Tri-Cities Fever

Afl2 team
name =Tri-Cities Fever
logo =TriCitiesFever2af2.pngconference =National
division =West
founded =2005
arena =Toyota Center
location =Kennewick, Washington
championships =1 (2005 NIFL)
owner =????The Tri-Cities Fever is a professional arena football team in the af2. Their first season was in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League. Though they represent the entire Tri-Cities region, they play their home games exclusively at the Toyota Center in Kennewick, Washington. They are coached by Cedric Walker.

Team history

National Indoor Football League (NIFL)

The Fever were founded in 2005 as part of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL), and they won their first "Indoor Bowl" championship on July 30, 2005, defeating the Rome Renegades 47-31 in Kennewick.

Move to af2

After the 2006 season, the Fever announced they were leaving the NIFL. On September 4, it was confirmed that they were moving to United Indoor Football, along with the Billings Outlaws and River City Rage [ [http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/04/sports/local/25-outlaws.txt http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/04/sports/local/25-outlaws.txt] ] The league was expected to make an official announcement at a press conference sometime on the weekend of September 11, and was also hoping to add the Rapid City Flying Aces and Wyoming Cavalry soon. However, Tri-Cities, joined the af2 in-state rival Spokane. [ [http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/breaking/story/8411447p-8306334c.html http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/breaking/story/8411447p-8306334c.html] ] While playing at the Toyota Center, the arena is known as ' [http://www.gesa.org/ Gesa Field] at the Toyota Center'.

New ownership, new logo?

The new ownership had introduced a new logo, with team colors and uniforms that were reminiscent of the Miami Dolphins on December 13, 2006 (see insert), but because of general fan dislike, the team announced on January 9, 2007 that they would be switching back to their old color scheme and logo. [ [http://www.sportstricities.com/sportstc/football/fever/story/8549671p-8443512c.html http://www.sportstricities.com/sportstc/football/fever/story/8549671p-8443512c.html] ]

eason-by-season

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colspan="6" align="center" | Tri-Cities Fever (NIFL)
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2005 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 3rd Pacific West || Won Pacific Conference Quarter Final (Wyoming)
Won Pacific Conference Semi-Final (Everett)
Won Pacific Conference Championship (Odessa)
Won Indoor Bowl V (Rome)
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2006 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 2nd Pacific North || Won Pacific Conference Quarter Final (Wyoming)
Lost Pacific Conference Semi-Final (Billings)
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colspan="6" align="center" | Tri-Cities Fever (af2)
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2007 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 3rd AC West || Lost Round 1 (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton)
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2008 || 4 || 12 || 0 || 5th NC West || --
-!Totals || 35 || 32 || 0
colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
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References

External links

* [http://www.tricitiesfever.com Official Website]
* [http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=clubhouse&team=129 Tri-Cities Fever at ArenaFan]
* [http://www.sportstricities.com/sportstc/football/fever/ Tri-City Herald coverage of Tri-Cities Fever]