Brandon Lawley, the 6'7" star power forward from the 2008 Elmira Bulldogs was the first player to recieve a 2009 Elmira Bulldogs training camp invitation and the first player to give a %100 commitment to attend.  Brandon Lawley, a late addition to the team in 2008, recorded back to back 14 point, 14 rebound games in the playoff's for the Bulldogs.  Lawley was one of the few bright spots for Elmira in the 2008 NPBL Championship game when the Bulldogs winner's of 11 straight games were upset by the Delaware Destroyers in front of a record setting crowd of 700 fans at the Chemung County YMCA in Elmira, NY. Brandon is a former star player from NCAA D-2, Mansfield University.  According to Bulldogs head coach James R. Schutz, "2008 Regular Season and Nothern Division Champions is nice, but the bottom line is that we did not complete the task.  It is my responsibility to make sure we have a team that will get back to the title game in 2009 and finish the job.  Brandon Lawley will likley be key piece to a title run in 2009."

  The defending Regular Season and North Division NPBL Champion Elmira Bulldogs will hold a 20 player invitation only training camp this winter.  From the 20 player's invited 12 will be selected to make up the 2009 Elmira Bulldogs roster when the 2009 NPBL season kicks off.  Head coach James R. Schutz will be responsible for selecting the 20 player's who will recieve invitations to training camp with some help in the process coming from assistant coaches Roger Hover and Dennis Lee.  The coaching staff encourages any player intersted in being one of the twenty player's invited to training camp to send a complete resume with references to Bulldogs head coach, James R. Schutz by e-mailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , all resumes sent in will be looked at.

  A very large crowd of 700 fans packed into the Chemung County YMCA in Elmira, NY on Saturday night.  Most of them showed up to see if the Elmira Bulldogs could win thier 12th straight game and deliver a pro sports championship to the city of Elmira (the first in 11 year's).  Many left dissapointed, NPBL All-Star Lester McNair suffered a game ending injury just a few minutes into the 1st quarter.  David Ruffin, the leagues leading scorer finished with 33 points despite missing almost the entire 3rd quarter with leg cramping.  With Ruffin side lined the Destroyers were able to open up a 8 point lead by the end of the 3rd quarter after only leading by 2 points at the half.  The Elmira Bulldogs cold shootng streak only got worse in the 4th quarter and the Delaware Destroyers were able to pull away for a 119-105 win.  Elmira Bulldogs head coach, James R. Schutz said "I watched the game tape a few hours after the game and it is just heart breaking, we had more open shots then in any other game we played in this year, it just wasent our night".  The 105 points scored by the Elmira Bulldogs marked a season low for a team that averaged 130 points per game heading into the biggest game of the year. The Delaware Destroyers were led by Sami Wylie who scored 27 points including five 3-point makes.

  





  On Saturday June 28 fan's will be flocking into the Chemung County YMCA to see the Bulldogs attempt to bring a pro sports championship to the City of Elmira, NY as they do battle with the Delaware Destroyers.  Those who arrive early will be treated to free gifts courtesy of SLAM, an official sponsor of the Elmira Bulldogs.  The first 200 paid fans will recieve a free SLAM Poster featuring some of the top player's in the NBA, while the first 100 fan's will recieve both a SLAM Poster and a copy of the latest issue of the popular SLAM MAGAZINE !!!!!
 

  Door's will open to the public at 6:00pm followed by a 7:05pm tip-off from the Chemung County YMCA in Elmira, NY.  Ticket's will be sold at the Door for the low price of $7.00 for adult's and $5.00 for senior's and Youth.

  The Elmira Bulldogs (11-3) will be going after thier 12th consecutive victory when they take the court for the 2008 NPBL Championship Game on Saturday night and have not lost a game since March 15th.