Paintball Magazine August 2017 Paintball.Media Issue | Page 98

And as you may have guessed these are the top three teams in the division rankings battle. What is a bit surprising is that of the three top teams only Texas PhalanX Gray has a win under their belts this season. Playing in their first NXL event of the season HVP Wrecking Crew came away with the first place trophy by virtue of a 3-2 win over NRG Elite Alpha, also playing their first NXL tournament in 2017. Detroit Action IV took first in Division Five five- man and The eNMEy took the Mechanical five-man division for the third straight time this season. WRAPPING UP…. The weather was a bit scary at times in Atlantic City but in the end it had little effect on the games, other than a bit of a late start on Saturday. Almost 200 teams showed up for Atlantic City and that’s a huge win for the league. The NXL just keeps getting better and better and now there is a lot of talk that the league will be making a push to either buy the Millennium Series or start their own European league next season. Stay tuned. The Ten-Man Open Division of the Atlantic City Open was very interesting. Fox4 Darkside lost three of their first five games but ratcheted up their play to win the final three preliminary round games, then dominated in quarterfinals, semifinals and finals to take first place. Washington Winstons, AAF2 and DC Dev rounded out the final four. Next stop Chicago. Go to www.PlayNXL.com for more information. DC Justice won Division Three five-man, Thundercats won Division Four five-man, 098 paintball.media magazine