Snipers at the World Games
Team USA takes GOLD at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama. Snipers players included PJ Kavaya, Brandon Hawkins, Troy Redmann, Jack Combs and Nathan Sigmund. Tim McManus was named head coach while Greg Thompson was brought on as Assistant Coach.
Team USA edged on the Czech Republic in a close 2-1 overtime game. Sniper's Nathan Sigmund scored the game winner in overtime!
The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions that are not currently contested at the Olympic Games; the Games featured 3,600 athletes competing in 206 medal events over 30 sports.
They were originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but were postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were the second edition of the World Games to be hosted by the United States since their inaugural edition in 1981.