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Daytona Beach Thunder vs. Columbus Lions Pre-Game Notes

April 13, 2007 - World Indoor Football League 2 (WIFL 2) News Release


DAYTONA BEACH THUNDER (1-4)

VS. COLUMBUS LIONS (4-1)

Saturday, April 14

AFLAC Field at Columbus Civic Center

MEDIA INFORMATION

Audiocast: www.dbthunderfootball.com, www.columbuslions.net and www.wifl.ezstream.com TALENT: Jeremy Jeffcoast (pbp) Chris Blackshear (color)

Live Scoring: Both team sites and www.wifl.us

TICKET INFORMATION

Available at Columbus Civic Center box office and www.ticketmaster.com

HEAD COACHES

Daytona Beach: Leon Bright (1st year, 1-4). Former high school All-American at Merritt Island High School who went to play at pre-Bobby Bowden Florida State, then a stellar CFL career with the British Columbia Lions before moving to the NFL with the New York Giants and Tampa Bay Bucs. He is the Director of the Chisholm Community Center in DeLand, and active in the area football community.

Columbus: Jason Gibson (1st with team, 3rd overall 15-15). An All-American receiver at Fairmont State University, Gibson went on to play in the CFL with the BC Lions and Toronto Argonauts then had a stint in Europe before coming to indoor ranks with Albany (AFL) and two af2 teams. He began his coaching career with the Greensboro Prowlers (af2) before taking the reigns of the Raleigh Rebels (AIFL) in 2005

KEY PLAYERS

Daytona Beach: QB Bo Bartik (4077-5 623 14td) QB Tavares Woodley (10-17-1 148 2TD) WR Barry Wagner (6-79-1) WR Cory McKinney (29-496-10), LB Joe Gidens (19t 2 int 2 tfl) LB Levar Simms (14.0 t 3 s)

Columbus: RB/KR Eugene Goodman (rush 50-194-6, ret: 19-144-2) QB Joey Conrad (16-38-0 244 5 TD), WR Silas Daniels (19-225-4) WR Jarwarski Pollock (18-180-4) LB Justin Rivers (22.5 t 2s 2 int) DB Damian Daniels (18t 6int)

THUNDER LIONS

Scoring Offense 37.0 44.2

Scoring Defense 47.8 35.8

Rushing Offense 19.6 41.4

Rushing Defense 47.2 26.0

Passing Offense 180.4 145.8

Passing Defense 218.2 167.5

Total Offense 200.0 187.2

Total Defense 265.4 193.6

Turnovers +1 +12

LAST MEETING: Columbus 45, Daytona Beach 42, 2/26 at Daytona Beach

NOTES: Georgia hosting Florida this week in the WIFL ... Georgia teams have 4 of the 6 meetings with the Florida teams (insert your own Florida State joke here because no one can touch the Gators) ... Columbus unbeaten at home (2-0) while Daytona Beach winless on road (0-2) Teams were on both sides of 39-point blowouts last week, Columbus trouncing Augusta and Daytona Beach suffering at the hands of Osceola ... Daytona Beach's Cory McKinney chasing Augusta's Marvin Stone for WIFL leads in scoring (68-60) and receptions (36-29) ... McKinney leads in receiving yards (496-407) and is tied for touchdown lead (10) ... Nick Allison is back with the Thunder and will see action on both sides of the ball, Allison caught three passes for three TD for Daytona Beach last year... Game will feature WIFL's two defensive leading scorers - Columbus' Justin Rivers (18 points) and Daytona Beach's Joe Giddens (8) ... Columbus defense has scored 7 TDs this year ... Lions DB Damian Daniels (6) and Mahlon Carey (3) are 1-2 in interceptions ... QB Joey Conrad only QB in league who hasn't been picked ... Lions' longest scoring drive last week against Augusta was 5 plays ... arena football legend Barry Wagner plays for Thunder; he has 411 career touchdowns: The WIFL has 117 so far this year.



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