Wolves earn trip to Iowa
The Manchester Wolves earned the No. 7 seed for the arenafootball2 league playoffs and will play at second-seeded Iowa in a first-round playoff game Friday night.
The Wolves (7-9) and the Barnstormers (12-4) have never met in the 10-year history of the league. Manchester entered the 2008 af2 postseason as the No. 7 seed and won two dramatic, come-from-behind, road games against the second- and third-seeded teams before falling to Tennessee Valley -- the eventual ArenaCup champions -- in the American Conference title game.
The Wolves have not named a starting quarterback for their game against Iowa. In last weekend's loss to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, the two quarterbacks on Manchester's roster were injured. Starter Mike Potts broke the pinky finger on his throwing hand and back-up Willie Copeland suffered a broken ankle.
Wide receiver Steve Savoy played QB for most of the second half.
The complete af2 first-round playoff schedule:
American Conference
First-round playoff schedule:
Friday, July 31
No. 7 Manchester (7-9) at No. 2 Iowa (12-4) 8:05 p.m.
Saturday, August 1
No. 8 Albany (7-9) at No. 1 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (13-3) 7 p.m.
No. 5 Kentucky (10-6) at No. 4 South Georgia (11-5) 7:30 p.m.
No. 6 Green Bay (10-6) at No. 3 Tennessee Valley (11-5) 8:30 p.m.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
First-round playoff schedule:
No. 6 Rio Grande Valley (9-7) at No. 3 Bossier-Shreveport (11-5) 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 1
No. 7 Oklahoma City (7-9) at No. 2 Tulsa (13-3) 8:05 p.m.
No. 5 Arkansas (11-5) at No. 4 Boise (12-4) 9:10 p.m.
No. 8 Stockton (6-10) at No. 1 Spokane (15-1) 10 p.m.
