Kaiserslautern Pikes

Kaiserslautern Pikes
City:	Kaiserslautern
Founded:	September 2003
Team colors:	Red-white-silver
Head coach:	Andreas Baur
League (2019):	Oberliga mid-2020
Greatest successes
Promotion to GFL 2 South	2011
Promotion to GFL 2 South	2009
Junior Bowl - semifinals participation of the juniors in the GFLJ	2009
Stadion
Surname:	School center south
Address:	In the city forest 67663 Kaiserslautern
Owner:	City of Kaiserslautern
Play surface:	Natural grass
Capacity:	approx. 2,500
Contact
Internet:	www.pikesnet.de
Data status
2020

The Kaiserslautern Pikes are an American football and cheerleading club in Kaiserslautern . The club was founded in September 2003 and was promoted to GFL 2 in 2008 . The Kaiserslautern Warriors , who played from 1987 to 1995 and were able to advance to the second division, and the Kaiserslautern Cougars, who played from 2001 to 2003, can be seen as predecessor clubs.

Both the team colors red, white and silver as well as the team name Pikes ( English for : pike ) are intended to express the bond with the city of Kaiserslautern. Red, white and silver are the colors of the city's coat of arms, the pike the city's heraldic animal.

history

In 2003 the Pikes emerged from the Kaiserslautern Cougars. As president, Stefan Bräuning headed the club, which had also been on the board of the Warriors. The pike training operations take place on the ESC West Kaiserslautern facility . The sporting history reads very successfully, already in the first season the second place could be achieved in the state league, which meant promotion to the upper league. The league ended in 2005 with the championship, which meant promotion to the regional league, the third highest German division. Here, too, the pikes were immediately successful and finished the league games as champions of the northern division. The promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga ( GFL 2 ) was then narrowly missed in the play-off games against the Franconian Timberwolves . After a 14:40 defeat in the first leg, the Pikes had to win their home game by at least 26 points. Almost succeeded: in the middle of the fourth quarter the Pikes were 28-0 in front, but a late touchdown by the Timberwolves, about 30 seconds before the end of the game, sealed the elimination of the Pikes. Started as a co-favorite in 2007, the season ended in a relatively disappointing fourth place.

For the 2008 season, Sven Gloss, who had previously worked as offensive coordinator , took over the post of head coach from Andreas Schaaf. Long-time player Eddy Raab became the new defensive coordinator . The season could be concluded with the championship title. Only once did the Pikes have to leave the pitch as a loser. Against the Rhein-Neckar Bandits there was an away defeat. However, the competitor from the Electoral Palatinate , with a tie, was left behind due to the direct comparison won (34: 0 and 21:42). The last game of the season, against the Freiburg Sacristans , saw a record crowd of 1630 spectators.

Because the Starnberg Argonauts did not appear in the relegation games , they were promoted to the GFL2-Süd without a fight. In the 2009 season , the Pikes played in front of an average of 900 spectators and achieved a midfield position. In the following year, the decline could not be avoided. But after only one season in the Regionalliga, in which the Pikes were undefeated champions, they returned to the GFL2. On the last matchday of the 2011 season , a new club-internal audience record was set in the game against Frankfurt Universe with 1,600 visitors, 600 of them from Frankfurt alone. In the 2013 season , the Pikes took 8th place in GFL 2 and thus relegated back to the Middle Regional League. In the 2014 season, 3rd place was achieved in the Middle Regionalliga.

After a negative season record of one win and nine defeats, the previous head coach, Stefan Heiler, resigned after the last home game in July 2015. In September of the same year, the previous defensive coordinator Frank Kneip took up this post. Also in September 2015 there was extensive restructuring at the top of the club. After most of the previous board could no longer stand up for re-election, Patrick Gödtel was elected as the new first chairman by the general assembly.

With eight wins, one draw and one defeat, the Pikes achieved first place in the table in the Oberliga Mitte in 2016 and the associated direct promotion to the Regionalliga Mitte. The Pikes started the 2017 season with a new coaching staff led by Head Coach Oscar Loveless.

Full house in the last home game against the Freiburg Sacristans

Stadion

The club plays on the sports field Schulzentrum Süd, a natural grass field with a spectator capacity of 2,500. In 2012, around 4,850 spectators came to the home games of the Kaiserslautern Pikes, the average was around 693 spectators

season	Total audience	Home games	cut	capacity	workload
2009	6,050	7th	864	2,500	34.57%
2010	3,400	7th	486	2,500	19.43%
2011	X.XXX	X	X.XXX	X.XXX	XX, XX%
2012	4,850	7th	693	2,500	27.71%
2013	2,400	7th	400	2,500	16%

Source: Statistics, official statistics page of GFL 1 & 2

Teams of the Kaiserslautern Pikes

football

Youth team and cheerleader after the success against Weinheim in 2008

In addition to the men's team, there is a youth team that has been taking part in games since 2006. After two years in the youth development league, the championship of the Baden-Württemberg youth performance league was won in 2008. With a 55:12 success in the relegation game against the Saarland Hurricanes , the youth team was promoted to the GFL Juniors. With only two defeats in the group phase, the youth team achieved as a climber in 2009 directly participation in the play-offs for the Junior Bowl . After a 21:20 quarter-final win at the Hamburg Young Huskies , the Pikes had to admit defeat in the semifinals of the Cologne Falcons youth team with 31:46.

Furthermore, a youth flag team was being set up since the 2009 season , which participated in the game operations of the Hesse Youth Flag League. The Pikes started the 2012 season for the first time with three tackle youth teams.

In December 2017, a women's football team (Ladypikes) was created for the first time, which is to take part in GFL-2 games from 2018.

cheerleader

The Pikes cheerleaders consist of a senior cheer team, a junior cheer team (11 to 15 year olds) and a Peewee cheer team, who cheer on their teams at home games and take part in cheerleading championships.

• Mini Pikes 5-10 year olds (Peewees)
• Pikes Junior Cheer 11-15 year olds (Jr. Allgirl)
• Pikes Senior Cheer from 15 years (Sr. Allgirl)

Achievements Pikes Senior Cheer:

• 2nd place LM RLP / Saar 2005
• 1st place LM RLP / Saar 2006
• 1st place SPIRIT Challenge 2008
• 1st place CCVD RLP 2009
• 1st place CCVD RM West 2009
• 4th place CCVD DM 2009
• 3rd place CCVD RM West 2010
• 4th place CCVD DM 2010
• 2nd place Bawü Cheermasters 2010
• 8th place CCVD RM West 2011
• 9th ELITE Championship 2011 Sr. Allgirl GS
• 5th ELITE Championship 2011 Sr. COED
• 2nd place SPIRIT Challenge 2011 Allgirl
• 2nd place SPIRIT Challenge 2011 Lmtd Coed
• 7th place SPIRIT Challenge 2011 Sr. Allgirl GS

Achievements Pikes JCheer:

• 14th place in the Elite Championship 2008
• 4th place GS / SPIRIT Challenge 2008
• 6th place in the Elite Championship 2009
• 1st place SPIRIT Challenge 2009
• 6th place CCVD RM West 2010
• 1st place Ba-Wü Cheermasters 2010
• 7th place CCVD RM West 2011
• 2nd place SPIRIT Challenge 2011 L3
• 3rd place SPIRIT Challenge 2011 L4

Achievements Mini Pikes Cheer:

• 2nd place Ba-Wü Cheermasters 2010
• 4th place SPIRIT Challenge 2011

Successes Dancing Pikes:

• 2nd place SPIRIT Challenge 2011

statistics

Results

year	league	placement	Points	TD difference
2004	Regional League Middle (5th League)	2.	12: 4	230: 84
2005	Oberliga Hessen / RP / Saar / TH (4th division)	1.	14: 2	251: 147
2006	Regionalliga Mitte (North) (3rd League)	1.	17: 3	230: 123
2007	Regional league middle	4th	12: 8	197: 156
2008	Regional league middle	1.	22: 2	423: 171
2009	GFL 2	6th	12:16	240: 395
2010	GFL 2	8th.	5:23	121: 399
2011	Regional league middle	1.	20: 0	389: 167
2012	GFL 2	4th	15:13	409: 402
2013	GFL 2	8th.	3:23	290: 513
2014	Regional league middle	3.	12: 8	316: 150
2015	Regional league middle	9.	2:18	114: 304
2016	Oberliga Mitte	1.	17: 3	307: 116

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Football: Kaiserslautern Pikes trainer Andreas Baur relies on tryouts to win players. In: The Rhine Palatinate . November 7, 2019, accessed February 2, 2020 . 
2. ↑ League layout for 2020 published. In: AFCV Rhineland Palatinate. Retrieved February 2, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ The big dream bursts at the last moment ( Memento from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Article in "Die Rheinpfalz" - Pikes bring title to Kaiserslautern )
6. ↑ New faces on the Pikes board. In: www.pikesnet.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016 ; accessed on January 11, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Sebastian Neuwald: Kaiserslautern Pikes master and climber 2016. In: www.pikesnet.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2016 ; accessed on November 11, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Seasonal statistics . GFL. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
9. ↑ Article in "Die Rheinpfalz" - Pikes Juniors - Hurricanes 55:12 ( Memento from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Hundt: Hamburg has to paint sails . In: football-aktuell.de . May 31, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
11. ↑ Hundt: Falcons come into the endgame . In: football-aktuell.de . June 7, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
12. ↑ Article in "Die Rheinpfalz" - Humanly and athletically grown ( Memento from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ Results up to 2007
14. ↑ Results 2008
15. ↑ Andreas Gebek / AFVH: (AFVH). In: afvh.de. Retrieved November 11, 2016 . 

Web links

• The homepage of the Kaiserslautern Pikes