Established in 2006, the Southwest Stampede are the cream of the crop  in the Arizona Cactus Football League. The Stampede boast three titles since forming as a team, with the most recent coming last season in 2018. The 2018 season was a culmination of a three year run that saw...

As the Arizona Cactus Football League 2019 season draws near, now just days away, 15 teams are about to inevitably write the next chapter of their team’s story. For the Tucson Desert Demons, they’re looking to put 2018 behind them and climb back to the top. “Last year was rough,”...

The East Valley Ravens are entering a new era under owner Rick Demery. As an organization, East Valley has seen ups and downs, including some roadblocks, but consistent success has been a tenant since 2011. In fact, East Valley won a championship in its first year of existence as...

The Tempe Owls are a brand new team but they’re poised to make a big first impression in the Arizona Cactus Football League this season. Charles Carle is the team’s owner and head coach, and though this will be the Owls’ first season, and thus his first season...

The Amateur to Professional Developmental Football League 2019 season is getting closer by the day and the Alabama Tigers are gearing up for year two after getting their feet wet one year ago, where they had enough success to reach the playoffs and finish the year 4-7. Not an...

John Polchin knows a thing or two about running an elite program at the developmental football level. Teams come and go, and that’s an unfortunate realty. That also highlights just how successful Polchin and the Phoenix Outlaws have been, though. Polchin started the...

When Blake Shirah decided to get a group of good football players together, select a uniform, a logo, a name and decide on which league to join, he wasn’t just starting a football team, but much more than that. “We don’t call ourselves a team,” Shirah told Developmental Football...

Last year in the Arizona Gridiron Football League, the Arizona Spartans clicked at just the right time and surprised several teams throughout the playoffs on their way to the championship game where they fell to the Southwest Stampede. “We had a great run last year,” Spartans...

The Avondale Reapers’ inaugural season one year ago didn’t go anything like they planned as they limped into the last week of the season with only one win and couldn’t even finish the final game against the Phoenix Phantoms due to injuries. “We showed up with 13 players and three...

At the developmental football level, it’s common to come across teams with an ‘anything goes,’ unstructured approach, but that crap won’t fly with the Central Valley Sergeants. It’s the Sergeants disciplined, military-style program that has them on the radar of many teams and a...