The Nebraska Danger’s Kayne Farquharson celebrates with fans after scoring a touchdown during his team’s game Saturday against the Sioux Falls Storm at the Heartland Event Center. Nebraska won 30-21 to end the Storm’s 21-game winning streak. Farquharson finished with six receptions for 73 yards.

The second season for the Nebraska Danger is history.

The Danger finished the year 5-9 overall. That’s not as good as the organization had hoped, but it is a definite improvement over its 3-11 record in its first season.

“The main thing that sticks out are the five wins,” general manager Mike McCoy said. “We were 4-3 at home this year. Last year we were 2-5 so we drastically improved our home won-loss record. We were 1-6 on the road both seasons.”

Receiver Kayne Farquharson, a player head coach Mike Davis said was the MVP of the team in his mind, had 67 catches for 840 yards and 25 touchdowns for a team-record 154 points. Farquharson was named to the second team All-IFL on Tuesday.


(theindependent.com)

The Nebraska Danger raised a little Kayne Saturday night at the Heartland Events Center.

The Danger were tied with the Omaha Beef when quarterback Rocky Hinds hit Kayne Farquharson with a 30-yard TD pass to put the Danger on top with 4 minutes, 15 seconds left in the half.

A bit later on the Danger’s next play from scrimmage, Hinds found Farquharson again with a 45-yard strike.

Those two TD passes turned out to be big as the Danger went on to a 50-34 victory to end the Beef’s chances of making the playoffs.

“Kayne is a great player,” Hinds said. “He runs hard and understands everything.

They were leaving him man, so I took the shot to him.

“Those were really big. The offense this week just wanted to continue to score a lot of points, and the defense stepped up big time for us tonight. We played well as a unit.”

Hinds finished the game 15-for-27 passing for 203 yards and six touchdowns. Farquharson caught four passes for 97 yards and three touchdowns.
Ryan Moore caught five passes for 68 yards and a touchdown while Chris Bell had four catches for 40 yards and two TDs.

Those second-quarter touchdown passes to Farquharson were big, but the game was far from over. The Danger (5-8) took a 31-17 lead into the half, but head coach Mike Davis said he knew how much the team has struggled in third quarters this year.

“We talked about at half time, the third quarter has been our worst quarter all year and we needed to come out and get a stop,” Davis said. “I looked up and we were down three.

“Backs against the wall, these kids bowed their backs a little, the defense stepped up, the offense got back in rhythm and they played hard to come away with a victory.”

The Beef (6-7) scored 17 straight points in the third quarter. Omaha’s Leroy Banks returned the kickoff 45 yards for a TD to start the third quarter.
Then the Beef stripped Hinds of the ball on a running play and Diezeas Calbert took that 35 yards for another score to tie the game at 31.

Gary Cismesia then added a 30 yard field goal to put the Beef ahead 34-31 with 5:28 left in the third.

The Danger had seen this happen before, but it didn’t happen on this night.

“At half time coach told us to come out strong in the third quarter because we’ve been coming out slacking,” Hinds said. “We did again, but we were able to turn it up and our defense came up big for us.”

Hinds and Chris Bell got the Danger going with a 4-yard scoring play for a 37-34 lead late in the third quarter.

Early in the fourth, Carl Gettis made a big defensive play for the Danger by intercepting a James McNear pass and returning it 30 yards to the Omaha 20. That set up a 17-yard TD pass from Hinds to Moore that gave the Danger a 43-34 lead.

The Danger added another score when Hinds and Farquharson hooked up on a 6-yard scoring pass with 1:27 left to help put the game away.
Farquharson said the first two touchdowns in the second quarter were basically just a matter of outrunning the safety and catching the ball. This one was different.

“The third touchdown, (the defender) went to the inside, I gave a move to the inside and then jumped outside and Rocky put the ball in the perfect spot,” Farquharson said.

Farquharson said it’s always important to keep playing no matter what the score is.

“That’s why it’s four quarters of football,” Farquharson said. “You never get down when you’re down, you never stay up when you’re up. You just have to stay focused and keep playing.”

The game started about as badly as it could for the Danger. On the first snap from scrimmage from the 20, the ball sailed over Hinds’ head and into the end zone. Hinds retrieved it and tried to run it out, but he was hit again and lost the ball.

Omaha’s Ricardo Kemp recovered to put the Beef up 7-0 just 18 seconds into the game.

On the Danger’s next possession, Omaha defensive back Dual Kamara picked off a Hinds pass and returned it to the Danger 8-yard line.

But the Danger defense held, and Gary Cismesia’s 25-yard field goal attempt sailed wide to the left.

That was a common theme for the game. The Danger defense held Omaha to just 12 first downs and 155 total yards.

“I always say defensively I’m a foot-on-the-gas type of guy,” Davis said. “We played a lot of man tonight. We blitzed a lot. We were trying to say to our guys that we’re better than theirs and we came out on top tonight.”

The Danger will complete the regular season Saturday with a road game at Cedar Rapids.


(theindependent.com)

Kayne Farquharson played well on the field for the Nebraska Danger.

The former University of Miami player leads the Danger with 57 catches for 668 yards and 21 touchdowns for the 4-6 Danger, who play at Wichita on Saturday night. That touchdown total is the third best in the Indoor Football League and is just two behind league leader Andre Piper-Jordan of Everett with 23.

“I’ve pretty much taken advantage of my opportunities,” Farquharson said. “I’m a confident guy. If the ball comes my way, I think I’m coming down with it.”

But as good as Farquharson has been on the field, he’s been even better off the field. That’s because he enjoys telling people his story, especially the kids, whenever he has the chance.

“His story is just fascinating about making good choices and doing the right things and putting yourself in position to make good choices,” Danger general manager Mike McCoy said. “If you go to a place you know there’s going to be potential trouble, then you’re putting yourself in position to make a bad choice.”

Farquharson had the chance to go the wrong way when he was a youngster growing up in Miami, but he made the right choices and those choices had nothing to do with athletics.

“He didn’t even play football in high school. He couldn’t,” McCoy said. “He had to come home every day and babysit his younger sisters because his mom was working three jobs and living in projects in downtown Miami, so he helped her out as much as possible.”

Those were the choices Farquharson made, and he knows they were the right ones. He had to take care of his little sisters, now 18 and 19 years of age, instead of doing many of the things that high school boys like to do.

“When I came home from school, instead of going out and hanging out with my home boys, I had to get their hair done, feed them, get their clothes ready for the morning,” Farquharson said.

His athletic career actually started after high school when he found his way to El Camino Junior College in Torrance, Calif. He played football there, and after two years and a number of receiving records, he had numerous offers from major colleges around the country.

Farquharson choose the University of Miami.

“I had 40 scholarships and chose to go back home,” he said. “It worked out well. We were a below-average team. It wasn’t like the glory years, but I don’t have any regrets.”

He also met a couple of teammates — offensivee lineman Cedric Mack and receiver Corey Surrency at El Camino who are both are now here with the Danger, although Surrency will leave soon to join Toronto of the Canadian Football League.

Danger running back Tavares Pressley also attended El Camino while Mack and Surrency were there but missed Farquharson by one year.

Now Farquharson is doing his best to give back to the community here in Grand Island and around Central Nebraska, and he’s a natural at it.

“He’s just so much fun to be around,” McCoy said. “He just beams. People are just dawn to him. Every place we go he’s just so much fun because little kids just flock up to him and he’s so gracious with them. He’ll high five them and shake their hands. When I intro him to those classes, you could hear a pin drop. He starts talking and it’s just so much fun.”

Farquharson just tries to pass on a positive out look and to let people know that no matter where they’re at in life, they can make things better.
“It’s not how you start, it‘s how you finish,” Farquharson said. “Sometimes the chips are stacked up against you, but that’s no excuse to go out there and do the wrong things and make the wrong decisions.

“It’s giving back to the community. What goes around comes around.”

Farquharson is just one of a number of Danger players who regularly make public appearances. McCoy, quarterback Rocky Hinds and receiver Austin Tolliver went to the senior center in Central City on Tuesday.

“It’s great watching our players relate to people, high-fiving, shaking hands, signing autographs and taking an interest in what they’re doing,” McCoy said. “These guys understand how important it is to make appearances like that. I’m sure we lead the league in appearances. I don’t think anybody else goes out like we do.”

Farquharson would be making appearances no matter where he was playing football, but he said Grand Island has been special.

“It’s been a great experience,” Farquharson said. “Grand Island is starting to grow on me, so who knows what the future holds, but I’m loving every second of it now.”


(theindependent.com)

OMAHA — The Omaha Beef had its back against the wall Saturday night when it hosted the Nebraska Danger.

And the Beef responded with a 68-54 victory over the Danger to keep its playoff hopes alive.

Omaha improves to 4-5 with the win when the Danger fell to 4-6.

A home loss would have all but eliminated the Beef from the playoff race, but quarterback James McNear didn’t let that happen. The veteran QB threw for six touchdowns and ran for another to lead the Beef to the win.

McNear finished the night 21-for-28 passing for 200 yards.

Former Danger receiver Mike Jones also played a big role for the Beef with touchdown receptions of 4, 2 and 9 yards. The final two touchdowns came in the fourth quarter to help put the game away.

Danger quarterback Rocky Hinds threw six touchdowns, including three to receiver Kayne Farquharson who had six receptions for 91 yards.
Running back Daniel Libre had a 25-yard touchdown run and caught a pass from Hinds to complete a 27-yard scoring play.

Hinds completed 19-of-31 passes for 226 yards with two interceptions. Farquharson had six catches for 91 yards while Chris Bell grabbed seven passes for 45 yards. Running back Daniel Libre had 13 carries for 60 yards and caught two passes for 54 yards.

The Danger will play at Wichita on Saturday to complete a three-game road trip before returning to the Heartland Events Center to play the Allen Wranglers on June 2.


(theindependent.com)

LOVELAND, Colo. — Kayne Farquharson caught seven passes for 82 yards and three touchdowns as the Nebraska Danger captured its first road win of the season with a 45-33 victory over the Colorado Ice Saturday.

Farquharson caught two touchdown passes in the second half. The first was a 17-yarder from quarterback Rocky Hinds that gave the Danger (4-5) a 38-26 lead with 5 minutes, 1 seconds left in the third quarter.

“It was a big, big win,” Danger general manager Mike McCoy said. “They’re a very, very good team. They came in here 5-3 and were undefeated at home. We came in and played very well. We eliminated a lot of mistakes. We still made a few, but we were able to recover.”

The next Farquharson score was an 18-yarder from Hinds that put the Danger up 45-33 with 3:19 left in the game.

The Danger then held Colorado (5-4) on a fourth-and-goal from the 6-yard line to take possession with less than 1:30 left in the game.

Hinds completed 17-of-30 passes for 193 yards and four touchdowns.

The recently-acquired Jameel Sewell also made his presence felt. The new Danger back-up quarterback had two carries for 12 yards that helped when the Danger were down in scoring position.

“That was key when our back-up quarterback came in and had a couple of good runs,” McCoy said.

McCoy said the Danger defense also made its share of big plays and held the Ice to just 175 total yards.

“The defense had some big hits tonight,” he said. “They came to play. You love to see that, and we had a kickoff return for a touchdown (by Travars Pressley) as well.”

McCoy said this should give the team a good lift heading into Saturday’s game at Omaha.

“We couldn’t be happier,” he said. “We’re just going to enjoy this tonight and get ready to play Omaha next week. It’s a huge game. We’ll try to get a lot of Danger fans over there.”


(theindependent.com)

As you can see below, proCane WRs Kayne Farquharson (Nebraska Danger) and Ryan Moore (Allen Wranglers) rank in the Top 15 in receiving yards in the Indoor Football League.

Balance was a good thing for the Nebraska Danger on Friday night.

The Grand Island Indoor Football League (IFL) franchise had 143 yards rushing and 141 passing as Nebraska achieved its season high for points in a game during a 68-59 victory over the Everett (Wash.) Raptors at the Heartland Events Center.

The Danger (3-5) set a franchise record for first-half points, taking a 45-31 lead into the intermission. Nebraska led 65-52 after three quarters and appeared to be within striking distance of its single-team record for points, set last year in an 84-63 win over Wenatchee Valley (Wash.),

“When I woke up this morning, I just had a feeling it was going to be a great day for the offense and I guess everyone else on the offense felt the same way, too,” said Danger wide receiver Kayne Farquharson, who had seven receptions for 83 yards and two TDs. “We just went out and executed. When we can run the ball like we did tonight, it’s going to be pretty hard to stop us on a 50-yard field.”


(theindependent.com)

The Sioux Falls Storm moved to 7-0 after a 76-49 dismantling of the Nebraska Danger (2-5) Saturday night.

Quarterback Chris Dixon II led the Storm with a 20 for 27 passing performance with 248 yards and six touchdowns.  Carl Sims had six receptions for 95 yards and two touchdowns while James Terry caught five passes for 49 yards and two touchdowns in his return to the Sioux Falls Arena.  Korey Williams was voted Player of the Game after five receptions for 38 yards and a touchdown.  He also added 76 yards and a touchdown on two kick returns.  On the ground, Dixon II had six attempts with 61 yards and three touchdowns.

For the Danger, Rocky Hinds was 22 for 38 with 190 yards and four touchdowns.  Three of the touchdown passes went to Corey Surrency while Kayne Farquharson added six catches for 68 yards and a touchdown.  Pig Brown led the team with 6 tackles (all solo)

Defensively, Kenneth Akridge had eight tackles (six solo) and one of three Storm interceptions.  Stewart Franks and Kwaheem Smith had the other two.  The lone sack of the game was split between Jeremiah Price and Sean Kelly.

The Storm are on the road next week and will travel to face the Omaha Beef on April 28 at 7:05 p.m.


(ksfy.com)

Rocky Hinds completed 20 of 31 passes for 213 yards and five touchdowns and the Nebraska Danger scored 28 second-half points to cruise to a 42-27 victory over the Wichita Wild at Heartland Event Center in Grand Island, Neb.

Nebraska scored first, when Hinds connected with Corey Surrency on a 9-yard pass.

Wichita answered with a 17-yard field goal from James Chandler.

The Wild held the Danger scoreless in the second quarter, but Nebraska led 14-13 at halftime.

Wichita couldn’t keep up with Nebraska’s offense outut. Danger receiver Kayne Farquharson hauled in four passes — all touchdowns — and finished with 56 receiving yards.

Wild quarterback Marcus Jackson completed 9 of 18 passes for 97 yards and two interceptions. He also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown.
The Wild’s record dips to 2-5, while Nebraska improves to 2-4.

The Wild will have two weeks to get back on the field, when it hosts the Allen Wranglers (7-5) on April 28.


(kansas.com)