Tri-City Rush

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Tri-City Rush
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Founded2021
Folded2022
Team history
  • Tri-City Rush (2021-2022)
Based in Pasco, Washington
at HAPO Center
Home arena
League American West Football Conference (2021-2022)
ColorsBlack, red, silver, white
    
Personnel
Head coachBrandon Tate
OwnersRage Sports, LLC
Championships
League titles (2)2 (2021, 2022)
Playoff appearances ()
2
Website Tri-Cty Rush.com

The Tri-City Rush were a professional indoor football team based out of Pasco, Washington, with home games at the HAPO Center during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. [1] They were owned by Rage Sports, LLC, and were members of the American West Football Conference. [2] They were the third arena/indoor team to play in the Tri-City region preceded by the Tri-Cities Fever of NIFL, af2 and the Indoor Football League and the Tri-Cities Fire of the AWFC. They folded in 2022 after playing two seasons and winning two league championships, citing financial difficulties.

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History

The Rush replaced the Tri-Cities Fire after that team folded due to financial difficulties resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The team played two seasons in 2021 and 2022 coached by owner Brandon Tate. They played their home game at the HAPO Center, a smaller arena than the Toyota Center, previously used by the Tri-Cities Fire and the Tri-Cities Fever before them. They won the AWFC's American West Bowl in the two seasons they competed. [3] Unfortunately, due to not being able to secure funding to continue, the team folded in 2022. Tate would go on to be assistant coach of the Oregon Blackbears of the ill-fated revival of the Arena Football League in 2024 and the Oregon Lightning of Arena Football One in 2025.

References

  1. ↑ "Indoor football fans were left in the lurch. New Tri-Cities team rushes to take over". Tri-City Herald . November 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Staff". Tri-City Rush. January 20, 2021. Archived from the original on May 8, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Tri-City Rush holds off Skyhawks to win 2nd consecutive AWFC indoor football title". Tri-City Herald . July 11, 2022.
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