Archive for March, 2009

The Indianapolis Impalas hit a bump in the road with their first loss of 2009. The Impalas welcomed Division 1 Midwest Powerhouse Cincinnati Wolfhounds to the Velodrome for a warm up match before both head to the playoffs. In a tough back and forth match one would expect from two Midwest power houses, Indianapolis had two key penalties called on them in the end of the second half to seal their fate. When the final whistle blew the final score was 11-5 Cincinnati. The Impalas will be getting right back to work though as they will have 4 games in 2 days this coming weekend in St. Louis. The Impalas hope to learn from their experiences and be ready for their run at a National Championship later this month.

The Indianapolis Impalas showed they haven’t lost a step from the fall season, by holding Dayton to zero points in a 60 – 0 victory Saturday. Donny Younger was back in action for his first game after his stint with the USA National 7s team and played superbly. Wing Ian Neberieza scored several tries in helping the Impalas secure the victory. Overall, every player played great and the team produced good ball movement which lead to an array of tries.

The starting line up has been announced for the A Side Exhibition Match with Dayton:

1 KENNY LEFFEL
2 MATT KIRKENDALL
3 AL THOMPSON
4 JOE STUCKEY
5 MAC LEVINDOFSKE
6 DAVID HALL
7 BRAD HUFF
8 SIONE VAI
9 DONNY YOUNGER
10 SCOTT PETERSON
11 EVAN ROBERTS
12 DAVE SNYDER
13 JON WADE
14 IAN NEBERIEZA
15 SHEA ALLEN

Reserves
16 MIKE BAUKERT
17 GENE WITCHGER
18 SIOSIFA VIA
19 ANDREW BRAKE
20 JERRY WOODWARD
21 CHRIS FRUCHTNICHT
22 NICO SQUADRONI

The Impalas will also be playing a second match with IU, the line up for the game is:

1 BERT LEFFEL
2 STUART DRAKE
3 JOE RICHARDS
4 NEAL MAXWELL
5 JUSTIN SIMMS
6 GENE WITCHGER
7 DYLAN RILEY
8 LINTON ESTRIDGE
9 JOHN LITTLE
10 JOHN HARLEY
11 KRAIG KITTS
12 BILLY MATTINGLY
13 NATE GILL
14 NICK HOOVER
15 CHRIS FRUCHTNICHT

Substitions:
16 JOHN LAROWE
17 KEVIN BOYTON
18 BEN TREFILEK
19 RYAN FRUCHTNICHT
20 TOMAS
21 TROY SPRING
22 JOHN MCLAUCHLIN

The Impalas are out of the gym and will be heading outside in preparation for their first exhibition match with Indiana University this weekend at 1pm.

The Impalas will now be practicing Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Velodrome/Major Taylor Sports Complex from 6pm-8pm (light permitting).
The address is: Lake Sullivan Sports Complex (Near Major Taylor Velodrome) 3649 Cold Spring Rd. Indianapolis, IN.