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Photo By Bob Howe, Comp Paintball
names of the past. That said, Joe Munoz, Ron
Petrucci and a few others from “back in the
day” were present and playing on the teams
they once roamed NPPL fields with in the past.
The Games
The games began at 9:30 sharp this sunny, hot
Saturday New Jersey morning. Each game was
worth 100 points, which would mean shooting
all of your opponents and grabbing and hanging
their flag, while not losing a single player from
your own squad. Eight teams played seven
preliminary round games (they each played
each other) and there was not a single perfect
100 score and no team won all seven of their
games. Ground Zero Silver’s 515 preliminary
round points (of a possible 700) was enough
for the number one seed heading into the next
round. Ground Zero Red, with just 344 points
ended the preliminary rounds as the number
two seed—which shows how evenly matched
most of these teams were. The third seed at
the end of first round play was Brotherhood
with 333 points and they were followed by the
all Americans II with 328 preliminary round
points.
After a break for lunch and to get out of the
sun for a bit, the top three teams regrouped
and headed for the finals. Game one saw
Brotherhood take it to Ground Zero Silver,
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