Cup Check

[Tux of Borg]

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/03/02...26_123_1_07.txt

 

School: Adolescent prank could bring permanent injury

By: Associated Press -

 

SHINGLE SPRINGS, Calif. -- A common adolescent locker room prank may have permanently injured a Shingle Springs high school freshman, and could result in criminal charges against the prankster.

 

A 17-year-old Ponderosa High School junior performed a "cup check" on a 14-year-old freshman teammate after a snowboard team competition Feb. 12 at the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department.

 

A "cup check" is when one boy strikes at another's groin area, ostensibly to find out if his teammate is wearing a protective cup.

 

"It's something that teenage boys do, I don't know why," said sheriff's Lt. Kevin House.

 

In this case, the freshman wasn't wearing a cup, and fell to his knees in pain, according to a sheriff's department report. When he was still complaining of pain Feb. 19, his mother took him to the emergency room. There, doctors found he had internal bleeding and an infection, and said he could lose one or both of his testicles.

 

Investigators are considering criminal charges against the teammate, who says he meant no harm, House said.

 

Another Ponderosa senior, Jason Dyer, said the prank is popular among student athletes in most locker rooms.

 

"It's just as prevalent as any football thing," Dyer said. "We don't do it excessively."

[Fan in San Diego]

Any relation to Nick Cupcheck with the Celtics ?

[justnzane]

damn freshie prolly had problems before then. That or the kid got him really good

[stinky finger]

Any relation to Nick Cupcheck with the Celtics ?

Or......Mitch Kupchak of the Lakers?