Paintball Media Magazine February 2023 | Page 32

Ten-Man Pro Division -- The Main Event

The Pro Division of the ICPL Sunshine Classic was stacked with franchises you know : teams like Image , Team Smoke , Ground Zero , Florida Annihilators , Los Angeles Infamous , Chicago Aftershock and their sister team The Enemy , All Americans , Saberwolves and so many more .
From the word “ go ” KAPP Factory was en feugo , rattling off win after win in the preliminary rounds . And they were high point wins to the tune of a 96-plus point average per game ( 100 max ). KAPP ’ s roster was stacked with current NXL players like Blake Yarber and Jacob Edwards and former woodsball killers like Andy “ AK-47 ” Kopcok , Brandon Lambertson , Brian “ LB ” Fow and Rodney Squires .
And while KAPP was destroying teams with 6 alive per game , Chicago Aftershock was doing the same in their bracket with beasts like Mike Paxson , Todd Adamson , Billy Ceranski , Brad McCurley and Demetrius Ninios . Neither ‘ Shock nor KAPP lost a single preliminary round game . In their bracket , CJ Canter II , Logan Dyer , Nico Hyde and Bart Hepker were helping ac : Empire win six of their seven preliminary round games .
In the ICPL the Pros go straight from the Preliminary rounds to the semifinals . Nine teams advance to three brackets . To advance to the finals a team must win their semifinal bracket . Got it ?
In the first bracket KAPP won their two games against Farside and the Enemy . Farside beat the Enemy . KAPP Factory moves on after a tough win against Farside and a much easier win over the Enemy .
Photo By John McGloughlin
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