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SteamWheelers thaw out the Blizzard!! 61-33
Green Bay Blizzard
Active Roster
| Player |
No. |
Name |
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Experience |
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88 |
Allen, Kellen
WR
6'2" 195
Southern Illinois Univ. |
 |
R |
 |
5 |
Amadi, Donnie
DB
5' 11" 185
U. of Kansas |
 |
R |
 |
4 |
Amadi, Ronnie
DB
5' 11" 185
U. of Kansas |
|
R |
 |
60 |
Barnum, Greg
OL
6' 0" 390
Stephen F. Austin |
 |
R |
 |
22 |
Cason, Stephen
DB
5' 11" 215
Coll. of William & Mary |
|
R |
 |
3 |
Dixon, Zeke
QB
6' 1" 225
Stephen F. Austin |
 |
1 |
 |
11 |
Donaldson, Danny
WR
5' 9" 185
Greenville College |
|
R |
 |
70 |
Etefia, Aqua
OL
6' 2" 320
Grambling U. |
|
R |
 |
19 |
Forstrom, Bob
K
5' 7" 170
St. Norbert |
 |
R |
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13 |
Guidugli, Gino
QB
6'4 225
Cincinnati |
|
R |
 |
96 |
Hardee, Jason
DL
6' 3" 290
West Virginia |
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1 |
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0 |
Harris, Gerald
WR
6' 1" 193
Washington |
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3 |
 |
90 |
Lothe, Kory
DL
6' 4" 265
Eastern Illinois U. |
|
R |
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42 |
May, Robert
FB-LB
6' 1" 255
Florida St. |
 |
1 |
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36 |
Rivard, Joe
FB-LB
6'2" 255
UW-La Crosse |
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2 |
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69 |
Tadisch, Adam
OL
6'8" 340
North Dakota State |
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R |
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1 |
Thomas, Hannibal
WR
6'3" 202
Cincinnati |
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R |
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44 |
Tyson, Gustavus
FB-LB
6' 3" 250
Virginia Union U. |
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1 |
 |
92 |
Woods, Markevius
DL
6' 3" 275
NW Oklahoma St. |
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4 |
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99 |
Young, Tyre
DL
6' 0" 300
U. of Pittsburgh |
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1 | |
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Injured Reserve
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Quad City Steamwheelers Remain in First Place in the Midwest Division with a 61-33 Victory Over the Green Bay
Blizzard
June 29, 2007, (Moline, Ill.) – The Quad City Steamwheelers (8-5) remained in first place in the American
Conference Midwest Division thanks to a 61-33 victory over the Green Bay Blizzard (6-6) in front of 4,316 at The MARK of the
Quad Cities. The Steamwheelers used a 27-point fourth quarter and nine touchdown night by quarterback J.J. Raterink to defeat
the Blizzard.
With the ‘Wheelers leading 27-20 at the half, the Blizzard started the third quarter with a seven
play 45-yard drive that culminated with a two-yard Antonio Ficklin run. The Blizzard elected to go for a two-point conversion
and failed leaving Quad City in the lead, 27-26. Wide Receiver Jack Walker Jr., caught his second of four touchdown
passes for the ‘Wheelers to extend the lead to 34-26 with just 2:37 remaining in the third quarter.
The fourth quarter turned into the Walker Jr., show as he tallied two touchdown receptions, forced two fumbles
and recovered two fumbles. He opened the quarter with a 26-yard touchdown reception with 11:02 remaining. With the Steamwheelers
leading 47-33 and seven minutes remaining in the game Walker Jr., registered a sack on Blizzard quarterback Gino Guidugli
forcing a fumble that he recovered. One play later he caught a 19-yard pass from Raterink extending the ‘Wheelers lead
to 54-33. Walker Jr., sealed the game for Quad City with 27 seconds remaining after forcing and recovering his second fumble
on the evening.
The Steamwheelers opened the first frame with Kris Peters registering the first two touchdowns of the night
to put Quad City up, 14-0. The Blizzard cut the lead to seven with just 43 seconds remaining in the quarter when Guidugli,
who finished the game with 276 yards and four touchdowns on 18 completions, hit Ficklin on a 29-yard pass. The two teams traded
touchdowns in the second quarter with Walker Jr., and Tom Anthony trading strikes with Nathan Hardwick and Kellen Allen for
the Blizzard.
For the ‘Wheelers the team finished with 300 total offensive yards, while Walker Jr., went over the
1,000 yard and 100 catch plateau with 12 catches for 106 yards and four touchdowns. He is the second ‘Wheelers this
year to tally 1,000+ receiving yards. Anthony finished with 10 catches for 81 yards and one touchdown, while Peters
tallied nine catches for 98 yards and four touchdowns. On defense Lavar Stepter led the way with 8.5 total tackles and two
pass breakups, while Shonn Bell finished with three tackle, two tackles for a loss and three pass breakups.
Hardwick finished with a game-high 120 yards while tallying seven catches and two touchdowns. Teammates
Burnoski and Allen each finished with five catches for 71 and 56 yards respectively. The defense was led by Donnie Amadi who
finished with eight tackles, while his brother Ronnie and Stephen Cason which finished with seven.
Team
1st 2nd
3rd 4th
Final Record
Green Bay Blizzard
7 13
6 7
33 6-6
Quad City Steamwheelers
14 13
7 27
61 8-5
Schutt Offensive Player of the Game: J.J. Raterink (QCS)
ADT Defensive Player of the Game: Shonn Bell (QCS)
U.S. Army Ironman of the Game: Jack Walker Jr. (QCS)
Cutter’s Catch of the Game: Peters 4th quarter, 7:37
Attendance: 4,316
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The Quad City Steamwheelers is the official, af2 professional football club of the Quad Cities. The Steamwheelers
play home at The MARK of the Quad Cities in Moline, IL. For ticket information, please call (563) 324-4888. The
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us up online at www.steamwheelers.com or www.af2.com. Information for die-hard Steamwheeler fans can be found on the official, Quad City Steamwheelers Fan Club web
site: www.SteamwheelerFans.com.
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Bawden & Lareau Public Relations
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Steamwheelers send message with some throttleBy Don Doxsie | Saturday, June 30, 2007
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The Quad-City Steamwheelers didn’t just win a big game against a tough rival Friday night.
They sent a message to the rest of arenafootball2’s American Conference: The post-season already has
begun.
The Steamwheelers riddled what was supposed to be the top-rated defense in af2, scoring on every possession
and pulling away in the fourth quarter for a 61-33 victory over the Green Bay Blizzard in front of a crowd of 4,316 at The
Mark of the Quad-Cities.
Green Bay, which was ranked No. 1 in af2 in total defense, held the Wheelers to only two touchdowns
in a 44-14 victory back on April 27, but was relatively helpless against J.J. Raterink and friends Friday.
Raterink
tossed a career-high nine touchdown passes, including four each to Jack Walker Jr. and Kris Peters. The third member of the
Wheelers’ dynamic receiving trio, Tom Anthony, matched a career high with 10 receptions.
“We had this thing
Sunday, and we were talking about things and Coach (Troy) Biladeau said as nice as it would have been to win that game last
week (against unbeaten Scranton/Wilkes-Barre), we have to win the Green Bay game,” Raterink said.“This was definitely
a must win. They got us once and we absolutely had to have this one.”
Biladeau, who is filling in on an interim
basis while Sean Ponder serves a three-game suspension, said: “I pretty much told them the playoffs start right now.
“I
said these next two games are divisional games against good teams and we need to win them,’’ he said. “If
you’re going to make any noise in the playoffs, you need to be at home. We need to get up to the second or third seed
and that’s why these were such important games.’’
The victory put the Wheelers (8-5) in control in
the American Conference Midwest Division. Green Bay is a 1½ games back at 6-6 and Louisville, the next opponent, is 6-5. The
Wheelers travel to play the Fire on July 14 after a bye week.
With the last two games of the season at home against
teams near the bottom of the American Conference playoff race, the Wheelers are virtually assured of one of the conference’s
eight post-season berths.
The Wheelers never trailed in Friday’s game, bolting to an early 14-0 advantage. Green
Bay got back to within 27-26 on the opening possession of the second half, but Walker led a charge that turned the game into
a rout in the fourth quarter.
Despite suffering a shoulder injury early in the second quarter, the 6-foot-4, 195-pound
veteran wrestled the ball away from a Green Bay defender on a 26-yard touchdown reception that made it 40-26 early in the
fourth period.
After the two teams traded touchdowns, he recovered a fumbled snap by Blizzard quarterback Gino Guidugli,
then grabbed a 19-yard TD pass from Raterink on the next play, putting the game out of reach at 54-33.
“You never
want to run up the score but sometimes the situation dictates things,’’ Raterink said. “We needed to run
the clock and they were giving us some things deep after awhile.”
Peters added one more score, on a 6-yard scoring
pass, with 52 seconds to go and Walker recovered one more fumble on the next play.
“It was a hard-fought game
until the fourth quarter,’’ Peters said. “The fourth quarter is when good teams need to finish. This was
a playoff type game so we had to finish and we did.”
Green Bay had only allowed more than 43 points in a game
once this season and that was way back on April 21.
But Biladeau said he knew the Blizzard could be had with short
passes to negate what has been a ferocious pass rush.
“Their defensive line is so good that we knew we had to
do that to keep them from taking over,” he said.
Don Doxsie can be contacted at (563) 383-2280 or ddoxsie@qctimes.com. Comment on this story at qctimes.com.
Box Score
Box Score (Final)
Green Bay Blizzard vs Quad City Steamwheel (Jun 29, 2007 at Moline, IL)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Green Bay Blizzard.. 7 13 6 7 - 33 Record: (6-6)
Quad City Steamwheel 14 13 7 27 - 61 Record: (8-5)
Scoring Summary:
1st 08:51 QCS - PETERS, Kris 7 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick), 8-34 6:09, GBB 0 - QCS 7
02:33 QCS - PETERS, Kris 12 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick), 4-32 3:31, GBB 0 - QCS 14
00:43 GBB - FICKLIN, Antoni 29 yd pass from GUIDUGLI, Gino (FORSTROM, Bob kick), 2-34 1:36, GBB 7 - QCS 14
2nd 11:57 QCS - WALKER Jr., Jac 12 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick), 6-48 3:19, GBB 7 - QCS 21
06:38 GBB - HARDWICK, Nate 14 yd pass from GUIDUGLI, Gino (FORSTROM, Bob kick), 7-36 5:09, GBB 14 - QCS 21
00:50 QCS - ANTHONY, Tom 4 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick failed), 8-47 5:30, GBB 14 - QCS 27
00:08 GBB - ALLEN, Kellen 6 yd pass from GUIDUGLI, Gino (FORSTROM, Bob kick failed), 4-35 0:37, GBB 20 - QCS 27
3rd 10:03 GBB - FICKLIN, Antoni 2 yd run (GUIDUGLI, Gino rush failed), 7-45 4:51, GBB 26 - QCS 27
02:37 QCS - WALKER Jr., Jac 14 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick), 9-47 7:08, GBB 26 - QCS 34
4th 11:02 QCS - WALKER Jr., Jac 26 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick failed), 2-32 1:43, GBB 26 - QCS 40
09:52 GBB - HARDWICK, Nate 41 yd pass from GUIDUGLI, Gino (FORSTROM, Bob kick), 1-41 1:00, GBB 33 - QCS 40
07:37 QCS - PETERS, Kris 33 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick), 3-45 2:05, GBB 33 - QCS 47
05:59 QCS - WALKER Jr., Jac 19 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick), 1-19 0:41, GBB 33 - QCS 54
00:52 QCS - PETERS, Kris 6 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. (NAEHU, Kimo kick), 6-29 2:29, GBB 33 - QCS 61
GBB QCS
FIRST DOWNS................... 16 24
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 6-3 8-10
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 265 290
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 31-18-0 42-32-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 40-268 50-300
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 1-8
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 7-111 5-63
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards............... 11-77 10-57
Possession Time............... 25:37 34:23
Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 5 4 of 6
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 3 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-4 7-7
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 3-11
RUSHING: Green Bay Blizzard-FICKLIN, Antoni 5-4; GUIDUGLI, Gino 1-minus
1. Quad City Steamwheel-KERR, Nikolas 6-8; RATERINK, J.J. 2-2.
PASSING: Green Bay Blizzard-GUIDUGLI, Gino 18-31-0-276; TEAM 0-0-0-minus
11. Quad City Steamwheel-RATERINK, J.J. 32-42-0-290.
RECEIVING: Green Bay Blizzard-HARDWICK, Nate 7-120; BURNOSKI, Scott 5-71;
ALLEN, Kellen 5-56; FICKLIN, Antoni 1-29. Quad City Steamwheel-WALKER Jr., Jac
12-106; ANTHONY, Tom 10-81; PETERS, Kris 9-98; KERR, Nikolas 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS: Green Bay Blizzard-None. Quad City Steamwheel-None.
FUMBLES: Green Bay Blizzard-TEAM 2-1; BURNOSKI, Scott 1-1. Quad City
Steamwheel-None.
Stadium: The MARK of the QC Attendance: 4316
Kickoff time: 7:30 End of Game: 10:03 Total elapsed time: 2:33
Officials: Referee: Tony Canella; Umpire: Pat Bayers; Linesman: G. Golembiewski;
Line judge: Donald Shouse; Back judge: Larry Orrico; Scorer: Dave Beyer;
SCHUTT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: JJ Raterink (QCS)
ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Shonn Bell (QCS)
U.S. ARMY IRONMAN OF THE GAME: Jack Walker, Jr. (QCS)
CUTTERS CATCH: Raterink to Peters (33 yds/7:37 4th qtr.)
Green Bay Blizzard vs Quad City Steamwheel (Jun 29, 2007 at Moline, IL)
SACKS (UA-A): Green Bay Blizzard-None. Quad City Steamwheel-WALKER Jr.,
Jac 1-0; JACKSON, Malik 1-0; PETTY, Jermaine 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Green Bay Blizzard-AMADI, Donnie 8-0; CASON, Stephen 7-0;
AMADI, Ronnie 6-2; TYSON, Gustavus 4-1; LOTHE, Kory 4-0; WALKER, TAKASHI 2-0;
HARRIS, Gerald 1-1; YOUNG, TYRE 1-1; BURNOSKI, Scott 1-0; ETEFIA, Aqua 0-2;
FICKLIN, Antoni 0-1. Quad City Steamwheel-STEPTER, Lavar 8-1; ADAMS, Kevin 4-1;
JACKSON, Malik 4-1; BELL, Shonn 3-0; DAVIS, Jordan 2-1; CRISTIANI, Mark 2-0;
WALKER Jr., Jac 2-0; PETTY, Jermaine 1-0; KAULULAAU, Kika 1-0.
Game Starters:
Green Bay Blizzard
POS ## OFFENSE
QB 13 GUIDUGLI, Gino
WR 88 ALLEN, Kellen
WR 8 BURNOSKI, Scott
WR 7 HARDWICK, Nate
FB 49 FICKLIN, Antoni
TE 92 WOODS, Markeviv
C 77 MURPHY, Antoine
G 70 ETEFIA, Aqua
POS ## DEFENSE
DB 5 AMADI, Donnie
DB 4 AMADI, Ronnie
DB 22 CASON, Stephen
LB 42 MAY, Rob
LB 44 TYSON, Gustavus
DE 96 HARDEE, Jason
NT 99 YOUNG, TYRE
DE 90 LOTHE, Kory
Quad City Steamwheel
POS ## OFFENSE
QB 11 RATERINK, J.J.
OS 6 PETERS, Kris
WR 28 ANTHONY, Tom
WR 24 WALKER Jr., Jac
FB 16 KERR, Nikolas
TE 72 JAHNKE, Chris
C 91 MISIPEKA, Trevo
G 60 ENDEMANN, Andy
POS ## DEFENSE
DS 5 STEPTER, Lavar
DS 4 ADAMS, Kevin
DS 9 DAVIS, Jordan
LB 78 KAULULAAU, Kika
LB 10 JACKSON, Malik
LB 12 BELL, Shonn
NG 70 CRISTIANI, Mark
DT 40 PETTY, Jermaine
Player participation:
Green Bay Blizzard: 0-HARRIS, Gerald, 2-WALKER, TAKASHI, 19-FORSTROM, Bob.
Quad City Steamwheel: 8-NAEHU, Kimo, 32-FALEOFA, Hausia.
Quickie Statistics
Quickie Statistics (Final)
Green Bay Blizzard vs Quad City Steamwheel (Jun 29, 2007 at Moline, IL)
GBB QCS
Score......................... 33 61
FIRST DOWNS................... 16 24
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 6-3 8-10
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 265 290
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 31-18-0 42-32-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 40-268 50-300
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 1-8
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 7-111 5-63
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards............... 11-77 10-57
Possession Time............... 25:37 34:23
Third-Down Conversions........ 1 of 5 4 of 6
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 3 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 3-4 7-7
Green Bay Blizzard Quad City Steamwheel
Rushing No Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing No Yds TD Lg Avg
FICKLIN, Antoni 5 4 1 4 0.8 KERR, Nikolas 6 8 0 3 1.3
GUIDUGLI, Gino 1 -1 0 0 -1.0 RATERINK, J.J. 2 2 0 2 1.0
Passing AttCmpInt Yds TD Lng Passing AttCmpInt Yds TD Lng
GUIDUGLI, Gino 31-18-0 276 4 41 RATERINK, J.J. 42-32-0 290 9 33
Receiving No. Yds TD Long Receiving No. Yds TD Long
HARDWICK, Nate 7 120 2 41 WALKER Jr., Jac 12 106 4 26
BURNOSKI, Scott 5 71 0 21 ANTHONY, Tom 10 81 1 16
ALLEN, Kellen 5 56 1 19 PETERS, Kris 9 98 4 33
FICKLIN, Antoni 1 29 1 29 KERR, Nikolas 1 5 0 5
Interceptions No. Yds TD Long Interceptions No. Yds TD Long
Kick returns No. Yds TD Long Kick returns No. Yds TD Long
HARRIS, Gerald 7 111 0 24 PETERS, Kris 5 63 0 22
Team Qtr Time Scoring play Conversion Plays-Yards TOP GBB
- QCS
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QCS 1st 08:51 PETERS, Kris 7 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick 8-34 6:09 0 - 7
QCS 1st 02:33 PETERS, Kris 12 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick 4-32 3:31 0 - 14
GBB 1st 00:43 FICKLIN, Antoni 29 yd pass from GUIDUGLI, Gino FORSTROM, Bob kick 2-34 1:36 7 - 14
QCS 2nd 11:57 WALKER Jr., Jac 12 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick 6-48 3:19 7 - 21
GBB 2nd 06:38 HARDWICK, Nate 14 yd pass from GUIDUGLI, Gino FORSTROM, Bob kick 7-36 5:09 14 - 21
QCS 2nd 00:50 ANTHONY, Tom 4 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick failed 8-47 5:30 14 - 27
GBB 2nd 00:08 ALLEN, Kellen 6 yd pass from GUIDUGLI, Gino FORSTROM, Bob kick failed 4-35 0:37 20 - 27
GBB 3rd 10:03 FICKLIN, Antoni 2 yd run GUIDUGLI, Gino rush failed 7-45 4:51 26 - 27
QCS 3rd 02:37 WALKER Jr., Jac 14 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick 9-47 7:08 26 - 34
QCS 4th 11:02 WALKER Jr., Jac 26 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick failed 2-32 1:43 26 - 40
GBB 4th 09:52 HARDWICK, Nate 41 yd pass from GUIDUGLI, Gino FORSTROM, Bob kick 1-41 1:00 33 - 40
QCS 4th 07:37 PETERS, Kris 33 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick 3-45 2:05 33 - 47
QCS 4th 05:59 WALKER Jr., Jac 19 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick 1-19 0:41 33 - 54
QCS 4th 00:52 PETERS, Kris 6 yd pass from RATERINK, J.J. NAEHU, Kimo kick 6-29 2:29 33 - 61
Participation Report
Participation Report (Final)
AF2 - 2007 Season
Green Bay Blizzard vs Quad City Steamwheel (Jun 29, 2007 at Moline, IL)
Green Bay Blizzard Quad City Steamwheel
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
QB 13 GUIDUGLI, Gino QB 11 RATERINK, J.J.
WR 88 ALLEN, Kellen OS 6 PETERS, Kris
WR 8 BURNOSKI, Scott WR 28 ANTHONY, Tom
WR 7 HARDWICK, Nate WR 24 WALKER Jr., Jac
FB 49 FICKLIN, Antoni FB 16 KERR, Nikolas
TE 92 WOODS, Markeviv TE 72 JAHNKE, Chris
C 77 MURPHY, Antoine C 91 MISIPEKA, Trevo
G 70 ETEFIA, Aqua G 60 ENDEMANN, Andy
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
DB 5 AMADI, Donnie DS 5 STEPTER, Lavar
DB 4 AMADI, Ronnie DS 4 ADAMS, Kevin
DB 22 CASON, Stephen DS 9 DAVIS, Jordan
LB 42 MAY, Rob LB 78 KAULULAAU, Kika
LB 44 TYSON, Gustavus LB 10 JACKSON, Malik
DE 96 HARDEE, Jason LB 12 BELL, Shonn
NT 99 YOUNG, TYRE NG 70 CRISTIANI, Mark
DE 90 LOTHE, Kory DT 40 PETTY, Jermaine
Green Bay Blizzard: 0-HARRIS, Gerald, 2-WALKER, TAKASHI, 19-FORSTROM, Bob.
Quad City Steamwheel: 8-NAEHU, Kimo, 32-FALEOFA, Hausia.
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