Prospector Pete will be at Downtown Disney this Thursday, not trying to find Mickey or Minnie, but doing what the 49ers basketball team will be doing on Friday and Saturday: trying to win a trophy.  Pete and the seven other Big West mascots (whose teams made the tournament) will meet at ESPN Zone for Mascot Mayhem, a pentathlon where the mascots will compete in tug-of-war, hula hoop, free-throw shooting, horse racing (?!), and arm wrestling.  As writers who’ve seen Pete do one-armed pushups through halftime, we’re handicapping him as the early favorite for the arm wrestling competition.

Along with reigning champ Peter the Anteater from UCI, Pete will be facing Scotty the Bear (UC Riverside), Musty the Mustang (an apparently stinky mascot from Cal Poly SLO), the PowerCat (Pacific), Tuffy the Titan (CSU Fullerton), Gunrock (UC Davis), and Matty the Matador (CSU Northridge).

The event, which starts Thursday at 4pm, and it’s free and open to the public, so feel free to stop by and root for ol’ Pete, along with the 49ers cheerleaders.