Zen and the Art of Paintball

“They say dragons never truly die. No matter how many times you kill them.”
― S.G. Rogers, Jon Hansen, and the Dragon Clan of Yden

A comment before we begin… The Dragon is obviously dead and PB Fit’s World Cup win was obviously a fluke. GTHOH.

Okay. Moving on.

This was one of the more entertaining fields to breakdown/play. No matter your play call, there was going to be a small weakness in it, a slight hole. Whether it was zone control or risk, lots could happen and quickly. Quite literally teams were playing roshambo each point. Which way the Hertz tower was shooting determined a lot, how you used the blind zones, and how you leveraged the center overall was certainly important. Getting outside was good as it shifted guns and created opportunities but it wasn’t necessarily a death sentence for the other team once in the 50s. So much about this field made it in effect, a true chess match… a read offense field. Creativity and instinct were vital aspects to the success of teams. All while players dealt with a plethora of bounce shots.

Overall, I am pleased with the maiden voyage at the helm of the Dragon. The successes we saw and the adversity we overcame was nothing short of astonishing and a complete team effort. Junior Brown is worth his weight in gold, the staff and members of the Dynasty Champions Club (become a member today at http://www.dynastypaintball.com and enjoy all the amazing perks) are absolutely best in class, and the team is full of unbelievable minds and personalities that continue to enlighten me. I am truly blessed to be a part of such an extraordinary organization.

Alright, lets get into it. I am writing this at 1 am so bear with me.

VS Arsenal

After the almost 9 minute first point between Aftershock and Uprising, I had questions. But no time to truly ponder/answer them since we had a reloaded Arsenal in front of us. Lots of depth and intelligence on that team. It was going to be a knife fight for sure and it was.

Pt 1 – We were confident they would test our guns with Archie so we put two guns in the blind utilizing a delay for Arturo into the snake. Both teams made the snake and shot a body on the break but Harry got out wide dorito way. Joe falls in behind him which was awesome since it was damn near impossible to get the 2 out after losing the one. We lost Yosh out of the center but Arturo caught ABJ. We were in a 3 on 2 and the boys closed out cleanly and quickly. 1-0 Dynasty

P2 – We pressed it with Dany dorito way and he got caught (Hertz tower on the cross). Kyle didn’t hesitate and got out to have a presence. We used the blind again but kept threats moving forward. Blake Yarber took the center and Alex Fraige stayed in Hertz. Blake recognizing our weak side pivoted to d-side tower to contain Arsenals d-side progress. Arsenal did a good job with the set up here. Alex saw a line and hoped Hertz was looking elsewhere. Hertz wasn’t. Alex tried to shoot Omara in the snake and got caught. Major penalty which pulled Blake and Arturo but Arty got a ball on another Arsenal player before they pulled him. This left Kyle in a 3 on 1. Kyle launched and got two clean THEN gets shot cross field by Cody McKowski. They threw a major on Kyle but it was overturned and we were back to 5. 1-1 Tied.

P3 – The Avocado Brothers pressed the pace d-side when we shot Arsenal’s d-side aztec. Ryan and Dany contained the snake side aztec while Yosh caught Omara in the center. Dany fed the snake. We had the wides, pinched out their backs leaving ABJ in snake. Dany found him and does him clean. Good execution, good containment, and good pressure. Good close. 2-1 Dynasty.

*We were in x-ball now and we will go on to lose the next 4 points.

P4 – ABJ caught us after we are set up and had won the break (he shot three of us. Ryan and Arturo show valiant effort). 2-2 Tied

P5 – We shot ABJ and win the break again. But we lost Blake early and Dany got clipped entering the snake. They now had the wides and we were stuck in center/back. 3-2 Arsenal

P6 – We traded bodies early on the break but Arsenal picked up another two quickly making it a 4 on 2. I let this go for 15 seconds or so, didn’t see Yosh or Ry in posture, so toweled. 4-2 Arsenal

P7 – Arsenal won the break as we lost 2 bodies fast followed by another at around the 2:50 mark. Here I’m calculating average time to win a point, my guys posture, and current time. When we lost Ryan, I was pressing the buzzer but it wasn’t working. We started yelling “towel!” Lost 5-6 seconds. 5-2 Arsenal.

P8 – This was the turn around point. The guys composure in the pits was solid. We sent Arty to snake and had two guns up to shoot d-side and sent Harry. We got the d-side kill, shot another who drew a minor. Harry, Joe, and Blake got it done with a 1:46 left. 5-3 Arsenal.

P9 – Arsenal’s paint had been high d-side the last two points so Harry was feeling it. He sent it again with Joe right behind him. Ryan shot ABJ on the break but got caught. The guys pressed. Harry and Joe put on a clinic drawing guns allowing Blake to probe center and close. We sucked the wind out of their sails and now it was all ours. 5-4 Arsenal (38 seconds left)

P10 – We knew they would focus on the wides, particularly the snake head. Harry went big, made it with Joe just behind him again. Arty to the corner, not the snake, drawing the gun up, Ryan underneath into the snake, Blake pressed the center. Bonus to us shooting ABJ on the break. Incredible shots and play from my guys. 5-5 tied

OT – The team had now developed a read option for Arsenal’s stack (if A than B). We made the assumption they were afraid of getting stung by Harry again so we figure the Hertz tower will be d-side. Arty took the snake but we lost Harry anyway. Blake saw this and transitioned to dorito tower to slow d-side progress. Ryan won a gun fight against ABJ and Arty went to work in the snake shooting Arsenal’s center body. With that body gone, Joe could spread d-side now, Ryan could force multiply and relay the situation. Great communication and close.

VS NYX

I’m going to hit the highlights on this one. This was an 10 point game in the prelims. Every time I thought we would put them away, they would claw back. I will say, it felt like NYX’s only real attack was a center push and so, we would take advantage of that.

P1 – We owned the center and snake, Harrison ran through and got a major. Arturo closed them out. 1-0 Dynasty

P2 – Dany and Kyle shot the d-side aztec giving us the body advantage. Blake won the center war while Dany and Arturo owned both sides of the field. 2-0 Dynasty

P3 – Dany made the snake and went straight to snake 50. Shoots everyone. 3-0 Dynasty

P4 – Harry got wide and chopped up their center while Blake added a little extra love. Slow patient strangulation from there with Arturo in snake, Alex backing him up, and Kyle Barry on Harry’s heals. 4-0 Dynasty

P5 – NYX made a smart call here and got a player undetected into that D side big wedge. He caught Arty, which shifted Yosh’s gun once he was busted allowing the snake push. Ryan went for damage control to snake corner and Joe won a gun fight on D1 attacker who had crossed onto our side. Ryan eventually got caught, and Joe lost the 3 on 1. 4-1 Dynasty

P6 – We went wide BOTH sides and made both. Blake decimated their center, allowing Dany to wrap snake 50 and johnny’s your uncle. 5-1 Dynasty.

P7 – Bad play call by me on this one. We lost Dany on the break, Alex got caught on retreat, we had committed Blake’s gun dorito way allowing Harrison to attack snake side center. 5-2 Dynasty

P8 – We knew they didn’t want to go wide and that their only success had been center. We put two guns on protect and have a snake side big wedge on the break hunting for them. Yosh got two before heading off! This allowed Arturo and Ryan to spread snake way. NYX smartly got there too though. However, the advantage was to us as the clock just kept dwindling. We finally closed them out. 6-2 Dyansty.

P9 -We were in good position, but it fell apart when Ryan called his shot on the NYX snake player, saw the ref go in, and thinking he got his kill, launched into the snake gun who then wrapped the 50 and blew it open for NYX. 6-3 Dynasty.

P10 – The team was a little perturbed from the last point and the fact NYX wouldn’t die… Alex wanted to have a say about it. Great heads up play by my man, Mr. Fraige.

VS Ironmen

This rivalry has been around for what? 20 years? This one would be a test.

P1 – We struck first taking Pat Kraft off the field. But then dominoes… Harry, Arturo, Ryan, and Joe all get caught. Yosh went forward. Legend. 0-1 Ironmen

P2 – This was a tick for tack point. We went hyper aggressive up the gut. The Men put paint up the gut looking for us and connected on one. Alex made it and picked one up but we lost Blake. Sentz traded his body for Alex’s. We took Nicolau off the field but then Dany got picked up. Kyle Barry then got picked up. Arty went defensive in 2 on 1 and we are down 1 so, let’s keep the time. Towell. 0-2 Ironmen.
P3 – We went big with a staggered middle and rope-a-dope to d-side tower. Yosh connected his shot as Baldwin fed the snake. Next to drop was Caro which opened an opportunity to feed the snake. But somehow they got a ball on Arty… I can only guess it was Sentz dropping one over the beam. Harry got wide though and diced up Sentz. Ryan made snake corner. Good pressure and we were on the board. 1-2 Ironmen

P4 – We felt play two was strong so we went back to it. After a push like that we knew they would try to counter our middle so it made sense. Alex smoked Sentz but eventually got picked up. But Blake cleverly set a trap by backfilling Alex’s spot. Dany aggressively took the dorito 50, Arty got out wide snake way in the corner. Nicolau fell for the Blake bait. Guest got Blake on a running shot (impressive) but Arty took Guest. Baldwin looked for the send and ate one to the mouth from Arty in a trade. KB figured out it was home only (Kraft). He spread the field with Dany. Good close. 2-2 Tied

P5 – Yosh shot cross and Joe was on protect to get their kill dorito way while Ryan and Arty get TWO kills snake way (yellow flag on Men). The remaining two died so fast I didn’t see it. 17 second point. Good guns boys! We should just do that every time. 3-2 Dynasty

P6 – Another bad call on me. Ironmen take a page from our book. Joe even warned me that his route would be compromised and it was as they picked Joe up. Sentz clipped Yosh on a short wrap. It was the mid game scramble here that was fun to watch. It ends up a 2v2 with Arty and Ry. Pat Kraft gets the drop on Arty. Guest catches Ryan wrapping. 3-3 Tied

P7 – It was time to be among them… and Blake Yarber got the call. Love the play but the Ironmen never took the bait! Bonus – Harry made it out wide dorito way and Kyle got out behind him. Blake must have been straddling that beam for almost 2 whole minutes . Alex gets clever since the Men are trapped in the pocket and crawls to the big d-side wedge and just misses Sentz in the Hertz tower. He was now busted but no worries…we were in position. Unfortunately, Blake got busted too. He missed his shot as Baldwin feeds the snake. Blake was eliminated for stepping between bunkers (he was never shot). But not before Alex scored his kill on Sentz in the Hertz tower and Dany fed the snake that no one saw. Harry makes dorito 3 and caught Kraft trying to leave the center can. Kyle Barry followed him up and added his gun creating great pressure. They shot the second home and Antimaso out of the Ds… they toweled with 1:20 or so on the clock. 4-3 Dynasty

P8 – We know they will push the center or the D’s or both. Like I said at the beginning, its a guessing game. They took Yosh off the board. Losing Harry next and early really hurt us. Caro came through. And they close on Ryan and Joe. 23 seconds left on the clock. 4-4 Tied

P9 – 22 seconds is plenty of time. We took the risk to send it and if it didn’t work out, we figured we would have another chance in OT… hopefully. Besides, I felt confident that the Men would play for OT meaning they would go pocket. It was simply a matter of which way the Hertz bunker would be looking. If he looks snake way we are golden. He looked snake way. The Avocado Brothers struck again. I spoke to my friend Shane later and he advised me he actually wanted to go but was talked down.

VS Heat

This would be another great test for the Dragon. The battle of the two undefeated teams from the bracket. I was really proud of our team’s execution in this match save for maybe one point…

Pt1 – We shot Ronnie Dizon off the break but lost Ryan. Yosh took the center and Heat got to the snake corner. Harry dropped a ball in on Frey who was in back center. Yosh took one evening the body count but then Arturo played this masterfully. Harry continued progress down field but eventually got caught pressing the issue. Arturo’s gun and Joe’s comms really won that point. 1-0 Dynasty

Pt2 – Great guns on the break by the boys in blue blowing the snake side of Heat out allowing Alex to wrap and trap. However, Heat sent it to trade with him. Blake made a move into the snake and went straight to the 50 to keep the pressure. Lapapa made it interesting because both Blake and Dany ran into his gun on the close. This was discussed. 2-0 Dynasty

P3 – Heat shot Yosh on the break but NO one saw Dany make the snake. He went straight to the inside 50 but a ref decides to check him giving his position away and Mishka stepped off his bunker to put a ball on Dany the moment he popped up. Dadnabbit. What was cool though was the composure and disciple Harry, Ryan, and Joe showed burning off over 4 minutes. 2-1 Dynasty

P4 – We attacked the center with Joe and Yosh. Heat got Soap up their dorito way too. But we were still able to get Harry into Dorito one and Ryan managed to get out behind him. We were in great position. Then Dizon miraculously made the snake! Yosh smartly decided to reposition center but stay on task. When they sent Soap to take Yosh off the field, he got diced by Joe (maybe Ryan too on the run and gun his way back to center). Ronnie made a good move and cleared the center out but Arty took him down. As we got under 2 minutes in a 3v3, it seemed as if Heat didn’t want to press even though they were down by 1 with plenty of time to put it together. Sure enough, their posturing was all defense save for Moorehead. When Ryan Moorehead got picked up by Arty (I saw the shot from the pits… it was gorgeous) at about the 30 second mark, I turned away and began congratulating the pits for a job well done.

Quarter Finals VS Damage

Dynasty had lost their coach Kevin “SK” Bredthauer and their D side one player Chris Schehr to Damage during the off season. No hard feelings there, nothing but mad respect for both of them. SK is a good friend of mine and I want nothing but success for him. Though I could be wrong, I feel the guys played with a little chip on their shoulder which was a great added edge on a double sided blade.

P1 – We showed good guns on the break taking two huge threats off the field early in Chad Busiere and Keith Brown. Yosh got to the snake side big wedge trapping Damage from spreading. He felt it and went for a line but got caught. Arty was in the snake… and then a strange thing happened. 4 on 3 advantage us but then a towel. Surprised but not disappointed. 1-0 Dynasty

P2 – Damage returned the favor shooting two of ours snake way while we peel Chris Schehr off the field. They were wide with Jacob Edwards D side, Chad in the center sheating d side, Keith Brown in the snake, and Agent Smith in the Hertz tower. We were stuck in back line. 1-1 Tied

P3 – They shot Ryan on the break but Yosh pushed center early. We dropped their back center quickly evening up the body count. Arturo got into the snake and went to work! He took 2 off the field bang bang then ran down Keith Brown. Yosh cleaned it up by shooting Chris. 2-1 Dynasty

P4 – Both teams survived the break but Yosh got caught on a transition…Ryan played off chaos and slipped into the snake catching Jacob Edwards in the back center. Keith Brown had made it into our snake 50 but our d-side caught him. We had a 4 on 3 body advantage now and it was just a matter of a clean close. Chris Schehr was pressing but Harry got out wide and Arturo joined Ryan in the snake. I relaxed as Arturo caught Chad and Ryan clipped the rest. 3-1 Dynasty

P5 – both teams pushed the center. Joe got caught by Chris I think (bounce) and Yosh saw a line but got picked up too. Harry and Arty both went forward on the tapes (love it) and Ryan spread out behind Arty. We lost Harry though shortly after though and it looked grim that we would let Damage take the point. But then we got a gift from Keith. He launched into Ryan’s gun and then decided to shoot at Arturo as well. Red flag flew. This put Ryan in a 2 on 1 who then streaks down snake way and steals the point. 4-1 Dynasty

*We go on to lose the next 3 so I will sum up. Damage starts winning the break AND the scramble.

P6 – CHAOS! Joe somehow got caught by a ball in back center, Yosh and Chad traded in the center, Harry shoot some dudes, Keith Brown closed out. 4-2 Dynasty

P7 – We lost Ryan on the break, but Blake got one back in the center and then dunks Keith Brown clean! Body advantage but then a minor penalty on Dany pulled us back. Harry battled valiantly but Damage took the point. 4-3 Dynasty

P8 – They clipped Arturo on break, Blake gets on back with a center push but got caught almost immediately after along with Harry. 4 on 2 with Ryan and Joe. Once Joe dropped, I wanted the time so we toweled. 4-4 Dynasty

P9 – 5 on 5 break, we held Blake’s gun back on a delay up into the center, Harry got wide with Joe, Ryan and Arty doubled the snake insert. Chad was in the d-side center wedge but we picked him up and Blake sent him on a walk. Then Blake re-positioned and picked up the d-side aztec! Their home decided to fill in behind that death right into the meat-grinder that was Blake Yarber. 5 on 2 and Damage smartly conceded. 5-4 Dynasty

p10 – Prior to the point, Damage took a timeout. We know 5 guns alive is paramount so we get 5 guns up and played the pocket. Brian “Agent” Smith took a good line into the large snake side wedge and Blake missed it (roshambo). We bounced Chad and discovered Smith. Either Harry wrapped and got a ball in on Smith or ripped the bounce and scored or more than likely it was Blake. No matter, he was the most immediate threat and he is now off the board which allowed Blake to become the new threat in the center. And he lived up to it. He shot Keith Brown on his attempted fill into the snake and then caught Chad as he tried to back fill snake way. He then put it on back center! Towel from Damage after that with 1:16 left. 6-4 Dynasty

The final point both teams traded two bodies off the break making it a 3v3 but we took the advantage just a second or two later. Keith Brown got the drop on Arty dotting his eye but once again, the Avocado brothers, Harry and Joe, hold the line!

Semi Finals Vs Red Legion

This would be another grinder similar to our Arsenal match. 11 points played and scored. It looked as if Heat had beat the Legion as they had time and were at the buzzer but my guess was Soap shot Monville? Doesn’t matter, we had the Red Legion in front of us and it would be blow for blow. And once again, we would put ourselves in a deficit situation and have to claw our way back.

P1 – First point Blake and Arturo get caught early and Kirill was up in the center fast. He caught Ryan on his fill out. Harry went offensive but lost Joe behind him. I toweled it 48 seconds into the first point. 0-1 Legion

P2 – Loss – 0-2 Legion

P3 – We got Malloy off the field but lost Arturo. Blake and Ryan are up in the center and Harry gets wide dorito way. We lost Blake but Joe gets behind Harry and started helping him bully. Ryan worked his way around to the d-side of the center quickly joined by Harry at the 50 dorito. But then we lost Harry… I gave it another 15 seconds and conceded. 0-3 Legion

P4 – We got 5 out alive! And Yosh Rau made a great read on a line, launched through the center snake way, and gets two! Harry became the tip of the spear building off the chaos Yosh created with Dany, Ryan, and Joe closing it out. 1-3 Legion

P5 – We shot Sergey on the break. I felt like we hit Malloy too but no joy. Both teams in the snake but then Harry and Dany came off quickly. Yosh got popped out of the center. Ryan made a desperation dive into snake corner and makes it. I let 10 seconds or so and am next to towel but Joe advanced buying another 15 seconds. As soon as Ryan died, I hit the towel. 1-4 Legion

P6 – Cool, calm and collected in the pits, we know we just need to get out alive. We delayed release with snake and center. And we make it. Then Yosh Rau AGAIN takes a line and got 3! Arturo cleaned it up. 2-4 Legion

P7 – Both teams made snake but we got a two (Ryan) behind ours (Arturo) sooner making Kirill in Hertz tower have to contend. They snagged Yosh on his run though. Harry gets to D1 and Joe vacated back center immediately to fill in behind Harry. But then Arty got picked up on the inside and Ryan got picked up by Malloy who had taken the snake 50. We lost Harry and I have to concede again to save time. 2-5 Legion

P8 – We got guns up and scored two kills but lost Harry. 4 on 3 advantage to us. Blake pressed center and Joe Barret pressed into the dorito 50 quick! We dug out Kirill and Joe traded with Karsliev. Blake and Arturo located Malloy and Blake popped him. 3-5 Legion

P9 – Blake Yarber into the snake side Big wedge with a “Look at me!”, Ryan Greenspan on the delay into the snake, quickly followed by Arturo into the snake as well. Blake on the low wrap to take Sergey out of back center, Karsliev dropped shortly after, 5 on 3 advantage to us. Blake “the face melter” Yarber pressed that advantage through the center since they have to respect Arturo and Harry on the wides. Got himself a 3 pack! 4-5 Legion

P10 – We were now within one with over 3 minutes left. We burnt one legion on the break but Harry gave them his body back. 4 on 4 when Blake went hunting through the center d side taking Khiril off the board but got caught by Rabackoff. 3 on 3 but Arturo snuck a great shot in on Rab! Then he caught Malloy over the top! 3 on 1 and the boys sent Sergey to the pit to tie the game. 5-5 Tied

P11 – The line was hot. The guys knew the probabilities of what Legion would do based off the stack. We got our guns up and break out safe. Blake sneuck into the snake side wedge looking inside dorito way and became a meat-grinder again. Blake picked up Karsliev in dorito insert and then Rabackoff too. With only Malloy’s gun dorito way from the snake insert, Harry and Joe could take ground creating major pressure. Ryan joined Blake in the center but on the dorito side creating immense pressure and allowing Blake to take a great line at Khiril in the Hertz tower at 20 seconds, peeling his face off. He took another smart route increasing angle on Sergey, getting him and finally dotting the i on Malloy. 5 pack Yarber! Ryan comes in and hits the buzzer at 7 seconds.

Finals VS Paintball Fit

The finals format was changed a week out from the event. The finals would be split into two 10 minutes halves with an 8 minute “halftime”. I was looking forward to this as it hearkened back to the original x balls days just with out the roid rage. Fit had looked pretty dominant the entire event never really deviating from their tried and true game plan. Even with Colt hurt, they didn’t seem to miss a beat. They were getting production from everyone. But we were feeling confident headed into this match.

P1 – Fit went with their standard pocket break out and we essentially mirrored them save for Arturo making the snake. Unfortunately, Ryan looked into a bounced ball off of the snake beam. We picked up Chavez. This is always a good thing when you get him off the field. Harry got into dorito 1 and then dorito 2. Meaning we had the wides and if we played this right, we should be able to slowly cinch the noose. Arturo caught Fit’s snake side tower (Cyrus) which was a green light for him to go forward. Fit’s Mason launched and traded with Harry. But not before we caught another and then cinched up the noose. 1-0 Dynasty

P2 – We match up again with both teams getting 5 bodies out alive. We doubled the tower with Alex and Blake, Dany into snake insert, Kyle Barry home, and Harry dorito insert. Harry looked into a ball (seemed to be going around) but Alex Fraige took the snake side large wedge and posted up. Fit, in the meantime, has gone with their standard break but we let Chavez get out wide. Alex gets his man and another but Chavez pressed the issue d-side and caught Blake. Luckily we picked up the two behind him (Mason). 3 on 2. Kyle Barry clocked in and caught Chavez’s counter and we closed out on Sebaugh. 2-0 Dynasty

P3 – Ryan took the Snake side big wedge on the break, got caught on a wrap and we lost Harry too. But we got Arturo into the snake. However, Fit gets into that d-side Tower, putting pressure on our home to allow Chavez to get wide d-side and Mason got into into the snake. Mason shot Yosh and then dunked on Arty. 2-1 Dynasty

P4 – Both teams break out similarly with the only difference being Harry getting to D1. Chavez mirrored him up pretty quickly though and then Mason got out behind him almost immediately. We should have done the same honestly. But Harry was on offense and gets into dorito 3. Kyle finally got out of that back center into the d side insert. I thought once that happened the clock would be our friend. But then disaster. Dany gets clipped, Blake saw this and made a big move into the snake, and Kyle gets clipped. This all happened probably within the span of 3 seconds. Harry won his gun fight with Chavez, making it a 4 on 3 advantage to Fit. Sebaugh makes a big fill to snake corner, Yosh just missed the shot, and Blake got caught all at the same time. Alex tried damage control by sailing for the snake and got picked up. Harry tried a tactical retreat but got snagged as well. 2-2 Tied

P5 – 55 seconds on the clock before half time. We wanted to press it, but once again, Fit’s guns on the break shoot our one snake side (Arturo) and our two d-side (Joe). Yosh made the center snake side wedge. I thought he put a ball on Fit’s Hertz tower, but no call. Ryan got clipped just as he got into the snake corner with about 30 seconds left in the point. 5 on 2. Fit was off to the races D side to close out. 3-2 PB FIT

We headed into half time knowing Fit wasn’t doing anything we haven’t seen all event long. We are having survivability issues, getting shot out of our spots and losing gun fights.

P6 – The first point after the half the Fit guns were still hot, shooting our ones on both sides. Yosh gets us not one but TWO back when Fit tried for the snake push. Joe won his gun fight coast to coast against his mirror giving us the body advantage. I still don’t know what caught Yosh. I think Chavez from the D side as Yosh wrapped on him. Ryan gets to snake corner as does Garringer, Chavez in D2 with Joe in dorito insert. Joe worked his way to D2 as well but Cyrus was creeping in snake now. Joe made D3. Then he and Ryan made Cyrus’ position. Joe takes 50 dorito and Cyrus takes 50 snake (again). Joe got creative, keeping the center structures between him and Cyrus and almost clipped Chavez. He had to fall back to dorito 50 when his missed the shot. While this is going on, Ryan with his years of experience and instinct, hauled down the snake to catch Cyrus worrying about Joe, and gets him clean. Joe saw this and with impeccable timing runs down Chavez. Wow. 3-3 TIED

And that would be the last point we would win…

Fit would simply continue to show how hard they worked on their gun skills winning the break and winning gun fights. Its obvious they trained to be explosive off the box on the buzzer. We would struggle to stay alive and after winning 3 matches from a deficit, it was not to be this time. The minor in 9th point when we were in good field position did not help either.

Lots to take away and learn from this event… lots of room for improvement but one thing I can share is this: I have a team full of players who not only possess tremendous PB IQ but they are full of grit with no quit in them. Back to work.

Again, congratulations to Paintball Fit. Well earned and they are a testament to hard work and discipline.

See you all in AC.

Be water my friends.