DELMARVA BAYRIDERS PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
The Delmarva Bayriders are a professional football team that will begin play in May of 2010 as a member of the RIFL (REGIONAL INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE)
www.regionalindoorfootballleague.com . The team will represent Delmarva while wearing the colors of burgandy, gold and white. The Bayriders is Delmarva's first professional football franchise and hope to follow in the footsteps of the areas professional baseball franchise the Delmarva Shorebirds in terms of success in the areas on and off the field.
The Bayriders will open their 2011 campaign in Toronto ,Ontario on January 16, 2011 at 8pm , team officials and players alike are extremely excited to play an international game to kick off the season, WR Mike Roach said of the game " let's get it poppin , can' wait".
Dance Team auditions will be held in October with the place and time TBD........
Where will the Bayriders call home this year? After a successful exciting meeting with the Normandy Arena at the Wicomico Youth an Civic Center in Salisbury ,MD , Bayriders officials say that they may have found their fit . The meetings included a full tour with center officials showing how their facility would accomodate the team's games . As soon as the league schedule is released the two factions will see if they can work it out. More to come.....
The Delmarva Bayriders will be back in 2011 to bring the Delmarva community the kind of fast paced, hard hitting, entertainment that the community has grown to love over the past 3 years. The Bayriders plan to be bck under the RIFL flag for the second straight season. More to come ........
Scorpions Top Delmarva 36-0
Dean Richter had 11 tackles, Mike Perkins and Sid Lowe returned interceptions for touchdowns and Brandon Thomas recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown as the Sarasota Scorpions defense squashed the Delmarva Bayriders Saturday night en route to a 36-0 victory.
The Bayriders were held to only 87 yards of total offense and quarterback Julius Horton was kept in check as he was only able to complete 6 of 28 pass attempts for 55 yards. He also threw 4 interceptions.
Both teams played a very tough, close, hard hitting game. Sarasota got on the board just 1:51 into the game on the second play from scrimmage as James Friedman ran around the left corner for a 40 yard touchdown scamper to give the Scorpions a 6-0 lead.
Delmarva responded with a decent drive that was helped out with a penalty for a late hit. But on 4th down a heavily pressured Horton’s pass fell incomplete and the Scorpions took back possession. But the Bayriders showed they were not planning on rolling over so quickly as two plays later Millard Dawson’s pass was intercepted. Once again the defense held strong as Dean Richter came up with a big 4th down tackle that left the receiver just short of the first down marker.
With 4:26 left in the first half Delmarva was trying to tie the game as Horton saw an open receiver in the end zone. But when the pass was thrown Mike Perkins closed the gap, made the interception and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown. James Friedman ran in the conversion and the Scorpions held a 14-0 lead at halftime.
DAWSON LEADS SCORPIONS INTO DELMARVA
The RIFL'S leading passer, Millard Dawson, takes his troops into Delaware this weekend for an important matchup between the undefeated Sarasota Scorpions (4-0), and the once beaten Delmarva Bayriders (3-1). The Bayriders only blemish came at the hands of the AIFA's defending Champion, the Reading Express in a very close game. The Scorpions have been destroying anyone that sets foot on the field with them, including a 70-0 victory a week ago. Dawson leads the league in passing yardage and touchdown passes and stands behind a very solid line that is determined not to let anyone get near their quarterback. Scorpions Head Coach Emory Coleman said "I hope people were paying attention last week up north. I was sending a message to other RIFL teams that we will not let up on the gas pedal." Delmarva's Shane Wooten responded "That's exactly what we want. We want their best. May the best team win. Bring it on!" Both teams also boast outstanding defenses with Sarasota posting shutouts in 3 of their 4 games. Can the Bayriders win this game? "Absolutely we can. If they think they are coming into our house and going to smack us around on our field....Well, let's just say, not gonna happen." said a Delmarva source. RIFL Commissioner Earl Christy is going to be in attendance for a special halftime ceremonial announcement.
On May 22, 2010 Delamarva's ONLY Professional football team the Bayriders took on the East Coast Executioners and came home with a well deserved win 48-16 pushing them to 3-0 on the 2010 campaign. Eventhough the Bayriders put up nearly 50 points the Bayrider's stingy defense is the talk of the locker room only giving up 16 points (6 of which came off a perfectly executed screen pass on the games first play from scrimmage) on the game and only 28 on tghe season. The defense stayed in the executioners backfield all night giving their offense no time to think. When the bayrider's offense stepped on the field they scored at will with a strong running game and a near flawless passing game. The Bayrider's take the field again against league powerhouse the Sarasota Scorpions on June 5,2010 who are also destroying opponents in route to the RIFL championship game.
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EARL CHRISTY NAMED RIFL COMMISSIONER
Last night on WTMY radio the announcement was made that Earl Christy has agreed to become the first Commissioner of the Regional Indoor Football League. Christy brings plenty of credibility to the league as a Super Bowl III winner and a scout for the New York Jets. He is very excited about the appointment. "We have a great product here and we want all the fans to know about it. It's all about being a professional and having discipline. I look forward to working with all the players and teams in the RIFL to make our product the best that it an be."_______________________________________________________________________
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The Delmarva Bayriders ,Delmarva's only professional
football team, are excited to announce that we are an official member of the RIFL (REGIONAL INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE). The decision was made to make the move after last minute scheduling issues with the PIFL and the folding of some member teams.We will honor some of our PIFL scheduled games with the teams left standing. Bayrider management believes this move will be a defining moment in the history of the franchise as they embark on this pro football journey.
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The Delmarva Bayriders release their updated schedule check it out by clicking on the schedule button.
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the Bayriders fell to 1-1 in there preseason losing to the Express 21-7. Bayriders QB Rob Moore said of the game " we see now what we need to work on and now its time to get it done.