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Regulators smash Kings
January 25, 2005 — The 2005 Regulators won 93-64 vs the Fort Worth Kings the Regulators were led by 3rd year player John Thompson and 1st year big man David Johnson who had 16 points Johnson who came from Texas Wesleyan University after the 2004 season was third in the nation in block shots he was expected to be in the NBA but has a few things they thought he needed to work on to be a solid power forward he was playing center in college but at 6'10 he was told he would be a better fit at the forward position so he is working on parts of his game to get better and we are happy to have such talent on the roster remarked Tom Robinson team scout.The Regulators will take on the K-104 radio Allstars team on Friday February 4th at the Regulators home court downtown Fort Worth the game will be televised.

Regulators vs K-104
February 1, 2005 — The Tarrant County Regulators will take on the K-104 Allstars Friday night February 4th at 7;30pm this will be a rematch of a game that the Regulators won in 2003.The Regulators only have one player left from that team this years team features a lot of young players average age on the team is 23 John Thompson is the oldest player at 31 on a 10 player roster.We have more players who can do more things than ever before and we feel if they stay within the system and themself's we should be able to play with any team we face coach Mason said.

Regulators ready for rival
February 23, 2005 — This Friday February 25th the rivalry continues Dallas vs Fort Worth the Dallas Diesel come to town to take on the Regulators who have been rolling alone the one point win over K-104 was a hard fought game as they are a rival to the Regulators.The Diesel coming off a loss 98-93 will be looking to rebound the game will be televised as are most of the home games the Regulators play so it should be a good game.Regulators David Johnson has been on fire as of late he is scoring and rebounding .

Regulators run down by the Diesel
February 28, 2005 — The Dallas Diesel defeated the Regulators giving them there first defeat of the season 80-57 on a night when the Regulators couldn't pay for a basket shots just would not fall said David Johnson who was expecting to have a big game he also had some harsh words for the Diesel who showed up late for the televised game we look for teams to play us hard everytime we hit the court but to show up late for a televised game that is not a good thing.Teams know when they come to play us at home we are televising the game you can't show up late when we are offering you a chance to be seen the rematch will be in a few weeks in Dallas and we will be on time even through they don't have TV coverage.The rematch will be on March 26th at the Diesel home court.

Price of Diesel slashed
March 26, 2005 — In a big pre Easter battle the Regulators and Diesel went all out in what turn'ed out to be a closer game than it should have been the refs kept the game close for the Diesel as they made call after call aganist the Regulators who felt as if they were playing the Diesel team and the refs at times in the game. But they came away with the win as Brandon Paige had his best game of the season alone with David Johnson, and Kenneth Johnson.New team mate and point guard Robert Allen came through after Julian Johnson went down with a ankle problem the Regulators won to get back there only loss of the season which had went to the Diesel a few week's back the final was 100-95.

Regulators defeat Outlawz
March 31, 2005 — After a fast start the Regulators slowed a bit in the Third period of the March 31st game with the Johnson County Outlawz hitting only two points for the period it allowed the Outlawz to get back into the game after being down 44-22 at the half they were able to get the lead down to 46-38 at the end of the period .But starting in the fourth the Regulators found there shooting touch again and put the game away led by Robert Allen and Kenneth Johnson the final was 69-58 next up will be the Hawks John Thompson who had a big second period for the Regulators said we can't have a period like that vs the Hawks they may be closer at the half and we just need to play better it wasn't like we were not trying the ball just wouldn't fall into the hoop but we take the win but not happy with the way we did it.We will see the Hawks on April 7th at home.

funkytown Hawks pull off upset
April 7, 2005 — In what should have been a tough game and a win turn'ed into a loss and bad night for the Regulators Forward John Thompson did his part as he led the team with 17 points but no other Regulators player stepped up Kenneth Johnson had 16 but with guard Robert Allen going down early in the third with a hamstring the offense never found itself and the Hawks walked out of the Haws Athletic Center with a win coach Mason Bulkner said that we know teams come in here to play their best game and we have to some how be on our game every trip out even though it can't be done we still have ask our players to give everything they have and tonight we didn't get that.

Regulators down Frenzy
April 15, 2005 — The Regulators rebound from the upset loss to the Hawks with a win 63-56 over a Frenzy team that came to play but ran out of gas so to speak in the second half as they got tired coach Mason Bulkner said we condition hard and the guys are starting to see why as in the second half of the game we took them out they were not able to shoot the jump shots from outside because of the tired legs.Brandon Newton who was the outside shooting threat of the Frenzy used to be on the Regulators team he could not get hot from the three point line and and didn't score and even when we very small they couldn't take advantage of it because we broke down their guards at the top and they couldn't get the ball in the box to there big man.We are looking forward to playing the Southwest Lightning of Oklahoma on Thursday we are sure they will bring a good challenge to our players.

Regulators 2005 Roster
April 18, 2005 — The 2005 Regulators roster looks different than years past.
Center/Power Forward- 6'10 David Johnson # 9
Small Forward/3 Guard- 6'5 Kenneth Johnson# 8
Small Forward/Power Forward-6'6 John Thompson# 7
Small Forward-6'4 Brandon Paige#10
Shooting Guard/3 Guard/Point-6'2 Robert Allen# 2
Point Guard-6'0 Vincent McCown# 4
Point Guard- 6'0 Julian Johnson# 1
Shooting Guard-5'9 Leonard Franks# 3
Shooting Guard-6'0 Brandon Lacy# 6
Shooting Guard-6'2 Robert Williams# 0
Defensive Specialist- 6'4 Robert Hart
Head Coach-Will Williams
Asst.Coach-Mason Bulkner
Asst.Coach-Tom Robinson

Leading scorer's- Kenneth Johnson 17.2 per game
Vincent McCown-10.2 last 2 games
John Thompson-15.2 per game
Brandon Paige-6.2 per game
David Johnson-5.2 last three games game high 17 points
Robert Williams-10.2 per game

Oklahoma wins
April 21, 2005 — The Oklahoma Lightning came into the Regulators home turf and took them out the night was filled with layup after layup by the Lightning who was the first team this season to get the fastbreak going against the Regulators defense both teams shot under fifty percent from the field but those layups kept scoring for the Lightning as Regulator Kenneth Johnson had 25 points and Point guard Vincent McCown put 16 but no other Regulators player broke into double figures final 93-75 as a late rush by the Regulators who came from 16 down wasn't enough center /forward David Johnson 6'10 was suspended for the game and did not play for the Regulators coach Mason Buckner said he is going through something he wants to be a guard after playing nothing but center his entire college career and his dribbling skills are not his strength even though other parts of his game are solid so we will have to move on for the remaining part of our season without him tonight we just didn't have any outside shooting and our young guards couldn't stop thier season'ed guards from leading the break we cut the lead to 8 points with just over 3 minutes left but after 2 missed scoring chances on two trips down the floor that would have cut the lead down to 4 they were able to get baskets on break opportunities to push the lead back up to 13 and close us out but we will look for the next time we meet the fans will get into what will grow into a good game to have on the schedule.

Regulators MVP for 2005
May 22, 2005 — Kenneth Johnson put big numbers for the Regulators this season his last game was 30 points but he started the season just averaging 6 per game but quickly stepped up to led the team in rebounding and scoring after the Regulators inside game play dropped off he play'ed the 3 guard position in the Regulators system as the team didn't have a true center even with 6'10 David Johnson in the lineup.Coaches Mason Bulkner and Tom Robinson said that without Kenneth this season it could have been a long season with so many young players on the roster Kenneth took it upon himself to be a leader in every way our 17-3 record is a statement for him it is the best record in the 3 year history of the team which has improved each year Head coach Will Williams has said we intend to have him back if we can't get him moved up because our 2006 schedule is very strong and we will need good solid players to improve on this season.

First TV game for 2006 season
August 11, 2005 — The Regulators will face off on Friday January 20th in their first televised game of the 2006 season at 7pm downtown Fort Worth at the Haws Athletic Center home court for the team since 2003 but they will also play at Nolan High School which has a new state of the art gym the team will call home also.The second televised game will be Friday January 27th vs the Houston Blaze which will make there first trip to Fort Worth to take on the Regulators.Off season workouts will start in September for the Regulators who expect to 6'10 forward center David Johnson back in the fold the coaches think this could be the final season he will be on the roster because he is the type of player the NBA center is becoming as Shaq O'neal starts to wind down his NBA career the mobile quick slasher type will take over the game and that is David 's game.

Houston Blaze in January
August 14, 2005 — The Houston Blaze will make a trip to Fort Worth on Friday January 27th to take on the Regulators in what should be a good game the two were to face off last season but didn't so this will be a contest for some state bragging rights.

Red Hot Outlaws !!!!!
August 14, 2005 — The 2006 season will bring some new things to the table as the Regulators take yet another step up the ladder the new dance performance team will be called the Red Hot Outlaws director Michaele Rose will be getting them ready the team will have 25 total member's tryout's for the team will be held on Saturday October 1st 2005.The first public performance at a game will take place on Friday January 20th in the Regulators first televised game for the 2006 season at the Haws Athletic Center downtown Fort Worth.Tryout information will be coming by the 20th of August.

Regulators open with Lightning
August 14, 2005 — The Regulators will find out very quick where they are as a team in 2006 as the Oklahoma Lightning come to Fort Worth the last time the two teams met the Lightning ran away with a big win coach Tom Robinson said we will start off season workout's in September and we will be ready for the opener,the last time we faced them they were the only team last season to run on us for four quarters the up tempo style they play caught us short handed as we played that game with a few injuries and such but they are a good team so no excuses from us they just beat us but this game will be our first of the 2006 season so we will be ready and this is on TV so we better let our fans know we are ready for the 2006 season with this one.

Topeka Riverrats coming
August 14, 2005 — The Topeka Riverrats will visit Fort Worth for back to back games on Friday March 10th and Saturday March 11th the Regulators will also make a visit to Topeka,Kansas in February it will be the first for both teams.It should be a good game as we will start to find out more about our players on the 2006 roster.

Dance team tryout's set
August 19, 2005 — Tryout's will be on Saturday October 1st from 11am until the location will be downtown Fort Worth at the Fox and Hound sports club on Main Street. Go into the links page and to unit site for more info.

Dance team tryouts
August 26, 2005 — The tryout's will be Saturday October 1st at the Worth Heights Community Center from 11am until the finals in the afternoon.

Meeting of the Minds
August 26, 2005 — Front office brass from the new NDBL or D-League team in Fort Worth met with the Regulators Owner and other team officals on Thursday night August 25th the conversation was about what the two could do together what came out of the meeting was a plan for the Regulators to play two games before the Flyers at the Fort Worth Convention Center the dates of the games will be announced soon.Both organizations see this as a positive both clubs we are doing the same thing to a certain degree Regulators scout Tom Robinson said they just have more over head we are not trying to spend like that in this business it's all about being profitable.

Regulators play before NDBL reps.
September 2, 2005 — The Regulators will take on the Oklahoma Lightning on Thursday December 8th at the Fort Worth Convention Center at 4;30 pm with the new NDBL team the Fort Worth Flyers playing right after them at 7pm vs the Florida team of the NDBL it will give our players a chance to show their talent and be scouted by NBA people who will be at the games .Our second chance to showcase the players comes on Tuesday December 27th at 4;30pm and again the Flyers playing right after at 7pm vs the Tulsa NDBL team the fans will get to see two games for the price of one and both teams benefit from this deal we feel we have some good talent on the team and will be adding some new talent to go along with the core group of solid players we had last season said Tom Robinson of the Regulators.

Regulators ready for early showcase game
December 1, 2005 — The team will play at the Fort Worth Convention Center on Thursday December 8th vs the Oklahoma Lightning at 4pm to follow'ed by the new NDBL team the Fort Worth Flyers who will be scouting two of the Regulators for sure with others getting the opportunity to show they too have what it takes to make the jump.Team Owner Will Williams said we are not much different those type of teams do have some talent we can't get but we have what they don't have as well our games are televised and we will have Radio starting this season so we are growing and are profitable while they can't say that we are what we are a Minor league team with guys who can play the game we sell our team for what it is and that has been a good way to go for us. We are looking to have a great 2006 season with added exposure so if a player is looking to have video this is the the place to play.

Donald Harris hit 26 points
December 27, 2005 — In a losing cause guard Donald Harris hit 26 points but could have play'ed better he and other players from both teams were playing for the opportunity to seen under game conditions by NBA scouts and NBDL coaches the Houston Blaze won the game 62-59 the two teams will meet again January 27th as the Regulators get into season play.

Regulators fall twice in Oklahoma
January 28, 2006 — The team just didn't rise to the challenge as the Dallas Sun defeated them on Saturday January 27th in front of huge crowd the team then rebounded to defeat the OKC from Oklahoma we thought we have them focused said Tom Robinson but on Sunday January 28th the Oklahoma Pawnee took over the game in the second half as there power forward was just to much for any Regulators player to stop point guard Byron Tucker put 13 points on the board but none of the Regulators shot 50 persent from the field and when a team has a let down in that area you will not win said coach Mason Buckner.

Team Owner Burn'ed
February 8, 2006 — Will Williams was burn'ed on the right side of his face information on the incident was not released Williams who is also a TV sports Broadcaster is expected to make a full recovery.

Regulators Diesel summer battle
June 7, 2006 — The Regulators summer team will take on the Dallas Diesel on Saturday June 10th in Farmers Branch,Texas just outside of Dallas the two teams have had some good games with the Regulators winning all but one of the matchup's .The Regulators are going through a transition as they look to rebuild the team and decide what the next move will be as they look to grow the organization Owner Will Williams has been the coach from the first season until 2006 but is looking to step away from that duty he has a 35-22 record with the team and has done that without having consistant big talent on the team we are a lot younger now and that will allow us to do something's we couldn't before said Tom Robinson scout for the team.After the game on Saturday vs the Diesel we will start making plans for the 2006-2007 season as we plan on playing in October this season we are also talking with some teams from the USBL who may be breaking away to form a new league with 12 teams for the spring of 2007 we will have to wait and see how those talk's go said Williams.

Regulators let lead get away
June 10, 2006 — In a rare summer time game between the rival's the Regulators lose a 10 point lead to fall to the Diesel 92-81 we didn't have any practice's for this game coach Will Williams said but we told them we would play this game and we showed up my hat goes off to the Diesel for the win and we will see them in season .Regulators Donald Harris hit a team high 39 point's Byron Tucker 13 point's and point guard Derrick Sumpter had 19 point's it tell's me we will be fine when the season starts as we saw some thing's that we will be able to do that we couldn't in the past Williams said so this will be the best team we will have ever had.

Regulators will play in 28th Annual Po-Bill Tournament
July 24, 2006 — With teams from around the USA coming to Dallas for the 28th annual tournament the Regulators will make a first time showing at the tournament on Friday night July 28th 8pm tip off at the Singing Hills Rec. Center in Dallas ,Texas the three day tournament will have some current and former NBA player's attending Charles Smith of the Portland Trailblazers and Spud Webb will be there,this should be a good test for our young player's as we will be younger than just about any other team in the tournament and this is during our off season we won't start getting ready for the 2006-07 season until late September .

Regulators owner to host Tv show for D-League team
August 6, 2006 — Will Williams will host the 30 minute weekly show on Tv for the Fort Worth Flyers D-League feeder NBA team he did play by play Tv call for the team last season and will do that again this season alone with hosting the weekly team show,this will give me a opportunity to get my player's inside if they have the right stuff to warrant such a conversation about them as a player I will do what i can to help some one who may have just been over looked said Williams.

Rival crushed !!!!
September 19, 2006 — In an early pre season game against the K-104 Players a local radio team the Regulators got off to a fast start and never look'ed back final score 97-53 Damion Ellison led the way as the team rolled over the Players who have not beaten the Regulators in four try's .With all the new player's we have for this season the faster they come together the better we will be said team scout Tom Robinson.

Regulators host ABA talks again !
November 21, 2006 — This will be the second such conversation the team has had with the ABA the first ended with ABA commissioner Joe Newman backing out we are not looking for a league to complete us said Will Williams owner of the Regulators our games are already televised and many of these pro leagues can't get a game on Tv at this level so we are looking for a good deal from the league to make it worth our while to take on the extra cost,we have had pro teams tells us they would love to play us but can't make the trip and we have offer'ed to travel to them but some how in a couple of the proposed games thing's were mishandled in the front office,but we will talk and see if things make since at this time.Williams host a 30 minute Tv pre game show called Inside Flyers Basketball which leads into each D-League team Fort Worth Flyers home game he also does the play by play and after game interview with players and coaches.We will play the 2007 season independent and decide what to do after the season our first game will be January 20th in Lawton,Oklahoma.

Owner to appear on NBA TV
December 5, 2006 — On Friday December 8th Regulators team owner Will Williams and his broadcast partner will call the action on the D-League game of the week as NBA TV will replay the game between the Fort Worth Flyers and Bakersfield Jam played on December 1st live from the Fort Worth Convention Center this replay will take Williams and his partner Rush Olson national.Williams said while this just another day in the life for me.Also happening in 2007 the Regulators will play an early scout game before the Flyers as they did last season when Donald Harris got his chance after playing in the game and putting up 26 points he was invited to practice with the Flyers.

Team to take 2007 season off !
February 26, 2007 — The Tarrant County Regulators will not play in 2007 as the organization continue talks with other leagues about a move for the 2008 season.The WBA and two other league's are on the list Regulators owner and founder Will Williams said we will know where and what we going to do by May of this year(2007).In some other news Williams may have had the final TV interview with legend Dennis Johnson who was coaching in the NBA D-League we sat down and did about a 40 minute interview just before the season started it's kind of funny you know Williams said because I host a weekly show for the Fort Worth Flyers and we never talk with the visiting coach on the show but since Dennis was always very much interested in talking with any one he encounter'ed we had a chance to get the interview.The interview can be seen on Charter Cable TV 31 in Fort Worth .

Regulators return for 2008
June 14, 2007 — The Tarrant County Regulators will return in 2008 with the Dallas Diesel in the new Regional Development Basketball League the league is making a return after a two year layoff 12 teams are planned for the league with teams from Oklahoma,Texas,Missouri,Arkansas,Louisana. New league rules will focus on development of young talent teams will have 10 man roster's with only two of those having more than one season of pro ball experience.The Tarrant County Regulators will come back with a new coach Founder and owner Will Williams has guided the team for the last four season's but said he is done.He has already started talking with coaches and said the team must win so there is no pressure on whoever get the opportunity, over a four year period Williams record was 42-23 he said the team has a great opportunity to continue growing as we have once again out lasted another team in town with us, this time the NBA D-League has folded in Fort Worth from a business standpoint now is the time for the organization to take yet another step Williams said he came into this with a ten year plan and so far they are on schedule after making it to 5 season's we are continuing growth and the next few season's will see us have greater opportunity on and off the court.

Regulators Return
March 4, 2008 — The team is about ready to announce where it will play the 2009 season,their had been talks about about bringing the RDBL back but that was put on hold as talks were being held with other leagues about possible play for the team. A announcement will be made soon.

New head coach !
July 12, 2008 — Coach Mason Flint will lead the Regulators in the 2009 season Flint was an asst. coach with the team and ran practices and conditioning drills.

He has already began to look for players and will conduct open tryouts in the fall as he looks for talent to make up the 2009 roster.

Former Player may coach
March 12, 2009 — Former Regulators small forward John Thompson could become next coach.

Regulators return !
August 31, 2009 — The Regulators return in 2010 more information coming soon.

Happy holiday season
December 2, 2009 — It has been a tough year for all Americans but may each and everyone have a good and safe holiday season.

And return with a better out look on things to come in 2010.

The Regulators basketball family will return in 2010 and we look forward to the challenges that are to come.

RDBL Basketball Academy Regulators
February 9, 2011 – 03:48 PM — The return of the Regulators will be as a College Club team the organization has made the choice so it can recruit and build young talented players who are still looking for the opportunity to get in school.

The team will start playing games in the 2011 season and currently scouting players for that roster which will consist of players age 18 thru 21 the focus of the Regulators is now to develop those players who have talent but for whatever reason was over looked, as an Academy team our goal is to build a players talent so he can move into the next faze of opportunity ,the RDBL as a league has but one program and the Regulators are the team.

The new name of the team will become the RDBL Basketball Academy Regulators a new website is being built but will be linked to this site to show the organizations and league history ,the Red, Black and Silver runs again so look for us in the Fall of 2011.

The team will locate its base in West Texas after getting its start in Fort Worth may the future Regulators add new chapters to the continuing history of what was once just a conversation over the phone about what if .

Thanks to all who supported us over the years,this new start brings the organization closer to being a community based organization which has always been our goal.

Metroplex Allstars visit Regulators
April 5, 2003 — Wendell Johnson will bring his Metroplex Allstars to Tarrant County on thursday April 17th at 7:30 to take on the Regulators at the Haws Athletic Center the Allstars have a big frontline and will be a test for the Regulators inside defensive players John Thompson and forwards Jesse Clinton and Dimitri Kelly tickets will be $5.00 Adults come out and support the Regulators as they regulate Tarrant County minor league basketball.

2005 will bring new battles
May 19, 2004 — Beaumont,Waco,Rockwall,Midlothian,Odessa,Tyler will all have teams in the division next season the Regulators will be a restructed team as 4 of the starting positions will be open for players to battle for small forward Dayo Holloway is looking forward to the new talent coming in Holloway had a pretty good season but was at times all the Regulators had on the offensive end of the court.The team will play the last time as a unit in the June 19th RDBL pro/am tournament to be held in Cleburne,Texas.Team scout Tom Robinson has already located and has in place a much bigger front line for the 2005 season he has some true point guards coming to training camp and the team is expected to have that position solid and ready after having 2 season of play without a point guard Robinson said that position cost us games when we had leads the turnovers from that position let teams come back on us .

Off season workouts
May 27, 2004 — The Regulators will start getting ready for the 2005 season with off season team workouts starting in July Tom Robinson said we will be stronger and in better condition just bringing in new players without upgrading the rest of our program would be a lost cause.Shooting guard Ronald Breninn will be back with a new group of surrounding cast in some positions.

Off season looking good!
June 26, 2004 — Team workouts are starting and the 2005 Regulators will look very different from years past this is our first off season with the players as a team said Tom Robinson we will be in shape we start the weight program and technique skills training over a 6 week period with 2 weeks off and will keep this program going until training camp opens in February 2005.We will keep track of players progress to see how it works and if changes will need to made in our off season program we have already made moves to improve the team in area's we need to get better in.

Regulators to visit CBA court
July 23, 2004 — The Regulators will go to Rockford,IL to take on the Lightning team captain Dayo Holloway said we are just geeting into our off season program and will be working hard for the 2005 season this game gives us a break from off season workouts and will go a long way in letting us know how we are progressing.

Team adds early TV games
July 29, 2004 — The Regulators will play some early pre season exhibition games before tipping off the 2005 season we have added these games for television coverage,January 20th and 27th February 3rd.We will use the games to look at our players trying to make the roster the team starts off season team workout's August 10th and training camp opens February 5th.

Dance team will hold tryouts
August 9, 2004 — Director/Coordinator Ellen Menking will be looking for some new talent to add to the performance team which is getting better and better they performed at a minor league baseball game and the crowd loved them the tryout will be Saturday August 28th at the 24 hour fitness center in Fort Worth,Texas age 18 and older.The team will perform at events in the community before the 2005 season if companies are looking for lovely eye catcher's for store openning or any other events get in touch with the team.

Another dance team tryout
August 28, 2004 — The Regulators dance team is coming alone just fine Director Ellen Menking is continuing to search for solid performers so she and team brass are holding the tryout on Saturday September 18th at the 24 Hour Fitness center in Fort Worth ladies 18 and older are encouraged to attend go into the team links to get a look at team and contact information.

Diamonds to appear at game!
September 20, 2004 — The Womens Football team Dallas Diamonds will be out in force at the Regulators exhibition game when they take on the Fort Worth Kings in a exhibition game in January 2005 the Diamonds are having a great season going undefeated in 6 games with four left in regular season play the game is set for Haws Athletic Center home court for the Regulators.

Regulators dance team set to perform
September 30, 2004 — The Tarrant County Regulators dance team led by coordinator/director Ellen Menking will do there thing at a benefit Saturday October 9th in Cleburne,Texas the team will be part of a fundraiser to help the CASA program which assisit youth the benefit will take place at the high school practice football field behind Cleburne high school.

Regulators -Outlaws showdown coming
May 13, 2003 — The Johnson County Outlaws will travel to Fort Worth,TX on May 22nd the game will be on cable TV the running Outlaws with there up and down game vs the Regulators multiple defenses trying to make them a half court team it should be a good game come out and catch the action tickets are $5.00 for Adults and $2.00 for students 7:30pm tip off.Haws Athletic Center downtown Fort Worth,TX.

Power game taking shape
December 3, 2002 — Ben Jackson at 6'7 240lbs will be inside he has played pro ball in Turkey and was all 1st team all midwestern conference player alone with new comer of the year from Illinois at Chicago college and Emporia State University he and other players we are signing will make the Regulators a force in the league.Ben is a power forward or small foward.

Season opens March 15th 2003
December 3, 2002 — Team tryouts will be conducted shortly and training camp opens in mid January dates to announced soon.Any players wanting to tryout should call or email.

GM in accident
December 9, 2002 — Team GM Deitrick Diaz was in a roll over car accident we wish a speedy recovery.A team press conference is slated to take place in mid December to announce the team and league for the 2003 season starting in March.Former TCU guard Mike Strickland will join the team and will be at the press conference.

Team GM is out
February 11, 2003 — The Regulators have had to move in another direction with the GM position we have one in the fold and will be talking with him he has done this with other pro minor league teams in the Fort Worth area and having him on board will serve us well announcement will be made soon.In other team news the team is looking to sign 2 more players by the 23rd of February as they start to get ready for the 2003 season.

General Manager Named
November 18, 2002 — Deidrick Diaz will be the GM and Youth Outreach Coordinator for the team . Team tryouts will be coming soon. The team will have a few job opportunities available. Head Coach will be named soon. Season starts March 15th 2003.

Team getting ready
March 1, 2003 — The Regulators are getting ready the team is holding closed practices as they get players ready for the 2003 season one players already may have a contract to play overseas after the season or when team is ready for him to head over.

Kelly has hot hand
March 25, 2003 — 6'2 guard Dimitri Kelly had a lights out shooting night scoring 27 points 6'6 Ryan Murrow also had a hot shooting night as the Regulators rolled to 78-70 victory James Whitfield also had a good night.guard Gabriel Madrid had a nice game as well.Pressure defense was led by Zo Ochiboi the defense will make all of us better Murrow said after the game.

6'3 200 lbs Brian Owens added
March 25, 2003 — Former Hardin Simmons University player Brian Owens who has a wicked 3 point shot has been added to the Regulators roster for the 2003 season.

November 21, 2002 — After meeting with the President and Business manager of the Southside youth Association the team will make them a part of all we do CEO WIll Williams said i know how hard it is to operate an organization the size of theirs and we as a business will help where we can it will also keep our player grounded to inter act with kids through the camps and benefits we can do with them GM Deirick Diaz also thought it will be just what the team needs is to become visible in the community and the only way to do this is to be in the community.Rickey Warren and Patrick Brown also thought this is just what we need we are trying to be the best we can they said.

Former Dallas Cowboy signing book
March 28, 2003 — Former NFL player Michael Downs who played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1981-88 will be signing his new book at the game on April 3rd at the Haws Athletic Center at 7:00pm the book Fruits of Faith,Hope and Love Cowboy Style has stories from Roger Stubach, Bill Bates, Darren Woodson, Larry Allen ,Tony Dorsett, and other players it will be a great read the book is much deeper than football in fact it is not about football.

Team adds 2 inside
March 28, 2003 — John Thompson a forward and Johnny Tyson a forward center will be ready to help add fire power to an already dangerous offense. the 2 big inside players will help closeup a weakness in the running team the boards, rebounding is a must if we expect to win consistantly.Team scout Tom Robinson said we have guards which will cause matchup problems for most teams we play but if we don't control the boards somewhat we could score and still lose the game.

Tyson signs with USBL
March 30, 2003 — Regulator player Johnny Tyson signs with the new USBL Fort Worth,Texas based Texas Rimrockers this is the reason the league was put together to give players who sometime get caught in the numbers game a another chance to be seen.

Fastbreak runs past Regulators
April 10, 2003 — Scoring fast and often the Dallas Fastbreak where able to hold on to a 79 -70 victory our defense let us down tonight and we didn't hit the shots when we needed them the most said high points scorer for the Regulators James Whitfield who had 19 points we will see them again and will play much better when we do.Dimitri Kelly had 15 points and added we lost the board battle we have to rebound if our shots aren't falling. Up next for the Regulators will be the Metroplex Allstars on thursday April 17th in Fort Worth at the Haws Athletic Center.

Regulators Diesel hoop on 3rd
March 28, 2003 — The Regulators will host the Dallas Diesel on thursday April 3rd at 7:00pm at the Haws Athletic center in downtown Fort Worth,Texas scheduled to perform are the Fort Worth Brahmas minor league hockey team dance group and the youth under 10 basketball team of the Fort Worth Southside youth sports organization at halftime.Also Mayor pro-tem Ralph McCould is expected to be on hand to receive a presentation from the team alone with other community services people from the city.Tickets are $5.00 adults $2.00 students of any age.

Regulators ride on Diesel
April 3, 2003 — Team defense was the key to victory for the team as they mixed zones and man packages. They never let the Diesel get on track, led by James Whitfield and Jesse Clinton the Regulators used defense as its offense the entire team contributed to this win.Ryan Murrow led the way for the Regulators scoring with 14 points Star as he likes to be called had a pretty good night after catching a second wind.

Regulators will try Fastbreak
April 5, 2003 — Tarrant County Regulators will face a good Dallas Fastbreak team on thrusday night April 10th at the Haws Athletic Center downtown Fort Worth at 7:00pm .The big gun for the Fastbreak team will be Guard Zoderick Green or the Z-Man he shoots lights out 3 point shots it will be a very good test for the Regulators,Fastbreak head coach Ernest Weaver has some weapons Dennis Malone also will be causing trouble inside for the Dallas team he is a mobil small forward, Center /forward Maurice Bullock and Ernest Banco will also have to be defensed .

Game result in calendar
April 4, 2003 — While site is being up dated information from April 3rd game listed in calendar under April 3rd date.

K-104 Radio station basketball team vs Regulators
April 8, 2003 — The K-104 Basketball team which is very good will visit Fort Worth on Thursday May 1st at 7:30 to play the Regulators in a benefit game while we want to have fun with this game we know the K-104 team likes to win and we do as well so the fun will be after the game when the scoreboard says Regulators win.Hope to see you at this game tickets will be $5.00 per person all age groups under 5 free. Haws Athletic Center downtown Fort Worth,Texas.

Team holding talks with former euorpean player
April 8, 2003 — The Regulators are holding conversation with Bobby Rouse who has played in the european leagues and can play the one 2&3 positions while this is a young team and still in the building process we hope to be better each week building a solid foundation for the 2004 season our goal is to be better and win the league title in our second year while helping our players get to the next level.

Clinton has big game
April 17, 2003 — Foward Jesse Clinton and his 16 points and out standing defensive play kept the Regulators who are undersized in the frontline this season in the game vs the Allstars led by 6'10 center Lrenzo Pearson they hit shots from the line when they needed to. And it proved to be the difference the Regulators didn't get to the line enough and the game ended with A set play attempt to 3 point shooter Brian Owens not getting the shot off the inbound pass from ZO Ochiobi was stolen to end the game 82-79. The rematch will be thursday night April 24th in Dallas.Forward Landris Johnson newly added to the Regulators roster had a good game as well and added some leadership to the team he is like a coach on the floor Head Scout Tom Robinson said and his 10 points helped keep us in the game.

John Thompson has a breakout game
May 1, 2003 — Thompson who had been working hard to comeback from injuries had what was his best game 22 points 8 rebounds and defense his team followed his lead into a win Zo Ochiobi also had a big game a non foul call on one of his big dunk attempts didn't slow his game as he hit some big shots from the three point line to keep his team going when they needed a basket from anybody he came up big on the defensive end of the court as well a couple of steals at times the 104 team was trying to make a run kept the Regulators going Landris Johnson had a big game as he played both ends of the court he is nursing a leg injury but refused to let it keep him from being a part of the game Jesse Clinton had his hands in everything blocking shots rebounding he is a force inside every team that faces us have to give him respect once the game starts Thompson said this was a total team effort we didn't want to lose to them and we didn't.91-88 final in overtime.

Bobby Rouse coming to Texas
May 8, 2003 — He can play the 1-2 or 3 position has played overseas ball for the last 3 years and will bring a lot of experience to a young team Rouse will be at the August mini camp of the Regulators along with some new inside bigmen the team will need to compete in the 2004 season the off season will be active we want the league championship in 2004.The 2004 schedule dates are
Jan-16 league training camp opens
Regular season play starts-14 games
Feb-21-28
Mar-6-13--20-27
April-3-4-17-24
May-1-2-15-22
1st round of playoffs for top 2 teams in each division
May-29-30 best 2 of 3 series
2nd round
June -5-6 best 2 of 3 series
best 2 of 3 championship series
June 12-13

6'7 240 lbs Bennie Jackson
May 9, 2003 — Power forward Bennie Jackson will help the inside game of the Regulators in 2004 he will report to the teams August mini camp he Jesse Clinton,John Thompson ,Landris Johnson should make a solid frontline the center position will still need adjusting. Addreial Coleman will be looking to hold down a position at guard the up grade has already began we will be ready.

Largest Regulator will attend game!!!!
May 13, 2003 — Derek Bearden 6'5 320 lbs will comeout to support his brothers in basketball you see Bearden plays for the Fort Worth Regulators Football team both teams are owned by the same company so while he won't slam the ball on May 22nd he'll be pulling for them Bearden plays offensive line and will be the building block for the Regulators football team.

Regulators held up by Outlaws
May 22, 2003 — The Johnson County Outlaws raced past the Regulators 71-52 in the long awaited showdown led by Dayo Holloway and his 27 points. The Regulators couldn't get anything going Dimitri Kelly had 15 to lead the team in scoring but the Outlaws played a much better game on both ends of the court.

2004 Schedule ready
June 6, 2003 — The Regulators 2004 schedule is ready
14 Regular season games
Training camp opens December 8th
February 21st-Odessa Badboyz-home
February 28th-Weatherford Redfox-away
March 6th-Wichita Falls Bobcats-away
March 11th-Johnson County Outlawz-home
March 18th-Johnson County Outlawz-home
March 25th-K-104 Radio-home
April 3rd-Johnson County Outlawz-away
April 24th-Wilson, NC Huskies-home
May 1st-Missouri Hawks-away
May 15th-Missouri Hawks-home
May 22nd-Odessa Badboyz-home
Playoffs May 29th & 30th
July 9-11 Owensboro Pro/Am Tournament (Kentucky)

Weight complex for team ready
July 30, 2003 — The Regulators will have team weight training and workouts in the city of Fort Worth as a deal is about ready to be sealed,with the city this will help the team continue to build our foundation as we grow and look down the road in the teams future said head scout Tom Robinson and Will Williams.

Team Mini Camp
August 18, 2003 — The Regulators will be holding a 2 day mini camp for players September 13th and 14th the closed mini camp will be for new players trying to get onto the 2004 team.The camp will consist of drills and full court scrimmages players wanting to tryout should email or call for information on time and location of camp.The cost for attending the camp will be $20.00 pre registration T-Shirt will be given to tryout players send money order to G.Entertainment P.O. Box 2961 Cleburne,TX 76033 also include player information.

Preseason games set
August 22, 2003 — January 8th the Regulators will face the T-Express at home.
January 15th vs the South Dallas Allstars at home.
And January 29th the Metroplex Allstars will visit Fort Worth.
The Missouri Hawks will bring their high flying show to Texas in May as they come in to take on the Regulators in what should be a good basketball game.

Rouse could be the right fit !
August 23, 2003 — Guard Bobby Rouse could be a big player in the Regulators 2004 season the Guard has played oversea's and will add leadership to a young team he is a big time player and can help the team grow from what he knows on the court.We are looking to add to our play James Whitfield had a decent season but he is far better than last season number's show him to be we will add where we know the teams biggest problems were Scout Tom Robinson said.Small forward Jesse Clinton had a good season while playing out of position at center he blocked right at 8 shots per game and caused the other team to think before coming into the paint to score training camp will be very competive at all positions we will take the best 12 we can get to play as a team.We plan on using the three R's as part of our system in 2004
1.Respect for self
2.Respect for other's
3.Responsibility for all of your action's

Regulators will play in Owensboro Pro/Am
September 4, 2003 — The Regulators will play from July 9-11 in the tournament in Kentucky teams from the USA compete in the annual tournament and we look forward to seeing how we look vs other Pro/Am teams around the USA.

Team tryouts bring in new talent
September 13, 2003 — The Regulators open tryout had players who would like to play on the team working hard on saturday September 13th we saw playmakers defensive players shooters you name it we saw them team scout Tom Robinson said.We also had an opportunity to get a look at some of last seasons players in a full game type scrimmage while none were in game shape we did see some of them have spent the off season getting ready so training camp will be very intense in December.

Almost time for 2004
November 12, 2003 — The team will open the 2004 training camp up December 6th with a lot of new players trying to make the roster it will be interesting another guard Rahim Washington have caught the attention of team scout Tom Robinson who is looking at players who can just play ball create their own game when needed because we didn't have enough of that last season Washington will come to camp late but could be a big asset to our plans for the season Robinson said.

Regulators to play the Law!!!!!!!!!!!
November 12, 2003 — The Tarrant County Sheriff department will come calling on the team this 2004 season team scout Tom Robinson said we expect a good game from them but losing to them is a big no no! the K-104 radio station game last season let us know when you you play teams like this they want to win and while your players may want to take a game off this is not the one for that.The 104 team has a track record of beating teams by 30 points because they don't expect them to play hard but guess what they want to rip your heart out so we take the Sheriff department very serious and the rematch game with 104 is circled on our calender since they have been calling us out since we beat them last season.

Regulators and Law do battle
December 8, 2003 — Team to take on the Tarrant County Sheriff's department and the Fort Worth city police department in a couple of benefit games on the 2004 schedule while we intend to have some fun we don't want to lose so it will be a serious game for us they need to know that when tip off comes said forward John Thompson.Team scout Tom Robinson who's other work is as a police officer said we don't want to lose to them of all the teams on the schedule this season and we know they will play us very hard.

Training camp opens
December 8, 2003 — Team training camp opens sunday December 14th the team will look to improve this season team defense is the focal point we will be using a pressure system we will play zones and man and look to put team offenses in a situation they would not like our hope is turnover's and easy baskets off the turnover's and make them have to work harder to score .Double teams on opposing teams big men we hope to have them beat us with a guard when we play teams like that said Tom Robinson and team officials.

Comedian Larry Woodard to perform
December 9, 2003 — Larry Woodard will bring his standup comedy to halftime events of RDBL games this season.

Demetric Shaw a Regulator
January 26, 2004 — Local Fort Worth talent Demetric Shaw has signed to play for the Regulators he will be in the lineup on Thursday February 12th at 7:30 pm when the team faces the T-Express at the north side Girls & Boys club in a benefit game.Training camp has gone well our new traingle system has looked good in scrimmages and we will much better than last season in every position said coach Tom Robinson.

Regulators lose a close one
February 12, 2004 — Chris Davis had a solid game Dayo Holloway had his way in the low post but the defense didn't step up when they needed big stops the last 2 minutes of the game and the Regulators lose what was a very well played game the Express hit 5 big 3 point shots to come back after being down by 11 late in the third period to win the game 92-91.

Showdown coming on 19th
March 9, 2004 — The rematch will be on Friday March 19th in Fort Worth at 7:30 pm the game is set to be televised the Regulators who have not been at full strength for a few games will be fully loaded for this one it should be a great game as the two teams have a heated rivaly the Outlawz hold a edge in the win department and remember Dayo Holloway has said we won't lose to them again.

Regulators ready for rival Outlawz
March 14, 2004 — Regulators will do battle with there rival the Johnson County Outlawz on Friday night 7:30pm in Fort Worth the game will be televised,in the first meeting of the two teams Johnson County walked away with the win 78-74 that loss sparked team captain Dayo Holloway to remark we won't lose to them again both teams have been on a roll the Regulators come into this game 6-2 while the Outlawz are 7-1 it should be a great game the Regulators dance team will perform at halftime and a local comedian Larry Woodard is schuled to bring some laughs to the place at least at halftime.

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