MSXL Mid Ohio Open Recap

Thousands of competitors, friends, family and vendors travel from all over the USA to Grove City to compete for big money and sharp trophies

This past weekend, July 8-9 2017, LVL UP Sports Paintball Park hosted the MSXL (Mid-South X-ball League) Mid Ohio Open regional paintball tournament. The event drew a crowd from across the nation, with players and spectators driving as far as 8 hours to compete.

LVL UP was packed to the max with over 1000+ players, forcing parking all the way down the driveway to Route 62. Tournament players, spectators, and vendors filled up the tournament side of the park, while hundreds of recreational customers also filled up the lot to host their birthday parties and weekend outings.

The MSXL is one of the largest tournament paintball leagues in the nation, with premium venues and events stretching from Perry, Georgia to St. Louis, Missouri. The Mid Ohio Open hosted at LVL UP Sports Paintball Park was the 4^th event in the 2017 season, which made it one of the most important events of the season as teams fought to secure precious points to increase their season ranking. The event started on Saturday, July 8^th as soon as the sun began to peek over the horizon.

Saturday played out to be a wild day of paintball. The extreme weather from the Friday before left the playing fields a little squishy, making for a slippery day of play. Saturday saw the action of Division 5 5-man and Division 4 X-ball. Saturday drew the largest crowd with well over 50 teams competing across three fields.

In Division 5, first place was taken by Mohawk followed by TCP Goon Squad in 2^nd, and TCP Reapers taking 3^rd. In the Division 4 X-ball, Struggle Bus took first place followed by ATB Origins in 2^nd, and LVLUP coming in 3^rd. Saturday was a long day full of adrenaline packed paintball action here at LVL UP Sports Paintball Park, but Sunday brought even more exciting paintball.

Sunday brought sunshine and the playing fields of LVL UP Sports Paintball Park lit back up with even more tournament paintball action. This time around the most experienced players and the young guns played. Sunday featured the Division 3 X-ball, Division 4 5-man, and Young Guns Division 6 3-man teams going head to head.

First up in the Young Guns division, Paintball Country Patriots Blue, with Nitro D6 taking 2^nd, and Paintball Country Patriots Stars coming in 3^rd. Next up in the Division 4 5-man Youngstown Dimension took 1^st place. Imperium came in 2^nd, and Barn Assassins finished 3^rd. Finally, in the main feature, the Division 3 X-ball, there was some of the most action packed playing of the day. Home Team Cleveland Imperial fought hard for their 1^st place finish. STRUGGLE took 2^nd place, and Jerome Bettis all-stars brought home 3^rd. Sunday concluded the event, but was not lacking any action. The tournament definitely ended with a bang.

Barn Assassins looking good at the LVL UP Xball sign on Saturday.

LVL UP Sports Paintball Park home team, Cleveland Imperial.

D3 X-ball team, Graffiti, after making it out of prelims.

The LVL UP D4 team competing in the MSXL Mid Ohio Open at their home field.

THE Ohio State University at the MSXL Mid Ohio Open.

Here are the official results from the MSXL Mid Ohio Open:

Divison 3 RaceTo-4:

1^stPlace- Cleveland Imperial

2^ndPlace- STRUGGLE

3^rd Place- Jerome Bettis all-stars

4^th Place- GRAFFITI

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Division 4 RaceTo-4:

1^st Place- Struggle Bus

2^nd Place- ATB Origins

3^rd Place- Phenomenon

4^th Place- LVL UP

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Division 4 RaceTo-2:

1^st Place- Youngstown Dimension

2^nd Place- Imperium

3^rd Place- Barn Assassins

4^th Place- Trouble N Paradise

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Division 5 RaceTo-3:

1^st Place- Mohawk

2^nd Place- TCP Goon Squad

3^rd Place- TCP Reapers

4^th Place- Nitro D5

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Division 6 RaceTo-2 (3man):

1^st Place- Paintball Country Patriots Blue

2^nd Place- Nitro D6

3^rd Place- Paintball Country Patriots Stars

4^th Place- Paintball Country Patriots Red

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The MSXL Mid Ohio Open was a total success, largely because of the outstanding MSXL and LVL UP staff that helped our facility run smoothly as we brought so many new faces to LVL UP Sports Paintball Park.

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SPECIAL THANKS:

Vendors:

DYE Paintball, DLX Technologies / GoG Paintball, Valken, Asylum Extreme, Carbon Paintball, UNDR Industries and LVL UP Food.

MSXL Staff:

Kenny, Matt, Zoe, Quenton, Aaron, Mooch and everyone else that made this event one to remember

LVL UP Staff:

Dave, Doug, Connor, Evan, Joe, James, Marybeth, Lilly, Megan, Kaine, Eddie, Josh, Gene, Logan, Douglas, John, Eve, Jesse, Summer, Nikki

Can’t wait ’til next year!