Semipro Xball Games
Without winning an event this season the New Orleans Hurricanes came into this event as the overwhelming favorite to win the Semipro season title . The ‘ Canes first three events looked like this : Fourth place Sunshine State Major , Fourth place Mid- Atlantic Major , Second place Windy City Major . Of the 24 Semipro teams here at the Cup , none were within 40 points of the New Orleans Hurricanes in the season standings .
In the Semipro prelim round games the New Orleans Hurricanes and Brawl were the only two teams to win all four preliminary round games . CEP , Hurricanes and Wolfpack each had three wins and a draw .
In the ocho finals Annapolis A-Team beat Blast Camp , Brooklyn Bears sent Jits Krew packing , Carolina Crisis hammered Struggle Paintball and Hurricanes beat Hunters 8-3 . Note : Hurricanes and New Orleans Hurricanes are two different teams .
In the quarterfinals Brawl beat a very strong Hurricanes team 7-5 . Carolina Crisis , a bit of an up and down team this year beat the New Orleans Hurricanes 6-5 in a great game . The Brooklyn Bears , who look like they ’ ve gotten much better later in the season , speed-bumped Wolfpack 5-0 . And Annapolis A-Team ran up the score on CEP 9-5 . We ’ re down to the final four .
Photo By Dave Stufflebeam
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