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Meant to post this a few days ago…

Daniel Skibbe, owner of the Traverse City Wolves NAFL football team, announced a revision to the team’s official 2009 season schedule today. The Wolves will open their home schedule against the Chicago Chippewas on July 25th. “We are happy with the final schedule and are excited to open our inaugural season,” stated Mr. Skibbe.

The complete schedule:

18-July @ Ypsilanti
25-July vs. Chicago
1-Aug vs. Tri-City (ONT)
8-Aug@ Tri-City (ONT)
15-Aug vs. Genesee
22-Aug Open
29-Aug @ Chicago
5-Sept @ London (ONT)
12-Sept London (ONT)
19-Sept Ypsilanti
26-Sept@ Genesee

The Traverse City Wolves are part of the North American Football league (NAFL) that includes more than 140 teams in 24 divisions throughout the United States and Canada. The regular season is followed by a 32-team playoff to determine the NAFL champion.

I can’t wait to check this out. You can follow all the latest news from the Wolves at TCWolves.com.

The Traverse City Wolves have announced their 2009 Inaugural Football Schedule. All home games will be played at Traverse City Central High school. Season tickets are now on sale and you can visit their website at www.tcwolves.com for ordering information and more info. Single game seats go on sale April 15th!

TC Wolves 2009 Season Schedule

7/11 @ London Silverbacks

7/18 @ Ypsilanti Yellow Jackets

7/25 vs Tri – City Thunder

8/1 @ Tri – City Thunder

8/8 vs Kane County Eagles

8/15 vs Genesee County Patriots

8/22 @ Kane County Eagles

8/29 vs London Silverbacks

9/5 BYE

9/12 @ Genesee County Patriots

9/19 @ Chicago Wolverines

9/26 vs Ypsilanti Yellow Jackets

All home games (in bold) are on Saturday evenings beginning at 7:00 pm

A couple notes of interest to Northern Michigan sports fans…

2009 Detroit Tigers Caravan Schedule (sadly, no North Bus)

Traverse City Wolves Football finds a home
The Traverse City Wolves will play there home games at Traverse City Central High School. The Wolves start play this summer in the North American Football league in June. They will be part of the Great Lakes Division and play home games on Saturdays.

Read Wolves to play at Central at Record-Eagle.com

Jeff Peek of the Record Eagle reports that former Eastern Michigan University football player Daniel Skibbe is beginning the process of bringing semi-pro football to Traverse City. The Traverse City Wolves could begin play as early as 2009 and be one of 120 teams in the North America Football League.

Here’s some info from the article…

“This is a great football community,” said Skibbe, who moved from Detroit five years ago and coached for two seasons under Josh Merchant at Elk Rapids. “When I came up here I realized that northern Michigan not only has a lot of talented players, but disciplined ones, too.”

“You don’t get to play football after high school unless you’re gifted and go on to college,” he said. “So this league is for guys who play for the love of the game.”

Players are age 18-40, with 45-50 players on each team’s active roster. Skibbe said the Wolves would typically practice 2-3 nights per week, with games set for Saturdays or Sundays.

Sounds like fun and that it could be a success in TC!

Read Semi-pro franchise coming to TC in the Record Eagle

You can also visit TCWolves.com (content coming next week) to keep up to date with the latest news.

My View: Traverse City keeps getting bigger and bigger so more and more opportunities will keep coming for more sports and entertainment. Northern Michigan has a big football fanbase, so I would only think this could be very successful. It looks like they have a good plan, and I’m all on board. I just wish they would have asked me to help with the website!