In the finals Red Legion and Edmonton Impact fought through the exhaustion of a multi-game day and laid it all on the line . In the end , it was Impact adding another firstplace trophy to the case and another hardfought game , 3-2 Impact .
Semiprofessional Division
After an 11th place finish in the league ’ s opening event in Florida , all Blast Camp has done is win the Lonestar Open , win the Mid-Atlantic Major and place third in the Golden State Open . Wow … And right on their heels in the season-long rankings title race is PaintballFit . com with four solid events under their belts heading to Chicago .
Of the 20 Semipro teams here in Chicago only Blast Camp won their four preliminary round games . PaintballFIT . com , Arsenal , Austin Notorious , Chicago Distortion and
Noobies each won three of four .
The top two seeds Blast Camp and PaintballFit . com breezed their way to the semifinals . Austin Notorious beat Chicago Distortion 5-2 and Blast Camp had their way with PaintballFIT . com 5-2 . Blast Camp continued their dominance in the finals squeaking past Notorious 4-3 to claim first place .
Divisional Games
Coming into Chicago Leverage sits atop the Division Two Xball leaderboard with two first-place wins and a second place finish . KC Missouri All Stars have a very solid 4th place finish in Florida , first place in Texas and second at the Golden State Open , putting them in second place in the yearlong rankings battle .
048 paintball . media magazine
Photo By Gary Baum