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Longhorns become Rattler-bitten in loss

March 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Chase Rader–The Collin County Rattlers took their first possession of the second half with 10:17 left in the 3rd quarter.  With the score tied 7-7, the Rattlers drove the ball from their own 11 yard line and ate up 9:30 of the clock to score the go ahead touchdown to put them up 14-7.  Billy Bowman’s deflected touchdown pass found Justin Hille in the end zone to cap a drive that saw five first downs and two 4th down conversions.

Justin Hille celebration

Justin Hille celebrates his TD

The Rattlers opened up the game with a long drive that started at their own 20 and chewed up 6:19 off the clock that the Rattlers couldn’t convert into points.  The drive produced 5 five first downs like their second half opening drive. The ensuing punt flipped the field to set the Hunt County Longhorns back at their own 7.

Hunt County went three and out, as they did for all three of their first quarter possessions against a stingy Collin County defense led by defensive linemen Rod Richardson and Brandon Hearne.

The Longhorns first 1st down of the game came at 13:24 in the second quarter when RB Kenny Reed reversed field on a sweep to set them up in the red zone.

The Longhorns took advantage and drew first blood of the 2010 Texas United Football League championship rematch with a TD pass from QB Terry Mayo to Ameer Ali with 12:10 left in the first half.

Collin County responded with an 80 yard touchdown pass from Jason Bamhouse to John Rogers to knot the score up at 7-7 with just less than 5 minutes left in the half.

The Longhorns were looking at 4th & goal in the beginning of the fourth quarter after a good drive to respond to the Rattlers opening march in the second half.  Leroy Plant picked Longhorn QB Mayo to stop Hunt County from matching the score.

After trading punts the Rattlers took over at their own 26 with 8:42 left in the game.  Once again, the Rattlers staged an impressive drive on the legs of Greg Greene and George Moss.  Collin County used up over six minutes of the clock and scored the final touchdown on a great run by George Moss to win the game 21-7.

Chase Rader

Chase Rader

Chase graduated from High School in 1999 from Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City. After high school, Chase played one season at William Jewell College in Libery, MO before serving in the Navy from 2001-2004. Currently, he lives Keller, TX with his wife and dog where his wife is a teacher at a nearby school.

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Arlington Bulldogs 2011 Preview

February 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Daniel Durany–The Arlington Bulldogs will be playing in the Texas United Football League.  TUFL is made of 32 teams in six divisions.  The breakdown of each division is two divisions will have six teams each and four divisions will have five teams.

Bulldogs Logo

Arlington Bulldogs

Arlington will be playing in the Western Division of the TUFL which consists of five other teams: Breckenridge Mustangs, Abilene Gladiators, Fort Worth Avengers, DFW Xpress, and Weatherford Bullets.

Their team owner is Kimpell Richardson and her husband, James Richardson is the team’s General Manager & Head Coach.

James Richardson has over ten years of coaching experience at various levels.  Richardson has played three years of minor league football at various positions such as Running Back, Defensive Back, Free Safety, & Linebacker.

Key leaders to ignite the Bulldogs this upcoming season are Tight End Jon McNutt and Defensive Back Devin Mitchell.

Their home games will be played at Josey Ranch Sports Complex in Carrollton.  For further information on direction to the sports complex, they can be reached at 972.242.9822.

Arlington’s schedule consists of ten regular season games playing two times against each opponent from the Western Division. Their two bye weeks are on April 23 & May 7th.

Their first game of the season is on February 26 on the road against the Breckenridge Mustangs.  Then their first two home games of the season will be on March 5 against the Abilene Gladiators and March 12th against the Fort Worth Avengers.

March 19 & March 26 will be road games against the Weatherford Bullets & DFW Xpress.

For the second half of the regular season, the Bulldogs will have home games against Breckenridge & Weatherford in the month of April and the final regular season game is against DFW Xpress on May 14th.  The Bulldogs will have road games on April 9 and 16 against Abilene and Fort Worth.

For further contact information, please reach Coach James at 817-468-2411 or coachjames@arlingtonbulldogs.org if interested in football tryouts or Ms. LaRhonda Jackson at 214-298-5001 or ladybulldogs@arlingtonbulldogs.org for dancing tryouts.  You can also check them out on YouTube typing in Arlington Bulldogs.

Author: Daniel Durany

Daniel Durany

Daniel is a graduate of TCU and talented writer and statistician. Sports is his passion, and he is a stat guru. He is constantly researching stats to provide trivia and insights to his friends. When he is not writing about sports, he gives speeches on autism.

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Rattlers Ready for Another Title Shot

February 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Venom Girls

The Venom Girls make the games THAT much better!

By Chase Rader–The Collin County Rattlers open up their third campaign in the Texas United Football League with a rematch of the 2010 championship game.   The Hunt County Longhorns visit the Rattlers Saturday February 26th, , 7:00 pm, at the home of Rattlers, Kimbrough Stadium in Murphey, TX.

RattlersThe last two games between the Rattlers and the Longhorns have been decided by a field goal.  Collin County won the second matchup against Hunt County in the 2010 season 34-31 on April 24th.  Hunt County defeated the Rattlers 17-14 for the TUFL title eight months ago in June.

Shawn Ellis will once again coach the Rattlers.  This is his second year at the helm of the Rattlers.  He was previously with the Dallas Chargers/Texas Wranglers.  He also serves as the Defensive Coordinator.  Look for a blitz heavy scheme from the Rattlers once again.

Chris Coldwell is also back with Coach Ellis to serve as Offensive Coordinator.  This will be his second year with the Rattlers.

Come watch the Rattlers (and the Venom Girls!) begin to make another TUFL title run in 2011 next Saturday.  Given the recent history with these two teams, it should make for a great game to open the TUFL season.

Rattlers 2011 Schedule

Date Opponent Time Score
2/26 Hunt County Longhorns TBA
3/5 @Irving Ravens TBA
3/12 @Copperas Cove Soldiers TBA
3/19 Lone Star Venom TBA
3/26 North Texas Bandits TBA
4/2 @Hunt County Longhorns TBA
4/9 Irving Ravens TBA
4/16 @Lonestar Venom TBA
4/23 BYE TBA
4/30 Texarkana Warriors TBA
5/7 BYE TBA
5/14 @North Texas Bandits TBA

Chase Rader

Chase Rader

Chase graduated from High School in 1999 from Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City. After high school, Chase played one season at William Jewell College in Libery, MO before serving in the Navy from 2001-2004. Currently, he lives Keller, TX with his wife and dog where his wife is a teacher at a nearby school.

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Avenger Cheerleader Audtions

February 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Avengers Audtions

The Fort Worth Avengers’ Lady Avengers will be holding tryouts on February 12, 2011 in Saginaw, TX.  If you are interested in dancing for the Lady Avengers, contact Mrs. Watts 817-456-8722 or Eboni Gray 817-557-1941 or by email below.

E-mail: avengerscheerlead@att.net or eboniemail@yahoo.com

To find out more about the auditions, you can visit their website for more information by clicking the link below.

DFWAvengers.com

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Hunger Bowl is this Weekend

January 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

This game was being talked about on Monday night’s Saturday Night Lights.  The Avengers and Vipers will hook up in on of this season’s most anticipated exhibition games.

January 9 and 2 pm in Wichita Falls, TX.

Hunger Bowl


Filed Under: Exhibition Games, Fort Worth Avengers, Hunger Bowl, Lead Story, MPFL, Outdoor, Semi Pro, TUFL Tagged With: , , , , ,

Avengers host a final tryout

October 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Avengers Helmet

Avengers tryouts October 9th

The Fort Worth Avengers will be hosting the final tryout of the year for the 2011 season.  The Avengers are looking to get back to the TUFL Championship game which they won just two years ago.  If you are looking for a team to play for, then you might want to tryout for the Avengers.

October 9, 2010

Avengers Tryouts/Workout 5 p.m., Richland High, Richland, TX, $30 fee.

The Avengers are getting ready for the Charity Bowl games in December.

(text for additional info 972-904-1187)

The helmets-and-shoulder pads practice start  October 18, 2010, Monday and Thursday evenings (time to determined) at the  same location. The Avengers football club is looking for quality players not quantity.

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TUFL Scoreboard

May 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Scoreboard

And then there were four.  The TUFL is winding down to another great season, and after another round of playoffs, there are four teams left with a shot at the TUFL championship.

Results

May 29

Waco Twisters 0
Collin County Rattlers 48

Killeen Knights 34
Port City Jaguars 48

West

Fort Worth Avengers 23
Abilene Gladiators 21

Central

North Texas Stampede 6
Hunt County Longhorns 14

June 5

(4)Collin County Rattlers
(2)Port City Jaguars

(9) Fort Worth Avengers
(1)Hunt County Longhorns

Three of the final four teams are from the Dallas-Fort Worth area proving that the best competition in the TUFL is in the DFW Metroplex.  The Fort Worth Avengers slipped in the playoffs after winning four straight games, and now, they have a chance to repeat as TUFL champions after knocking off Abilene.

So, which DFW team will win the TUFL Championship?

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Scoreboard 5/09/2010

May 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

Scoreboard

TUFL

Fort Worth Avengers 2
Vernon Texans 0

Tarrant County Hazard 2
Lone Star Venom 0

North Texas Stampede 12
Collin County Rattlers 35

MNLF

DFW Xpress 38
E Texas Strom 0

STAF

Arlington Bulldogs 46
Texas Heat 6

Note:  Teams wishing to have their scores published will need to email them by 5:00 pm on Sunday to todd@dfwfootball.net

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Scoreboard

May 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Scores from the weekend of May 1, 2010.

Scoreboard

STAF

Arlington Bulldogs  23
SA Aztecs  16

Congrats to the Bulldogs for winning their first-ever regular season game, and on the road!  Good job guys!

NMLF

DFW Xpress  33
Cooke Co Outlaws  32

TUFL

Weatherford Bullets 38
North Texas Falcons  6

Hunt Co Longhorns 42
Tarrant Co Hazard 6

North Texas Stampede 42
Lone Star Venom 12

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Scoreboard

April 25, 2010 By 1 Comment

Scoreboard

One of the reasons I stopped reporting scores at Dfwfootball.net is the lack of information on scores.  Nobody emails the scores to me or makes sure I get them.  Last year, I worked hard to get scores up by Sunday night.  Often, I had to email people to remind them to send me the scores.

I decided to post scores that I could find this afternoon, and what I have are below.  The TUFL has updated its website with scores from April 24 as of 7:00 p.m. on Sunday night (April 25).

Congratulations to the Rattlers on a big win over the Longhorns.  That win puts the Rattlers in the category of a top tier team.  Also, the Weatherford Bullets are making a statement with win after win.

TUFL

West

Abilene Gladiators 31
Fort Worth Avengers 24

Vernon Texans 14
Weatherford Bullets 40

Central
North Texas Stampede 14
Tarrant County Hazard 12

Collin County Rattlers 37
Hunt County Longhorns 34

NMLF

No report on the website

MPFL

No report on the website

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