Everett Hawks
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The Everett Hawks are a now-defunct professional (2002–05) and later minor-league (2006–07) arena football
team based in Everett, Washington
, USA. The team was in existence for five years (2002–07) in three leagues, the Northwest Football League (NWFL), the National Indoor Football League
(NIFL), and af2
and in two cities, the Eastside and Everett
. They were first members of the Northwest Football League as the Eastside Hawks, where they had extremely good success. After the 2004 season, they became a member of the NIFL as the Everett Hawks. In 2006 they switched to the af2
. They played their home games at Everett Events Center.
On May 14, 2006, after losing their first six af2 games, Rickey Foggie was fired from the head coach position http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/05/14/100spo_c1fog001.cfm. The Hawks got their first win in af2 history by defeating the Stockton Lightning
41-40 on May 27, 2006. Nonetheless, soon after the end of the 2007 season, the team folded as predicted by local newspapers after many businesses involved with the Hawks were filing lawsuits to try and receive payment for services rendered.
"The Everett Hawks will not be back next year," majority owner Sam Adams said Monday via telephone from the training camp of the NFL's Denver Broncos. "I informed the league three weeks ago." http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20070828/NEWS01/108280043
"I've been unable to devote the time it requires to make it a quality product like (Everett's other sports franchises) the Silvertips and AquaSox," Adams said. "I had bad luck in finding people that could operate the team efficiently. We failed the fans and I take responsibility for it." http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20070828/NEWS01/108280043
| colspan="6" align="center" | Eastside Hawks (NWFL)
|-
|2002 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 2nd League || Lost NWFL Playoffs (Multnomah County)
|-
|2003 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 3rd League || Won Semifinal (Willamette Valley)
Won NWFL Championship (King County)
|-
|2004 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 1st League || Won NWFL Semifinal (Willamette Valley)
Won NWFL Championship (West Sound)
Won NAFL Round 1 (Central Coast)
Won NAFL Round 2 (Ogden)
Won NAFL Quarterfinal (St. Paul)
Won NAFL Semifinal (Springfield)
Won NAFL Championship (Central Penn)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Everett Hawks (NIFL)
|-
|2005 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 1st Pacific West || Won PC Quarterfinal (B. Mavericks
)
Lost PC Semifinal (Tri-Cities
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Everett Hawks (af2)
|-
|2006 || 4 || 12 || 0 || 5th NC West || --
|-
|2007 || 6 || 10 || 0 || 6th AC West || --
|-
!Totals || 58 || 27 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including NWFL & NIFL playoffs)
|}
Arena football
Arena football is a variety of gridiron football played by the Arena Football League . It is a proprietary game, the rights to which are owned by Gridiron Enterprises, and is played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian outdoor football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game....
team based in Everett, Washington
Everett, Washington
Everett is the county seat of and the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Named for Everett Colby, son of founder Charles L. Colby, it lies north of Seattle. The city had a total population of 103,019 at the 2010 census, making it the 6th largest in the state and...
, USA. The team was in existence for five years (2002–07) in three leagues, the Northwest Football League (NWFL), the National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League
National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...
(NIFL), and af2
Af2
AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...
and in two cities, the Eastside and Everett
Everett
- Places :* Everett, Washington, the county seat and largest city in Washington state's Snohomish County*Naval Station Everett* Everett, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts north of Boston* Everett, Pennsylvania, in Bedford County, Pennsylvania...
. They were first members of the Northwest Football League as the Eastside Hawks, where they had extremely good success. After the 2004 season, they became a member of the NIFL as the Everett Hawks. In 2006 they switched to the af2
Af2
AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...
. They played their home games at Everett Events Center.
On May 14, 2006, after losing their first six af2 games, Rickey Foggie was fired from the head coach position http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/05/14/100spo_c1fog001.cfm. The Hawks got their first win in af2 history by defeating the Stockton Lightning
Stockton Lightning
The Stockton Lightning were a professional arena football team. They were members of the Western Division of the National Conferenece of the arenafootball2 .The Lightning joined af2 2006 as an expansion team...
41-40 on May 27, 2006. Nonetheless, soon after the end of the 2007 season, the team folded as predicted by local newspapers after many businesses involved with the Hawks were filing lawsuits to try and receive payment for services rendered.
"The Everett Hawks will not be back next year," majority owner Sam Adams said Monday via telephone from the training camp of the NFL's Denver Broncos. "I informed the league three weeks ago." http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20070828/NEWS01/108280043
"I've been unable to devote the time it requires to make it a quality product like (Everett's other sports franchises) the Silvertips and AquaSox," Adams said. "I had bad luck in finding people that could operate the team efficiently. We failed the fans and I take responsibility for it." http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20070828/NEWS01/108280043
Season-by-season
|-| colspan="6" align="center" | Eastside Hawks (NWFL)
|-
|2002 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 2nd League || Lost NWFL Playoffs (Multnomah County)
|-
|2003 || 7 || 2 || 0 || 3rd League || Won Semifinal (Willamette Valley)
Won NWFL Championship (King County)
|-
|2004 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 1st League || Won NWFL Semifinal (Willamette Valley)
Won NWFL Championship (West Sound)
Won NAFL Round 1 (Central Coast)
Won NAFL Round 2 (Ogden)
Won NAFL Quarterfinal (St. Paul)
Won NAFL Semifinal (Springfield)
Won NAFL Championship (Central Penn)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Everett Hawks (NIFL)
|-
|2005 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 1st Pacific West || Won PC Quarterfinal (B. Mavericks
Billings Outlaws
The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark...
)
Lost PC Semifinal (Tri-Cities
Tri-Cities Fever
The Tri-Cities Fever are a professional indoor football team in the Indoor Football League. Their first season was in 2005 as an expansion member of the National Indoor Football League. Though they represent the entire Tri-Cities region, they play their home games exclusively at the Toyota Center...
)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Everett Hawks (af2)
|-
|2006 || 4 || 12 || 0 || 5th NC West || --
|-
|2007 || 6 || 10 || 0 || 6th AC West || --
|-
!Totals || 58 || 27 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including NWFL & NIFL playoffs)
|}
Notable players
- Craig Hawley - K
- Julian Reese - QB
- A.J. Street - WR
- Jeremiah PharmsJeremiah PharmsJeremiah Pharms born June 24, 1978) is a former American football fullback/linebacker in the Arena Football League. He played two seasons for the New York Dragons .-External links:**...
- LB - Michael Coe - OG