KCWJ 1030 AM to broadcast Missouri Mustangs @ Junction City Force "Its a big game, our biggest game of the year" said Terry Winfree the owner of the Missouri Mustangs. Big games call for big measures and the whole Kansas City metro area and beyond will find that out when they tune to KCWJ 1030 AM "the light" at 2:45 this Saturday. The Missouri Mustangs travel to Junction City, KS to face the Junction City Force at Al Simpler Stadium at JCHS.
03/26/12
St. Joseph Bandits relish victory in inaugural 8-man football game Prior to the fourth quarter in the St. Joseph Bandits’ opener, Barron Bradshaw gathered his new teammates together amid bizarre surroundings.
But a 50-yard field, varying shades of helmets and playing in front of a scattered cheering section at his collegiate stadium couldn’t deter him from appreciating this opportunity.
Bradshaw, a career backup quarterback at Missouri Western, embraced the chance to be a leader, and the
Bandits fed off their signal-caller’s speech Saturday at Spratt Stadium.
01/16/12
Semi-pro football coming back to St. Joseph Shawn Smith is a veteran in terms of experience in the Central Plains Football League from playing to coaching to owning a team.
The Topeka, Kan., resident is behind the latest semi-pro football venture in St. Joseph as he and his wife, Dawn, now own the St. Joseph Bandits — one of five expansion teams in the CPFL for the 2012 season.
This is the latest in multiple attempts to bring this level of football to St. Joseph, following the failure of teams known as the Ravens and Explorers among others. The 8-man football league plays a brand of football with an emphasis on high-powered offense like arena leagues but with one exception. It’s played outdoors.
