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2017 High Country Grizzlies season

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.

2017 High Country Grizzlies season
OwnerDon Thompson
Bryan Bouboulis
Head coachJosh Resignalo
Home fieldGeorge M. Holmes Convocation Center
Results
Record3–7
Conference place5th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

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

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2017 National Arena League standings
W L PCT PF PA GB STK
z – Jacksonville Sharks 11 1 .917 697 299 — L1
y – Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 9 1 .900 610 349 1.0 W7
x – Columbus Lions 9 3 .750 689 412 2.0 W6
x – Monterrey Steel 7 4 .636 478 364 3.5 W1
High Country Grizzlies 3 7 .300 449 484 7.0 L4
Georgia Firebirds 2 9 .182 372 576 8.5 L5
Dayton Wolfpack 0 7 .000 125 478 8.5 L7
Corpus Christi Rage 0 9 .000 166 624 9.5 L9

z – clinched home field advantage

y – clinched home playoff game

x – clinched playoff spot

Schedule

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Regular season

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

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday March 18 7:00pm at Georgia Firebirds W 62–29 1–0 Albany Civic Center
2 Saturday March 25 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 42–48 1–1 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
3 Saturday April 1 7:00pm Dayton Wolfpack W 94–6 2–1 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
4 Sunday April 9 7:00pm Jacksonville Sharks L 21–68 2–2 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
5 BYE
6 Saturday April 22 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L 44–57 2–3 Columbus Civic Center
7 BYE
8 Sunday May 7 7:00pm Georgia Firebirds W 47–31 3–3 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
9 Monday May 15 7:05pm at Dayton Wolfpack Cancelled[a]
10 Saturday May 20 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 28–56 3–4 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
11 Saturday May 27 7:00pm Columbus Lions L 41–56 3–5 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
12 Saturday June 3 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 52–67 3–6 PPL Center
13 Saturday June 10 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks L 18–66 3–7 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
14 Friday June 16 7:00pm at 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

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2017 High Country Grizzlies roster
Quarterbacks
  •  5 Reed Gurchiek


Running backs


Wide receivers

  •  3 Alex Coleman
  • 18 Shamar Graves


 Offensive linemen
  • -- Jordan Farrow
  • -- Joe Hillin
  • -- David Wilson


Defensive linemen

  • 17 Demarcus Berry
  • -- Brandon Davis
  • 96 Ethan Farmer
  • 44 Matthew Hardison
  • 90 Brandon Sutton


 Linebackers
  • -- Kevin Cuffee
  • -- David Washington


Defensive backs

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


Special teams

  • -- Will Johnson


 Reserve lists
  • 99 Chase Blackburn DL   (IR)
  • 22 Brandon Fuentes DB (Susp.)
  • 52 Trevon Goins OL (Susp.)
  • -- Michael Johnson LB   (IR)
  • 23 Darius Lipford LB   (IR)
  • 21 Troy Sanders DB   (IR)
  • 77 Tyrell Smith OL   (IR)
  • 83 Cody Sterrett WR   (IR)
  • 62 Ken Van Heule OL   (IR)
  • 10 Mackenzie Williams WR   (IR)


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

References

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