In light of the Halo World Championship that took place in March, 343 Industries partnered with ESL to produce the first ever Halo Championship Series: Pro League. Some of the best teams in North America qualified and were put through a seven-week gauntlet that will culminate with the Summer Finals this weekend.The top four teams will go on to face off for a chance at being crowned the North American Halo champions while the fifth and sixth teams are safe until next season. The bottom two teams will be forced to fight their way back into the HCS Pro League through a relegation-style tournament where two top amateur teams will be waiting to contend for the spots.Heres what you need to know heading into the Summer Finals.The top contendersCounter Logic GamingPaul Snakebite Duarte Matthew Royal 2 Fiorante Bradley Frosty Bergstrom TJ Lethul CampbellAfter the dust of the regular season settled, four teams remained but one team stood head and shoulders above the rest. Counter Logic Gaming, winners of the Halo World Championship in March, finished in first place with only one blemish on its otherwise perfect record. Heading into the HCS Pro League, CLG dominated the conversation, along with the competition by not dropping a single series.But as people began to wonder if the team would ever lose, CLG were handed its first series loss by Enigma6. Luckily, the team didnt drop a series again to wrap up its regular season with a six-series win streak. CLG bled only slightly but this squad has been the standard of consistency since its formation and is still heavily favored to take the event.Enigma 6Carlos Cratos Ayala Cuyler Huke Garland Jesse Bubu Dubu Moeller Ryan Shooter SondhiEnigma6s season has been plagued by highs and lows, but it caught fire at the right time. The first time we saw this roster was at the PAX East Invitational and its debut was underwhelming at best. A last place finish, which included a loss at the hands of Optic Gaming, was the low point of its season while taking down CLG and finishing in second place established it as one of the best teams in North America. E6 enter the Summer Finals on a wave of confidence and is the team most likely to dethrone CLG.Team EnVyUsAustin Mikwen McCleary Justin Pistola Deese Visal el TowN Mohanan Timothy Rayne TinklerTeam EnVyUs arrive at the Summer Finals as the third seed. It was the first to show CLG have dents in the armor by taking the team to five games in Week 4. Does it have the potential to do so again? With Pistola and Mikwen, talented players who were left out after failing to qualify for the Halo World Championship, the team will be looking for revenge. Its shown that it can hang with the best, but the team has a hard time closing out series. It might explain why Envy carries a losing record against the rest of the teams in the top four.Cloud9Tyler Ninja Blevins Hamza Commonly Abbaali Cameron Victory X Thorlakson Zane Penguin HearonNinja is one of the most well-known and, at times, most dangerous players in the HCS Pro League, and Victory X has been competing since 2005, which brings maturity and experience to the roster. The team almost didnt make it into the Summer Finals and left its fate in the hands of Counter Logic Gaming, which was slated to compete against Evil Geniuses. Luckily, CLG swept EG 3-0 and secured the teams spot.Fighting for their livesTeam LiquidTyler Spartan Ganza Braedon Stellur Boettcher Kevin Eco Smith Dan Danoxide TerlizziTeam Liquid were one of two teams to make its way into the HCS Pro League and were winless until Week 4. The higher ranked of the two relegated teams gets to choose which amateur team itll face in the tournament. Team Liquid upset fourth place Renegades to finish the season 2-12, the same record Optic Gaming finished with. Due to map win percentage, Team Liquid enter the tournament as the seventh seed and its late season heroics should provide the momentum it needs to defend its spot.Optic GamingNick Maniac Kershner Aaron Ace Elam Cory Str8 Sick Sloss Bradley APG LawsFan favorite Optic Gaming were the last team to make its way into the HCS Pro League through the Last Chance Qualifier, and now it has to prove it belongs with its performance in the relegation tournament. Its last place finish means that it lacks the luxury of choosing its opponent and will have to address its gameplay if it wants to remain among the best. Green Bay Packers Store . LOUIS -- Theres no telling how these wacky World Series games will end. 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Motivated, not satisfied.Only the reigning Super Bowl MVP, Von Miller of the Denver Broncos, has more sacks this season than Hyder, a player few had heard of a year ago. The defensive end has five sacks and has been one of the few bright spots for the Detroit Lions (1-3) so far.Hyder quietly waited his turn to get a chance to play in the NFL, going undrafted in 2014 and spending nearly two seasons on practice squads with the New York Jets and Lions before getting his shot. He is making the most of an opportunity that came about because Ezekiel Ansah has missed much of the season with a sprained left ankle.Hyder insisted he never doubted his ability to play in the league.It was just a matter of time, Hyder said Wednesday.Hyder speaks softly with a gentle smile, but practices hard and plays with relentless effort to make up for his lack of imposing size or blazing speed. The 6-foot-2, 270-pound Hyder understands why he was not among the 256 players taken in the 2014 NFL draft after he had two sacks as a senior at Texas Tech.Im not 6-5. I dont have the measureables that people look for, he said. A player like me just needs a chance to get in to show that you can make plays at this level. It was hard. Sometimes I would get anxious and wonder why I wasnt getting a shot. My mom and dad would always tell me to enjoy the process. My dad would remind me there are a bunch of people fighting for those practice squad spots so make them earn it if theyre going to take your spot.The Rex Ryan-led Jets gave him his first NFL job, putting him on their practice squad two years ago.When the season was over, Rex wasnt there anymore andd it was clearly time for me to find a better situation, Hyder said.ddddddddddddHyders second chance came last year in Detroit and he took advantage. He was regularly recognized for helping the team prepare for opponents as the look team player of the week.He got it several weeks, Lions coach Jim Caldwell said. And, he probably couldve gotten it almost every week.Caldwell and his coaches noticed Hyder was in the backfield a lot so they moved him from defensive tackle to end and asked him to lose some weight. It has worked out for both parties.Hyder is the first player to open a season for the Lions with a sack in four straight games since William Gay did it in 1983. When Detroit hosts the NFC East-leading Philadelphia Eagles (3-0) on Sunday, one of Hyders former teammates will be thrilled to see him in uniform on a game day for a change.Im glad that Kerry Hyder finally gets the respect hes due, Eagles linebacker Stephen Tulloch said. Hes a guy that wears number 61. Nobody thought he would make the team.Even though Hyders spot on the team is secure, he plans to maintain his pace as a pass-rusher for a team that desperately needs it with Ansah and linebacker DeAndre Levy nursing injuries.I just want to keep it going, Hyder said. I dont want to dwell on what has happened in the last game or the game before that. If I keep playing hard, the stats will come.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Larry Lage at http://www.twitter.com/larrylage and follow his work at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/larry-lage ' ' '