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Week 14 gave us a full slate of football in the IFL and it all kicked off with a Thursday night game between the Spokane Empire and Colorado Crush. The game was exactly the opposite of what was expected as the Crush came out with a 45-36 win, handing the Empire their third straight loss. Spokane is in a dogfight for the Intense Conference playoff spots and they'll desperately need to improve to get in. Saturday night brought us four more games with three kicking off at 7:05 PM CT. In the north the Sioux Falls Storm hosted the Cedar Rapids Titans in what could be the final ever matchup between these rivals. The Storm wiped the floor with Cedar Rapids by a score of 54-20. Out the Nebraska it was a battle between the hosting Danger and Green Bay Blizzard. Nebraska put down Green Bay fairly easily, 41-25, which will definitely help in the Dangers quest to go to the Intense Conference Championship. Down in Texas the Wichita Falls Nighthawks hosted the Iowa Barnstormers in the IFL Game of the Week. The game would have huge repercussions on the United Conference side of the playoffs with the winner getting an inside track to the United Conference Championship. In what was a back and forth game for most of the night it came down to the final minute with a battle of kickers. First up was the Barnstormers kicker Kenton Chun, who is statistically the worst kicker in the IFL. Chun would make the FG giving Iowa a 3 point lead setting up Wichita Falls with just seconds left to send out the best kicker in the IFL Rockne Belmonte. The FG missed and Iowa away a tight 50-47 win. Wrapping up the weekend was the Arizona Rattlers and Salt Lake Screaming Eagles. Salt Lake stood no chance against Kevin Guy and Co. as the Rattlers cruised to a 63-33 win over Salt Lake.
Week 15 again will give us a full slate of 5 games on the dock. 2 games on Friday starting out with the Iowa Barnstormers hosting the Green Bay Blizzard at 7:05 PM CT. Then at 9 PM CT the Spokane Empire look for revenge as they take on the Colorado Crush. Saturday has just one game with the Sioux Falls Storm hosting the Wichita Falls Nighthawks at 7:05 PM CT in a game that again has major repercussions with it. Sunday night again has another major game this time in the Intense Conference as Arizona hosts Nebraska at 5 PM CT. It caps off on Monday night when the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles host the Cedar Rapids Titans at 8 PM CT. |
| Credit: Champions Indoor Football |
Champions Indoor Football had a huge Week 13 with every game having some sort of playoff implications. Friday night saw two games being played. Opening up the weekend was the CIF Game of the Week between Duke City and the Texas Revolution. The Gladiators would take the win 35-28 in Allen, TX over the Revs to keep alive their playoff hopes. Down in Belton the CenTex Cavalry hosted the Amarillo Venom. The Venom came out in a no mercy attitude, crushing the Cavalry 60-26. Saturday saw the other four game being played all starting with a matinee between the Salina Liberty and Bloomington Edge. After weeks of trials and tribulations the Liberty finally won their first game 47-34 on the road in Bloomington, IL. In Sioux City, IA the Bandits hosted the Bucks with Bismarck looking to get them a better edge over West Michigan and Sioux City looking to keep themselves in first place. The Bandits took the win by a final score of 67-49. In Ralston, NE the Omaha Beef played host to the West Michigan Ironmen. West Michigan, last years AIF runner-up, has had a very poor first season in the CIF and it continued as the Beef took down the Ironmen 42-39. The last game of the week was a Southern Division impacting game as the Dallas Marshals hosted the Wichita Force. Wichita, last years Champions Bowl winner, got the best of the Marshals winning 34-27.
Week 14, the second to last Week of the CIF regular season has all 14 teams in action over seven games again this week. It opens up on Friday night at 7:05 PM CT when the Bloomington Edge host the West Michigan Ironmen in a must win game for the Ironmen. Saturday night has the other six games being played kicking off with two at 6:35 PM CT. In the North Division the Salina Liberty host the Bismarck Bucks, while Salina is out of the playoffs they definitely want to win a second game to close out the season. In the Southern Division the Dodge City Law host the Texas Revolution in a battle that is huge for first place. The other four games all start at 7:05 PM CT and in the North is the final regular season battle between the Omaha Beef and their archrival Sioux City Bandits. An inter-divisional matchup takes place in Independence, MO when the Kansas City Phantoms host the Dallas Marshals. While the Phantoms cannot make the playoffs a win for them can definitely hurt the Marshals chances. In Wichita, KS the Force are looking to stake their claim in the playoffs as they host the CenTex Cavalry. And last but not least out west, in what is one of the most important games this week, the Duke City Gladiators host the Amarillo Venom as Duke City looks to keep their playoff hopes alive. As always all games can be viewed live on Eversport.
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| Credit: National Arena League |
Week 10 in the National Arena League was well exactly what we expected and we even saw the first shutout of the season and NAL history, a rarity in this sport. The shutout happened when the Columbus Lions massacred the Wolfpack 77-0 in Columbus, GA. In the NAL Game of the Week the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks took down the High Country Grizzlies 56-28. And wrapping up the week was the usual Jacksonville beatdown as the Sharks took down the Monterrey Steel 42-13 in Jacksonville.
The most exciting events of the week happened actually in between games. The first of which was relatively minor news as the Jersey Flight, who will be lucky to play a game next season, named Jake Grande as head coach. It's good to name a head coach this early especially to get a head start into the off-season but it doesn't matter when your ownership says they need to raise funds to play. The biggest news of the week came from Jacksonville as they relieved Mark Stoute of his head coaching duties and named Siaha Burley as head coach. That's right the 8-0 Sharks who have just crushed the rest of the NAL made what is by far the stupidest move of the season by firing their head coach. Welcome to AIF 2.0 people.
Week 11 in the NAL will see three games being played, none of which should be a challenge. The first two games are at 6 PM CT as the High Country Grizzlies host the Columbus Lions and the Georgia Firebirds host the Monterrey Steel. Then on Sunday at 7 PM CT the Corpus Christi Rage host the Jacksonville Sharks.
Our Game of the Week is getting a bit of a revamp this week. As always we'll have the CIF Game of the Week but no NAL Game of the Week as instead there will be 2 IFL Co-Games of the Week. Saturday night will see two games, both at 7:05 PM as the CIF Game of the Week is between the Duke City Gladiators and Amarillo Venom. Both teams want and need to win as it will help keep Duke City's playoff hopes alive while a win for the Venom helps them to try and move to first place in the Southern Division. The first of two in the IFL Game of the Week sees the Sioux Falls Storm hosting the Wichita Falls Nighthawks. A very angry Nighthawks team will be coming into Sioux Falls needing a win to maintain a decent shot at the playoffs while Sioux Falls is facing the only team they've lost too this season and still have a chance at not making the playoffs, look for this to be a dogfight. Last but not least is the second IFL Game of the Week on Sunday at 5 PM as the Intense Conference leading Arizona Rattlers host the second place Nebraska Danger. The Danger need a win to push themselves into the playoffs for yet another year while Arizona wants to hold onto the first place spot in the Intense Conference.
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