The Fire Wire

Published on November 12, 2004 under arenafootball2 (af2)
Louisville Fire News Release


TICKET TIME... The first 2005 season ticket holder, who has paid for their tickets and has not yet won a prize, to reply to the Fire Wire will win two tickets to the Pittsburgh Steelers/Cincinnati Bengals game on November 21. If you want to renew or buy season tickets reply to the Fire Wire.

DIVISION ALIGNMENTS ANNOUNCED... The Fire has switched conferences and divisions for the 2005 season. The Fire will play in the East Division of the American Conference with the Green Bay Blizzard, Albany Conquest, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers and the Manchester Wolves. The Fire went 4 – 3 last season against those teams. For the entire 2005 divisional alignment visit www.af2.com. The 2005 schedule will be released in the near future.

AXE AT LOUISVILLE STONEWARE... AXE will be appearing at Louisville Stoneware tomorrow from Noon – 2:00 P.M. Fans can have their picture taken with AXE and you can paint one piece from Louisville Stoneware and get one free while AXE is their.

WILDFIRE PAGE... Look for the 2005 Wildfire page on the website to be updated in the next couple of days. The page will have bios and headshots of the 2005 Wildfires.

HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE... Will Wolford's St. X Tigers and Oscar Brohm and the Trinity Shamrocks both won their first round playoff games last week. The Tigers will face Nelson County tonight at Manual Stadium and the Rocks will take Dixie Heights tonight at Trinity.

CONGRATS TO THE LIGHTING... Fire assistant General Manager Chris West and his son, Chris Jr.'s, Lyndon Lighting won the Mighty Might 6 – 7 year old championship game last weekend. They defeated the Jeffersontown Bulldogs 19 – 0.

COLLEGE GUYS... Fire OL/DL Andrew Tippins and the St. Cloud State Huskies finished the regular season 8-2 and will host the University of North Dakota tomorrow in a first round playoff game. Fire assistant coach Adam Shackelford and the Anderson Ravens (4-5) lost to Mount Saint Joe's last week, 31-21. The Ravens will wrap up the regular season tomorrow against Manchester.

TAKUYA UPDATE... Takuya and the Obic Seagulls finished the X-League regular season 4 -1, and advanced to the B-Team playoffs. The Seagulls will take on the Kashima Deers on November 21 in the first round of the playoffs. Takuya finished the regular season with 518 rushing yards (second in the league), averaging 7.5 yards a carry (third in the league) and scored nine touchdowns (first in the league).

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