2017 High Country Grizzlies season

The 2017 High Country Grizzlies season was the franchise's inaugural season as a professional indoor football franchise; they are an expansion team of the National Arena League. The Grizzlies were one of eight teams that competed in the NAL for its inaugural 2017 season.

2017 High Country Grizzlies season
Head coachJosh Resignalo
OwnerDon Thompson
Bryan Bouboulis
Home fieldGeorge M. Holmes Convocation Center
Results
Record3–7
Conference place5th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Led by head coach Josh Resignalo, the Grizzlies play their home games at the George M. Holmes Convocation Center on the campus of Appalachian State University.

Standings
2017 National Arena League standings
W L PCT PF PA GB STK
z - Jacksonville Sharks 111.917697299—L1
y - Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 91.9006103491.0W7
x - Columbus Lions 93.7506894122.0W6
x - Monterrey Steel 74.6364783643.5W1
High Country Grizzlies 37.3004494847.0L4
Georgia Firebirds 29.1823725768.5L5
Dayton Wolfpack 07.0001254788.5L7
Corpus Christi Rage 09.0001666249.5L9

z - clinched home field advantage

y - clinched home playoff game

x - clinched playoff spot

Schedule

Regular season

The 2017 regular season schedule was released on December 9, 2016[1]

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

All start times are local time

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Saturday March 18 7:00pm at Georgia Firebirds W 62–29 1–0 Albany Civic Center
2 Saturday March 25 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 42–48 1–1 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
3 Saturday April 1 7:00pm Dayton Wolfpack W 94–6 2–1 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
4 Sunday April 9 7:00pm Jacksonville Sharks L 21–68 2–2 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
5 BYE
6 Saturday April 22 7:00pm at Columbus Lions L 44–57 2–3 Columbus Civic Center
7 BYE
8 Sunday May 7 7:00pm Georgia Firebirds W 47–31 3–3 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
9 Monday May 15 7:05pm at Dayton Wolfpack Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
10 Saturday May 20 7:00pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 28–56 3–4 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
11 Saturday May 27 7:00pm Columbus Lions L 41–56 3–5 George M. Holmes Convocation Center
12 Saturday June 3 7:00pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 52–67 3–6 PPL Center
13 Saturday June 10 7:00pm at Jacksonville Sharks L 18–66 3–7 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
14 Friday June 16 7:00pm at Corpus Christi Rage Cancelled[lower-alpha 2] American Bank Center
  1. Dayton Wolfpack folded due to not having a home arena; replaced by a travel only team based out of Atlanta
  2. Game cancelled by the Rage as the team suspended operations the week prior.

Roster
2017 High Country Grizzlies roster
Quarterbacks
  •  5 Reed Gurchiek

Running backs

  •  6 Undra Hendrix

Wide receivers

  •  3 Alex Coleman
  • 18 Shamar Graves
 Offensive linemen
  • -- Jordan Farrow
  • -- Joe Hillin
  • -- David Wilson

Defensive linemen

  • 17 Demarcus Berry
  • -- Brandon Davis
  • 96 Ethan Farmer
  • 44 Matthew Hardison
  • 90 Brandon Sutton
 Linebackers
  • -- Kevin Cuffee
  • -- David Washington

Defensive backs

  • -- Sandy Chapman IV
  •  9 Tavian Lott
  •  2 Roshawn Marshall
  •  8 Reggie Sullivan
  • -- Darion Thomas

Special teams

  • -- Will Johnson
 Reserve lists
  • 99 Chase Blackburn DL (IR)
  • 22 Brandon Fuentes DB (Susp.)
  • 52 Trevon Goins OL (Susp.)
  • -- Michael Johnson LB (IR)
  • 23 Darius Lipford LB (IR)
  • 21 Troy Sanders DB (IR)
  • 77 Tyrell Smith OL (IR)
  • 83 Cody Sterrett WR (IR)
  • 62 Ken Van Heule OL (IR)
  • 10 Mackenzie Williams WR (IR)

Rookies in italics
Roster updated June 16, 2017
26 Active, 12 Inactive

References
  1. "2016 National Arena League schedule". National Arena League. Archived from the original on December 14, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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