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“THE ONLY YARDSTICK FOR SUCCESS IS BEING A CHAMPION. NO ONE REMEMBERS ANYTHING ELSE”- JOHN MADDEN
FEBRUARY 18, 2012
NASHVILLE STORM WILL CONDUCT 2 COMBINE-STYLE OPEN TRYOUTS ON FEBRUARY 25 AND MARCH 3 FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE 2012 NASHVILLE STORM TEAM
JEREMY WARE TESTS IN THE SHORT SHUTTLE IN THE 2010 NASHVILLE STORM OPEN TRYOUTS
The Nashville Storm will be conducting 2 open tryouts for the 2012 Nashville Storm Team in February/March of 2012 . The following are the times/dates/places of the 2 2012 Nashville Storm Open Tryouts:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 (10 AM-1 PM) AT STRATFORD HIGH SCHOOL'S BUSTER BOGUSKIE STADIUM (1800 STRATFORD AVENUE, NASHVILLE, TN 37216)
SATURDAY, MARCH 3 (2 PM-5 PM) AT STRATFORD HIGH SCHOOL'S BUSTER BOGUSKIE STADIUM (1800 STRATFORD AVENUE, NASHVILLE, TN 37216).
ALL NASHVILLE STORM PLAYER-APPLICANTS MUST BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE EITHER AT THE TIME OF THE TRYOUT OR PRIOR TO THE NASHVILLE STORM'S FIRST SCHEDULED 2012 FOOTBALL GAME (APRIL 28, 2012).
Cost for a new Nashville Storm player-applicant to try out at our open tryouts is $45.00, payable in cash on the day of the tryout. Each tryout will be approximately 3 hours in length, with the first hour of each tryout dedicated to the filling out of registration forms and the collection of tryout fees. ALL PLAYER-APPLICANTS MUST PAY THE TRYOUT FEE BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO TRY OUT; NO EXCEPTIONS.
Nashville Storm Open Tryouts are held for the purpose of beginning evaluation of players who want to play for the Nashville Storm, NOT for the purpose of serving as a fundraiser for the team. Every individual who tries out for the Nashville Storm at our Open Tryouts will receive 5 free adult Tickets to 2012 Nashville Storm Home Games and a free Nashville Storm National Championship T-Shirt.
All players who participate in the Nashville Storm's Open Tryouts are invited to preseason camp/practice. It is our policy to never cut a player-applicant without actually evaluating his abilities in live, full-contact scrimmaging. So every player who tries out for the Nashville Storm will get a full opportunity to show what they can do in helmet and pads in game-style conditions.
All tryouts will include timing in the 40-yard dash, L-drill, standing broad jump and short shuttle. Player-applicants should wear shorts or workout clothes and running shoes and football cleats; wearing of football pads or helmets will not be necessary.
Anyone with questions about the process of trying out for the Nashville Storm can contact Nashville Storm President Bill Caldwell (615-804-2117 or pking34@comcast.net ) or Nashville Storm Head Coach Charles Hunter (615-589-4920 or charles.hunter@state.tn.us ).
NASHVILLE STORM WILL COMPETE FOR THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2012
“THE NASHVILLE STORM HASN’T CHANGED LEAGUES---- OUR LEAGUE HAS CHANGED ITS’ NAME”
On the weekend of February 11 in Atlanta, Georgia, Nashville Storm Director of Football Operations Charles Hunter and Nashville Storm General Manager Kevin Dugan were part of a historic meeting to launch what may be the most powerful Adult Amateur football league in the history of the South: the NATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. The NATIONAL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION is the result of a merger between the National Elite Football League and the Premier South Football League (the Nashville Storm’s 2011 League). The merged league currently has 34 teams from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, many of which have made perennial appearances in the National Top 25. The Nashville Storm will continue to play the Storm’s biggest traditional rivals from the PSFL like the MEMPHIS PANTHERS and ROCKET CITY TITANS, and the merged league reunites the Storm with another long-time rival from the old NAFL South, the ASHEVILLE GRIZZLIES of Hall of Fame Head Coach PHIL LYTLE--------- and another former heavyweight NAFL South Owner/Coach, STEVE LETT (Owner/HC of the 2002 NAFL South Champion CHAPIN TIMBERWOLVES) is the Owner of the NFA CAROLINA WARRIORS (2010 GDFL CHAMPIONS- most of the NEFL/NFA teams played in the GDFL in 2011)
Other prominent Southern football heavyweights in the NFA will include the PANHANDLE CRUSADERS (2009 PSFL CHAMPIONS), ATLANTA PRIME (named as one of the top 20 “National Teams of the Decade” for 2000-2010 by National Football Events----- the only other Southern team to make this list was the Nashville Storm), HENRY COUNTY HORSEMEN (2009 USFL Champion), JEFFERSON COUNTY WARRIORS, NORTH GEORGIA BULLDOGS and the 2007 NAFL2 Champion LOUISIANA STORM.
The first weekend of NFA league competition will be on the weekend of April 28, 2012. The 2012 NFA Championship Game will be played in late August in New Orleans, LA. Negotiations are currently underway for the 2013 NFA Championship Game to be played in a location familiar to the Nashville Storm and Nashville Storm fans---- DISNEYWORLD’S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS in Orlando, Florida, the site of the Nashville Storm’s first National Championship Game appearance (in the NAFL) in 2006.
The NFA Champion will compete for the National SEMIPROBCS Championship, won by the Nashville Storm in 2011.
2011 NASHVILLE STORM PLAYERS JULIUS JOHNSON, BLAKE HARRIS, AND DEREK DICKERSON SIGNED BY PROFESSIONAL ARENA FOOTBALL TEAMS
JULIUS JOHNSON, #49 IN THE PHOTO, CARRIES THE FOOTBALL IN 2009 AGAINST THE INDIANAPOLIS TORNADOS
Three players from the 2011 Nashville Storm have been signed for the first time by professional Arena football teams------ while the teams signing the Storm players are in 3 different professional Arena Football leagues, 2 of the teams are within a 2.5 hour drive of Nashville, TN, while the 3rd team is less than a 4-hour drive away.
The players are:
JULIUS JOHNSON (HILLWOOD HS), SIGNED BY THE ALABAMA HAMMERS OF THE PIFL- Johnson, 6’4” and 260 pounds, was a RB/FB for the 2009 Nashville Storm and a DE for the 2011 Nashville Storm, and was an impact player at both positions. Johnson led the 2009 Storm in rushing TDs with 11, and as a DE on the 2011 Storm, set a single-season Storm team record for QB sacks with 16.5.
BLAKE HARRIS (GOODPASTURE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL/TSU), SIGNED BY THE EVANSVILLE (IN) RAGE OF THE CIFL- Harris, a FB for the Storm from 2009-2011 who was also one of the outstanding special teams players in Storm history, will be playing both FB and LB for the Rage.
DEREK DICKERSON (HUNTERS LANE HS/TENNESSEE TECH), SIGNED BY THE EASTERN KENTUCKY DRILLERS OF THE UIFL- Dickerson was a starting Storm LB for the first 4 games of the Storm’s 2011 season before being injured in an auto accident along with 3 other Storm players that ended his 2011 season (Dickerson wasn’t medically cleared to play until after the Storm had to lock their 2011 roster for the PSFL playoffs).
In addition, the Nashville Storm’s Stanlee Bradley (Antioch HS/Cumberland University) and Darius Turner (Alabama A &M) will return for their 2nd season with the Alabama Hammers, who play out of Huntsville, AL.
The Nashville Storm congratulates these fine Storm players and look forward to seeing them succeed as professional football players.
SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 21, STRATFORD HIGH SCHOOL’S BUSTER BOGUSKIE STADIUM- NASHVILLE STORM WILL OPEN THEIR 2012 SEASON AGAINST THE CLARKSVILLE (TN) WOLFPACK OF THE GDFL
AS A FIRST-YEAR TEAM IN 2011, THE GDFL’S CLARKSVILLE WOLFPACK SURPRISED MANY OBSERVERS BY COMPILING A 7-4 W-L RECORD AND MAKING THE GDFL PLAYOFFS
The Nashville Storm will open their 2012 season with a non-league game against the Clarksville Wolfpack of the Gridiron Developmental Football League on Saturday night, April 21 at Stratford High School’s Buster Boguskie Stadium. Admission gate for the game will open at 6 PM, and kickoff of the game will be at 7 PM.
The Wolfpack will begin their 2nd year of competition with the game in Nashville after a first year that was more successful than many anticipated. The Wolfpack compiled a 7-3 regular season record in their first year and made the GDFL playoffs, but lost in the playoffs’ first round.
Not only are the Wolfpack talented and well-coached, they will be highly motivated to play their best game against a Nashville Storm team whose long record of success has been aided strongly by the number of outstanding players the Storm have recruited from the Clarksville area. They are also aware that the Storm have never lost a game against another Middle Tennessee-based team, a streak they’d like to break and feel capable of breaking.
The Nashville Storm will be seeking lifetime victory #125 in this game (against 20 losses). The game will also open the Storm’s 6th season of playing their home games at Stratford High School’s Buster Boguskie Stadium.
So mark Saturday night, April 21 on your calendar------ the 2012 Nashville Storm football season is going to start WITH A BANG.
FULL-GAME VIDEO: THE SEMIPROBCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (OCTOBER 8, 2011, WARRENTON, MO)
Once again, through the magic of what we call “STORMTV”, we present for your enjoyment another Nashville Storm performance in a championship game.
If you love what we call “MANHOOD FOOTBALL”, you’ll never see a better example of it than this game (Nashville storm 18- Warren County Cyclones 13). Thanks to “STORMTV”, you can enjoy every play of this defensive classic in a championship setting. SO HERE IT IS---- ENJOY.
2011 Semi-Pro BCS Championship from SonicDeathMonkey on Vimeo.