VERMONT ICE STORM

EFL Southern DIvision Schedule

The Empire Football League, at its pre-season meeting in Oneonta, New York on June 6, made some minor revisions to their 2004 season schedule. The Reading Renegades were replaced by a new franchise from Reading, PA, the Reading Raptors. The Syracuse Vipers of Syracuse, NY were granted a leave of absence for the 2004 season. The Amsterdam Zephyrs were brought in as associate members to take the Syracuse Vipers schedule. These schedule revisions allow the EFL to continue with 12 active member teams for the 2004 season in a two division format: Northern Division: Ottawa (Canada), Plattsburgh, St Lawrence Valley, Burlington (VT), Glens Falls, Watertown Southern Division: Orange County, Albany, Binghamton, Scranton, Reading, Amsterdam, The season starts July 17th and ends September 25th. The EFL Playoffs will take place on October 2nd and October 9th and will conclude with the EFL Championship Game on October 16th. EFL officers for the 2004 season are as follows: Dave Burch, EFL Commissioner-Secretary Bill Higgins, Commissioner of Officials Gary Shaver, Deputy Commissioner-Treasurer Mary Boice, Deputy Commissioner Bill Callahan, Deputy Commissioner-Historian Frank Williams, Deputy Commissioner Al Dole, Deputy Commissioner George Ashcraft, Deputy Commissioner Norman Mann, Deputy Commissioner

Orange County's semi-pro football team takes on the 105th Airlift Wing's C-5 flight simulator Take 1,250 pounds of brawn, spread it across five football players who bench press an average of 400 pounds each, then corral them into a 23 million dollar flight simulator for about three hours. The result of that mix: harsh takeoffs, even rougher landings, poor aerial refueling procedures and plenty of laughs from the powerhouse leviathans huddled inside. Players and staff from the Orange County Bulldogs, a Hudson Valley semi-pro football team who had an opportunity to tour the 105th Airlift Wing's C-5 flight simulator, quickly learned that using finesse rather than their big biceps and brute force was what it would take to tackle the "Galaxy

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