The Fire Wire

Published on June 25, 2004 under arenafootball2 (af2)
Louisville Fire News Release


BACK UP NORTH... The Fire is currently in Manchester, New Hampshire preparing for their game tonight with the Manchester Wolves (4-7). The Fire is looking to get back on the winning track after dropping two straight to the Peoria Pirates. Manchester lost last week to Memphis 55-54. You can catch all of the action tonight at 7:30 on 1080-AM WKJK with Paul Wilman. HATS... The Fire has a bye over the Fourth of July weekend, but will return home on July 10 to face the Columbus Wardogs at 7:30 p.m. in Freedom Hall. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a Louisville Fire hat courtesy of Wolford Printing. The Kentucky Karma and Cincinnati Sizzle of the National Women's Football Association will play and exhibition game. The Sizzle is coached by former Cincinnati Bengal Ickey Woods. Casey will perform a post-game concert courtesy of Radio Disney

ARENABOWL XVIII SET... In a rematch of ArenaBowl XVI the San Jose Sabercats (13-5) will take on the Arizona Rattlers (13-5) this Sunday in Arizona. The Sabercats defeated the Chicago Rush to advance to the championship, while Rattlers defeated the Colorado Crush to advance. This is the third straight season the Rattlers have reached the ArenaBowl. The Sabercats came out on top of the Rattlers in ArenaBowl XVI 52-14. The two teams split the regular season series this year with each winning one game. You can catch all of the action on WAVE-3 Sunday at 4:00 pm.

INSIDE THE FIRE... Don't forget every Monday the Louisville Fire coaches show, Inside the Fire, is taped at a different Applebee's location. This week's show will be taped at the Applebee's in Mall St. Matthew's starting at 6:30 Monday night. You can watch the show every Thursday night on WYCS channel 24 at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m.

CHEERLEADER CAMP... The Wildfires annual camp has been moved to July 10 before the Fire's home game against Columbus. For more information on the camp visit the cheerleader page on the website.

WHO WILL FINISH WITH THE BEST RECORD? That is this week's question on af2.com. Visit af2.com to vote for who you will think will finish with the best record; don't forget to vote for the Fire.

JABIR WALKER RETURNS... After spending two seasons in the CFL, Jabir Walker will return to the Fire this weekend as a defensive specialist. Walker was with the Fire in 2001 as a DS and led the team in interceptions, tackles and passes defended.

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