Editing Jacksonville Warriors (section)

== History ==

=== Early competition ===

Jacksonville Warriors was competing in Florida tournament paintball by 1992.

Historical results compiled by ClassicScores record the team finishing third at the 1992 Florida State Open in Oldsmar, Florida, behind the Maniacs and Stingers.[1]

The team subsequently entered national NPPL competition.

At the 1996 World Cup in Orlando, Jacksonville Warriors finished third in the professional five-player division and seventh in the professional 10-man division.[2][9]

The organisation also entered a separate amateur five-player squad.

=== World Cup championships (1997–1998) ===

Jacksonville Warriors achieved its first documented World Cup championship in October 1997.

At the NPPL World Cup in Kissimmee, Florida, the team won the professional five-player division.

Jacksonville Warriors finished the professional finals with 106 points, ahead of the [[All Americans]] (85), [[Rage (paintball team)|Rage]] (72) and All Americans II (64).[3]

The following year, Jacksonville Warriors won the Amateur A five-player division at the 1998 NPPL World Cup.

The team defeated a field that included Brass Eagle, Hellwood and TNT, finishing the final round with 162 points.

Brass Eagle finished second with 74 points.[4]

Contemporary WARPIG coverage described the result as Jacksonville Warriors' second consecutive five-player World Cup championship, although the victories were achieved in different competitive divisions.[4]

=== National amateur success (1999–2000) ===

Jacksonville Warriors continued competing successfully in the NPPL Amateur A division.

At the 1999 Chicago Open, held at Badlandz Paintball in Illinois, Jacksonville Warriors won the Amateur A 10-man championship.[5]

At the 1999 World Cup in Orlando, Jacksonville Warriors finished second in the Amateur A five-player division, behind the [[Naughty Dogs]].

The result ended the team's run of consecutive five-player World Cup titles.[10]

Jacksonville Warriors won another national tournament at the 2000 NPPL Nashville event, held at Nashville Paintball Sports in Lebanon, Tennessee.

The team finished first in the Amateur A 10-man final with 210 points, ahead of Addicted, Naughty Dogs and Ground Zero Gold.[6]

=== Professional competition (2001–2002) ===

Jacksonville Warriors returned to the NPPL professional 10-man division for the 2001 season.

Team captain Paul Bollenbach told WARPIG that the change was intended to reduce the loss of players to other professional organisations.

During 2000, Kenny Klamper had joined [[Chicago Aftershock]], while Chris Huffnagle and Kevin Ackman had played for the All Americans.

Huffnagle and Ackman returned to Jacksonville Warriors for the 2001 season, alongside Chris Wright, who had previously played for Aftershock.[7]

The team's published 2001 professional roster included Bollenbach, Ackman, Huffnagle, Wright, Matt Davis, Greg Randall and other players.[8]

Jacksonville Warriors qualified for the professional 10-man semi-finals at the 2001 NPPL World Cup.[11]

The team continued competing professionally in 2002.

At the beginning of the season, Jacksonville Warriors changed its equipment sponsorship from [[Airgun Designs]] (AGD) to [[Worr Game Products]] (WGP).

Former All Americans player Frank Connell joined the roster during this period.

Contemporary reporting noted that Jacksonville Warriors regularly practised at Connell's field in Titusville, Florida.[12]

Jacksonville Warriors finished fifteenth in the 2002 NPPL professional 10-man season standings with 74 ranking points.[13]

The organisation also operated a development squad, Jax Warriors B, which competed in the novice division during 2002.[13]

The team's subsequent competitive history has not been conclusively established.