Kalamazoo Xplosion

USFootball team
color1 = yellow
color2 = black

pixels = 150px
founded = 2007
league = Continental Indoor Football League
history = Kalamazoo Xplosion 2007-present
arena = Wings Stadium
city = Kalamazoo, Michigan
colors = black, yellow
owner = Mike Johnson
Mike Trumbell
Esteban Riveracite news |last=Morgan |first=Wes |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Xplosion owners juggling two teams |url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/120851041126370.xml&coll=7&thispage=1 |format=html |work= Kalamazoo Gazette |publisher= Booth Newspapers |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-04-18 |accessdate=2008-04-23 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]
president = Mike Johnson
Mike Trumbell
Esteban Rivera
coach = Mike Sparks
championships = 0
titles = 1 (2008)
cheerleaders =
dancers = The Xplosion Dance Team
mascot = Xplodey the Coyote

The Kalamazoo Xplosion are a 2007 expansion team of the Continental Indoor Football League, formerly the Great Lakes Indoor Football League. They are based in Kalamazoo, Michigan and they play their home games at Wings Stadium.

History

Original team owners are Mike Johnson, Mike Trumbell and Esteban Rivera who also own the Saginaw Sting.cite news |last=Morgan |first=Wes |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Xplosion owners juggling two teams |url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/120851041126370.xml&coll=7&thispage=1 |format=html |work= Kalamazoo Gazette |publisher= Booth Newspapers |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-04-18 |accessdate=2008-04-23 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] A number of Sting players and Xplosion players indicated at the end of the 2008 season that wages was in arrears from the owners. this lead to an investigation of Johnson in his roll as Sting General Manager. Trumbell, owner of Triple Threat Sports in Battle Creek, and Rivera, a Battle Creek police officer, have offered a deal to split ownership of the two team with Trumbell and Rivera owning the Sting and Johnson receiving the Xplosion.cite news |last=Mancina |first=Greg |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Saginaw Sting ready to join new league while owners work to split their differences |url=http://www.mlive.com/saginawnews/sports/index.ssf/2008/09/saginaw_sting_ready_to_join_ne.html |format=html |work= The Saginaw News |publisher= Booth Newspapers |location=Saginaw, Michigan |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-09-12 |accessdate=2008-0-16 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]

Season-By-Season

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2007 || 10 || 2 || 0 || 2nd Great Lakes || Won GLD Semifinal (Chicago)
Lost GLD Championship (Michigan)
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2008 || 11 || 1 || 0 || 1st Great Lakes East || Won GLD East Finals (Muskegon)
Won GLD Championship (Rock River)
Lost CIFL Championship (Saginaw)
-!Totals || 24 || 5 || 0
colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
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* = Current Standing

2007 Season Schedule

2008 Season Schedule

References

External links

* [http://www.kzooxplosion.com Official Website]
* [http://www.thestatguys.com/CIFL/KAL.HTM Xplosion's 2007 Stats]