Headlines for April, 2009

Indoor Football Notes 4/28

Assessing the Contenders Going into Saturday night's game, the Wisconsin Wolfpack were 4-1. Then they played their first game without their quarterback, Tom Stetzer, and the odds of the team challenging the Slaughter went down significantly. The Raptors and Wolfpack played what appeared to an NFL like final of 25-21 with the Raptors finding a way to win the game. Stetzer is indeed [read more...]

Slaughter Show No Signs of Slowing Down

Despite remaining undefeated after a 78-25 victory over the Milwaukee Bonecrushers, the Chicago Slaughter are not taking anything for granted., Russ Michna acknowledges that the Slaughter still some work to do in the waning weeks of the CIFL season. “We sputtered a couple times again,” Michna said, “Nothing much you can say. It’s a play here and a play there. It’s [read more...]

Slaughter Stifle Freedom

After the game against the Marion Mayhem, Slaughter Receiver Donovan Morgan passionately pleaded to his teammates about not being penalized so much. Then against the Fort Wayne Freedom Morgan set an time record for yardage and helped propel the Chicago to a victory 56-41. Morgan’s 157 yards broke the previous CIFL yardage record by one yard over the previous record holder [read more...]

Indoor Football Notes (4/14/09)

Light news week so far, but let's get right to it anyway. Slaughter Notes *Two members of the Chicago Slaughter won "Player of the Week" honors. Russ Michna was named offensive player of the week while Reggie Gray took special teams honors. Corey Roberson of the Wisconsin Wolfpack was named defensive player of the week. * Slaughter video for this week. Once again, Adam did [read more...]

Michna Leads Slaughter Over Mayhem

In his second year as a starter in indoor football, Russ Michna admits to sometimes trying too hard. Spectacular plays will be mixed in with one or two mistakes a game. This time, Michna was good enough to set a CIFL record in yardage with 305 and tie the record for most touchdown passes with eight. “We have one or two [read more...]

Indoor Football Notes (4/7/09)

Really wish I could keep things positive this week, but it's mostly bad news today with some news and notes from the Slaughter and some continued dysfunction with the Milwaukee Bonecrushers. Slaughter Notes *Khreem Smith, defensive linemen of the Chicago Slaughter, had a try-out with the Atlanta Falcons this pastFriday. * Steve McMichael discussed the team on "The Final Word" two Sundays [read more...]

Slaughter Remain Undefeated

The Chicago Slaughter continued their winning ways despite a tough effort from the Wheeling Wildcats. After apparently getting their money's worth, the Slaughter received a few key performances from the usual suspects, leading to a 67-59 victory. Russ Michna overcame two first half interceptions and a number of other near misses to complete seven touchdown passes and rush for another one [read more...]

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