.S. I was checking out the new sting poomps gear, typical, shirts and hats....then in the middle, there's a thong. Classy stuff, that's all I have to say.
- posted by Pizzle @ 6:18 PM (0) comments

 
Hoops Squad


Hey Poompsers, here's the new basketball squad:
Preston 5'4" - quick cannonball of a guard, great passer
Jon 5'8" - pure shooter, a 2 guard, and pulls some "And1" ish from time to time
Gabe 6'1" - a lefty and a power guard??!? great hands and fundamentals, huge hustle
Pete 6'3" - high jumper playing basketball, spot shooter, great at coming off a pick
Eric 6'4" - slasher, board crasher, tip ins, FAST...
Zach 6'4" - D1 volleyball player, drop step dunks, and a rebounding force
Brian 6'4" - midrange jumper, wide body, good hands and smooth inside
Tate 6'5" - nice 3pt shot, good hands and court sight, great mid-long range shot.
Trace 6'7" - lanky, tough on the boards, put-back-city

Game plan:

1 in, 4 out, trap, and run. Overpower with size, passing, and defense, live by the break, and dunk every chance we can...

I'm so stoked for our first game, one week from this THURSDAY...check out the new logo and buy some fun stuff to support our shoe fund...

DADA Supreme Triple Double for 29.99 with "STING IT" customized into the side.
- posted by Pete Ippel @ 10:15 PM (0) comments