An Exciting Weekend as 15 Premier Teams Competed in 12 Tournaments
in 11 Different Venues in 3 States!
In King of Prussia, PA, Premier EDGE 14 and Premier Pulse playing in opposite pools and had an incredible pool play. Both teams went undefeated in the pool to get 1st and both teams worked through their way through their respective playoff bracket successfully to meet in the final. So it was all Premier Final and it was game on! The first set was back and forth and Premier EDGE 14 managed to win it 25-23 and then they won the 2nd set. So it was Premier EDGE 14 with gold and Premier Pulse with Silver. Coach Rod Gerhart commented, "It was an exciting match. It was fun to match against Berger! He was making adjustments and was making my own to keep it up. Such a fun way to end the tournament."
Missing 2 players, Premier EDGE 18 finished 5-1 in pool play which was not enough to get into the Gold but dropped to Silver Bracket. They won both the semi final match vs Spike City and then defeated MVA 18-1 in the Silver Final to win the Sliver Bracket.
Premier Infinity, with Coach Dave helping out, went 1-5 in the pool play for a rough start but then turned it around and won semis and final to win the Bronze Bracket.
After their 1st tournament in January being snowed out, Panthers was waiting patiently to play in their first tournament. They traveled to Snow Hill to play in 2-Day Eastern Shore Showdown in Maryland. As 13 team playing in 13/14 division, they knew it would challenging but they are up for it. Facing a solid 14 team in the 1st match, it was tough competition and lost but they kept their heads up and went to win the their next match and finished 1-2 on the day. Back on Sunday, they went Silver Bracket and winning their last two matches to finish 13s Silver Bracket. Great first tournament!
On Sunday, Premier EDGE 15 and Premier Wolfpack participated in MDJRS 15 Open with great competition. They were in opposite pools. Premier EDGE 15 finished 3-3 and Premier Wolfpack finished 1-5 but both teams compete hard against their opponents and just feel short and ended up meeting each other in the Silver Bracket Semi Finals. It was an exciting match. Premier Wolfpack took Set One 25-15 and then the 2nd set was a battle and Premier EDGE 15 squeeze out the win at 25-23. For the 3rd set, the lead changed multiple times, but Premier EDGE 15 won a close set 15-11. It was great play by both teams.
Tag(s): Home Purple (Pink Select 12) Fusion (Pink Select 12) Panthers (Pink Select 13) Strikers (Pink Select 13) EDGE 14 EDGE 15 EDGE 18 Force (Black Select 13) Power (Black Select 14) WolfPack (Black Select Plus) Storm (Black Select 16) Wave (White Select 14) Pulse (White Select 14) Infinity (White Select 18) Komodo Dragons (BOYS)