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 4th 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 8th 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 2nd, and TCP Reapers taking 3rd. In the Division 4 X-ball, Struggle Bus took first place followed by ATB Origins in 2nd, and LVLUP coming in 3rd. 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 2nd, and Paintball Country Patriots Stars coming in 3rd. Next up in the Division 4 5-man Youngstown Dimension took 1st place. Imperium came in 2nd, and Barn Assassins finished 3rd. 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 1st place finish. STRUGGLE took 2nd place, and Jerome Bettis all-stars brought home 3rd. Sunday concluded the event, but was not lacking any action. The tournament definitely ended with a bang.

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

Divison 3 RaceTo-4:

1st Place- Cleveland Imperial

2nd Place- STRUGGLE

3rd Place- Jerome Bettis all-stars

4th Place- GRAFFITI

Division 4 RaceTo-4:

1st Place- Struggle Bus

2nd Place- ATB Origins

3rd Place- Phenomenon

4th Place- LVL UP

Division 4 RaceTo-2:

1st Place- Youngstown Dimension

2nd Place- Imperium

3rd Place- Barn Assassins

4th Place- Trouble N Paradise

Division 5 RaceTo-3:

1st Place- Mohawk

2nd Place- TCP Goon Squad

3rd Place- TCP Reapers

4th Place- Nitro D5

Division 6 RaceTo-2 (3man):

1st Place- Paintball Country Patriots Blue

2nd Place- Nitro D6

3rd Place- Paintball Country Patriots Stars

4th Place- Paintball Country Patriots Red

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.

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!