Playing basketball in bumper cars is unheard of, but after coming up with the idea, I called Joyland. They mounted hoops up on each side of the bumper car arena.
Each round was a team of two so if you were quick and your team made two shots before the other team made one shot, your team would get all the points.
This year taking on Lubbock Parks & Recreation, we got in a bucket truck and went up 35-40 feet and then 60-65 feet to throw sports equipment into baskets to help Santa out.
For this challenge, we headed out to the Innovation Hub at Research Park where we played Cornhole in the atrium throwing the bean bags down from the second floor to the board down on the first floor.
"I was super pumped to finally get out to Sands High School in Ackerly. I made up this game of Water Balloon Tic Tac Toe and it turned out to be amazing."
We tried to do this challenge back in March when Trinity Christian won their 10th TAPPS State Title in February. With coronavirus concerns, we waited and finally now are able to spotlight this amazing group of girls.
With a teammate in front of the house and one in the back, you had two minutes to play catch and see how many catches combined you could make as you threw a tennis ball back and forth.
For the last 11 weeks, we have been doing challenges in our homes. This week’s challenge is the Ceiling Fan Cash Drop. It’s like getting in the Ticket Blaster at Chuck E. Cheese.
From our own homes, we had two minutes to throw a tennis ball up on our roof and catch it with your opposite hand as many times as you could. We all did the challenge at our own homes at the same time.
Back in early March, the Southcrest Christian Lady Warriors finished another grueling basketball season, winning their third straight TAPPS 2A State Championship.
We headed out to Gypsy Road RV’s in Slaton for a travel trailer challenge. Side by side, teams of 6 would pull a Shasta 18FQ 50 yards to the finish line. These things weigh 5,050 pounds.
This week we have a punt, pass and kick challenge with the Lubbock Liberty Eagles, a semi-pro football team that plays home games at Lubbock Christian High School.
This week we went out to Welch and Dawson High School for a game of D-R-A-G-O-N, its horse but they are the Dawson Dragons. For the first time in two seasons, Dawson will have basketball.
This week we headed out to Slaton for a challenge at Tiger Stadium. We would throw football from all over the stadium trying to land it closest to the 50 yard line
This week, we went to the United Supermarkets Arena for a sit down basketball shooting challenge. Trying to make a free throw, two point shot and a three pointer while sitting down.
Rolling quarters at a fork trying to stick it in the prongs. To put it in perspective, a quarter is 1.75 millimeters thick and we tried to stick it in the prongs of a fork that are 3.175 millimeters apart
This week on I Beat Pete, we headed out to Buffalo Springs Lake and out on the water is a sight to be seen, tons of inflatables floating on the water. It’s the Altitude H20 Floating Water Park that will be in Lubbock through Labor Day.