In 2004 The Inland Northwest Football League kicked off with high hopes for eastern Washington, and for one season the Yakima Scorpions were near the top, finishing with a 7-3 record.  But the off-season turmoil of lawsuits, unpaid bills caused a stir in Yakima, and a revolt took place.
 
At least 35 players, coaches and staff left the Scorpions organization in efforts to distance themselves from team owner Chuck Love.  The new team formed was the Yakima Mavericks, and the Scorpions struggled to field a team for the next two seasons. 
 
The INWFL collapse forced the Scorpions to find games where they could which would be the Portland teams of the Northwest League and the lone INWFL competitor for the Scorpions, the Kootenai County Eagles which formed in 2005. 
 
The Scorpions staggered through the 2005 season finishing 1-5.  Seeking stability, an envoy of the team was sent to talk with Dick Seuss of the Pacific Northwest Football Conference, but the western Washington spring organization denied the Scorpions membership due in large part to a number of unpaid bills in Yakima under the team name.
 
Only one game was played in 2006 as the King County Jaguars decimated the Scorpions whose players numbered only in the teens.
 
News:
Scorpions are no more 9/23/2004

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