Paintball Magazine Paintball Media Magazine April 2019 | Page 106

AFTERSHOCK CLASSIC ROSTER: Renick Miller, Mike Bruno, Chris LaSoya, Todd
Adamson, Billy Ceranski, Ritchie Maliszewski, Carl Markowski, Danny Tiljack,
Demetrius “Meter” Ninios, Gary Noblett, Mike Paxson, Shane Pestana, Allen
“Jerk” Mcvey, Mike Mrok
By now you probably know the story:
Aftershock was formed in 1991 when the
Lords of Discipline and Scream, two Midwest
powerhouse teams, merged. With the likes
of Renick Miller, Danny Love, Gary Noblett,
John “Spud” Jackson, Mike Bruno, Todd
Adamson, Kenny Klamper, Billy Ceranski, the
Mau Mau brothers and Vu Houng, Aftershock
was considered one of the “big three” in
the mid-1990s (along with the All Americans
and Ironmen). Although Aftershock’s claim
to fame is that they won more NPPL World
Cup tournaments than any other three
teams combined (before there was a PSP, the
World Cup was an NPPL event), they were a
powerhouse no matter where they played. In
1993 they won the Boston Open and World
Cup (ten-man) and the International Masters
in both the five and ten-man Pro divisions. In
1994 they won the NPPL LA Open and came
in second place (behind the Ironmen) in the
series rankings. In 1995 Aftershock again won
the World Cup and placed second in the
NPPL rankings race. With very few exceptions
Aftershock won at least one event every
season for the NPPL league’s first five years.
By the time the NPPL and PSP split in 2002,
Chicago Aftershock had won more Pro ten-
man NPPL events than any other team. Safe
to say that Aftershock was at home playing in
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Aftershock has also played in the PSP and
NXL over the years and while they certainly
were a solid professional team, they never
quite reached the levels they were used to
in the 1990s. That said, the team recently
announced their retirement from the NXL
and committed to playing the newly formed
ICPL (produced by the NXL).
The 2019 ICPL version of Aftershock is a star-
studded as ever with Renick Miller, Danny
Love, Todd Adamson, Chris LaSoya, and
Mike Bruno to name a few. From captain
Renick Miller, “These guys are chomping at
the bit to get together and get back to work.
We have some practices lined up leading to
the ICPL event in June but I’d imagine we
will practice in some fashion every weekend.
For me personally and for most of the players
on these teams it is a very exciting time in
tournament paintball........again.”
Badlandz, home of Aftershock, is building a
culture of classic paintball once again with
RRDP and Chicago Underground as two of
its home teams. Rumor has it that list will be
growing soon.