Semi-pro arena football coming to Butler

The West Central Warriors are a semi-pro arena football league made up of Bates and area county men. At the present time, players are from areas such as Rich Hill, Butler, Adrian, Miami, Belton, Drexel, Harrisonville, Osceola and Pleasant Hill. The 35 man roster is for men ages 18 and up. The team formerly played in Archie, but have been granted permission by the city of Butler to play the weekly Spring football games on the Rotary field. The first game of the season is scheduled for Saturday afternoon March 24th when they will go against the Springriver Vikings.

No spot on the 8 man team is secured, you have to earn your spot. It's a 55 player team with 35 members dressed out. Extra players dress to fill situations. Practices will be open to the public and free of charge. The West Central Warriors will practice every sunday at 4 pm on the Butler Rotary field.

Game dates and times are to be announced and are scheduled to kick off on March 24th. The games will be played on Saturday in the late afternoon. Admission charge is set at 5 dollars per person with ages 12 and under to be announced.

To register for the 8 man semi-pro arena football league contact Montee Gilkey or Steve McSperitt 660-464-1378 or 660-351-1885. The cost is 125 dollars per team player.

Contact names and numbers will be posted on the event calendar on 921kmoe.com website and the website may be found under the local links icon. See the web at www.cpflfootball.com for rules and regulations.

The west central warriors invite those that played D-1, high school or college ball and didn’t make it to the next level to join the 8 man team.

For more information see the 921kmoe.com website, contact phone numbers and website addresses are under “ sports” and “ local links”.

More information and details to be released as the season gets closer.

-courtesy FM 92.1 the Bullet