A Lampo Madness Repeat

This year was the second annual 3 on 3 basketball tournament at Dave Ramsey's. The event has become known as Lampo Madness. We all began at the start of the men's NCAA basketball tournament and played double elimination. The first team to 11 wins. This year there were eight teams competing for right to cut down the net. The championship game was then held out in the parking lot as the company came out to enjoy the game and food provided by Moe's Southwest Grill. It was a perfect day if you ignored the wind.

Last year, was great because I was able to compete with two friends from college who also worked with us. We ended up winning it all by way of the loser's bracket, but one of the guys left the company since last year's tourney. So, this year I was approached by one of the players who put us in the loser's bracket last year. Since the mighty Grub Doctor's weren't able to play together this year, I accepted the invitation.

As you can see in the picture below, I had the privilege of playing with elite programmer, Troy Stauffer and creative genius, Paul Farmer. We managed to make it to the championship game without a loss (4-0). Which means our opponent had to beat us twice yesterday. They took a quick lead, going up 1-0. After a few minutes of everyone going cold, Paul Farmer started draining them from outside putting us up 8-2. Brian Beaman, Rob Curwen, and Lon Cherry fought back but we were still able to pull out the win 11-6.

Two years in a row now - Lampo Champion! It feels good even though I have been completely shut down in both championship games. Still, I want to say thanks to all the other teams for making it a great tournament. I'll see you next year.