Coverage of professional women’s athletics at Arch City Sports during 2016 saw numerous breakthrough achievements. Within the span of the calendar year, the quartet of squads featured – which encompassed the sports of football, basketball and flat-track roller derby – had a combined record of 33-12. In the process, two teams claimed national championships while another reached a newfound benchmark in…
I had to go back and look at the date. February 4, 2014. That was the day that I submitted an e-mail application to write for Arch City Sports. In my response sent to this website’s creator, Mick Lite, he posed this question. “How many posts do you feel you could contribute in a month?” Photo Credit:…
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It’s been a long time since St. Louis could boast about its football prowess. Sure, there was that one team that did some nice things on the field — but that might as well be ancient history. These days, if you want football excellence in St. Louis, it’s all about the SLAM, the city’s all-female, full-contact football team….
(IMPERIAL, PA) There have been numerous adjectives that have described the St. Louis SLAM during its 2016 season. The words “tenacious,” “aggressive,” “hungry” and “disciplined” have been used to tag the local representative of the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA). Now it can add a three-word identifier to its lexicon. “Two-time champions.” This comes following the SLAM’s 38-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Inferno Friday night at the WFA…
Rewind to August 15, 2009 and the inaugural national championship game for the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA). Photo Credit: Brian Ledford In the governing body’s finale held at New Orleans, Louisiana’s Pan American Field, the St. Louis SLAM women’s tackle football franchise, then six seasons old, topped West Michigan 21-14 to claim its first-ever trophy. A lot of highs…
Photo Credit: Brian Ledford (BELLEVILLE, IL) If one turns back the hands of time and examines the checklist listed by the St. Louis SLAM women’s professional tackle football franchise prior to its 2016 campaign in the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA), it contained some pretty humble entries. “Dominate with intensity as a unit, take one game at a time and…
Photo Credit: Mick Lite Photography The St. Louis SLAM women’s professional tackle football franchise is one victory away from reaching the finale of the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) Tier II national championship game. This weekend on home turf, they plan on achieving that goal. The SLAM (5-2) hosts the Sin City Trojans (5-4) for the WFA Tier II American Conference Championship Saturday night at Lindenwood…
Photo Credit: Mick Lite Photography (BELLEVILLE, IL) The St. Louis SLAM women’s tackle football franchise picked up a 53-0 victory over Houston Power in the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) Tier II quarterfinals Saturday night at Lindenwood University and now advances to the governing body’s Final Four within the tier. St. Louis (5-2) notched a trifecta of scores in the first quarter that set the…
Photo Credit: Mick Lite Photography It’s been seven years since the St. Louis SLAM women’s tackle football franchise has lifted championship hardware. This weekend, the squad takes it first post-season steps in making its desired 2016 goal a reality. The SLAM (4-2) hosts the Houston Power (1-6) in the quarterfinal round of the Women’s Football Alliance (WFA) Tier II playoffs Saturday at Lindenwood University’s Belleville…