2017 High Country Grizzlies season

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2017 High Country Grizzlies season
OwnerDon Thompson
Bryan Bouboulis
Head coach Josh Resignalo
Home stadium George M. Holmes Convocation Center
Results
Record3–7
Conference place5th
PlayoffsDid not qualify

The 2017 High Country Grizzlies season was the franchise's inaugural season as a professional indoor football franchise; they are an expansion team of the National Arena League. The Grizzlies were one of eight teams that competed in the NAL for its inaugural 2017 season.

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Led by head coach Josh Resignalo, the Grizzlies play their home games at the George M. Holmes Convocation Center on the campus of Appalachian State University.

Standings

2017 National Arena League standings
WLPCTPFPAGBSTK
zJacksonville Sharks 111.917697299L1
yLehigh Valley Steelhawks 91.9006103491.0W7
xColumbus Lions 93.7506894122.0W6
xMonterrey Steel 74.6364783643.5W1
High Country Grizzlies 37.3004494847.0L4
Georgia Firebirds 29.1823725768.5L5
Dayton Wolfpack 07.0001254788.5L7
Corpus Christi Rage 09.0001666249.5L9

z – clinched home field advantage

y – clinched home playoff game

x – clinched playoff spot

Schedule

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016 [1]

Key:   Win  Tie  Loss   Bye

All start times are local time

WeekDayDateKickoffOpponentResultsLocation
ScoreRecord
1SaturdayMarch 187:00pmat Georgia Firebirds W 62–291–0 Albany Civic Center
2SaturdayMarch 257:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 42–481–1 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
3SaturdayApril 17:00pm Dayton Wolfpack W 94–62–1George M. Holmes Convocation Center
4SundayApril 97:00pm Jacksonville Sharks L 21–682–2George M. Holmes Convocation Center
5 BYE
6SaturdayApril 227:00pmat Columbus Lions L 44–572–3 Columbus Civic Center
7 BYE
8SundayMay 77:00pmGeorgia FirebirdsW 47–313–3George M. Holmes Convocation Center
9MondayMay 157:05pmat Dayton WolfpackCancelled [a]
10SaturdayMay 207:00pmLehigh Valley SteelhawksL 28–563–4George M. Holmes Convocation Center
11SaturdayMay 277:00pmColumbus LionsL 41–563–5George M. Holmes Convocation Center
12SaturdayJune 37:00pmat Lehigh Valley SteelhawksL 52–673–6 PPL Center
13SaturdayJune 107:00pmat Jacksonville SharksL 18–663–7 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
14FridayJune 167:00pmat Corpus Christi Rage Cancelled [b] American Bank Center
  1. Dayton Wolfpack folded due to not having a home arena; replaced by a travel only team based out of Atlanta
  2. Game cancelled by the Rage as the team suspended operations the week prior.

Roster

2017 High Country Grizzlies roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

  • 17 Demarcus Berry
  • --Brandon Davis
  • 96Ethan Farmer
  • 92 Larry Ford
  • 44 Matthew Hardison
  • 90 Brandon Sutton
Linebackers
  • -- Kevin Cuffee
  • --David Washington

Defensive backs

  • --Sandy Chapman IV
  •  9Tavian Lott
  •  2 Roshawn Marshall
  • 21 Cedeno Patrick
  •  8Reggie Sullivan
  • --Darion Thomas

Special teams

  • --Will Johnson
Reserve lists

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 16, 2017
26 Active, 12 Inactive

References

  1. "2016 National Arena League schedule". National Arena League. Archived from the original on December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.