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AVENGERS FEND OFF CHAMPS AVENGERS 68, G. RAPIDS 61.


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GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , Mich. - The Avengers outlasted defending ArenaBowl champion Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage is an Arena Football League team that began playing as a 1998 expansion team. History
The team as under its current name goes back to 1997.
 68-61 in an Arena Football League game in front of 10,454 at Van Andel Arena As a concert venue Van Andel Arena seats 12,858 for end-stage shows, 13,184 for center-stage shows. The arena floor measures 85 feet-by-220 feet. The arena features 9,886 permanent seats and 44 luxury suites (the 16 luxury suites in the upper bowl seat 20 each, and 24 of the lower bowl .

Without top receiver Chris Jackson Chris Jackson may refer to:
  • Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, born Chris Wayne Jackson, an American professional basketball player.
  • Chris Jackson (soccer), a New Zealand soccer player.
  • Chris Jackson (Arena football), an American football player in the Arena Football League.
, who did not travel because of an injured hamstring, Avengers quarterback Tony Graziani was 20 of 31 for 288 yards and six touchdowns, and he ran for another score on a 2-yard keeper.

Greg Hopkins caught 13 passes for 162 yards and five touchdowns in Jackson's absence.

The Avengers (5-4) scored on all 11 of their drives before running the clock out on their final possession.

Rampage quarterback Clint Dolezel completed 28 of 40 passes for 299 yards and nine touchdowns.
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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jun 16, 2002
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