Camp Out for Hunger City 6 Pop-A-Shot Challenge Crowns a (new?) Winner
The City 6 Pop-A-Shot Challenge sponsored by Victory Brewing returned to Preston & Steve’s Camp Out For Hunger on Wednesday, November 9th.
With Steve Donohue of UPenn unfortunately stuck in traffic, Mark Macon (Temple), Zach Spiker (Drexel), Kyle Neptune (Villanova), Fran Dunphy (LaSalle), and John Griffin III (Saint Joe’s) all competed to win the coveted 2022 Pop-a-Shot title. It was a tough battle between the contenders, all covered by Tom McGinnis on the play-by-play. This is how it all went down:
Mark Macon of Temple went first. His strategy: bank as many shots as he could off the backboard (which DID NOT move this year). Macon started the competition off strong, scoring 35 points. He was a hard act to follow.
Next up was Zach Spiker from Drexel. Coach Spiker spoke with Tom about his strategy, saying his son gave him advice. He did not reveal what the advice was. Spiker scored an impressive 23 points.
Following Drexel’s head coach, Kyle Neptune of Villanova came to show us his skill. Neptune, the new head coach of Villanova, was full of nothing but love for Philly. He scored 15 points.
LaSalle’s Fran Dunphy was our next competitor. Coach Dunphy definitely won best-dressed-coach of the day, sporting a blazer. Tom McGinnis even remarked that he should have worn his CBS blazer. Dunphy came out of retirement continue coaching for LaSalle, saying “the juice of competition is hard to pass up,” which was the perfect philosophy for our Pop-A-Shot Challenge. He scored 17 points.
Saint Joe’s John Griffin III came out and electrified the crowd. As our reigning champ, he hoisted his trophy proudly and made him way. Fun fact about Coach Griffin: he has a Pop-A-Shot at home. Does that count as cheating? Regardless, he scored an impressive 48 points and punched his ticket to the finals.
In the Finals: Temple’s Coach Macon v. Saint Joe’s Coach Griffin.
John Griffin III elected to go second as the highest scoring player. Up first Coach Macon went in strong, scoring 32 points. But in the end, it was Coach Griffin who reigned victorious, scoring 58 points. He was laser-focused and determined to become a repeat winner.
Now we don’t have to pay to engrave the trophy again! Right…?
City 6 Pop-a-Shot Challenge 2022
