Shock Open Season On Road For First Time In Team History
November 21, 2007 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Spokane Shock News Release
The arenafootball2 league released the schedule for the 2008 season late yesterday. The Spokane Shock home games will once again begin at 5 PM PST and will air locally on Spokane's NBC affiliate KHQ-TV. All games - home and away - can be heard live on 105.7 THE BUZZARD.
For the first time in the team history, Spokane will open the new season on the road - Sunday, March 30th - as they travel to Green Bay to take on the Blizzard in a re-match of ArenaCup VII. The Shock's first home game will be on Saturday April 5th as they take on the Stockton Lightning on Spokane Tribe Field at the Spokane Arena. This is the third season in a row that the Shock have hosted the Lighting for their first home game of the season.
The Shock will close the regular season with the final two games at home on July 19th (versus Quad City) and on July 26th (versus Boise).
"We have a challenging schedule this year," General Manager Adam Nebeker said. "But I know Coach Shackleford is putting another Championship team together and he will have the team ready to continue our winning tradition."
Five new teams will be introduced into the af2 this season - fourteen teams in the American Conference, and fifteen teams in the National Conference - for a total of 29 teams league-wide.
The Shock's 2008 schedule appears below, with the home dates in bold:
Sunday, March 30th: Spokane at Green Bay, 11:30 AM PST
Saturday, April 5th: Stockton at Spokane, 5 PM PST
Sunday, April 13th: Spokane at Tri-Cities, 6 PM PST
Saturday, April 19th: BYE week
Saturday, April 26th: Spokane at Central Valley, 7 PM PST
Saturday, May 3rd: Spokane at Lubbock, 8 PM PST
Saturday, May 10th: Boise at Spokane, 5 PM PST
Saturday, May 17th: Tri-Cities at Spokane, 5 PM PST
Saturday, May 24th: Spokane at Austin, 5 PM PST
Saturday, May 31st: Stockton at Spokane, 5 PM PST
Saturday, June 7th: Spokane at Boise, 5:10 PM PST
Saturday, June 14th: Spokane at Tri-Cities, 7 PM PST
Saturday, June 21st: South Georgia at Spokane, 5 PM PST
Saturday, June 28th: Central Valley at Spokane, 5 PM PST
Saturday, July 5th: BYE week
Saturday, July 12th: Spokane at Stockton, 7 PM PST
Saturday, July 19th: Quad City at Spokane, 5 PM PST
Saturday, July 26th: Boise at Spokane, 5 PM PST
Season tickets for the 2008 season are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 509 242 7462.
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