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Honors
Bill Booth - MLFN Hall of Fame (2006)
All-League
Lance Westendorf, QB - Hon Men (1996)
John Cook, RB - Hon Men (1996)
DeShawn Fontelroy, FB - Hon Men (1996)
Naamon Archer, WR - 1st Team (1996)
Drew Tostad, WR - Hon Men (1996)
Dennis Sitch, C - 1st Team (1996)
Darryl Warren, OG - 3rd Team (1996)
Dana Brooks, OT - 3rd Team (1996)
Jason Booth, DT - 1st Team (1996)
Jay Rivers, LB - 1st Team (1996)
Judd Kinz, DT - 1st Team (1996)
Mike Bryant, DE - Hon Men (1996)
John Lyday, S - 2nd Team (1996)
Josh Norman, CB - 3rd Team (1996)
Tony Ziegler, PR - Hon Men (1996)
Aaron Abbott (LB) - Hon Men (1996)
Dana Brooks (OL) - 1st Team (1995)
David Ayers (DL) - 1st Team (1995)
Naamon Archer (WR) - 1st Team (1995)
Jay Rivers (MLB) - 1st Team (1995)
Ricky Anderson (OLB) - 1st Team (1995)
John Cook (RB) - 2nd Team (1995)
Lance Westerndorf (QB) - 2nd Team (1995)
Jason Booth (NG) - 2nd Team (1995)
Tom Ketchum (WR) 2nd Team (1995)
Ned Bittner (LB) - 2nd Team (1995)
Wes Schaffran (WR) - Hon Men (1995)
Daniel Langford (ST) - Hon Men (1995)
John Cook, RB - (1994)
Shawn Simpson (1994)
Ron Pettit (1994)
Lyle Westendorf (1994)
Erik Krager (1994)
The History
Dating back to 1991 the NWFL saw Kelso/Longview, WA as a potential
expansion area even holding the league-wide jamboree there July 11, 1992
between the Blue Knights, Jets, Bengals, Blast and Thunderbolts led by
Ric King as local organizer. The belief being, a midway team would
help tie together the Seattle-Portland I-5 league. That team,
according to a July 13, 1992 Longview Daily News article, was to be
called the Cowlitz County Volcanoes with a goal of raising $50,000 to
start the franchise.
As an Independent team in 1993 that finished 2-5,
the Cavaliers appeared in 1994 in the NWFL when Bill Booth
created an entry for the Northwest Football League and lasted 3 seasons.
It's most famous alum, Lance Westendorf, would go on to set numerous
records as a Pierce County Bengal and Puget Sound Jet through the late
90's and early 2000's.
Dave McDaniel set a team record with a 95-yard
kickoff return against Puget Sound (8/12/95)
A scheduled 1996 game with the first-year San Diego Storm was canceled
after the Storm season-opener with the San Diego Jaguars resulted in a
bench-clearing brawl at Eastlake HS in Chula Vista, California.
The independent Bellingham Eagles accepted the game on short notice,
losing 26-13.
The Cavaliers were a middle to lower tier team
throughout it's 3 year existence, but created the most stories in the
NWFL when the franchise and it's owner became embroiled in the "Who's
Who" of NWFL football. The Cavaliers were to have folded and be
replaced by the Posse in 1997, only to have the Cavalier name be
recognized later in place of the Cougars who were playing at the same
time as the "new" Cavaliers (Washington). The Posse/Cougars
eventually split into the Buccaneers and Raiders with some players
sprinkled among the Thunderbolts and Panthers. A coaching carousel
involving Cedric Walker, Jay Atwood and Shay Dean ensued as Bill Booth
owned, disowned, then reowned teams around the Vancouver area as the
common thread between the Cavalier (x 2)/Cougar/Posse triangle.
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