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Amarillo War Birds return home Friday, host Sioux City Bandits
The team hosts the Sioux City Bandits at 6:30 p.m. after recent local baseball results showed strong finishes.
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The Amarillo War Birds arena football team return to Amarillo for their first home game on Friday, July 16, against the Sioux City Bandits at 6:30 p.m.
Recent baseball results
The Amarillo Sod Poodles minor league baseball team won their last three games, including an 8-3 victory over the Arkansas Travelers on Friday, July 10. This sequence of results placed the team in a position to close out a portion of its schedule with consistent scoring and defensive efforts that limited opponents. Earlier, the Amarillo Bombers baseball team defeated the New Mexico Runners 14-11 on Monday, July 14, in their regular season home finale. The contest featured multiple runs from both sides and served as the final home appearance of the regular season for the Bombers, giving local supporters one more chance to see the team in its home environment.
Amarillo High School's baseball team started District 3-5A play with two shutouts, blanking Palo Duro 11-0 and Lubbock Coronado 2-0. These games highlighted the Sandies' pitching staff holding opposing hitters scoreless while the offense produced enough runs to secure the victories. The Randall Raiders and Amarillo High Sandies softball teams are set to compete in the state tournament starting Thursday at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Reaching this level of postseason play means the programs have advanced through earlier rounds and now face competition from across the state in a centralized venue.
Local schedule ahead
These matchups follow a stretch of home and road contests that kept Amarillo teams in action through mid-July. Fans can track updates on the NewsChannel 10 sports page at https://www.newschannel10.com/sports/. The page compiles results and announcements so that community members can follow multiple local programs without needing separate sources for each sport.
The War Birds game marks the next local opportunity for residents to attend an arena football contest at the Civic Center Complex. Hosting the event returns the team to its home floor after time away and provides a setting where supporters can watch the full schedule of plays unfold in person. The combination of baseball and football activity across different age levels and leagues illustrates the range of organized sports available in the area during this period.