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only loss was to VcK.
In the pro Challenger semifinals it was a
comfortable win for Russia’s Art Chaos over
LA Infamous 7-4. In the other bracket Houston VcK squeaked out a win over the other
Russian pro team left in the division, Red
Storm, by a score of 6-5.
In the finals it was a rematch of VcK versus
Art Chaos, who would try to avenge their
earlier loss. This time Art Chaos was so dominant that the match seemed over before VcK
realized they were playing in the finals. The
final score was 7-1 Art Chaos, but not even
the score is indicative of how dominating Art
Chaos was in this game. Both Art Chaos and
Houston VcK will be moving up to the professional Champions Division starting with the
West Coast Open in Riverside, California next
month.
Nineteen teams entered Chicago’s Division
One RaceTo-5. Interestingly five teams ran
through the preliminary round without a
loss and another five finished without a win.
TradeMyGun Outlaws, Distortion, Syracuse
Rhythm, AC Dallas and the New York Outlaws each won (or tied) all of their first round
games. Carolina Collision, DC Devastation,
NE Avalanche and the RNT All Stars each had
only one loss.
When all was said and done TradeMyGun
Outlaws went wire to wire without a loss to
get to the finals, beating NE Avalanche in the
quarterfinals and the New York Outlaws in
the semifinals. Distortion mirrored that with
undefeated prelims, quarterfinals and semifinal rounds as well. In the finals it was as
close as expected as Distortion bested TradeMyGun Outlaws by a score of 5-4 o win the
event in Division One.
Division Two RaceTo-5 featured 18 teams
from all over North America. Watching this
division it was easy to tell early that Revo II
was the team to beat. After breezing through
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