Mahoning Valley HitMen

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Mahoning Valley HitMen

Founded	2007
Arena	ThunderDome
Based in	Masury, Ohio
Colors	black, gold
League	Eastern Indoor Football League
Head coach	Jim Terry
General manager	Jim Terry

The Mahoning Valley HitMen were a team in the Eastern Indoor Football League, a United States-based American football arena league, which was based in Masury, Ohio, United States, and coached and owned by Jim Terry. They were scheduled to begin play in the January 2007, as a member of the Eastern Indoor Football League, which is not affiliated with the Arena Football League or af2.

The HitMen were scheduled to play their home games at the ThunderPlex in Vienna Township, but have recently severed ties with the ownership, and since have announced a two-year lease to play at the Thunderdome in Brookfield/Masury, which is a former indoor baseball field/dome, which had become a storage facility for carnival and amusement operations. [1] The team planned to compete against the nearby Mahoning Valley Thunder of the af2 for fans and media attention.

On July 6, 2006, the team announced it would feature running back Maurice Clarett, previously of the Ohio State University Buckeyes (National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I) and Denver Broncos (National Football League), but Clarett was jailed on August 9, pending trial for sundry alleged offenses; Terry, who said he spoke to Clarett just prior to the latter's being arrested subsequent to a short chase, averred that the team would continue to support Clarett and retain him should he be available for play in 2007. [2]

The team played 4 games in front of only a few hundred people, then the league folded.

[edit] Season-By-Season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
2007	4	0	0	1st League	--

[edit] External links

Tryout video from October 14, 2006
Moohead Radio One of the few media outlets that will cover this team.
EIEIO Indoor Football League A website that appears to exist only to mock the Hitmen and its principals.