Midwest Flames - new Peoria Professional team - now defunct

[tornado]

Daniel Ruffin's brother and ex-Peoria Central grad AJ Guyton is doing some coaching this summer.
He is the coach of the NEW Peoria ABA team....the Midwest Flames!!

http://is.gd/YMlh1P

"A.J. Guyton
I am proud to announce I will be the head coach of Peoria's new ABA team
the Midwest Flames. It is a great opportunity to represent Peoria once again,
help quality basketball players maximize their potential, and move one step
closer to my goal. All the support I have recieved on fbook has been tremendous, please continue, I need it!"

BTW -- AJ Guyton just spent this past season as an assistant basketball coach at ICC under Tony Wysinger. ICC basketball really doesn't get much coverage and very few people even knew AJ was now into coaching.

http://www.icc.edu/athletics/basketballM/coachingStaff.asp

Here's more on the Midwest Flames that will start play next season...
also on the coaching staff will be Steve Turner -- ex-Woodruff star..

http://is.gd/uRT8hy

http://sites.google.com/site/midwestflamespeoria/

The Midwest Flames are holding tryouts...June 11!!

http://abalive.com/aba-league-news/midwest-flames-tryouts/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Midwest-Flames/197097446988505

[tornado]

Here is the roster of the Midwest Flames -- some very familiar names!!

DeAaron Williams - Limestone, ICC, BU recruit
Matt Salley - BU '08
Daniel Ruffin - BU '08
DeAndre Miranda - Central teammate of DRuff's and Shaun Livingston
Ben Egolf - Will's big brother
Josh Edmonds - Peoria Notre Dame & Quincy grad
Rodney Edgerson - Woodruff grad and ICC grad
Austin Andrews - Galesburg HS & Monmouth College
Quentin Edwards - Peoria Central, Missouri Southern - also played for the Peoria Kings
Justin Giles - Peoria Central HS
Mike Gills - ex-Peoria Central
Brent Jones - Peorian who played at Mid-Continent Univ.
Tyler Moretto - from Robert Morris/Springfield, familiar from Hersey Hawkins League and played in the IBL with Southern Illinois franchise
Ahmid Palmer - co sponsor of Cellus' summer camps and played at small school in Minnesota
Terrance Smith - pretty good player from Peoria Central HS
Chris Tarpley -ex-ICC & Culver-Stockton
Josh Wagner - Eureka College & Carl Sandburg
Alonzo Whitfield

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=240668705964712&set=a.208589469172636.62461.197097446988505&type=1

[Da Coach]

The Peoria ABA team, the Midwest Flames, have folded due to financial problems-

The Midwest Flames have flamed out before they even started

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x463302575/Financial-woes-douse-the-Midwest-Flames

The Flames' coach A.J. Guyton, and several of their players, including former BU players Daniel Ruffin and Matt Salley, are considering joining the new Bloomington PBL pro team.

[jrish12]

Surprise surprise, an ABA team in Peoria folds.....

[tornado]

The Flames' coach A.J. Guyton, and several of their players, including former BU players Daniel Ruffin and Matt Salley, are considering joining the new Bloomington PBL pro team.

Bloomington Team name: Central Illinois Drive
and they're going to try to land an NBA player during the lockout

http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/basketball/professional/article_65fefc90-ead7-11e0-8cfc-001cc4c002e0.html