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New Roller Derby League Planned

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  Roller Derby has been around in some form since the 1930s.  From leagues to entertainment to the numerous flat-track teams around the United States.  The Extreme Roller Derby (ERD) is planning a new variation to the sport in 2025. The most notable change is the track.  The ERD will feature the "Extreme Ramp".  This addition will be 25 feet high and at a 45-degree angle.  The ERD banked track will also have 15 feet added to the straightaway to create more action.  The league will have eight city-named teams but will all play in the Extreme RollerDome in Costa Mesa, California.  The arena will have a seating capacity of 2,000. Some other notable features include: Extreme substitutions with female jammers vs male blockers and male jammers vs. female blockers. Jammers can score double points or more in Extreme Substitution wars. Each city team will field a men's and women's team. Regular season will run from January through October. Twenty (20) regular season matches wi

Indoor Soccer's Final Four Set

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The four teams in this season's Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) are set.  The San Diego Sockers will face the Chihuahua Savage in the Western Conference final while the surprising Milwaukee Wave will play the Kansas City Comets in the Eastern Conference final. The big news in the conference semifinals was Milwaukee's elimination of the heavily favored Monterrey Flash which had finished the MASL regular season undefeated at 24-0.  The Flash opened the playoff series edging the Wave 8-7 in Milwaukee, but the Wave won game two 5-4 then the 15-minute tiebreaker game 2-1 to stun Monterrey on their home field.  Each game in the series was won in overtime. The Comets became the only team in this season's semifinal round to sweep their series and they used a come-from-behind effort to beat Utica 7-5 to advance to the Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Wave. With the win, both of the Eastern Conference's top seeds have been eliminated from the playoffs with Utica City FC j

Indoor Football Scoreboard - 4/16/24

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Weekly arena/indoor football standings/scores: AMERICAN INDOOR FOOTBALL Corpus Christi Titans (3-0) Columbus (GA) Lions (2-0) Harrisburg Stampede (1-0) Cedar Rapids River Kings (0-2) Amarillo Venom (0-3) Last week's scores: Columbus 75, Amarillo 27 Harrisburg 84, Maryland Eagles 0 (Exhibition) Corpus Christi 58, Cedar Rapids 38 This week's schedule: Thursday, April 18 Harrisburg at Columbus Friday, April 19 Pharr Phantoms at Corpus Christi (Exhibition) INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE Eastern Division Massachusetts Pirates (4-0) Frisco Fighters (3-0) Green Bay Blizzard (2-1) Tulsa Oilers (2-1) Quad City Steamwheelers (1-2) Iowa Barnstormers (0-3) Jacksonville Sharks (0-3) Sioux Falls Storm (0-3) Western Division Bay Area Panthers (3-0) San Diego Strike Force (3-0) Vegas Knight Hawks (3-0) Northern Arizona Wranglers (2-1) Tucson Sugar Skulls (1-2) Arizona Rattlers (1-3) Duke City Gladiators (0-3) San Antonio Gunslingers (0-3) Last week's scores: Massachusetts 54, Iowa 29 Vegas 66, San

Swamp Buggy Racing: NASCAR in the Swamp

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So, imagine if you were able to race in the swamp? Never occurred to you? If you are a racing fan and love the swamp then you might want to check out swamp buggy racing. Yes, it’s a thing. Where can you see this kind of racing? Southwest Florida is THE place for this type of racing. Naples, Florida has been doing it for the past 75 years. So how did this sport get started? A man named Ed Frank from Naples, Florida invented what we know today as the swamp buggy.  As you can imagine, this vehicle was a necessity to navigate in the nearby Everglades in the and this vehicle proved valuable as the Everglades.  It was originally called the “Tumble Bug”, the first prototype was a tall and strange-looking vehicle and was used for just about everything from hunting expeditions around the area or as a family vehicle used in Sunday afternoon outings. Later, with a few dozen hunters, a race was created with these new vehicles. The first events took place around 1943. The races grew over the follow

Indoor Football Scoreboard - 4/10/24

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 This week's scoreboard for arena/indoor football leagues: American Indoor Football (AIF) Team W-L-T Corpus Christi Tritons 2-0-0 Columbus Lions 1-0-0 Harrisburg Stampede 1-0-0 Cedar Rapids River Kings 0-1-0 Amarillo Venom 0-2-0 Saturday, April 6 Harrisburg 44 At Cedar Rapids 29 Friday, April 12 Amarillo At Columbus Saturday, April 13  Maryland Eagles At Harrisburg (Exhibition Game) Sunday, April 14 Cedar Rapids At Corpus Christi Indoor Football League (IFL) Eastern Division W-L-T Frisco Fighters 2-0-0 Massachusetts Pirates 3-0-0 Green Bay Blizzard 2-1-0 Quad City Steamwheelers 1-1-0 Tulsa Oilers 1-1-0 Iowa Barnstormers 0-2-0 Jacksonville Sharks 0-3-0 Sioux Falls Storm 0-2-0 Western Division W-L-T Bay Area Panthers 2-0-0 San Diego Strike Force 2-0-0 Vegas Knight Hawks 2-0-0 Northern Arizona Wranglers 2-1-0 Tucson Sugar Skulls 1-1-0 Arizona Rattlers 1-2-0 Duke City Gladiators 0-3-0 San Antonio Gunslingers 0-2-0 Saturday, April 6 Northern Arizona 57 At San Antonio 50 Bay Area 48 At J