The Salem Soldiers were a basketball team from
Salem, Oregon that played in the
International Basketball League
The International Basketball League (IBL) was a semi-professional men's basketball league featuring teams from the West Coast of the United States. In 2010 the Albany Legends became the first team in the Northeastern United States to join. The I ...
from 2005–07 and in 2012. Originally the Salem Stampede, they played home games in the Salem Armory, which seats 3,000 for basketball. In 2007 the team played home games in Salem's
Douglas McKay High School
Douglas McKay High School, most commonly known as McKay, is a public high school located in the North Lancaster neighborhood of Salem, Oregon, United States. Built in 1979, the school was named after Douglas McKay, former Governor of Oregon and U ...
. The team became the Soldiers in 2012 when they returned to the IBL, their final season, as the
Salem Sabres entered the league the next year.
Notable players
Notable past and present players for the Stampede include:
*Eric Fiegi — 2006 IBL scoring champion
*Antone Jarrell — all-time IBL single game scorer for points in a game (68)
*Jeff Dunn — two-time IBL All-Star
*Will Funn — 2007 IBL assist leader (14.9 per game); also the single game IBL assist record holder (27)
*Mike Tabb — 2007 ABA and IBL rebound champion
*Blake Walker — averaged over 32 ppg in 2007
*Nick DeWitz — averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks per game in 2007
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Grayson "The Professor" Boucher of
AND1 Mixtape Tour
The AND1 Live Tour, formerly known as the AND1 Mixtape Tour, is a traveling basketball competition and exhibition presented by B-Ball and Company and the basketball apparel manufacturer AND1. A group of streetball players, along with Emcee Rell an ...
fame.
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International Basketball League teams
Sports teams in Salem, Oregon
Basketball teams established in 2006
2006 establishments in Oregon
2012 disestablishments in Oregon
Defunct basketball teams in Oregon
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