West Plains, MO. – Grizzlies won the first series of the program’s historic first season against Northeast State Community College in Tennessee with a 3-0 sweep.
In Call of Duty Vanguard, students must win a best-of-5 series and play three different game modes. The first match type was Hardpoint. In Hardpoint, players must take and maintain control of points that move across the map. The first team to 250 points wins the match.
It was an adrenaline-fueled match. While Grizzlies took an early lead, Northeast reclaimed a dominant position about halfway through. Merely a second away from defeat as the opposing team had 249 points, Drew Hooker stormed the point in an effort to stall for a few seconds, and his gambit paid off. His teammates were able to make it to point, take out their opponents, and hold the point to make an outstanding comeback. The final score was 250-249.
The second match type was Search and Destroy. In this mode, players have one life, and either play to protect a bomb or to activate a bomb. This type is a series of game in which the winning team must win six times.
While it looked this match was going to result in a loss when Northeast had a 5-2 lead, the Grizzlies demonstrated their resiliency by winning every game from that point. The match finished with a 6-5 win from the Grizzlies The opposing team had a strong start creating a 2-5 situation for the grizzlies, but they held their composure and swept the rest of the games, finishing the map with a 6-5 win.
By the third match type, which is Control, the opposing team’s spirit seemed to have been broken, and the Grizzlies easily wrapped up the series with a 3-1 win in Control, so there was no need to play additional maps.
Grizzly E-Sport coach Alex Pinnon was thrilled at the victory, stating “Honestly, I am so proud of these players. In their first game of the year, they faced great adversity, but they never gave up.” Pinnon continued, “Their week’s of practice learning how to communicate with one another, learning map strategies, and learning to trust their teammates paid off. Our players were the embodiment of grit, composure, and clear communication.”
