The Wichita Wild is a professional indoor football team located in Wichita, Kansas. The wild plays in the Indoor Football League the second biggest football league (by number of teams) in the United States only after the NFL. The IFL was formed in 2008 through a merger between the Intense Football League and the United Indoor Football (UIF) league. Both leagues had been in business for four seasons before the merger. The Wild Host their home games in Park City, Kansas at the Hartman Arena.

The owner of the team is Wink Hartman. Hartman was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and graduated from Wichita State University with a business degree and double major in marketing and economics. Wink presently owns and oversees a variety of companies including oil service and drilling, commercial construction, Chester’s Chophouse and Wine Bar and Hartman Arena. With the recent acquisition of additional oil companies, Hartman Oil became the largest oil producer in the state of Kansas. He was named 2008 “Businessman of the Year” by the Wichita Business Journal.

Ken Matous was hired as Head Coach of the team on July 28, 2008. Matous came to the Wild from the Columbus Destroyers of the Arena Football League (AFL) where he served as Offensive Coordinator, Special Teams Coordinator, and directed player personnel for three seasons. Matous has 30 years of coaching experience under his belt, including eight in Arena Football. Matous has a record of 21-11 as head coach of the Wild and is the teams all-time winningest coach.

Season-By-Season[link]

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

2011 Season Schedule[link]

Regular Season[link]

Division Standings[link]

Roster[link]

Past Seasons[link]

2007 season[link]

They began play in 2007 as an independent organization playing all games at home against semi-pro opponents from the midwest. They played their home games at the Kansas Coliseum. The Wichita Wild went undefeated with a record of 9 wins and no losses.

2008 season[link]

In 2008, they competed in the UIF. The UIF the next season merged with the Intense Football League to form the Indoor Football League. They played their home games at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita, Kansas.

2009 season[link]

The Wild's breakout year came in 2009 when the Wild established themselves as top tier indoor football franchise. The Wild won the IFL's Central Division and fell in the Conference Championship game to RiverCity. Following the season, Wichita was recognized as the IFL's Franchise of the Year. Running back Darius Fudge set league records for rushing touchdowns and rushing yards, which still stand today. Fudge was named the IFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year.

2010 season[link]

For the new season the Wild have returned last years stars in Dixie Wooten, Clinton Soloman, and Darius Fudge. The Wichita Wild Season opener was February, 26 at the Hartman Arena. The 2010 season was the most successful season in franchise history in terms of success on and off the field. The team went 9-5 in the 2010 regular season and went on to win two playoff games before falling to Sioux Falls in the United Conference Championship. The 11 total wins for the Wild in 2010 was the most in franchise history. The team also set a record for total attendance by seeing almost 30,000 fans attend Wild home games in 2010. A crowd of 4,755 attended and watched the Wild snag their first win of the 2010 season. After an 8-4 start to the 2010 Indoor Football League season the Wichita Wild Clinched their second playoff berth in franchise history.

vs Opponent[link]

* = was named the Odessa Roughnecks on 05/23/09 when Wichita won 62-42

External links[link]

• Official Website
• Wild's 2008 Stats

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Steven Gachette

Allen Wranglers
Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1988-07-28) July 28, 1988 (age 23)
Place of birth: Miami, Florida
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school: Lehigh Senior High School
University: Southwest Baptist
Undrafted in 2011
Debuted in 2011 for the Kansas City Command
Career history
Calgary Stampeders* (2011) Kansas City Command (2011-2012) Allen Wranglers (2012-Present) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career Arena football statistics
Completions 3 Attempts 3 Yards 24 Touchdowns 0 Interceptions 0
Stats at CFL.ca
Stats at ArenaFan.com

Steven Gachette (born July 28, 1988) is an American professional football quarterback who is currently a member of the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League. He was also a member of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League and the Kansas City Command of the Arena Football League. He played college football at NCAA Division II Southwest Baptist University.

Early years[link]

Gachette played high school football at Lehigh Senior High School in Lehigh Acres, Florida.

College career[link]

2007 season[link]

In 2007, he started his red shirt freshman season for the Southwest Baptist University and started every game for the Bearcats, completing 315 of 515 passes for 2,953 yards, and 15 TDs. He also rushed for seven TDs on 104 Attempts for 461 Yards.

2008 season[link]

In 2008, Gachette again started every game for the Bearcats. He threw for 3,360 yards on 27 TDs, while having a completion percentage of 59.9% on 296 completions on 494 attempts. He also ran the ball 159 times, for 947 yards and six touchdowns en route to being named First Team All-Independent and the ICAA Player of the Year.

2009 season[link]

In early 2009, Gachette was named D-II Pre Season All-American and Pre Season All-Conference. He completed 61.6% of his passes for 28 TDs and 3,015 yards and rushed for 1,158 yards on 7.0 yards per carry, for 8 TDs. Gachette was named a Harlon Hill Regional Finalist, AFCA All-State Good Works Team nominee, was honorable mention D-II All-American, Conference Player of the Year, among other awards. By the end of the season, Steven had broken 18 SBU records.

2010 season[link]

Once again in early 2010, Gachette was named to the D-II Pre Season All-American team, and Pre Season All-Conference. He passed for 3,247 yards while completing 66.2% of passes he attempted and threw for 24 TDs. In this season, Gachette carried the ball 129 times for 1,018 yards and 15 TDs. He was named Conference Player of the Year for the third time in his career, and named a Harlon Hill Regional Finalist for the second straight year.

Legacy at SBU[link]

Gachette walked onto the SBU football team in 2006 at only 140 Lbs. In his four year career at SBU, Steven broke every SBU record by a QB. He also accounted for 15,000 total yards, as he threw 99 touchdown passes and ran for 35.

Steven holds the record for Most Career Pass Completions in NCAA Division II History with 1,119.

Professional career[link]

After going undrafted in the 2011 NFL Draft, Gachette signed a two-year contract with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.^[1] He was released by the Stampeders on June 18, 2011 after only one preseason appearance.^[2][3]

In July 2011, Gachette signed with the Kansas City Command of the Arena Football League.

On April 12, 2012, it was announced that Gachette had signed a contract to join the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League

References[link]

External links[link]

• Southwest Baptist profile
• Steven Gachette on Twitter

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James McCartney
Background information
Birth name	James Louis McCartney
Born	(1977-09-12) 12 September 1977 (age 34)[1] London, England
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Musician, Writer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, mandolin, drums
Years active	1997–present
Website	Official website

James Louis McCartney (born 12 September 1977) is a British musician and songwriter living in London. He is the only son of songwriter and former Beatle Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney. He has contributed to a number of solo albums by his parents, including Flaming Pie (1997) and Driving Rain (2001) by Paul McCartney and Wide Prairie (1998) by Linda McCartney.

His first solo EP, Available Light, was released in September 2010^[1] to positive reviews.^[2][3][4] A second EP, Close At Hand, was released shortly after. The solo album The Complete EP Collection is slated for release November 2011.^[5]

Early life[link]

James Louis McCartney was born in London on 12 September 1977. He is the only son of songwriter and former Beatle Paul McCartney and Paul's first wife, Linda McCartney. He was named after both his paternal grandfather Jim McCartney and his father, whose full name is James Paul McCartney, as well as Linda's late mother, heiress Louise Linder Eastman.

He spent the first two and a half years of his life on the road while his parents toured with their band Wings. After the band broke up in 1980, the McCartney family settled in Rye, East Sussex. He attended the local state secondary school, the Thomas Peacocke Community College.^[6] He has stated his earliest inspiration to learn guitar was Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future.^[7] He began playing music when his father gave him a Fender Stratocaster at age nine. The guitar had previously been owned by Carl Perkins.^[8]

In 1989, McCartney, with his older sisters Mary McCartney and Stella McCartney, again joined Paul and Linda on a world tour. He continued his education with a tutor while on the road. In 1993, at age 16, while surfing with friends, he was swept out to sea. Coast-guard was called and his family rushed to the site, but he emerged safe on his own forty minutes later.^[6] In 1995, James introduced his sister Mary to television producer Alistair Donald, whom she would later marry.

On 17 April 1998, in Tucson, Arizona, James, along with his father and sisters, was at his mother's side when she died from breast cancer, which had been diagnosed in 1995. Later that year, McCartney graduated from Bexhill College, near his home in East Sussex, where he pursued studies in A Level Art and sculpture.^[6]

Music career[link]

McCartney's 2009 U.S. debut at the David Lynch Weekend for World Peace and Meditation.

James has played guitar and drums on some of his father's solo albums, including Flaming Pie (1997) and Driving Rain (2001), as well as co-writing a few songs.^[1] On Flaming Pie he has an electric guitar solo on the track "Heaven on a Sunday." On Driving Rain, he co-wrote the songs "Spinning On An Axis" and "Back In The Sunshine Again" with his father, and played percussion on the former track and guitar on the latter.

He also plays lead guitar on his mother's posthumously released solo album, Wide Prairie (1998), which included tracks recorded privately over the previous twenty years.^[9]

In 2004 he again left the McCartney family home and began living in a flat in Brighton,^[7] where he waited tables while he attended college and worked on his music.^[10] In 2005, he accompanied Paul during his 'US' Tour.

Around 2008, he began working with David Kahne, his father, and a number of other musicians on recording his own music.^[8] He made his US performing debut with his own original solo material on 14 November 2009 at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, during the Fourth Annual David Lynch Weekend for World Peace and Meditation in Fairfield, Iowa.^[8] He performed under the pseudonym Light.^[11]

Solo EPs[link]

Available Light was McCartney's first official release as both a performer and songwriter. The EP included four original songs composed by James as well as a cover of Neil Young’s classic "Old Man".^[12] In addition to composing the songs and singing, he plays electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, piano and bass on the recordings. Produced by David Kahne and Paul McCartney, the EP was recorded between Sussex, London and New York over the previous year,^[2] including Abbey Road Studios.^[3]

He stated "The music was inspired by The Beatles, Nirvana, The Cure, PJ Harvey, Radiohead — and all good music. It is basically rock n' roll, clean sounding and vocal. The words on the album refer to spirituality, love, family, trying to sort out one's life, and many other things."^[11]

He previewed tracks from Available Light when he toured the UK for the first time in February and March 2010,^[11][13] though he at first performed under a pseudonym.^[1] The album was released electronically September 2010 on Blake Morgan's Engine Company Records,^[1][4] to positive reviews.^[3]

Close At Hand, his second EP, was released in 2011.^[14]

[edit] The Complete EP Collection

McCartney's The Complete EP Collection was released on 22 November 2011. The album combines the previous two EPs along with five new original tracks and two newcovers.^[5] It is his first physical release, the two individual EPs being digital only.^[5] Like the EPs, it was produced by Paul McCartney and David Kahne, and is being released by Engine Company Records.^[14] Rolling Stone called the opening track, "Angel," a "light and cheerful pop track."^[5]

AntiMusic dubbed the release "whimsical and reflective, sharp-witted and affectionate. Full of smart, engaging pop songwriting."^[15]

In a Rolling Stone song exclusive about the track New York Times, James notes he composed the main riff on a family trip when his father "...was just inches away from me."^[16]

Personal life[link]

Like his older half-sister Heather McCartney, James lives a relatively private life,^[6][7] unlike his sisters Stella, a fashion designer, and Mary, a photographer.^[11] James has a much younger half-sister, Beatrice Milly McCartney, born in 2003 to Paul and his second wife Heather Mills.^[6] James has six nephews and two nieces.

He is a vegan in honour of his mother, an animal rights activist.^[7]

Discography[link]

Collaborations[link]

• 1997: Flaming Pie by Paul McCartney
• 1998: Wide Prairie by Linda McCartney - lead guitar
• 2001: Driving Rain by Paul McCartney

Solo albums[link]

• 2010: Available Light EP
• 2011: Close At Hand EP
• 2011: The Complete EP Collection

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• James McCartney at Engine Company Records
• Photographs of James McCartney
• Available Light Video Trailer