THE ORIGINAL LAKE COUNTY ROGUES WERE STARTED BY: MIKE "ZEKE" JERIKIAN, DAVE "WALLY" WALSH, TOM ZIDEK AND MIKE STEEL IN 1990-TO MY KNOWLEDGE ANYWAY!
LAKE COUNTY ROGUES 1990/1996 HOME PITCH LIBERTYVILLE
LAKE COUNTY ROGUES 1998 DIVISION CHAMPS 1999-2nd IN THE MIDWEST
*Tight loss to Clinton Iowa in the finals 12-7
LAKE COUNTY ROGUES 2000 CARFU BALL TOURNEY 2000 DIVISION CHAMPS
LAKE COUNTY GLADIATORS "THE NEW REGIME" 2003 MANHATTAN PITCH
The Lake County Gladiators started in D3 the Fall of 2003 with the efforts of a great bunch of players from the Old Lake County Rogues such as: Matt Rocky, Joe Farmer, Tim Farmer, Vince Jiuditta, Marius Mates, Mike Geib, Mike Hall, Phil Weiske and Jason Augustinho.
While we struggled in numbers are first few seasons with 20-25 players we were tough and managed to win our division 2 out of 5 seasons, finished 2nd and 3rd (2x) the other seasons.
LAKE COUNTY GLADIATORS 2004-2005 HOME PITCH GRANDWOOD PARK
In Spring 2005 we lost a close match to Fox Cities, WI in the first round of the play-offs.
In Spring 2007 we lost another close one in the first round of the play-offs to Michiana.
In Fall 2007 we ran the table and won the division-undefeated. We kept rolling and won in the first round vs Flint, MI and second round vs Lexington, KY thus advancing into the Midwest Championships in Fall of 2007.
LAKE COUNTY GLADIATORS 2007 DIVISION & REGIONAL CHAMPS LEXINGTON PITCH
While making the play-offs 3 times we were only able to win out to the Midwest Finals in 2008 where we lost a 2-point game to Michiana RFC (who finished second in the nation). We did come back to win another tough game against The Cedar Rapids Headhunters to finish 3rd in the Midwest and advance to D2.
LAKE COUNTY GLADIATORS LEMONT, IL 2008 3rd IN THE MIDWEST