2008 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season

The 2008 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers season is the team's seventh season. The Pioneers attempted to return to the ArenaCup after falling to the Tulsa Talons in ArenaCup VIII, the team's first championship appearance.

Rosters

Training camp

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 2008 training camp roster

Quarterbacks

  • Rod Rutherford

Receivers

  • Titan Mann
  • JJ Outlaw
  • Evan Prall
  • Prince Prempeh
  • Andrew Weatherly
  • Jason Williams

Kickers

  • Mark Kamphoefner
  • Brian Way
  

Offensive linemen

  • Zack Love
  • Robert Roper
  • Mike Sacco
  • Jaden Volchoff

Defensive linemen

  • Troy Blackwell
  • Kader Drame
  • Isaac Hilton
  • Deon McPhee
  • Justin Parrish

Offensive/Defensive linemen

  • David Dean
  • Keith Glover
  • Anthony Rose
  

Linebackers

  • Darius Leak

Fullbacks/linebackers

  • Rob Biernat
  • Brian Gilmore
  • Agean Robinson

Defensive backs

  • Barry Drakeford
  • Chris Page
  • Tyler Trettin

Wide receivers/Defensive backs

  • Allan Barnes
  • Dennis Bishop
  • Tu Tu Ferguson

Injured reserve

Week 1

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 2008 Week 1 roster

Quarterbacks

Receivers

  •  3 Coco Blalock
  •  4 Rich Musinski
  •  9 JJ Outlaw
  • 81 Tyreak saviour
  • 86 Prince Prempeh

Kickers

  • -- Mark Kamphoefner
  

Offensive linemen

  • 74 Zach Love
  • 98 David Dean

Defensive linemen

  •  8 Justin Parrish
  • 44 Isaac Hilton
  • 56 Kader Drame
  • 78 Troy Blackwell

Offensive/Defensive linemen

  • 99 Keith Glover
  

Fullbacks

  • 30 Jason Acquaye

Fullbacks/linebackers

  •  7 Agean Robinson

Linebackers

  •  6 Darius Leak

Wide receivers/linebackers

  • 25 Larry Kendrick

Defensive backs

  •  1 Micheaux Robinson
  • 22 Tu Tu Ferguson
  • 23 Barry Drakeford

Injured reserve

Final roster

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 2008 final roster

Quarterbacks

  •  5 Ryan Vena
  • 15 Matt Schabert

Receivers

  •  2 Bakari Brown
  •  4 Rich Musinski
  •  9 JJ Outlaw

Kickers

  •  3 David Davis
  

Offensive linemen

  • 50 Joe Villani
  • 56 Eugene Newsome
  • 70 Jaden Volchoff
  • 74 Zach Love
  • ?? Geir Gudmundsen

Defensive linemen

  •  8 Justin Parrish
  • 44 Isaac Hilton
  • 78 Troy Blackwell

Offensive/Defensive linemen

  • 99 Keith Glover
  

Fullbacks

  • 30 Jason Acquaye

Fullback/Linebacker

  •  7 Kirby Griffin

Linebackers

  •  6 Darius Leak

Wide receivers/linebackers

  • 25 Larry Kendrick

Defensive backs

  •  1 Micheaux Robinson
  • 22 Tu Tu Ferguson
  • 23 Barry Drakeford
  • 28 Allan Barnes
  • ?? Serge Sejour
  

Injured reserve

  • -- Robert Roper OL
  • 81 Tyreak Saviour WR
  • 98 David Dean
  • 98 Rory Thomas

Roster

Team staff

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 2008 team staff
Executive Administration
  • Owner – Cosmo DeNicola
  • General manager – Joe Shaughnessy
  • Executive assistant to the Owner – Natalie Scarantino

Coaching staff

Schedule

Regular season

Week Kickoff Date Opponent Result Record Game site af2.com Recap
1 8:00 PM EDT March 28, 2007 Quad City Steamwheelers L 48–41 0–1 iWireless Center Recap[permanent dead link‍]
2 3:00 PM EDT April 6, 2008 Daytona Beach ThunderBirds W 68–14 1–1 Ocean Center Recap[permanent dead link‍]
3 7:00 PM EDT April 11, 2008 Mahoning Valley Thunder W 33–20 2–1 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
4 8:05 PM EDT April 19, 2008 Peoria Pirates W 74–26 3–1 Carver Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
5 7:30 PM EDT April 26, 2008 Manchester Wolves W 68–50 4–1 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
6 6:30 PM EDT May 5, 2008 Mahoning Valley Thunder W 77–47 5–1 Chevrolet Centre Recap[permanent dead link‍]
7 7:30 PM EDT May 10, 2008 Quad City Steamwheelers W 84–26 6–1 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
8 7:00 PM EDT May 16, 2008 Albany Conquest W 69–27 7–1 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
9 Bye
10 7:05 PM EDT May 31, 2008 Manchester Wolves L 70–63 7–2 Verizon Wireless Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
11 7:00 PM EDT June 7, 2008 Albany Conquest W 69–27 8–2 Times Union Center Recap[permanent dead link‍]
12 7:00 PM EDT June 13, 2008 Tennessee Valley Vipers W 77–49 9–2 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
13 7:30 PM EDT June 21, 2008 Manchester Wolves W 69–40 10–2 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
14 7:30 PM EDT June 28, 2008 Florida Firecats W 59–56 11–2 Germain Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
15 Bye
16 7:30 PM EDT July 12, 2008 Peoria Pirates W 54–34 12–2 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
17 7:30 PM EDT July 19, 2008 Mahoning Valley Thunder W 62–33 13–2 Wachovia Arena Recap
18 7:00 PM EDT July 25, 2008 Albany Conquest W 51–37 14–2 Times Union Center Recap

Postseason

Week Kickoff Date Opponent Result Record Game site af2.com Recap
1 7:30 PM EDT August 2, 2008 Quad City Steamwheelers W 57–29 1–0 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]
2 7:30 PM EDT August 9, 2008 Tennessee Valley Vipers L 34–30 1–1 Wachovia Arena Recap[permanent dead link‍]

Final standings

American Conference East Division
Team Overall Division
Wins Losses Percentage Wins Losses Percentage
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers 14 2 .875 8 1 .888
Manchester Wolves 9 7 .562 7 3 .700
Albany Conquest 5 11 .312 2 8 .200
Mahoning Valley Thunder 3 13 .187 2 7 .222

Attendance

Week Opponent Attendance
3 Mahoning Valley Thunder 4,889
5 Manchester Wolves 5,128
7 Quad City Steamwheelers 5,324
8 Albany Conquest 4,733
12 Tennessee Valley Vipers 5,479
13 Manchester Wolves 5,360
16 Peoria Pirates 5,219
17 Mahoning Valley 5,623
 
Playoff Opponent Attendance
1 Quad City Steamwheelers 3,905
2 Tennessee Valley Vipers  
 
Total 41,755
Average 5,073