2002 Lake Superior Cup

by Mark Wagemaker

On August 25th, 2002, Extreme Paintball held the first ever Lake Superior Cup at Extreme Paintball at

Spirit Mountain.  Teams came from all parts of Minnesota & Wisconsin to participate in the 3-player

tournament.  All games were played on a single air-ball field with reffing provided by Team Firepower.

Points were accumulated as follows:  15 pts./elim, 15 pts/1st flag pull & 40 pts for a hang.  For each

player eliminated on your team, you lost 3 pts.  100 pts were the maximum for a single game.  Each

team played a round-robin in their respective division with the top 4 teams moving on to the semi's.

Preliminary scores were as follows:

Preliminary Scores

Coca Cola Division

Frostburn

0/0

94/94

100/194

82/276

97/373

21/394

100/494

100/594

3

Hazmat Extreme

100/100

100/200

47/297

94/391

6/397

100/497

6/503

97/600

2

Deluge

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0

18

Kickers

100/100

85/185

6/191

21/212

97/309

85/394

72/466

85/551

6

Wild Bunch

97/97

9/106

0/106

100/206

0/206

21/227

0/227

0/227

16

Ruff Ryders

6/6

79/85

0/85

97/182

100/282

6/288

0/288

6/294

14

Indecision

6/6

72/78

36/114

100/214

94/308

100/408

6/414

6/420

9

Torment/Synergy

85/85

100/185

100/285

6/291

100/391

85/476

6/482

100/582

5

Delusion

21/21

0/21

21/42

21/63

6/69

82/151

97/248

100/348

11

Firepower Division

A.O.D.

0/0

6/6

0/6

6/12

0/12

6/18

36/54

6/60

17

Hazmat

100/100

79/179

97/276

100/376

6/382

100/482

97/579

82/661

1

Win Inc.

85/85

36/121

100/221

6/227

6/233

94/327

74/406

79/485

8

Stick 'em Up Productions

-38/-38

21/-17

6/-11

97/86

97/183

6/189

84/274

6/280

15

Anger Management

0/0

82/82

100/182

97/279

0/279

21/300

97/397

6/403

10

Just Paintball

100/100

97/197

21/218

100/318

97/415

97/512

51/563

21/584

4

Team Extreme

0/0

6/6

0/6

97/103

85/188

36/224

21/245

85/330

12

Full Throttle

100/100

100/200

82/282

100/382

21/403

6/409

6/415

97/512

7

Deathtrap

97/97

0/97

0/97

0/97

6/103

82/185

82/267

36/303

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The preliminaries ran quickly and fairly smooth.  The Hazmat teams played very strong based on their

1st and 2nd place preliminary placings.  Aggressive teams were rewarded with the 15 point first flag pull

which would prove crucial for semi-final placement and advancement.  In one of the highlights of the day,

Munster from team Win Inc., pulled off a 'dead-man's walk' for a victory over Team Extreme.  This would

prove critical for Win Inc., as it advanced them into the final position for the semi-finals.  In somewhat of  

a surprise, none of the three local teams moved on to the semi-finals with Indecision just missing the cut

coming in at 9th place.  Semi-final scores were as follows:

Semi Finals Scores

1)  Hazmat

97/97

6/103

85/188

6

4)  Just Paintball

6/6

6/12

6/18

8

5)  Torment/Synergy

85/85

97/182

6/188

4

8)  Win Inc.

6/6

97/103

97/200

2

2)  Hazmat Extreme

6/6

100/106

100/206

1

3)  Frostburn 

0/0

21/21

0/21

7

6)  Kickers

100/100

0/100

97/197

5

7)  Full Throttle

97/97

94/191

6/197

3

With the top 2 teams from each semi-final bracket moving to the finals, every game proved to be vital.

Hazmat Extreme and Win Inc. secured the top 2 positions for the finals.  The third and fourth position

were each left with ties with required 2 tie-breaking games.  The battle for the third position was won by

the team from Grand Rapids, Full Throttle.  They beat the Kickers in the first tie-breaker.  The tie-breaker

for the final position was played between Torment/Synergy and Hazmat with Torment/Synergy coming

out on top.  With the finals now set, the remaining four teams played out the final round-robin.  The finals

results were as follows:

Finals Scores

1)  Hazmat Extreme

36/36

6/42

100/142

2

2)  Win Inc.

97/97

12/109

0/109

3

3)  Full Throttle

6/6

85/91

0/91

4

4)  Torment/Synergy

79/79

27/106

100/206

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The highlights of the finals came down to the final two games.  With all placings up in the air after the

first four games, the results were determined in the final two games.  With Torment/Synergy maxing

their last game over Full Throttle, Win Inc. now had their destiny in their own hands.  They had to have

a perfect game over Hazmat Extreme to secure first.  Hazmat Extreme also had a lot up for grabs in the

final game.  Sitting in last place after two of three rounds, 2nd place was amazingly still within reach

with a win in the last game.  After the dust settled in the last game, Hazmat Extreme came out on top

with a 100-0 max to secure 2nd place.

Final Standings:

1)  Torment Synergy

$500, 3 trophies, misc. prizes, & name engraved on the Lake Superior Cup

2)  Hazmat Extreme

$300, 3 trophies, misc. prizes

3)  Win Inc.

$200, 3 trophies, misc. prizes

4)  Full Throttle

T-shirts, misc. prizes

Extreme Paintball at Spirit Mountain was very happy with the positive feedback from their first tourney

and is looking forward to putting on a bigger and better tournament in 2003.  They would not have been

able to put on such a tourney if it wasn't for sponsors such as Coca-Cola.  Extreme Paintball would once

again like to publicly thank them for their generous support.  Of course none of this would have been

possible if it wasn't for the teams that attended and played with good sportsmanship.  Thanks again

and we will see you at next years events.