DeKalb Icebreaker Schedule May 10-12

Blair Setford • May 1, 2024

2024 Icebreaker Pools & Schedule

Each pool plays crossover round robin games and then plays out of the pool based on record after crossover games from Saturday.


Pool A

DeKalb Hogs (DeKalb, Illinois)

Aurora Dolan and Murphy (Aurora, Illinois)

Optimum Crush (Kensoha, Wisconsin)


Pool B

DSC (Northern Illinois)

Chicago Bravos (Chicago, Illinois)

Wabash Sting (Wabash, Indiana)


*All games played on the main diamond next to the dog park unless otherwise noted.


Saturday

9am Aurora V DSC

1045am DSC V Hogs

1230pm Bravos V Aurora

*OC V Sting on big field

215pm Bravos V Hogs

*OC V Aurora on big field

400 Sting V Hogs

545 Sting V DSC

730 OC V Bravos


Sunday-single elimination

930am A2 V A3 & B2 V B3 Fields TBA

1130am Semis A1 & B1 vs 930am winners (stay within pool) Fields TBA

130PM Final on main diamond


Full concessions available.


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