Twisters Schedule Released
January 4, 2007 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Arkansas Diamonds News Release
(North Little Rock, AR) - The Arkansas Twisters will begin pursuit of an ArenaCup Championship on the road on March 31 as part of its 16 game schedule that was released by the arenafootball2 League Office.
The path to the playoffs will begin for the Twisters on the road as four of its first five games are away from Alltel Arena. Arkansas will travel to South Georgia, Lubbock, and Amarillo before the home opener against newcomer Corpus Christi on April 28th at Allstate Field at Alltel Arena.
The Twisters also have a rare Sunday home game on May 20th against South Georgia. The schedule also includes a home and away series against nearby rival Bossier-Shreveport.
Arkansas will play four games against two teams that made the playoffs from 2006, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The new schedule also features five games against three teams that weren't in the af2 last year. Lubbock and Corpus Christi are expansion teams while Laredo is back after taking a season off from the league.
Divisions have been re-aligned and renamed with Arkansas being placed in the National Conference, Central Division. Besides Arkansas, the Central Division will consist of Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, and Lubbock.
Season tickets for the 2007 season are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the Twisters office at 501-975-KICK or visiting www.arkansastwisters.com.
2007 Arkansas Twisters Schedule
Date Team Time (CST)
March 31 @ South Georgia 6:30pm
April 15 @ Lubbock 3:05pm
April 20 @ Amarillo 7:30pm
April 28 vs. Corpus Christi 7:00pm
May 5 @ Laredo 7:05pm
May 12 vs. Bossier-Shreveport 7:00pm
May 20 vs. South Georgia 3:00pm*
May 26 @ Tulsa 7:00pm
June 2 vs. Lubbock 7:00pm
June 16 vs. Oklahoma City 7:00pm
June 23 @ Everett 9:00pm
June 30 vs. Tulsa 7:00pm
July 7 @ Bossier-Shreveport 7:00pm
July 14 vs. Laredo 7:00pm
July 21 @ Oklahoma City 7:05pm
July 28 vs. Amarillo 7:00pm
bye weeks: April 7, June 9
* indicates Sunday home game
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