Month: May 2015

(ST. CHARLES, MO) The St. Louis SLAM women’s tackle football team faced two forms of “threat” Saturday night at Lindenwood University. Photo Credit: Mick Lite Photography The first would come from Mother Nature as steady thunderstorms throughout the afternoon made the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) affair potentially sloppy. The second arrived directly from the Sooner State. The Tulsa Threat entered…

The narrative heading into the St. Louis SLAM’s home game this weekend against the Tulsa Threat, coincidentally, contains a plethora of the number “three.” Photo Credit: Erica Thompson The SLAM aims to pick up its third straight win at Lindenwood University (209 South Kingshighway St., St. Charles, MO) this Saturday at 7 p.m. With three games left in its…

(Photo Credit: Erica Thompson) (ST. CHARLES, MO) Returning to local turf since early April, the St. Louis SLAM women’s tackle football franchise posted 26 points straight en route to a 26-8 victory over the Derby City Dynamite Saturday night at Lindenwood University. Vicki Nichols and Keyonna Smith each scored twice in the 18-point duke that raised St….

  When the St. Louis SLAM women’s tackle football team began its 2015 campaign in early April, it possessed an air of enthusiasm, excitement and, perhaps, a tinge of nervousness. Image Credit: St. Louis SLAM After a one-year absence on the gridiron, and with a lot of rookies in tow, the early question posed was how well…

(OSSEO, MN) In a Saturday night women’s tackle football nail biter that had 77 combined points registered and a one-point differential displayed on the scoreboard heading into the final quarter, the St. Louis SLAM’s most significant number achieved late was “0”…as in “zero points surrendered.” St. Louis outscored the Minnesota Machine in the fourth quarter, 12-0, en route…

(OVERLAND PARK, KS) In a “Show-Me State” tussle of teams within the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), the St. Louis SLAM suffered a 27-17 setback Saturday to the Kansas City Titans at Shawnee Mission South. Photo Credit: St. Louis SLAM The 10-point loss sent the SLAM (2-1) to 1-1 in the WFA’s Great Plains Division of the American Conference – Midwest Region….