Lone Star Minor League Football News

****UPDATE ***

SATURDAY JUNE 24, 2017 -  AFTER LSMLFNEWS MADE ARRANGEMENTS AND PREPARED TO RESERVE A FIELD IN THE ABILENE AREA ON MONDAY A TEXT MESSAGE WAS SENT TO BOTH THE LIBERTY EAGLE AND THE TARANTULAS TO INFORM THEM OF ASSISTANCE IN TRYING TO SET UP A MID WAY POINT TO PLAY THEIR GAME. GAME WAS TO BE PLAYED JULY 8, 2017.

THE TARANTULAS DECLINED THE OFFER TO PLAY IN THE TEXAS STATE LEAGUE OF CHAMPIONS TOURNEY TO CROWN A TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON SATURDAY JUNE 24, 2017 AT 4:29 PM BY TEXT MESSAGE.

THE VICTORIA HURRICANES WERE ALSO SET TO PLAY THE HOUSTON DUCKS WITH THE HURRICANES HOSTING THE GAME. THIS GAME WAS SET TO BE PLAYED JULY 8, 2017

****UPDATE***

MONDAY - JUNE 26, 2017 - TRIED TO MESSAGE THE HOUSTON DUCKS AND LEFT A MESSAGE ON PHONE ON SUNDAY JUNE 25, 2017 AND HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. CALLED AND LEFT MESSAGE ON MONDAY MORNING AND HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RETURN PHONE CALL. 

EAGLE ARE STILL WILLING TO PLAY.

HURRICANES ARE STILL WILLING TO PLAY. 

MONDAY - ***UPDATE**** TIME: 1:15 PM

TARANTULAS JUST CALLED LSMLFNEWS AND POSSIBLY HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART . THEY ARE RETHINKING PARTICIPATION IN THE TOURNEY. TARANTULAS WILL MAKE A FINAL DECISION  BY DAY'S END....THE EAGLES HAVE BEEN CONTACTED AND WE ARE AWAITING A RETURN CALL FROM THEM.....

REACHING OUT TO THE HOUSTON DUCKS....PHONE GOING STRAIGHT TO VOICE MAIL.....

REACHED OUT TO THE HURRICANES....HURRICANES PICKED UP SAY THEY ARE GOOD TO GO AND WAITING TO HEAR FROM LSMLFNEWS AND THE HOUSTON DUCKS...

THE FIRST ROUND OF THE TOURNEY NEEDS TO BE PLAYED ON JULY 8, 2017

FINAL GAME - NEUTRAL SITE....JULY 22, 2017  IF WE CAN WORK ALL THE DETAILS OUT! 

IF YOU MISSED THE SHOW ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT JUNE 21, 2017 YOU MISSED A GOOD ONE. WE DID HAVE SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES BUT IN THE END WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT...IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE GO TO STEPHANIE'S FACE BOOK PAGE AND WATCH IT...IT'S NOT PERFECT....BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT.....

The regular seasons are done and all but one league has settled its league championships. As stated in previous posts LSMLFNEWS will not include the MPFL as they have never participated in any of its previous attempts to do a Texas State Championship. One of the primary reasons is the MPFL and an established national championship event organization have an agreement for the MPFL Champion to participate in a national championship game. That should be respected and not looked down on. Here is what we have to date....in an effort to crown a Texas State Champion on the field.

MINOR LEAGUE FOOTBALL TEAMS, PLAYERS, MANAGERS COACHES, LEAGUE OWNERS AND FANS PLEASE RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THAT THE ONLY WAY THE TOURNEY CAN HAPPEN IS THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION. LSMLFNEWS CAN'T FORCE TEAMS TO PLAY. IT CAN ONLY OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY OF ACHIEVING A TEXAS STATE CHAMPION ON THE FIELD. WE DON'T CHARGE AN ENTRY FEE. IS EVERYTHING PERFECT, MOST LIKELY NOT. THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. WE HOPE TO CROWN A TEXAS STATE CHAMPION ON THE FIELD. IT IS UP TO THE TEAMS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

REMEMBER - LSWMLFNEWS wants this to be a tourney of champions so will focus on just that.

TUFA CHAMPION – TEXAS EXTREME - SENT EMAIL AND LEFT MESSAGE  NO RESPONSE AS OF 62217

CRAFL CHAMPIONS – VICTORIA HURRICANES  - CONFIRMED PARTICIPATION

TUFL CHAMPIONS – DESOTO TARANTULAS  - CONFIRMED INTEREST BUT NEED TO CONFIRM NLT 62417

RGFL CHAMPIONS – LUBBOCK LIBERTY EAGLES -CONFIRMED INTEREST VIA MESSENGER AWAITING PHONE CALL *****UPDATE*****THE EAGLES AWAIT THE RESPONSE FROM THE TARANTULAS WITH PLANS TO PLAY ON JULY 8, 2017

DTFA CHAMPIONS – HOUSTON DUCKS  - CONFIRMED PARTICIPATION

TOP SEEDED TEAM  HOSTS FIRST ROUND GAME TO BE PLAYED NO LATER THAN JULY 1, 2017 ****UPDATE**** 1ST ROUND TO BE PLAYED JULY 8, 2017

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCHEDULED FOR JULY 15, 2017 PROVIDED FIRST ROUND GAMES ARE PLAYED ****UPDATE****MAY BE MOVED TO JULY 22, 2017

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO BE AT NEUTRAL SITE 

BELOW IS A TENTATIVE BRACKET AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEEDED UNTIL JUNE 25, 2017 WHEN IT WILL BECOME FINAL.  

MPFL 

DENTON COUNTY RHINOS 35  WEST TEXAS PRIDE 32

AUSTIN VIPERS 24 NORTH TEXAS STAMPEDE 17 

THE LAST UNDEFEATED TEAM IN TEXAS GOES DOWN AS THE DENTON COUNTY RHINOS COME RUMBLING FROM BEHIND. AFTER BEING DOWN 32 - 0 AT ONE POINT THE RHINOS RHUMBLED AND ROLLED TO A 35 - 32 COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY OVER THE WEST TEXAS PRIDE, EARNING THEM A BID FOR THE MPFL CHAMPIONSHIP SHANKLIN BOWL.

THE AUSTIN VIPERS DEFEATED THE NORTH TEXAS STAMPEDE 24 -17 IN A HARD FOUGHT GAME TO EARN THEMSELVES A PLACE AND A BID FOR THE MPFL CHAMPIONSHIP SHANKLIN BOWL.

STAY TUNED AND WATCH HOW THE POLLS WILL BE AFFECTED.   

JUNE 15, 2017 LSMLFNEWS TOP 15

1. TEXAS XTREME                     TUFA -     TUFA CHAMPION

2. VICTORIA HURRICANES       CRAFL  -  CRAFL CHAMPION

3. WEST TEXAS PRIDE                 MPFL -  UNDEFEATED

4. HOUSTON DUCKS                    DTFA -   DTFA CHAMPIONS

5. LUBBOCK LIBERTY EAGLES    RGFL  - RGFL CHAMPIONS

6. DESOTO TARANTULAS            TUFL  -  TUFL CHAMPIONS

7. TEXAS BULLETS                        MPFL

8. AUSTIN VIPERS                          MPFL

9. NORTH TEXAS MUSTANGS      TUFL

10. TEXAS HURRICANES                DTFA

11. DENTON COUNTY RHINOS      MPFL       

12. NORTH TEXAS STAMPEDE      MPFL

13. TEXAS RED RAIDERS               TUFA       

14. TEXAS RAVENS                         TUFA

15. MARSHALL ARCH ANGELS     TUFL

JUNE UPDATED ....

EXTREME WINS TUFA CHAMPIONSHIP DEFEAT RED RAIDERS

VICTORIA WINS CRAFL CHAMPIONSHIP DEFEAT WHARTON PANTHERS

DESOTO WINS TUFL CHAMPIONSHIP DEFEAT MUSTANGS

LUBBOCK LIBERTY EAGLES DEFEATED THE OTERO DAWGS 48-15

EAGLES ARE THE 2017 RGFL EAGLES

DENTON COUNTY RHINOS UPSET THE TEXAS BULLETS 55 - 51

NORTH TEXAS STAMPEDE 26 DESOTO EAGLES 22

AUSTIN VIPERS 23 CAPITOL CITY BISON 6

WEST TEXAS PRIDE 53 WEST TEXAS LIONS 8

THE POLLS ARE ABOUT TO  CHANGE THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING ONLY LEAGUE

LEFT TO CROWN A CHAMPION IS THE MPFL

JUNE 7, 2017 LSMLFNEWS TOP 15

1. TEXAS BULLETS                   MPFL  -  UNDEFEATED

2. TEXAS XTREME                     TUFA -  UNDEFEATED

3. VICTORIA HURRICANES       CRAFL -  UNDEFEATED

4. NORTH TEXAS MUSTANGS   TUFL -  UNDEFEATED

5. WEST TEXAS PRIDE                 MPFL -  UNDEFEATED

6. HOUSTON DUCKS                    DTFA -   DTFA CHAMPIONS

7. LUBBOCK LIBERTY EAGLES    RGFL

8. DESOTO TARANTULAS            TUFL  

9. AUSTIN VIPERS                          MPFL

10. TEXAS HURRICANES                DTFA

11. TEXAS RED RAIDERS               TUFA

12. TEXAS RAVENS                         TUFA

13. MARSHALL ARCH ANGELS     TUFL

14. WHARTON COUNTY PANTHERS  CRAFL

15. SHARYLAND STING                  TUFA