The Chaos is pleased to announce that most of their season will played at Aurora West High School located at 1201 West New York Street, Aurora, IL 60506. due to some renovation over the summer a couple of games will have to be played at Nike Sports Park in Naperville but the Chaos are excited about entering into this partnership. DE/FS Bobby Miller who is also the manager at Auroras' Amvets Post 103 stated " This is huge for the team, everybody in amvets are Aurora West fans and Alumni". Owner Lucy Hatcher said "This is such a great opportunity, hometown team in their hometown. Alot of our players are former Aurora West student athletes such as our very own quarterback John Nunally and more. we look to put a great show on and off the field for this town". June 2nd, 2012 gates will open at 5pm, game kickoff is at 6pm. Tickets are $7.00 and part of that sale will go towards the Fallen Firefighter Foundation. Come enjoy a night of action packed football, music and food.

Nike Sports Park   was the setting where the Chaos came out strong  against the NightHawks with a nice opening drive. QB John Nunally who was the GMFL Offensive MVP of 2011 started were he left off with a pass to WR #42 David Shue that built the foundation for the first Touch down by RB Kyle Bisbee who blazed into the endzone. The Chaos went on to win 38-0.  There are those who still have some doubt about the Chaos winning against a team that went 0-10 last year stated some spectators after the game. Coach Rob Whyte stated, "We played football the way football is suppose to be played". time will tell when the chaos go to Rockford on May 19th in an out of league preseason game against the Rock River Raiders.

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Janesville NightHawks           Kane County Chaos

ESP has offered for Chaos players only "Unlimited Training" for $75.00 a month, if interested please contact Macy Brooks at Elite Sports Performance.

http://www.espcomplex.com/

MACEY BROOKS - CEO/PRESIDENT OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS A former member of the Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears, and Oakland Raiders, Macey Brooks is currently the Executive Director of Elite Sports Performance. Macey is one of the founding members of ESP and focuses his time in the following areas:Football Position Training and Speed and Agility Training

Video above is the Gauntlet Drill from the Chaos Combine

West Alton, MO) – The application and interview process for the Great Midwest Football League has come to an end and now it’s time to start working towards finalizing divisions and schedules. Below is a team by state and 2011 league affiliation breakdown of whom we have accepted for the upcoming 2012 season.  

Iowa: Dubuque Bruisers (MFA), Great River Gladiators

Illinois: Chicago Cardinals (GMFL Returning), Chicago Colts (GMFL Returning), Chicago Falcons (GMFL Returning), Chi-City Blitz (GMFL Returning), East Side Justice (GMFL Returning), Illinois Cowboys (GMFL Returning), Illinois Firehawks (GMFL Returning), Illinois Gators (GMFL Returning), Illinois Spartans (GMFL Returning), Illinois Wildcats (AFL), Kane County Chaos (GMFL Returning), Stallions of Country Club Hills (GMFL Returning), Twin City Dawgs (GMFL Returning)

Indiana: Evansville Enforcers (GMFL Returning), Gary Lightning (New), Indianapolis Destroyers (New)

Michigan: Detroit Ravens (EMCFL), Grand River Bandits (New), Kalamazoo Outlaws (GMFL Returning), Lakeshore Cougars (GMFL Returning), Metro Detroit Wolverines (GMFL Returning), Michigan Gators (EMCFL), Michigan Silencers (New), Michigan Vipers (GMFL Returning), Rock City Bison (GMFL Returning), SE Michigan Mercenaries (GMFL Returning), Traverse City Wolves (GMFL Returning), Wayne County Bengals (GMFL Returning), West Michigan Tigers (GMFL Returning)

Missouri: Gateway Hawks (GMFL Returning), Midwest Chargers (GMFL Returning), River City Eclipse (GMFL Returning), Springfield Storm (New), St. Louis Spirit (GMFL Returning), Warren County Cyclones (GMFL Returning)

Wisconsin: Beloit Titans (GMFL Returning), Janesville Nighthawks (GMFL Returning), Platteville Miners (New), Rock County Gladiators (GMFL Returning), Rock County Rage (New), Rockford Rams (GMFL Returning)
The GMFL will be releasing final divisions and the 2012 Schedule by January 31, 2012.

The Weekend of Champions came to a end with the Warren County Cyclones taking the Championship in a great battle of 17- 14 against the Detroit wolverines. The All Star Game played out in a 6-6 score at the end of the fourth quarter, the Midway team (red) won by a touch down in sudden death overtime. The Chaos was represented in the game with (left to right) DE Fish Shala, WR Dave Shue, WR Vince Garcia, DE David Piersan, Not shown: (League MVP)QB John Nunally, Safety Bobby Miller and League Leader in Recieving and Offensive Player of the Year Tom McGinnis.

 By KEVIN DRULEY - kdruley@kcchronicle.com

AURORA – Several Kane County Chaos fans serenaded Illinois Cowboys defensive back Wesley Charleston with, "Na, Na, Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye," during the late stages of Saturday's fourth quarter.

Charleston had just collected three personal foul penalties in one sequence, which ultimately triggered his ejection from the Aurora Christian field.

The Chaos accumulated plenty of big gains and solid defensive plays earlier in an eventual 27-18 win, so players elected not to physically pile on as the Cowboys kept jawing.

"We were ready today. They weren't ready. You could see that during the game when they were getting angry with themselves and trying to play dirty," Chaos defensive tackle Tim Soloff said. "It doesn't matter. They tried getting into a scuffle with me, but I'm not going to let it go to my head. I've got bigger things on my mind. Just trying to get a ring."

Kane County came one step closer to becoming eligible to compete for a Great Midwest Football League championship, improving to 4-4 with its second straight victory. A .500 record or better earns a playoff berth, meaning the Chaos has to at least split its two remaining games.

Chaos defenders forced three turnovers on downs from the Palos Heights-based Cowboys, making the final stop with 4:16 remaining and a 27-12 lead.

Similar execution helped the offense to three consecutive touchdown drives following a John Nunally interception on the first series of the game. Nunnally found wide receiver Tom McGinnis for touchdown passes of 9, 30 and 12 yards as the duo's seasonlong symmetry continued against the Cowboys (6-2).

"They were head up on me, locking me up on the back side, and they had one high safety for the majority of the game," McGinnis said. "Me and John just decided to isolate that guy one-on-one. They're a great team, but I don't just think that they could match up with me and John. We've been working together the whole year, so we know exactly how we think."

McGinnis finished with eight receptions for 93 yards, edging counterpart Gavin Taylor (five receptions, 89 yards) for the honor of Nunnally's top target.

A 2009 West Aurora alum, Nunnally nearly collected 300 all-purpose yards, gaining 26 yards on the ground while going 18-for-26 for 265 yards and four touchdowns through the air. His two interceptions showed Saturday was not a flawless night, but several sequences offered a peek into Nunnally's resilience.

Set up with a first-and-goal from the Illinois 7 after two Cowboys penalties early in the fourth quarter, the Chaos nearly gave the yardage back with consecutive false start and holding violations.

On first-and-goal from the 22, Nunnally responded, finding Taylor with a rainbow pass down the right sideline for a 27-12 lead with 10:21 to play.

"We just stayed under composure," Nunnally said. "We've had a problem of always getting too involved, so everybody just stayed calm and we did what we had to do."

Saturday originally was scheduled as the Chaos' regular-season home finale, but a series of late-season franchise fold-ups created an opening for the Illinois Spartans to visit Aurora Christian next week.

Like the Cowboys, the Spartans defeated the Chaos in the preseason.

"Redemption this week that we've just played, and then we've got redemption week this upcoming week," McGinnis said. "We're going to come out firing on all cylinders again."

 In what turned out to be a back and forth battle, the Chaos Defense was able to shut down a huge last minute drive from the Katz to walk away with a 29-26 win.

Kane County Chaos seek bragging rights vs. Wildcatz

By Geoffrey Clark For Sun-Times Media July 21, 2011 8:34PM

Not long ago, there was a semipro team called the Aurora Wildkatz, which competed in the Great Midwest Football League. The organization was the result of a partnership between Lloyd Hatcher and Mike Dortch. The inaugural campaign of the Wildkatz, 2010, saw the club finish in a respectable three-way tie for third in the Interstate Division.

It seemed like a good start, but the partnership wasn’t meant to last.

“Unfortunately, we had different visions of where we wanted to take the team to,” Hatcher said. “So my wife and I actually decided to break off.”

“We just weren’t getting the job done defensively, so I brought in a guy to help with the defense,” Dortch said. “Some people didn’t agree with the decision, which I understood, and that’s where the decision to do their own thing came from.”

In addition to philosophical differences between the two, there was also the issue of money. Hatcher didn’t specifically state what went on in that department, but Lucy, his wife of 13 years as well as an accountant, helped to recognize the things that were pressing and made the decision to break away easier.

Together, the Hatchers formed the Kane County Chaos with the wife becoming team president and the husband becoming defensive coordinator. Coaching remains the husband’s first love in spite of any financial woes.

“There are a lot of teams on this level that are bad at managing money,” Hatcher said. “(But) I’m not in this to make money. I’m in this to coach.”

“We returned 95 percent of the entire team from last year, so it really wasn’t a split,” said Dortch, who remained as head coach of the renamed Northwest Illinois Wildkatz. “(Those who went to Kane County) weren’t even starters with the Wildkatz.”

The two teams will get their first chance to settle scores when they battle each other on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Benedictine University. With a 2-4 record for Kane County and a 1-5 showing from Northwest Illinois so far in 2011, this is clear room for improvement for both sides and whoever wins would take a clear step towards that. Still, a lot of familiar faces will be seeing each other on both the field and the sidelines. That’s what makes it personal for so many involved.

“It’s a rivalry mainly because a lot of the guys know each other and that’s the key to any given rivalry,” Dortch said. “It’s mostly for the guys on the Wildkatz because a lot of those guys were there last year.”

“It’s already been said: I don’t hold any animosity toward anybody, but at the end of the day, it’s football and we’re going to win,” Hatcher said. “Until the game is over, (the two teams are) not going to be friends.”

When all is said and done, it’s just another game off the schedule. Any game during the regular season demonstrates that. However, that notion is only seen on paper. When the clock runs out on Saturday, one side is going to be able to get the face of the other with a “ha-ha, I’m better than you” attitude.

“This game will be equivalent to the Bears-Packers rivalry,” said Hatcher, who even joked around with the idea of having a trophy given to the winner. “I have a lot riding on this because really, at the end of the day, it’s going to be bragging rights.”

“It’s more of a friendly rivalry,” Dortch said. “But everybody wants those bragging rights and everybody wants to win the game.”

AURORA – John Nunnally works at the MC Sports in North Aurora, where customers know him lately as more than just a familiar face.

Tom McGinnis manages Durbin's Pub in Tinley Park. He gets the same treatment.

For the past six weeks, Nunnally and McGinnis have combined to form one of the top passer-to-receiver duos in the Great Midwest Football League, a 39-team, seven-state operation that added the Kane County Chaos to its semipro ranks this summer.

Excelling at anything gets you noticed, and eventually translates to celebrity in the workplace. In the past few weeks, the team has been fine with simply feeling noticed on its home field at Aurora Christian.

"At the beginning, it was kind of like, 'Who is this team coming in?' and everything," McGinnis said. "The fan base has started to grow a lot, especially with us playing a lot better. We're always in the game. We're never out of the game."

Shouldn't those last two sentences be a catchall tagline for semipro football in general? The Chaos certainly fit the bill, fusing together former high school and college standouts with sandlot gods.

Players' day jobs vary with their football pasts, but sometimes the two don't mix. Peter Kariotis, a nose tackle on Aurora Christian's 2008 Class 4A state runner-up, began the season roaming his high school field once more before taking on 12-hour shifts at Unilock.

"Really, it's a comprised mixture of backgrounds, personalities and whatnot," Chaos co-owner and defensive coordinator Lloyd Hatcher said, "but that's what makes it so great."

Hatcher and his wife-meets-business partner, Lucy, got the Chaos running only last year, but already have lofty plans. Speaking before Saturday's home game against the Rock County Gladiators, Hatcher eventually mentioned the possibilities of getting a new stadium and affiliation with the United Football League in the next 5-10 years.

He knows the "expensive hobby" of running a semipro franchise brings no guarantees, but so far his energy hasn't waned. In the span of some two hours on Saturday, Hatcher helped stock the concession stand, directed parking and made the calls as the Chaos defense caused a Rock County fumble on the goal line.

"Our coaches do take a lot of time to get everybody prepared," said Nunnally, a former West Aurora quarterback, "and yet they're real lenient."

Longtime fans of semipro ball in the Tri-Cities will remember the Kane County Eagles, who captured the North American Football League national title in 2007 before folding two seasons later.

The die-hards among that group would recognize a handful of Chaos returnees, including two-way lineman Gary Trebolo, an 11-year veteran of this circuit, and safety/punter Bobby Miller, who also has played for indoor and outdoor teams in Rockford, Peoria and Chicago.

"That was some serious football," the Eagles," Miller said. "It's too bad that a lot of people overlooked it."

The old guard still gets a nod when the Chaos score at home – Aurora Christian's nickname, "Eagles" fills up one side of the scoreboard – but Hatcher is clear in his mission to make this endeavor its own entity from seasons past. Like anything, it just needs time to grow.

He hopes a recent relocation to North Aurora bodes well, along with lessons learned from rougher times. Hatcher was a co-head coach on the Aurora Wildcats last season, but eventually split ties with counterpart Mike Dortch over creative differences.

Dortch renamed his team the Northwest Illinois Wildcatz. The club is set to host the Chaos next week.

Hatcher and his players tout the GMFL as quality football without the big lights and professional prices. Tickets cost $7, and offer a glimpse into what Hatcher believes is a solid alternative to the traditional influx of summer baseball.

As players note the new faces progressively filing in to the stadium, they're reminded of a not-too-distant time when they took the field to packed stands.

"It's like playing back in high school again," McGinnis said. "You're playing at night and underneath the lights, and there's nothing that really replaces that."