The Jumpmen got to play at home in Pueblo over the weekend of April 25-27. The Jumpen competed in the U15/9th grade division and went 4-0 in winning the championship.
The Jumpen opened with a gutsy Aguilar HS team in an ice-breaker game and won 102-18 (Devon Manning, 32 pts/8 assts; Josh Medina, 18 pts/6 reb; Cody Sorensen, 18 pts/10 reb/7 stls; Nicholas Marinucci, 14 pts/6 asst/6 stls; Scott Schwab, 10 pts; Nick Haning, 8 reb). Aguilar is a small town in southern Colorado and this team will be competitive in 1A in the future.
The Jumpmen opened bracket play against a solid Buffalos team, beating them 71-37 (Marinucci, 18 pts; Delandis Wright, 13 pts/6 stls; Manning, 10 pts; Medina, 10 pts/9 reb; Sorensen, 11 reb/6 asst).
The semifinal was against a great Pueblo Central HS team featuring several freshmen and sophomores (including Chuck Bailey, Josh Chavez, London Fuller, Abel Gallegos, Joey Gallegos, Brandon Smith and Taquan Nicholas), from Central's HS teams and coached by Brad Ranson. The first quarter ended in a 14-14 tie. The Jumpen had a solid second quarter to go up 12 at half. The Jumpen maintained their lead and won 61-44 behind an outstanding game by Devon Manning (Manning, 26 pts/6 asst; Marinucci, 10 pts; Sorensen, 12 reb; Medina, 6 reb).
In the final, the Jumpen defeated the Pueblo Prowlerz, featuring Abel Montelongo-Gallegos and Zach Gallegos, both of them sons of the coach, Floyd Gallegos. The Jumpmen got off to a solid start winning the first quarter 14-7. Sorensen and Medina spent most of the second quarter on the bench each with two fouls and the rest of the Jumpmen stepped it up and held the Prowlerz scoreless in the period, taking a 27-7 lead at the half. The third quarter was another solid defensive effort, with the Jumpmen holding the Prowlerz to 4 and going up 42-11. In the fourth quarter, Abel Gallegos showed off his scoring skills hitting three treys and a layup in a two-minute span. The Jumpen finished with a 62-25 victory and Nicholas Marinucci was named the Championship Game MVP (Marinucci, 21 pts/5 asst/5 reb; Wright, 12 pts/7 reb; Schwab, 9 reb; Sorensen, 7 reb).
We missed Eddie Johnson (who was out of town) and Kameron Wilhite (who played with the Hornets 6th grade team).
May xx, 2003
The Jumpmen played in the third session of the Southern Colorado Invitational held in Pueblo from March xxx-20. The Jumpmen played in the Varsity division and went 2-4.
The Jumpmen started the tournament flat and lost their ice-breaker game to Coronado, xx-xx ().
The Jumpmen kicked off bracket play with the heavily favored Colorado Springs Superflo team that included three players from a solid Fountain Ft. Carson and excellent players from Doherty, Coronado, etc. The Jumpmen came out solid and lead the game 17-10 late in the first quarter. The first quarter ended with the Jumpmen up 17-12. Superflo used it's size advantage, in 6'9" 310 pound "Big Phil" to regain the lead in the second quarter and went up xx-xx at half. Superflo never looked back and maintained an 8-10 point lead for most of the second half before finishing with a run to win xx-xx. ().
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