Winston Wildcats

Winston Wildcats
Established 2015
Play in the Piedmont Triad, North Carolina
HighPointWildcats.com
League/conference affiliations
Current uniform
Team colorsPurple, black, gray, white
       
MascotWildcat
CheerleadersLady Wildcats
Personnel
Team history
  • Winston Wildcats (2016–2018)
  • High Point Wildcats (2019)
  • Carolina Wildcats (2019)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)

The Winston Wildcats were an indoor football team based in Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The Wildcats joined the professional American Indoor Football (AIF) as an expansion team in 2015. Following the 2016 season, the AIF ceased operations, leaving the Wildcats without a league. The Wildcats have periodically played as an independent against various teams in the local market. When they were in the AIF, their home games were at the LJVM Coliseum Annex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Since the 2019 season, they are based out of High Point, North Carolina, operating as a travel team called the High Point Wildcats in the Southern Steam's Elite Indoor Football, a league composed of a variety of professional to semi-professional indoor football teams.[1] During the 2019 season, the team announced that coaches Malachi King, Dale Glossenger, and John Burns had purchased the team from Roderick Hinton and rebranded as the Carolina Wildcats.[2]

The Wildcats were the first indoor football team to call Winston-Salem home since the Winston-Salem Energy, which played in the National Indoor Football League for the 2002 season before folding.[3][4]

Statistics and records

Season-by-season results

League champions Division champions Playoff berth League leader
Season League Division Regular season Postseason
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2016 AIF Northern 8th 3 5 0 Did not qualify

Head coaches' record

Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Barry Marrow 2016 3 5 0 .375 — —

2016 season

2016 Winston Wildcats season
OwnerSports Xtras
Head coachBarry Marrow
Home fieldLJVM Coliseum Annex
2825 University Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Results
Record3–5
Division place8th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times were local to home team

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location
Score Record
1 BYE
2 BYE
3 BYE
4 Sunday March 20 4:05pm at Triangle Torch L 33–53[5] 0–1 Dorton Arena
5 Saturday March 26 7:05pm Philadelphia Yellow Jackets L 9–55[6] 0-2 LJVM Coliseum Annex
6 Saturday April 2 7:05pm Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 18–43[7] 0–3 LJVM Coliseum Annex
7 Friday April 8 7:05pm at Lehigh Valley Steelhawks L 8–72[8] 0–4 PPL Center
8 Saturday April 16 7:05pm Triangle Torch L 12–58 0–5 LJVM Coliseum Annex
9 BYE
10 Saturday April 30 7:05pm Maryland Eagles W 49–19[9] 1–5 LJVM Coliseum Annex
11 BYE
12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm at Central Penn Capitals Cancelled Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
12 Saturday May 14 7:05pm Philadelphia Yellow Jackets W 2–0* 2–5
13 Saturday May 21 7:05pm at Philadelphia Yellow Jackets W 2–0 (forfeit) 3–5 Class of 1923 Arena
14 BYE

* — Game was never scheduled to be played but was credited as forfeit win to the Wildcats one week after the non-played game with no explanation given by the AIF. (The Yellow Jackets were scheduled against the Maryland Eagles that week but had to forfeit due to the loss of their arena lease.)

Standings

2016 AIF Northern standings
Team W L PCT
y – West Michigan Ironmen 6 1 .857
x – River City Raiders 6 1 .857
x – Lehigh Valley Steelhawks 6 2 .750
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets 4 3 .571
Central Penn Capitals 4 4 .500
Chicago Blitz 3 3 .500
Triangle Torch 3 4 .429
Winston Wildcats 3 5 .375
Maryland Eagles 0 2 .000
Northern Kentucky Nightmare 0 5 .000

2016 roster

2016 Winston Wildcats roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Darius Coleman
  • 11 Torrie Walker

Running backs

  • Currently vacant

Wide receivers

  • 15 Anthony Boggans
  •  3 Jay Smith
  • 28 C. J. Tarver
  • 12 Antwan Thorpe
Offensive linemen
  • 56 LaVance Ginyard
  • 52 Harvey Oliver
  • 90 John Uqdan

Defensive linemen

  • 99 Chase Blackburn
  •  9 Maurice Gibbs
  • 54 Kevin Jones
  • 57 C. J. Montgomery
Linebackers
  • 44 Raphael King
  • 33 Aaron Massey
  •  2 Ricky Taylor

Defensive backs

  • 25 Lamarcus Bond
  • 36 Donnie Bryant
  • 36 Lawyer Montgomery
  • 21 Terrance Moore

Kickers

  • 18 Sonny Powell
Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt list

  • Currently vacant
  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated April 5, 2016
  • 21 Active, 0 Inactive

References

  1. ^ "High Point Wildcats Facebook Post July 17, 2018". Facebook.com. July 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "High Point Wildcats Facebook Post April 24, 2019". Facebook.com. April 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "Winston Wildcats to Join the AIF in 2016". American Indoor Football. June 29, 2015. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  4. ^ John Dell (March 6, 2016). "The dream is alive for hopepful pro football players". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Christian Candeloro (March 21, 2016). "Triangle Torch offers unorthodox entertainment". www.technicianonline.com. Technician. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  6. ^ "Winston-Salem Wildcats Play First Home Game Of Inaugural Season". www.wfmynews2.com. Tegna. March 26, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Chris Lea (April 4, 2016). "WXII Sports: Wildcats take on Saturday night football". www.wxiii12.com. Hearst Television. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  8. ^ Keith Groller (April 8, 2016). "Lehigh Valley Steelhawks set a record for largest margin of victory with a 72-8 whipping of Winston". www.mcall.com. Allentown Morning Call. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  9. ^ "Wildcats Crush Eagles for First Win of the Season 49-19". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.