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.
12/11/11
2012 Season The Central Plains Football League (CPFL) will be entering their 6th season in 2012 and like the previous 5 seasons the CPFL have expanded. The CPFL will see their biggest expansion since the league started 6 years ago with new teams from Missouri which include St. Joseph, Ozark, Fredericktown, Farley and Garden City. Along with the Missouri teams, the CPFL has added teams from Baxter Springs, KS and Oklahoma. The first time in league history, all teams from the from the previous season will be returning which include the 2 time CPFL champions Junction City Force, 2011 National Conference Champions SEMO Copperheads, Springfield Lightning, Kansas City Bulldogs, Topeka Thunder, Jackson Apaches, Newton County Tigers, West Central Warriors, Mills County Militia, Omaha City Rhinos and the longest running CPFL team, the Missouri Mustangs. **Click on title upove to read more
