Battle Wings heading in the right direction
Shreveport Times
For the first time in franchise history, the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings enter a season with a bulls-eye painted squarely on their backs.

Battle Wings feature old, new faces
Shreveport Times
There was little doubt that former Green Oaks and Grambling State quarterback Gary Cooper would make the final roster for the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings, but there are a number of new faces on the 2008 squad.

Former Grambling, ULM standouts back with af2's Battle Wings
Monroe News Star
There was little doubt that former Green Oaks and Grambling State quarterback Gary Cooper would make the final roster for the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings, but there are a number of new faces on the 2008 squad.

Mexia exe Elex Reed signs with Arena League
Mexia Daily News
Elex Reed, former outstanding football lineman with the Mexia Black Cats, has signed on with the Arena Football League (AFL), going with the Cleveland Gladiators.

UMHB ex signs with AFL's Gladiators
Killeen Daily Herald
Former Mary Hardin-Baylor football player Elex Reed has signed with the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League, becoming the first former UMHB player to sign with the AFL.