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The Pirates originally began play as a charter member of the original Indoor Football League in 1999. In their existence, the Pirates played in the Indoor Football League (IFL), AF2 (twice), and United Indoor Football (UIF). They also won the 2000 IFL Championship. They were also, while in the UIF, known as the Peoria Rough Riders.
ArenaCup III was the 2002 edition of the AF2's championship game, in which the National Conference Champions Florida Firecats were defeated by the American Conference Champions Peoria Pirates in Peoria, Illinois by a score of 65 to 47.
After having no television coverage in 2004, the game was telecast nationally by Fox Sports Net in 2005 and Comcast Sports Net in 2006. The ArenaCup, along with all assets of af2, were purchased by Arena Football 1 (which became the second incarnation of the Arena Football League ) in December 2009.
Peoria Pirates indoor football teams, a Peoria Rivermen hockey team and a Richwoods girls basketball team are the latest inductees into the GPSHOF.
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The AF2 was founded in 1999 by the Arena Football League in an attempt to bring the game to mid-sized markets following the success of AFL on the national level. [6] The AF2 was not intended to be a farm system for the AFL like the American Hockey League and Minor League Baseball are to the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball, respectively.
Team inductees: Championship 2000 and 2002 Peoria Pirates indoor football teams, the 1999-2000 champion Peoria Rivermen hockey team, and the 1980-81 Richwoods girls basketball team.
Sippio played in 15 games as a rookie with the Dallas Desperados, recording 75 receptions for 1,217 yards and 32 touchdowns, and recording 25.0 tackles, two interceptions and three passes broken up. He made his Arena Football League debut February 8 vs. the Carolina Cobras , catching four passes for 78 yards and two touchdowns.