Reporter staff

Dave Stump and his teammates like the outdoors and prefer the half-court.

The Wheelchair Sonics welcomed the sunshine, the crowd and the asphalt surface that was part the fifth annual ShoWare Shootout 3 on 3 basketball tournament last weekend.

“They do a good job of putting this on,” Stump said, waiting to join his teammates to play the Hot Wheels in the wheelchair division. “With a half-court, you can get more pick-and-rolls. You see, you have to be able to get around this big wheelchair.”

The shootout, presented by Republic Services, feature up 122 teams on 14 outdoor courts spread over the ShoWare Center’s west parking lot. Teams competed for top honors in a variety of divisions for men, women, children and wheelchair players. A ball hockey division returned for the second straight year.

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Division champions

Boys

4th grade: Blackout Boys, second place, Wilson Blackout

5th grade: Flight 2K, second, SKC Thunder

6th grade: Future Rotary, second, Kentlake Falcons

7th grade: Future, second, Make It Rain

8th grade: Ball Is Life, second, IDK

9th grade: Lolz AF, second, Team High Shorts

High school: Cookies and Kareem, second, The Squad

Men

Adult elite: FOE, second, A Town’s Finest

Rec: Run and Gun, second, SuperSonics

Women

Adults: Fire N Ice, second, KEDM

Girls

4th grade: SBA, second, Kaleido Crushers

5th grade: Push Fire, second, Emerald Sonics

7th grade: Beamer Nation, second, Ballerz

High school: Royals, second, Slam

Coed

Adult: NBH, second, Chill

Family

B Loose, second Team Callero

Wheelchair

Treacherous Trio, second, Strictly Business

Ball hockey

Tacoma Donkeys