2012 Western Pennsylvania Sting season

The 2012 Western Pennsylvania Sting season was the first season and only season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL) franchise.

2012 Western Pennsylvania Sting season
Head coachJeff Bollinger
OwnerJeff Bollinger
Home fieldTravel Team
Results
Record0-7
Conference place5th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The Sting were originally created to replace the Saginaw Sting, who had left the league to re-join the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL).[1] The Sting had an agreement to host games at Cambria County War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, as well as other cities throughout Western Pennsylvania.

On November 30, 2011, the Sting announced that Paul Pennington would be their first coach in franchise history.[2]

On May 15, 2012, the Sting were suspended by the league due to a lack of funds.[3]

The Sting were able to finish the season with an 0-7 record, and failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season
Week Day Date Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 Friday March 1 at Erie Explosion L 7-81[4] 0-1 Louis J. Tullio Arena
2 Saturday March 10 at Marion Blue Racers L 27-68[5] 0-2 Veterans Memorial Coliseum
3 BYE
4 Friday March 23 at Erie Explosion L 34-88[6] 0-3 Louis J. Tullio Arena
5 Friday March 30 at Johnstown Generals L 30-46[7] 0-4 Cambria County War Memorial Arena
6 Saturday April 7 at Cincinnati Commandos L 20-76 0-5 Cincinnati Gardens
7 BYE
8 BYE
9 Sunday April 29 at Eastern Kentucky Drillers L 8-105 0-6 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
10 Saturday May 5 at Johnstown Generals Cancelled 0-6 Cambria County War Memorial Arena
11 Monday May 14 at Mississippi Hound Dogs Cancelled 0-6 BancorpSouth Arena
12 BYE
13 Saturday May 26 at Johnstown Generals L 6-33[8] 0-7 Cambria County War Memorial Arena
14 Saturday June 2 at Lakeland Raiders Cancelled 0-7 Lakeland Center
15 Saturday June 9 at Florida Tarpons Cancelled[9] 0-7 Germain Arena

Standings
2012 United Indoor Football League
Team Conference Overall
W L PCT W L PCT PF PA
Northern Conference
Cincinnati Commandos-y72.77882.800594373
Erie Explosion-x73.70083.727748362
Marion Blue Racers-x54.55665.636602467
Johnstown Generals36.33336.333264441
Western Pennsylvania Sting06.00007.000132497
Southern Conference
Florida Tarpons-y1101.0001101.000687287
Eastern Kentucky Drillers54.55664.600613361
Lakeland Raiders-x55.50065.545639379
Rome Rampage16.14316.143100462
Mississippi Hound Dogs19.10019.100281559

Final Roster
2012 Western Pennsylvania Sting roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Tyler Huenther

Running Backs

  •  1 Marcus Pollard

Wide Receivers

[21}Sean Malafronte

  • -- Corey Oakes
  •  3 Will Peake
  •  2 Art Peck
Offensive Linemen
  • Currently vacant

Defensive Linemen

  •  6 Chris Booth
  • 92 Ryan DeFrancesco
  • 48 Ryan Greene
  • 22 Sean Moore
Linebackers
  • 14 Josh Stegna

Defensive Backs

  • -- Mario Henry
  •  7 Jeremy Stewart
  • 21 Darrell Wolford

Kickers

  • Currently vacant
 Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Inactive list

Rookies in italics
Roster updated May 26, 2012
15 Active, 1 Inactive

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References
  1. "Former Freeze/RiverRats coach hired by UIFL team". www.goerie.com. Erie Times-News, GoErie.com & CyberInk. December 1, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  2. "Western Pennsylvania Sting hires Pennington". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. November 30, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  3. "League suspends Johnstown Generals". www.tribdem.com. The Tribune-Democrat. May 15, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  4. John Dudley (March 2, 2012). "Erie Explosion win laugher in indoor football opener". www.goerie.com. Erie Times-News, GoErie.com & CyberInk. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  5. Bob Putman (March 11, 2012). "Blue Racers win for second straight week". www.marionstar.com. Marion Star. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  6. Victor Fernandes (March 24, 2012). "Explosion breeze past Sting". www.goerie.com. Erie Times-News, GoErie.com & CyberInk. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  7. Shawn Curtis (March 31, 2012). "Generals pull away from Sting". www.tribdem.com. The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  8. Shawn Curtis (May 26, 2012). "Generals return to defeat Sting". www.tribdem.com. The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  9. Jake Nordbye (June 9, 2012). "Indoor football: Tarpons get easy win in regular-season finale". www.naplesnews.com. Naples Daily News. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
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