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2007 Season Notes
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Chicago Heights Soldiers (0-18)—The Soldiers finished their inaugural 2008 season with a near post-season upset against the number 2 seed Elkhart Express. Anthony Kyle picked up steam towards the end of the season, scoring an average of 33.4 points per game in the Soldiers last five. Soldiers top scorers: Anthony Kyle 23.5 points per game (13 games played), Fred Gardner 21.4 (12), Mike Hadley 21.1 (10), Amir Major 20.6 (14), Barry Bradford 15.8 (14) 2007 IBL All-Stars: Barry Bradford, Amir Major |
Soldiers Top News
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| Click on Game Results for all game recaps and player scores |
| Windy City Soldiers happy with celebrity game crowd - The Daily Journal (1/12/08) |
| Soldiers to hold Charity Event - The Daily Journal (1/09/08) |
| Seeing Soldiers succeed would make me smile - The Daily Journal (12/21/07) |
| New IBL team wants to make a difference - The Daily Journal (12/21/07) |
| Windy City Soldiers are coming - The Daily Journal (12/17/07) |
| Chicago Heights Soldiers announce name change for 2008 season - Press Release (8/09/2007) |
| Antwon Hall joins Chicago Heights new pro hoops team - Press Release (12/27/06) |
| Chicago Heights adds NBA veteran to front office - Press Release (12/22/06) |
| Professional basketball comes to Chicago Heights - Press Release (7/10/06) |
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Kankakee Community Resource Center, 105 N. Indiana St., Kankakee, IL
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2008 Schedule
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Friday March 14 |
11:00am |
Windy City Soldiers |
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USA All Stars* |
Sunday March 16 |
11:00am |
Windy City Soldiers |
vs |
USA All Stars* |
Friday March 21 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Holland Blast |
Saturday March 22 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Battle Creek Knights |
Friday March 28 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Grand Rapids Flight |
Saturday March 29 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Elkhart Express |
Friday April 11 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Grand Rapids Flight |
Saturday April 12 |
7:15pm |
Holland Blast |
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Windy City Soldiers |
Friday April 18 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Gary Steelheads |
Thursday April 24 |
7:15pm |
Las Vegas Stars |
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Windy City Soldiers |
Sunday April 27 |
7:15pm |
Las Vegas Stars |
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Windy City Soldiers |
Saturday May 3 |
7:15pm |
Gary Steelheads |
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Windy City Soldiers |
Friday May 16 |
7:15pm |
Chicago All Stars |
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Windy City Soldiers |
Saturday May 17 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Battle Creek Knights |
Saturday May 24 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Gary Steelheads |
Friday May 30 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Los Angeles Lightning |
Saturday May 31 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Los Angeles Lightning |
Sunday June 8 |
5:00pm |
Edmonton Chill |
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Windy City Soldiers |
Tuesday June 10 |
7:15pm |
Edmonton Chill |
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Windy City Soldiers |
Wednesday June 11 |
7:15pm |
Los Angeles Lightning |
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Windy City Soldiers |
Friday June 20 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Elkhart Express |
Saturday June 21 |
7:15pm |
Windy City Soldiers |
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Holland Blast |
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* The ‘USA All Stars’ is a non-IBL opponent. Each IBL team in the 2008 season is allowed to play two non-IBL opponents that count on their win-loss record. These two away games will be played in Gary Indiana at the Genesis Center Convention Center & Arena. Come root on your Windy City Soldiers! |
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2007 Ticket Prices
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Single Game:
$5.00 adult
$5.00 (17 & under)
12 & U free w/ paid adult
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Photo right: The Windy City Soldiers professional basketball team encourages children at King Grade School to work hard in achieving their goals- Kankakee, Illinois December 14, 2007 |
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2007 Roster
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Antwon Hall
6'5" |
Keenan Browder
6'6" |
Barry Bradford
6'0" |
Raphael Morris
6'7" |
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Amir Major
6'6" |
Rodney Rollins
6'6" |
Mike Hadley
6'4" |
Anthony Kyle
5'9" |
Also on the team (not pictured): Jamel Chavers, Fred Gardner,Will Mayfield
Photo right: Head coach Jay Bradford.
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Contact Information
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| Office |
150 N. Indiana St., Kankakee, IL 60901 |
| Phone/Fax |
(708) 785-HOOP(4667) |
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| Email |
windycitysoldiers@yahoo.com |
| Owner |
Example Network |
| COO |
Aisha Bradford |
| Senior Directors |
Edgar & Carmen Chavers, Joseph & Mattie Bradford |
| General Manager |
Kevin Chavers |
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| Director of PR/Marketing |
Kelli Evans |
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| VP of Operations |
Jay Bradford |
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| Director of Operations |
Valencia Glover |
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| Associate Head Coach |
Eric Minor |
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| Team/Player Spokesman |
Jamel Chavers |
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| Team/Player Spokesman |
Barry Bradford |
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