Photos: Tucson Sugar Skulls practice for the first time
The Tucson Sugar Skulls are the latest edition to the Indoor Football League. Here's a look at Tucson's first professional football team during the Sugar Skulls' first official practice.
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Greg Jones, 3, a wide receiver with the Tucson Sugar Skulls, waits to make a catch as the indoor football team holds its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Sugar Skulls, the indoor football team holds its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Sugar Skulls defensive lineman LaTreze Mushatt spins around during a drill as the indoor football team holds its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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LaTreze Mushatt, left 90, a defensive lineman with the Tucson Sugar Skulls tries to get around offensive lineman Moses Mondesir, right 63, as the indoor football team holds its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Zachary Allen, 35, a linebacker with the Tucson Sugar Skulls, makes a move against Darius Morris, 29, as the indoor football team holds its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Running back Mike Jones, 8, with the Tucson Sugar Skulls, is caught as he returns a kick off as the indoor football team holds its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson Sugar Skulls running back Mike Jones, 8, makes a catch as the indoor football team holds its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Strength and conditioning coach Glenn Howell with the Tucson Sugar Skulls gestures as the indoor football players stretch before its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Offensive line coach Don Wnek, background, with the Tucson Sugar Skulls watches some of his players as the indoor football team holds its first practice in franchise history at the Kino Sports Complex on Feb. 10, 2019. The team's first game is scheduled for Mar. 3, against the San Diego Strike Force in California and their first home game is on Mar. 10, against the Bismarck Bucks. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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“It’s faster and different, but it’s football at the same time,” Cam Gaddis, in black, says of indoor football. Gaddis played at Santa Rita High School and Pima Community College.
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Coach Marcus Coleman watches as wide receiver Greg Jones makes a catch as the indoor football Sugar Skulls open practice. The team’s first game is scheduled for March 3 in San Diego.
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Tucson Sugar Skulls offensive lineman Antonio Rosales, front left, goes through drills as the indoor football team holds its first practice.
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