Explosion talented forward Richard Ford looks to play his final game tonight for the Explosion

June 6, 2009 - International Basketball League (IBL)
Snohomish County Explosion News Release


In Minor League sports there are two type of players: One plays in the Minor Leagues for many years, and the other moves up quickly from team to team. Richard Ford is that second type of player, he very much wanted to finish up the season with the Explosion but it was best for him and his family to move forward with this offer to play at a higher level.

Ford leaves the Explosion as the all time Explosion rebound leader with 161 rebounds in a season, and will most likely finish the season in the top ten for the IBL for scoring and rebounds. Ford is currently fourth in the current IBL season in rebounds at 13.3 per game while in scoring he is ranked seventh at 25.3 points per game. "Ford was a great person both on and off the court and was a true community leader." said Sean Keck general manager of the Explosion.

Richard Ford received top honors last weekend with 35 points and 15 rebounds enough to close the deal overseas. "Ford is a great asset, and his talent was recognized, with an offer to accept immediately, We wish him the best and look forward to watching his career grow." commented head coach Chris Weakley.

TEP has two great features to help take the worry out of coming to an Explosion home game.

The First Feature of TEP allows for someone that has tickets (these could have been purchased, a prize giveaway or reward) that would like to purchase more ticket next to these tickets to exchange in the original tickets. The exchanged tickets will join the newly purchased seats so that all seats are together. This allows for everyone in your group to enjoy the game with no worries.

The Second Feature of the program allows someone to exchange in unused tickets to previous games for tickets to any of their remaining regular season home games at the Monroe Sports Arena.

"We understand that sometimes things come up that prevent fans from making it out to our games, or you want to bring additional guests but worry about if seats will be available, we want to make sure both of these issues never become a concern for our guests this season," Courtyard Media Foundation President Nathan Mumm said.



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