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The Washington Valor (1-8) lost 72-42 on Friday night inside of Royal Farms Arena against the Baltimore Brigade (7-2) in front of 5,105 fans. Baltimore set a new franchise record for points.
The storyline heading into the Blackjacks and Brigade Game this week was that less than a year after leading Baltimore to their first Arena Bowl appearance quarterback Randy Hippeard would face off against his former team in his new home down the shore with the Blackjacks.
For the first time since 2010, the Tampa Bay Storm will host a playoff game on their own turf. Escaping with a thrilling 55-51 win over the Washington Valor on Saturday night at Amalie Arena, the Storm improved to 8-2 and picked up their fourth straight victory over Washington to wrap-up the season sweep.
The Washington Valor (0-2) lost 67-51 on Saturday night inside of Wells Fargo Center to the Philadelphia Soul (3-0) in front of 10,164 fans. Washington will continue their early season road trip as they head to Albany, New York next weekend to take on the Empire inside of Times Union Center.
After an early bye, the boys in red, white and blue are ready to get back to business. The Soul (1-0) are coming to town and will square off against the Valor (1-0) 7 p.m. Saturday, April 22nd at Verizon Center. The game will broadcast live on Monumental Sports Network. Only one will remain undefeated.
When Randall Boe became the Arena Football Leagues commissioner prior to the 2018 season there were only four teams in the league and the very future of the AFL was in doubt. However just over a year into the job Boe has made significant progress to restoring the league with two new franchises and a significantly altered business model that focuses on the league owning teams itself.
The Washington Valor (1-7) dropped their seventh straight, their third loss to the Tampa Bay Storm (7-1) in less than a month in front of 9,856 fans inside of Amalie Arena on Saturday night. Valor wide receiver Charles McClain set a new franchise record finishing with 215 all-purpose yards. With their 58-57 win, Tampa Bay became the second team to secure a playoff berth.
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