Going into the playoffs the Hitmen were very new and didn't know what to expect, except having to play the other undefeated team in the first round would be a very challenging task. The Globe-Miami Sting cut short the cinderella season for the Hitmen, but even with a loss the rest of the league were stunned by their first year domination.

The Globe-Miami Sting followed the next season going undefeated not only in the regular season, but in the playoffs, winning their first ever state Championship and even being crowned National Champions by the Minor League Football News. The Sting also presented Jaime, Hitmen owner, with a Game Ball from the 2004 state championship game signed by all the players. Showing the respect they have for her and the flagstaff Hitmen.

Jaime is also the first women to ever fully own and operate a team. She started it while
she was still a junior in college at NAU. Now she and her husband, Jeremiah Smith
run it together. He is, as you know the quarterback for the Flagstaff Hitmen. On top of the first year accomplishments, Jaime and the Hitmen also won the territorial award titled, "Rulers of the North", by beating Tri-City Raptors each year. Last year they tied in the regular season and then destroyed the Raptors in the playoffs to win it again.

Going into the 2004 season, the Flagstaff Hitmen struggled. But with off season recruiting the Hitmen bounced back in the 2005 season by grabbing new coach Anthony LaBarbera and Phil Williams, who took them to a 9-2-1 record and a trip to the final four in the 2005 playoffs, losing to the soon to be 2005 state champions, the Glendale Bulldogs, by a score of 14-7.

In the 2007 season the Hitmen got back to the playoffs, and made it to the final four!  The team is refocused its efforts on the Northern Arizona players.  The teamwork was the most amazing ever in the 5th season.  The Hitmen became the longest running team in Northern Arizona History.  Next season . . .nothing will stop them of reaching their goal of an AzFL State Championship!

2008 will mark the Hitmen's 6th season.  With returning head coach and owner Jeremiah Smith adding two new coaches to the staff their game will only improve.  Jack Pakos and Warren Lukemire have signed on to help the Hitmen on their way to the State Championship.  With a new year and new coaches the Hitmen have found the formula that works! This will be the season they win the ring and "Leave no doubt" why they earned it!