Slaughter single-game tickets on sale

Single-game tickets for the Chicago Slaughter’s fifth season are now on sale as the team prepares to open its Indoor Football League training camp this weekend.

The tickets, which range in price from $8 to $34, can be purchased by calling the Sears Centre at (888) 732-7784, by going online at searscentre.com or visiting the Sears Centre Box Office. Season tickets also are available at (847) 310-3190 and range from $58 to $245.

Training camp for head coach Steve McMichael’s team is scheduled to begin on Saturday, Feb. 5. The Slaughter’s first IFL game of the season is a road game on Feb. 19 in Milwaukee, and its home opener is Feb. 26 at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.

The training camp will feature two players recently signed by the Slaughter, former University of Michigan running back Kevin Grady and former Wake Forest quarterback Ben Sankey, who most recently played for the Omaha Beef.

Grady (5-foot-10, 227 pounds) played for the Wolverines from 2005-2009. He hold several Michigan High School Athletic Association records while rushing for 8,431 career yards and scoring 151 career touchdowns.

Sankey spend 11 years playing various levels of pro football, including with Calgary, Hamilton and British Columbia in the CFL, the Houston Texans of the NFL, and The Tennessee Valley Raptors, Rock River Raptors, the BC Lions and Omaha Beef, and Omaha Nighthawks.

Last season Sankey led the Omaha Beef to a 9-5 record and earned second-team IFL honors by passing for 2,775 yards and 63 touchdowns.

The Slaughter will open its home schedule against Omaha on Feb. 26.