Indoor Football Weekly #23

Last week was one of the most exciting weeks of indoor football this season. With a lot of close games and a few upsets across all three leagues. Let's hope more of that comes this week.

Credit: Indoor Football League

The Indoor Football League's Week 12 gave us some expected and some unexpected scores. On Friday night the Cedar Rapids Titans hosted the Arizona Rattlers to kick off the week. The game that was expected to be a beat down was the exact opposite as the Rattlers just edged out the Titans 34-32.  In the second game on Friday night the Wichita Falls Nighthawks hosted the Nebraska Danger. Wichita Falls came out on top over the Danger by a final score of 57-40. Saturday night had three games that started with the Green Bay Blizzard hosting the Iowa Barnstormers. In a close game that Iowa controlled most of the night, the Barnstormers came out on top with a 41-34 win over Green Bay. The wrap up game on Saturday night was the IFL Game of the Week between the Sioux Falls Storm and Spokane Empire. The Storm came out hot and just never gave the lead up finishing with a 62-32 thrashing of the Intense Conference leading Empire. Ending the week was an IFL Edition of Monday Night Football between Project FANchise's two teams the Colorado Crush and Salt Lake Screaming Eagles. In a game that had stream issues (shocking regarding these teams right?) the Screaming Eagles beat the Crush 64-41.
Week 13 once again kicks off on a Friday night starting with the final ever battle within Project FANchise as the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles (2-8) host the Colorado Crush (2-8) at 8:00 PM CT. At 9:00 PM CT on Friday night has the Spokane Empire (7-3) hosting the Arizona Rattlers (6-4), expect this game to be a fight to the finish just like the first one this season. Saturday night has two games, both at 7:05 PM CT. In the east the Iowa Barnstormers (8-2) host the Cedar Rapids Titans (1-10) in what could be the final ever game between these two teams. In the west the Sioux Falls Storm (9-1) host the Green Bay Blizzard (2-9), the two times these teams have met the Blizzard gave the Storm a fight so look for more of the same. You can catch Spokane-Arizona, Iowa-Cedar Rapids, and Sioux Falls-Green Bay LIVE and FREE on YouTube, Salt Lake-Colorado who the hell knows but expect it on Twitch.

Credit: Champions Indoor Football

Champions Indoor Football, like usual gave us another fantastic week of football, full of nail biters and upsets. All CIF games were played just on Saturday but the week opened up in the east with the West Michigan Ironmen hosting the Bloomington Edge. The Edge would barely take down the hosting Ironmen winning 68-67. Next up was the Texas Revolution and the Salina Liberty. While Salina had not won a game coming into Week 11 they have been playing good football as of late. However good just wasn't enough on Saturday night in Allen, TX as the Revs took a close W 46-42. In Amarillo the CIF Game of the Week was happening with the Venom hosting the Duke City Gladiators, these teams have faced each other twice this season with the games being decided by a combined four points. This game was no different in result or tightness as Amarillo overcame Duke City 30-28. In Kansas the Wichita Force played host to the Dodge City Law. Wichita came and came to play like we haven't seen before and took down the Law 91-51. Up in Bismarck the Bucks played host to the Sioux City Bandits and that game went down to the last second literally. The Bismarck Bucks would beat Sioux City 63-61 on a last second field goal. In Ralston, NE the Omaha Beef took a close 37-29 win over the Kansas City Phantoms. Rounding out the week was the Dallas Marshals hosting the CenTex Cavalry and as expected the Marshals pounded the Cavalry 72-47.
Week 12 kicks the playoff run into overdrive as all teams have now played either 8 or 9 games this season. Friday night sees one game with the Wichita Force (4-4) hosting the Salina Liberty (0-9) at 7:05 PM CT. Saturday night has four games, all at 7:05 PM CT. The Amarillo Venom (7-1) host the Texas Revolution (6-2). In Muskegon, MI the West Michigan Ironmen (3-6) host the Omaha Beef (5-3) in a game where West Michigan needs a win to help them in the playoff race. Dodge City, KS will see the Dodge City Law (7-2) host the Duke City Gladiators (4-4). The Gladiators have been extremely good and are just mere points away from having a 7-1 record but instead their looking up from the bottom trying to salvage their way into the CIF Playoffs. And finally on Saturday the Bismarck Bucks (4-4) host the Kansas City Phantoms (1-8). The Bucks need a win to make sure they stay ahead for the fourth spot in the North while the Phantoms are looking too get a win and show that they are better than a 1-8 team. Sunday comes to us with just one game at 5:05 PM CT as the CenTex Cavalry (0-8) host the Dallas Marshals (5-3) from the Bell County Expo Center. The Marshals have massacred the Cavalry every time they've faced off don't expect that to change. All CIF games can be seen on Eversport.

Credit: National Arena League

The National Arena League entered it's eight week of the NAL's inaugural season. The NAL had all eight teams play over four games. With three games on Saturday at 6 PM CT each game was a blowout of the highest proportions. Opening up the Columbus Lions took down the Monterrey Steel 48-18 in Columbus, GA. In Jacksonville, FL the Sharks would stay unbeaten with a 71-6 win over the Corpus Christi Rage. And finally up in Allentown, PA the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks beat the Wolfpack 68-8. Finally the week ended with the High Country Grizzlies hosting the Georgia Firebirds. The Grizzlies would take the win 47-31.
Week 9 of the NAL will only have a single game as the Corpus Christi Rage (0-6) host the Monterrey Steel (3-2) from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX on Monday May 15th at 7:00 PM CT.

Last week's saw two beatdowns in the Games of the Week, let's hope for it to be better this week. The IFL Game of the Week kicks things off on Friday night as the Spokane Empire host the Arizona Rattlers at 9 PM CT. These teams have met once earlier this year with Spokane just edging out the Rattlers for the win. The CIF Game of the Week sees the Dodge City Law host the Duke City Gladiators at 7:05 PM CT. And wrapping up the week is the NAL Game of the Week on Monday when the Corpus Christi Rage host the Monterrey Steel. The IFL and NAL games can bee seen on YouTube while the CIF can be seen on Eversport.