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Sources close
to Pirate Pete say
speed will beat size again this year
Finally caught up with ol' papier-mache face
himself, Pirate Pete, and his Davis mascot sidekick, Re-Pete, and they
were all big-headed after filming their cameos in the sequel to "Pirates
of the Caribbean."
Scott
Spruill
Yakima
Herald-Republic
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"Johnny Depp, now that's one cool dude," gushed
Pete. "That thing he does, turning into a skeleton in the moonlight,
that's really him. No special effects. Coooool."
OK, OK, Pete, but I'm here on business and you know
what I wanna talk about. I want your inside scoop on Monday's prime-time
nightcap to the Tourneytown.com Shootout -- Davis vs. Eisenhower in the
SunDome for the first time.
Are your boys ready for the big house and, more
importantly, are they ready for you know who? Those guys.
Pete almost did a spit-take with a mouth full of
face paint.
"You kiddin' me?," he sneered. "They're playing on
a pro floor, get it? That's like lowering the rim for Shaq or giving
Peyton Manning an extra receiver. All I can say is Ike better stretch
out and limber up good. I can hear hamstrings snapping already!"
So I take it you mean a longer court will enhance
Davis' key advantage -- it's quickness?
Pete let out a hearty "Duuuuhhhh" followed by a
reflex "Arrrgggg!!"
Collecting himself, Pete was eager to offer more
analysis.
"I mean, yeah, Ike has the Two Towers and in a
slower, half-court game it will not be easy to handle them," he warned.
"But whenever it's not half court, it will be flat-out full speed. In
the second half we'll have them feeling like 80-year-old chain-smoking
coal-miners with one lung."
It was Re-Pete's turn to weigh in.
"Look, we've got the Big Nine's most explosive
scorer, Humberto 'Bert' Perez, who torched Ike twice last year. Better
find three or four guys to guard him -- all at once. And we've got
Curtis Gomez-Trimble, who's played in these big games since he was a
freshman and can not only shoot from distance but can attack the basket
from any direction."
Once Re-Pete gets going, there's no stopping him.
Kind of like Davis' fast break.
So he continued, "Anthony Starr has come over from
Ike and given us good perimeter shooting and passing, Adam Stewart is a
young, athletic leaper and Andrew Clauson will battle those tall boys on
the boards.
"And our man Shag gets solid minutes out of his
bench so we can keep the heat up and the pressure on," he added. "Plus,
they're a motivated bunch. Just look at their honorary Bouv Brown
warm-up shirts, which say 'Leave it on the floor' on the back."
Pete, always sensitive to the height issue since he
keeps banging his head into doorways, broke in:
"Does it bother us we don't have anyone over
6-foot-2?," he asked, rattling his saber with a crooked smile. "Heck no,
that's what we are. I say come get some, and let's have some fun."
At the sound of his rhyme, Pete couldn't contain
his inner ham. Re-Pete would've rolled his eyes if he could, but his
buddy was ready to jam ...
"Huffin' and puffin' up and down the floor.
In-bound the ball and let's run some more.
When crunch time comes your shots will go,
clank.
So get ready, Cadets you're walkin' the
plank!"
WHY IKE WILL WIN
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