Grid League 2026 – Breakers vs Lions: Palm Beach Wins 21-16 and Takes the East Three Seed

The Palm Beach Breakers beat the Fort Lauderdale Lions 21-16 at the Mesquite Convention Center in Mesquite, Texas to close the regular season. The match was tied 10-10 through the first four races.

The first Ringer Point was a rerun of last season’s, where Loredana Niroda had beaten Eric Cardona on the handstand obstacle course. Cardona got through the lateral handstand walk clean this time, had open floor to the cones, and took the rematch.

Palm Beach took the Ladder 66-64, one made bar apart, and Joshua Newell won the heavy sandbag carry over Ryan DeMattie, a rematch of the farmers carry DeMattie took last year. That put the Breakers up 18-15 with the sprint relay left. They spent their Super Wild Card on Reece Lyons and won the race to close it out.

The match ran Hang Loose, the fourth and last of the season’s match formats, and Palm Beach handled it better than any team in the league, on a Hang Loose rank total of 23. The win moved them to 2-2 and into the East’s third seed. The Breakers meet Fort Lauderdale again in the conference semifinal at the championship on October 3 and 4 in Lakeland.

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