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date rounding out the top three in the
semipro division. After missing the first event
in Las Vegas, the Toulouse TonTons placed
fourth in Texas and won Philly. They look to
be a force to be reckoned with in Chicago.
easily beat the Royal City Sea Dogs 6-1. In
the semiprofessional semifinals the TonTons
continued to rack up points and big wins—
this time it was a 9-5 win over the Hurricanes.
Colorado Blitz did their thing against CEPP
DMG 4-1. In the finals Colorado Blitz made it
a game versus the TonTons but just couldn’t
get it done. Well done by the TonTons
winning their second straight event, this time
with a 4-3 victory of Colorado Blitz.
Out of the gate it was ac: Diesel doing what
they usually so—taking all four games in the
preliminary rounds—and they were the only
ones in this 22 team division to do so. The
TonTons, Wild Dogs Latino America, CEPP
DMG and Colorado Blitz each won three Coming into the NXL Chicago Open CEP
opening round games.
lead the field on the Division Two leaderboard
with three second place finishes in the first
In the semipro ocho rounds the Toulouse three events of the season. Could this be
TonTons, CEPP DMG and Hurricanes all won the event they would get the breakthrough
big and Carolina Crisis won by a single point. win? Struggle got the win in Vegas, placed
In the quarterfinals the Hurricanes shocked third in Texas then dropped to 12th in Philly.
ac: Diesel 3-2. Colorado Blitz beat Carolina Grit won Texas and had fourth and fifth place
Crisis 5-2, CEPP DMG won a hard-fought finishes to date this season. This is anyone’s
game against the Wild Dogs 4-3 and TonTons division to win right now.
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