Northwest Notes: Saturday, May 7, 2014

Shock travel to

lowly Jacksonville

The Spokane Shock (6-5) head across the country to take on the Jacksonville Sharks (3-7) today at noon at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. The game will be televised by ESPNews, usually a sports news station, which airs the occasional game.

While it will be the first time this season the two clubs have met, this will be their sixth matchup since the Shock joined the AFL in 2010. Spokane leads the all-time series 4-2, including a resounding 62-40 road victory in their last meeting in July of 2013.

Jacksonville comes in on a two-game losing skid, having most recently fallen to the Tampa Bay Storm 56-35. Sharks quarterback R.J. Archer completed 27 of 48 passes for 271 yards and five touchdowns in the loss.

The Shock bring the fifth-ranked defense and sixth-ranked offense into the matchup.

The Sharks have put up 52.5 points per game and are led by Archer, who has tallied over 2,500 yards and 55 touchdowns. The Sharks leading receiver, London Crawford, was placed on injured reserve at the beginning of the month; Crawford had contributed 75 receptions, 975 yards, and 23 touchdowns. In Crawford's absence, the Sharks will look to Jeron Harvey to lead the receiving corps; Harvey has totaled 64 receptions for 708 yards and 17 touchdowns.