Tri-Cities Fever
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| Tri-Cities Fever | |
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| Tri-Cities Fever logo | |
| Founded | 2005 |
| League | NIFL (2005-2006) af2 (2007-2009) IFL (2010-future) |
| Team History | Tri-Cities Fever (2005-present) |
| Arena | Toyota Center |
| Based in | Kennewick, Washington |
| Team colors | Blue, Gold, White |
| President | Terri Carr |
| Head Coach | Adam Shackleford |
| Championships | 1 (NIFL: 2005) |
| Division Titles | 0 |
| Dancers | Fever Dance Team |
| Mascot | Torch |
The Tri-Cities Fever are a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League. Their first season was in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League. Though they represent the entire Tri-Cities region, they play their home games exclusively at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, Washington. When the Fever play at the Toyota Center, the arena is known as 'Gesa Field at the Toyota Center'. The teams Head coach is Adam Shackleford.
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[edit] Team history
[edit] National Indoor Football League (NIFL)
The Fever were founded in 2005 as part of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL), and they won their first "Indoor Bowl" championship on July 30, 2005, defeating the Rome Renegades 47-31 in Kennewick.
[edit] Move to af2
After the 2006 season, the Fever announced they were leaving the NIFL. On September 4, it was confirmed that they were moving to United Indoor Football, along with the Billings Outlaws and River City Rage.[1] The league was expected to make an official announcement at a press conference sometime on the weekend of September 11, and was also hoping to add the Rapid City Flying Aces and Wyoming Cavalry soon. However, Tri-Cities instead joined the af2 which had in-state rival Spokane.[2]
[edit] New ownership, new logo
The new ownership had introduced a new logo, with team colors and uniforms that were reminiscent of the Miami Dolphins on December 13, 2006 (left), but because of general fan dislike, the team announced on January 9, 2007 that they would be switching back to their old color scheme and logo.[3]
[edit] Back to the Carrs, on to the IFL
There had been speculation that the Fever would fold after the 2009 season, however, on September 6, it was announced that J. R. and Terri Carr had bought back the team from Texas af2 holdings, ensuring the Fever would return for the 2010 season. [4] Later that month, it was announced that the af2 was shutting down and the new Arena Football 1 was taking its place, including the Fever as a charter team. The Fever would drop out of the AF1 however on November 19 as the Tier 2 division, which the Fever were slated to be in, was scrapped by the league due to a lack of teams.[5] So the Fever joined the Indoor Football league based in Richmond, Va. The Fever join former rival (NIFL) and defending IFL champion the Billings Outlaws and new in-state rival the Kent Predators.
[edit] Head coaches
On April 26, 2009 Head coach Richard Davis was fired after an 0-5 start to the season.[6] On April 27, Pat O'Hara, Head coach of the Arena Football League's Los Angeles Avengers was named Head coach of the Fever while the AFL was suspended.[7] Ohara was going to remain Fever coach for the 2010 season in the IFL until he was offered head coaching job of the Orlando Predators of the af1. He was replaced by former Spokane Shock head coach Adam Shackleford.
[edit] Roster
| Player | Number | College | Position |
| Brandon Horace | 1 | Alabama State | WR |
| DeVon Walker | 2 | University of Nevada Reno | DB |
| Johnny Walker | 10 | Colorado State University | WR |
| Jamie Hattley | 12 | Charleston Southern | DB |
| Jo Artis Ratti | 20 | University of Idado | LB |
| Raymond Little | 23 | Sacramento City College | DB |
| Ben Alexader | 33 | University of Idado | LB/DE |
| Phil Jordan | 40 | Charleston Southern | DL |
| Andy Collins | Occidental College | QB | |
| Blair Boynton | Northern Arizona | DE | |
| Brandon Swain | West Texas A&M | DE | |
| Brett Jaekle | University of Nevada Reno | K | |
| Carldayle Bratley | S. Florida Atlantic | DB | |
| Courtney Miller | Oregon | DB | |
| Cyrus Mulitalo | Sacremento State | LB | |
| Demetrius Crawford | Montana State | RB | |
| Dion Small | Troy | OL/DL | |
| Fred Poole | Mississippi Valley State | DE | |
| George Perry | University of Hawaii | WR/DB | |
| George Stripling | Louisville | RB | |
| Harrington Waa | Golden West College | OL | |
| Jeremy Perry | Oregon State | OL | |
| Kenneth Davis | USC | RB | |
| Lance Witherspoon | Eastern Washington University | DB | |
| LaReylle Cuningham | University of California | WR | |
| Montavis Pittis | Auburn University | DB | |
| Pernnell Booth | Oregon State | DL | |
| Ryan Kelley | Eastern Washington University | DB | |
| Steven Kamui Jr. | Santa Rosa Jr. College | DE | |
| Thyron Lewis | Howard University | WR | |
| Tommy Breaux | Towson University | WR | |
| Tyson Thompson | San Jose State University | RB | |
[edit] 2010 Schedule
| Opponent | Date | Location | Score |
| Fairbanks Grizzles | 8-Mar | Fairbanks, Alaska | |
| Billings Outlaws | 14-Mar | Billings, Montana | |
| Kent Predators | 27-Mar | Kennewick, Washington | |
| Fairbanks Grizzles | 10-Apr | Kennewick, Washington | |
| Kent Predators | 18-Apr | Kent, Washington | |
| Billings Outlaws | 24-Apr | Kennewick, Washington | |
| Alaska Wild | 1-May | Kennewick, Washington | |
| Kent Predators | 8-May | Kennewick, Washington | |
| Colorado Ice | 15-May | Loveland, Colorado | |
| Alaska Wild | 23-May | Anchorage, Alaska | |
| Fairbanks Grizzles | 29-May | Kennewick, Washington | |
| Kent Predators | 4-Jun | Kent, Washington | |
| Alaska Wild | 12-Jun | Kennewick, Washington | |
| Billings Outlaws | 19-Jun | Billings, Montana | |
[edit] Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff results |
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| Tri-Cities Fever (NIFL) | |||||
| 2005 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3rd Pacific West | Won Pacific Conference Quarter Final (Wyoming) Won Pacific Conference Semi-Final (Everett) Won Pacific Conference Championship (Odessa) Won Indoor Bowl V (Rome) |
| 2006 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2nd Pacific North | Won Pacific Conference Quarter Final (Wyoming) Lost Pacific Conference Semi-Final (Billings) |
| Tri-Cities Fever (af2) | |||||
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3rd AC West | Lost AC Round 1 (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) |
| 2008 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5th NC West | -- |
| 2009 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 5th NC West | -- |
| Tri-Cities Fever (IFL) | |||||
| 2010 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Totals | 38 | 45 | 0 | (including playoffs) | |
[edit] Media Coverage
The Fever have seen a vast mix of media coverage through its years. Previously 106.5 FM Eagle was the home of the Fever. Currently 610 KONA is the home of game broadcasts and a weekly Fever talk. Also Tri-Cities Fever is generally the main topic on local blog talk radio show “Tri-Cities Sports Talk Live with Jeremy Burnham and Braydon Smith.” The Fever have had a few games shown on local television channels, no word yet on this for the 2010 season.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/04/sports/local/25-outlaws.txt
- ^ http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/breaking/story/8411447p-8306334c.html
- ^ http://www.sportstricities.com/sportstc/football/fever/story/8549671p-8443512c.html
- ^ Carrs return to run franchise they began in 2005
- ^ SPORTS: Tri-Cities Fever headed to Indoor Football League
- ^ "Davis Fired As Fever Head Coach". KNDO.com. KNDO/KNDU. April 26, 2009. http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=10250339. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ "O'Hara is New Fever Head Coach". KNDO.com. KNDO/KNDU. April 27, 2009. http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=10260202. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
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