Frisco Thunder Vs. Alaska Wild Game Notes

March 14, 2008 - Intense Football League (Intense)
Frisco Thunder News Release


FRISCO THUNDER

Game #3

vs. Alaska Wild

3/16/08 5 p.m.

Deja Blue Arena/Dr Pepper StarCenter

RECORDS: Alaska 1-0 (2007: 2-12) Frisco 2-0 (2007: 8-6 regular season, lost to Corpus Christi in playoff semifinals)

TICKETS: $10-45. Available at Dr Pepper StarCenter Box Office

PROMOTIONS: EDS Credit Union, the Thunder's title sponsor, will give away Thunder Sticks to the first 1,000 guests.

AUDIO AND VIDEO WEBCASTS: B2 network through www.friscothunderifl.com (Talent: Rod Johnson, Gene Thompson and Randy Shortnacy. Audio is available on web site and at

http://208.67.186.169/frisco

LIVE UPDATES: Score updates on www.friscothunderifl.com and www.intensefootballleague.net; live blog scheduled on Frisco-Online's message board.

COACHES:

ALASKA - Hans Deemer (1st year, 1-0)

Former UCLA lineman who has been active in Alaska high school football coaching, including a partnership with the NFL to bring football to the last frontier.

FRISCO - Troy Esprit (1st year 2-0) Arena and indoor football veteran Troy Esprit also makes his head coaching debut. The 33-year old Esprit brings 12 years experience to the franchise as both a player and coach. A two-way standout, Esprit turned in one of af2's finest single-game performance in 2001 with the Pensacola Barracudas, registering 13 receptions and four interceptions in a victory over the Carolina Rhinos.

SERIES: Frisco leads 2-0

4/12/07 Frisco 46 at Alakska 33

5/19/07 Frisco 73, at Alaska 12

PLAYERS TO WATCH: ALASKA: QB Nick Mystrom (19-28-1 168 3 TD RUSH: 8-15-2), WR Keith Smith (7-85-2) DB Demarucs James 5 INT, 3 TD)

FRISCO: QB Wes Cooper (55-82-2 726 15 TD) WR Richard Morris (24-298-5) WR Jason Deml (14-232-6) RB Ricky Madison (16-34-3) DL Lamont Finley (7.0 TK 2 S) D Michael Catchings (6.0 T 2 INT) K Dennis Hopovac 18-18 PAT 1 FG)

NOTES: Frisco looking for its first 3-0 start in team history against a much-improved Alaska team that whalloped Fairbanks 88-12 in its opener last week ... Ricky Madison rushed for a personal best and team record 3 TDs last week in 66-63 victory over Katy ... WR Richard Morris has had double-figure catches and triple-figure receiving yards in both victories ... Thunder has outscored opponents 49-27 in third quarter ... Guy Fernandez had a sharp debut with 7 catches for 79 yards ... K Dennis Hopovac is perfect on PATs, but his game-winner against Katy was his first successful FG in 5 tries ... Wes Cooper is on pace for a league-record 105 TDs ... The Thunder has had three of the six IFL Players of the Week .. Cooper and Finley (defense) in Week 1 and Morris in week 2 ... New player this is OL Paul Carrizal from Missouri while Texas A&M product Linnis Smith will make his first appearance ..Other league games this week include San Angelo (0-2) at Corpus Christi (0-0) and Katy (0-1) at Fairbanks (0-1) ..

NEXT UP: Frisco continues its unique 7-game home stand 3/22 against the CenTex Barracudas, who are playing a preseason game with Odessa this weekend.



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