Tag: Clarksville Phoenix

Guest Broadcasting Opportunities for Visiting Teams in Red Division Championship Weekend

Hey, Clarksville Phoenix, Ohio Kings and Nashville Aces fans! Want to join our broadcast crew for half of your respective ABA Central Region Red Division Championship Weekend semifinal games to tell the world about your team during our live streams? No experience needed! Simply slap one of our headsets on and join our play-by-play commentator in broadcasting the game live on YouTube for all to see! Don’t worry about all the electronics and computer stuff — we’ve got that covered.
We want YOU to add some fan flavor to our broadcasts for your fans back home! Talk about your favorite players and why you like them! Give the audience fun facts about your team and players! Tell everyone about big games or plays throughout your season! Promote your team! This is a great opportunity for someone who has been tempted to call basketball games or do some sort of sports broadcasting but needs a nudge or an opportunity and to not have to worry about equipment and how everything works. Tweens, teens, adults…any are welcome!
Some housekeeping items:
🎙 Are you interested? Great! Contact YOUR HOME TEAM to express your interest. They may have several interested people to choose from, they probably have their own professional standards that they want upheld, and they’ll want to be able to trust you to represent their organization well. When each team has chosen a representative, have them email us at ericivie@indianalyons.com to let us know!
🎙 Visiting team will get the first half of the game. Home team will get the second half of the game. In the event that one team doesn’t choose a representative, you may have the opportunity to do the entire game with us if you want! (Otherwise, we can cover it. No pressure.)
🎙 No profanity. At all. Our broadcasts are designed for all ages, including kids, to enjoy.
🎙 Be nice. Hey, we get it. Emotions are high. Some teams don’t like other teams. That’s sports for ya. But you’re here to promote your own team, not to disparage any other team, especially your team’s opponent in any given game.
🎙 Have fun and don’t worry about making mistakes! Have you heard our broadcasting crew?? They make mistakes all the time! It’s part of the experience! Our play-by-play announcer will help you through it (and he’s the champion of making mistakes!) and not leave you hanging, so don’t feel like you need to carry the load. You’re serving as a color commentator, so talk when you want to and don’t talk when you don’t want to.
🎙 We have the ability to end this experience at any time, including mid-game, should there be a repeated or egregious problem with profanity or disparaging other teams. Both are a big deal. This is supposed to be fun for everyone.
🎙 On the flip side, if things go well, and we’re groovin’ together, you might be asked back for part of the Red Division Championship Game if your team advances to it!
🎙 The chosen guest announcer for each team gets FREE admission to all the playoffs games all weekend long! 🎟🆓
Sound fun? Excellent! Contact your home team, and we hope to broadcast with you in Danville!



Indiana Lyons Alumni Trading Card for Dec. 16

Throughout the regular season, the Indiana Lyons will be releasing Indiana Lyons Alumni Series trading cards featuring players of the past who helped blaze the trail to our 2022-23 ABA Championship.

The second trading card will be released on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at George Washington High School in Indianapolis as the Indiana Lyons take on the Clarksville Phoenix.

The featured player on Dec. 16 will be Claudel Dickantone! Claudel will even be at the game to sign his card for fans! Purchase a card for $1 at the window, and then meet and greet Claudel while getting his autograph!

Free Admission to Clarksville Phoenix Game with Gift Card Donation

The city of Clarksville, Tennessee, took a direct hit from an EF-3 tornado on Dec. 9, 2023. The tornado was up to 600 feet wide and traveled 11.33 miles through the city. In just 15 minutes’ time, the tornado killed 6 people including 2 children and injured dozens more, many of whom are in critical condition.

The deceased are:

  • Joseph Dalton, 37
  • Floridema Gabriel Perez, 31
  • Anthony Elmer Mendez, 2
  • Arlan Coty, 10
  • Stephen Kwaah Hayes, 34
  • Donna Allen, 59
According to Clarksville Now:

Montgomery County Emergency Management Agency officials said 243 “residential sites” were destroyed. Another 1,711 had damage. EMA noted that a “residential site” could be an individual home or a housing unit, such as a duplex or apartments.

In all, 1,974 residential sites, 58 commercial sites and 3 public facilities were hit by the tornado, the EMA said.

Clarksville is the hometown of Indiana Lyons guard Eric Messer. He wears #2 for the team.

The Clarksville Phoenix are playing against the Indiana Lyons at George Washington High School, 2215 W. Washington Street in Indianapolis, on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 5 p.m. ET. Doors open at 4 p.m. ET.

The Phoenix are collecting donations to try to bring some semblance of Christmas to displaced children in their community while their families figure out what to do next after this devastating event. They will use the gift cards to purchase Christmas gifts for affected children. The Indiana Lyons want to help.

Any individual, family, or group who brings a gift card of any amount to Wal-Mart, Target, or any other appropriate national chain that has locations in Clarksville, Tennessee, will be admitted to the game for free. The Lyons will then present the donated gift cards to the owner of the Clarksville Phoenix during the game, so she can take them back to her community and do some good with them ahead of Christmas.

If you cannot be at the game but would like to donate a gift card, there are two options:

While the Indiana Lyons and Clarksville Phoenix are opponents on the basketball court, both teams are in the same basketball family, region, and division. As Hoosiers, we are unfortunately quite familiar with the devastation of tornados. Our hearts and prayers go out to the people of Clarksville, Tennessee, and we pray that this act in support of the Clarksville Phoenix gives displaced Clarksville children some hope on Christmas during dark times.