Pioneers Announce 2008 Schedule
November 30, 2007 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers News Release
The 2007 American Conference Champion Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers have set their 2008 schedule in their quest for an ArenaCup championship. Their home opener comes in week three of the regular season, Friday night April 11 at 7:00 p.m. at the Wachovia Arena.
The Pioneers kick off the season week one with the spotlight game for the entire league Friday March 28 at 8:30 p.m. at Quad City. Week 2 will bring a trip to the expansion Daytona Beach Thunderbirds. The Pioneers will also play the expansion Peoria Pirates twice in 2008 with a road game in week 4 and Peoria comes to the Wachovia Arena Saturday July 12th at 7:30 p.m.
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 2008 Schedule
Week 1 Friday, March 28 8:30p.m. @ Quad City
Week 2 Sunday, April 6 3:00p.m. @ Daytona Beach
Week 3 Friday, April 11 7:00p.m. vs. Mahoning Valley
Week 4 Saturday, April 19 8:05p.m. @ Peoria
Week 5 Saturday, April 26 7:30p.m. vs. Manchester
Week 6 Monday, May 5 TBA @ Mahoning Valley
Week 7 Saturday, May 10 7:30p.m. vs. Quad City
Week 8 Friday, May 16 7:00p.m. vs. Albany
Week 9 BYE
Week 10 Saturday, May 31 7:05p.m. @ Manchester
Week 11 Saturday, June 7 7:00p.m. @ Albany
Week 12 Friday, June 13 7:00p.m. vs. Tennessee Valley
Week 13 Saturday, June 21 7:30 vs. Manchester
Week 14 Saturday, June 28 7:30p.m. @ Florida
Week 15 BYE
Week 16 Saturday, July 12 7:30p.m. vs. Peoria
Week 17 Saturday, July 19 7:30p.m. vs. Mahoning Valley
Week 18 Friday, July 25 7:00p.m. @ Albany
The 2008 arenafootball2 league will consist of 29 teams; each team will play a total of 16 games (eight home/eight away). The alignment consists of the American and National Conference with three divisions per conference. The East, Midwest and South Divisions fall into the American Conference, while the Central, Southwest and West compose the National Conference. Fourteen (14) teams make up the American Conference and fifteen (15) make up the National Conference. The addition of five new teams for 2008 created the need for the divisions to be adjusted from 2007. They are as follows:
American Conference
EAST MIDWEST SOUTH
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Green Bay Daytona Beach
Mahoning Valley Iowa Florida
Manchester Lexington South Georgia
Albany Louisville Tennessee Valley
Quad City
Peoria
National Conference
CENTRAL SOUTHWEST WEST
Amarillo Austin Boise
Arkansas Bossier-Shreveport Central Valley
Lubbock Corpus-Christi Spokane
Oklahoma City Texas Stockton
Tulsa Rio Grande Valley Tri-Cities
Optimal Planning Solutions Inc. (www.optimalplanning.com) assisted the af2 in producing the 2008 schedule. OPS is the leading provider of optimization-based professional sports-league scheduling.
The league's 18-week, 232-game regular season schedule concludes on July 26.
The Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Pioneers will be kicking off their seventh season in the arenafootball2 league with the start of the 2008 season. Season tickets for the Pioneers 2008 season are now on sale! For more information call (570) 970-4232 or visit the Pioneers Web site at www.wbspioneers.com.
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