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Years
of Operation: 2004 - 2010
Overall
Record: 18-46
First
Game: Apr 4, 2004 vs Tri Cities Rattlers
First
Win: Apr 10, 2004 vs West Plains Cowboys
Final
Game:
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League
Affiliation:
Inland Northwest Football League (2004)
Evergreen Football League (2005 - 2008)
Washington Football League (2009-2010)
Team
Headquarters: Lewiston, ID |
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Owner:
Jerry Lema, Robb Dunn (2009)
General
Manager: Jerry Lema
Coaches:
Brian Stewart (HC -2004-05), Silas Robbins, Jerry Lema (HC 2008), Dennis
Manning (HC 2006), Stan Taylor
Home
Field(s): Kibbie Dome, Lapwai HS, Lewiston HS |
Titles
Won:
None
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Honors
All-League
Robb Dunn, DL (2005 EFL All-Star)
Josh Yarno, DL (2005 EFL All-Star)
Dan Wicks, LB (2005 EFL All-Star)
Lannie Pedersen, DB (2005 EFL All-Star)
Tom Schell, DB (2005 EFL All-Star)
Daryl Murphy, WR (2005 EFL All-Star)
Jerry Lema, OL (2005 EFL All-Star)
All-America
Founded in
early 2004 by University of Idaho student and former Southern Idaho
semipro player Jerry Lema, the Palouse Thunder is the first semipro team
to come out of Northern Idaho, and it is striving to become one of the
top semipro teams in the region.
“We were talking about how much we missed playing down in Southern Idaho
and we wondered what it takes to start up a team,” Lema said. “So I
investigated it.”
After some searching, Lema got in contact with Chuck Love, the
commissioner of the Inland Northwest Football League. Lema learned what
it takes to start up a team and began the process of joining teams like
the Walla Walla Stars, Yakima Scorpions and Moses Lake Bulls in the
INWFL.
Through fliers and word-of-mouth, Lema spread the news about the
Thunder. Soon, he had a roster of almost 30 players.
The Thunder have had a rough
go since their inception, not fielding a winning season in it's history,
but always seems to be one of those "hang in there" and scare you teams.
Renamed the "Hells Canyon
Thunder" in 2009, the team struggled to a one-win season, and could
not travel for their final road game when players left.
2010 started off with a
shocking win over the WFL runners up from 2009. High hopes were
dashed the following week by Yakima and Palouse dropped to the lower
tier once again, but tripled their win output from the previous year.
Numbers again became a problem and they failed to make their final road
trip to Okanogan.
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2004 Schedule/Results (4-5) |
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Apr 4 @ Tri Cities Rattlers |
7-42 |
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Apr 10 West Plains Cowboys |
24-10 |
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Apr 17 @ Walla Walla Stars |
29-36 |
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Apr 24 Yakima Scorpions |
24-21 |
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May 1 Moses Lake Bulls |
38-10 |
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May 8 Tri Cities Rattlers |
35-48 |
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May 15 @ West Plains Cowboys |
W FFT |
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May 22 Walla Walla Stars |
31-38 |
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May 29 @ Yakima Scorpions |
8-37 |
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June 5 Moses Lake Bulls |
69-0 |
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2005 Schedule/Results (3-9) |
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Mar 12 @ Tri-City Knights |
0-39 |
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Mar 19 Walla Walla Stars |
14-35 |
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Apr 2 State Line Miners |
35-41 |
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Apr 9 Spokane SaberCats |
37-20 |
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Apr 16 @ Walla Walla Stars |
16-65 |
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Apr 23 Yakima Mavericks |
6-35 |
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Apr 30 @ Wenatchee Valley Rams |
28-34 |
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May 14 @ Tri-City Knights |
14-35 |
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May 21 Columbia Basin Bulls |
40-15 |
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May 28 Walla Walla Stars |
14-48 |
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June 4 @ Spokane SaberCats |
34-28 |
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June 11 @ State Line Miners |
6-21 |
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2006 Schedule/Results (2-8) |
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Mar 11 Columbia Basin Bulls |
47-6 |
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Mar 18 Snake River Saber Cats |
30-6 |
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Apr 1 Wenatchee Valley Rams |
27-53 |
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Apr 8 @ Tri-City Knights |
14-30 |
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Apr 15 State Line Miners |
12-14 |
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Apr 22 @ Okanogan County Commandos |
13-27 |
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Apr 29 @ Spokane SaberCats |
20-26 |
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May 6 Yakima Mavericks |
6-25 |
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May 13 @ Blue Mountain Stars |
0-28 |
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May 20 Spokane SaberCats |
21-32 |
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2007 Schedule/Results (2-7) |
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Mar 24 Tri-City Knights |
7-21 |
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Mar 31 @ State Line Miners |
7-12 |
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Apr 7 @ Yakima Mavericks |
13-42 |
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Apr 14 Okanogan County Commandos |
28-25 |
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Apr 21 @ Tri-City Knights |
0-41 |
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Apr 28 Columbia Basin Riverhawks |
26-20 |
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May 5 @ Wenatchee Valley Rams |
0-24 |
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May 12 Blue Mountain Stars |
12-34 |
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May 19 @ Spokane SaberCats |
37-42 |
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2008 Schedule/Results (3-6) |
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Mar 15 Blue Mountain Stars |
8-35 |
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Mar 22 Spokane SaberCats |
20-18 |
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Mar 29 @ Okanogan County Commandos |
7-10 |
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Apr 12 Yakima Mavericks |
7-34 |
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Apr 19 @ Tri-City Knights |
6-46 |
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Apr 26 @ State Line Miners |
20-15 |
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May 3 Spokane SaberCats |
19-13 |
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May 10 Blue Mountain Stars |
15-57 |
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May 17 Columbia Basin Riverhawks |
26-42 |
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May 24 Eastern Oregon Timber Rattlers |
W FFT |
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2009 Schedule/Results (1-6) |
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Apr 4 - Yakima Mavericks |
0-41 |
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Apr 11 @ North Sound Sting |
19-16 |
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Apr 25 @ Wenatchee Rams |
6-27 |
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May 2 - South Sound Shockers |
6-42 |
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May 9 @ Columbia Basin Riverhawks |
2-41 |
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May 16 - Spokane Wolfpack |
0-34 |
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May 23 @ Blue Mountain Stars |
L FFT |
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May 30 - Okanogan Commandos |
0-37 |
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2010 Schedule/Results (3-5) |
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Mar 13 - Spokane Wolfpack |
19-13 |
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Mar 20 @ Yakima Mavericks |
0-35 |
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Mar 27 - North Sound Sting |
45-7 |
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Apr 10 - Wenatchee Rams |
6-23 |
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Apr 24 @ South Sound Shockers |
8-37 |
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May 1 - Columbia Basin Riverhawks |
36-14 |
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May 8 @ Spokane Wolfpack |
0-40 |
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May 15 - Hermiston Hurricanes |
12-43 |
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May 22 @ Okanogan Commandos |
L FFT
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