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Post by CF4L on Jun 4, 2011 22:49:32 GMT -5
APFL STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 11 Sioux City Bandits 9-0 Iowa Blackhawks 4-4 Mid-Missouri Outlaws 4-4 Kansas Koyotes 3-5 Springfield Wolfpack 2-6 Florida Scorpions 0-1 Kansas City Matadors 0-2 Week 11 GamesSioux City Bandits 49 @ Iowa Blackhawks 42 Springfield Wolf Pack 26 @ Kansas Koyotes 32 Week 12 Games11 June (Sat): Springfield Wolf Pack @ Iowa Blackhawks 7:05PM 11 June (Sat): Kansas Koyotes @ Sioux City Bandits 7:05PM 11 June (Sat): Florida Scorpions @ Mid-Missouri Outlaws 7:05PM
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 5, 2011 1:04:07 GMT -5
My picks:
Iowa (5-4) Sioux City (10-0) Mid-Missouri (5-4)
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 5, 2011 2:26:54 GMT -5
If Iowa wins this coming week, they clinch a playoff berth.
If Mid-Missouri wins this coming week, they also clinch a playoff berth.
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Post by CF4L on Jun 5, 2011 12:03:06 GMT -5
sounding like its possible FL won't be in Sedalia this week. Too bad, things were going generally well. Not that it matters, Mid-Mo wasn't ever losing that game anyway.
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Post by CF4L on Jun 6, 2011 9:27:00 GMT -5
Bandits might have scored 112, but let's move onwww.siouxcityjournal.com/sports/columnists/allspach/article_74675596-e8c9-5014-8537-245ad3624436.htmlThe Sioux City Bandits, reaching the century mark in scoring safely behind them, turned their high-scoring defense on nearby rival Iowa (as in Council Bluffs) Blackhawks Saturday night. The Bandits, who play indoor football, not 3-on-3 basketball, scored 112 points and gave up none in a game just over a week ago. It is best to either forget or not remember the name of the team, like several of their players, who were referred to as "unidentified'' in the game summary that appeared in The Journal. Anyway, the 112-0 losers are contemplating joining Sioux City's American Professional Football League. They'd be better suited to schedule East, Heelan, North and West middle school teams in preparing to take the big step. And hope they win because local sophomore teams would love to take a shot, too. By the way, 112 points didn't represent an indoor record. Within days of the Sioux City romp, the Erie (Pa.) Explosion beat the Fayetteville Force 138-0. The unbeaten Bandits have much to shoot for.
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 6, 2011 22:07:38 GMT -5
sounding like its possible FL won't be in Sedalia this week. Too bad, things were going generally well. Not that it matters, Mid-Mo wasn't ever losing that game anyway. Who will they be playing then?
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Post by CF4L on Jun 6, 2011 22:27:50 GMT -5
I think that rumor could be BS.
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 6, 2011 23:04:38 GMT -5
Or true and a team will try to pass themselves off as Florida.
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Post by CF4L on Jun 9, 2011 22:26:35 GMT -5
This is pretty awesome of the Bandits! Stay safe, Sioux City!
Bandits handing out free tickets to flood victims, volunteers
SIOUX CITY - The Sioux City Bandits are giving away free tickets for Saturday's game to flood victims in Union and Dakota County and volunteers who have helped with relief efforts, the organization announced on Wednesday.
The Bandits, 9-0 and off to the best start in franchise history, will host the Kansas Koyotes at 7:05 p.m.
Floodwaters from the Missouri River, swelling to record depths after increased releases from six dams upstream, has forced hundreds of residents to evacuate Dakota Dunes. People there and in surrounding communities have spent more than a week sandbagging, building levees and preparing to leave their homes if needed.
"The Bandits organization felt it would be a nice opportunity for these folks who have had a lot of stress in their lives over the last few weeks to be able to relax on a Saturday night and come to a Bandits game," Assistant General Manager Mark Carley said. "Everybody seems to get together in these kind of times and help with the things that need to be done - and we're no different."
Free admission is reserved for the Level 3 balcony of Tyson Events Center and tickets are subject to a first come, first serve basis - and a limit of four per person.
To claim the free tickets, one must present valid identification (a driver's license, for example) at the Tyson Center Box Office between 10:30 and 5:30 p.m., now until Friday. An I.D. is needed, Carley said, to confirm that ticket claimers are residents of Dakota or Union County.
As for the volunteers?
"The box office is just going to take a volunteer's word for it," Carley said.
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Post by CF4L on Jun 9, 2011 22:30:13 GMT -5
Up-and-down Outlaws in midst of race for 2nd seed, not overlooking Scorpionsby Seth Stringer www.sedaliademocrat.com/sports/2nd-34744-overlooking-arena.htmlIt’s been a tumultuous and frenetic start to the season for the Mid-Missouri Outlaws, who, through eight games, are an ugly, yet encouraging, 4-4. The ugly part? The four turnovers averaged a game, the miscues of a young defense that has allowed 45 points a game and 57 over the recent 1-4 stretch, and the 1-3 record on the road have raised red flags. Add in a mid-season four-game losing skid and the termination of a 31-game home unbeaten streak, and the team that once captured three-straight Central Plains Football championships hasn’t looked like its dominant old self. The encouraging part? The Outlaws, who hadn’t lost more than three games in their previous four seasons, are still in control of their destiny. With three games left, the Outlaws find themselves tied with the Iowa Blackhawks for the coveted No. 2 position in the American Professional Football League race. And they can thank the Sioux City Bandits for that. Locking up the No. 1 seed in the APFL playoffs, the Bandits improved to 9-0 last Saturday with a 49-42 win over the Blackhawks. It was their third win of the season over the Council Bluffs-based squad, which has lost two straight to fall to 4-4. The Blackhawks’ other loss came to the Outlaws two weeks ago, a 44-40 heartbreaker thanks to a late interception from Reggie Singletary that capped off 22 unanswered points by the Outlaws in the final eight minutes. “It was big,” said Mid-Missouri quarterback Kyle Middleton, who has thrown for 26 touchdowns, and run for two more, compared to 11 interceptions. “The win ended the four-game losing streak and was mainly just a confidence booster in showing we could beat those guys.” The clutch finish kept alive the Outlaws’ hopes of securing home-field advantage in the postseason semifinal, with winner of that No. 2 vs. No. 3 matchup likely having to travel to Sioux City for the championship. The game likely to determine the No. 2 seed will come in two weeks, when Iowa travels to Sedalia for the rubber match. But the Outlaws can’t afford to look past the Florida Scorpions (0-1), who come to the Mathewson Exhibition Center this Saturday. “We’ve got to take every game one at a time,” Middleton said. “We’re pretty sure everyone’s focused on Florida and after last week’s win, we’re ready to get back to our winning ways.” In a season where they’ve had to adjust after the retirements of Ben Lyles — who is now the head coach — and co-owner and former defensive back Chad Jackson, the Outlaws haven’t found their form just yet. But according to Middleton, the team is on the cusp of turning its youthful talent into a dominant stretch. “We haven’t even scratched the surface (of our potential),” the five-year starter said. “We’ve got to get everybody together at the same time, and when that happens, we’ll be a dangerous team.”
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 9, 2011 22:55:34 GMT -5
If they lose to the Scorpions they deserve the #3 seed, but even then all they'd have to do is win out and they'd still get the #2 seed. Iowa at Mid-Mo in a few weeks will probably determine who gets the other home playoff game.
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Post by Banana Cat on Jun 11, 2011 6:44:33 GMT -5
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