1998 Mike Monahan negogiated to purchase the Oregon Thunderbolts

1999 The Posse owner bailed out at the last minute so Monahan partnered with Bill Booth to run the team. Jay Atwood was brought in to coach. The team was known as the Vancouver Cougars, but was officially the Washington Cavaliers. (see 1999 summary - right)

Monahan, Booth and Atwood went their separate ways. The 1999 Vancouver Cougars spawned the rebirth of Booth's Washington Cavaliers, Atwoods's Buccaneers and Monahan's Columbia Cougars.

2000 Cedric Walker coached the team to a 7-3 record and a four way tie for 2nd place. They missed the NWFL playoffs but went on to defeat the Klamath Crusaders in the NFA playoffs before falling to the Puget Sound Jets.

Walker split off to form the Willamette Valley Raiders.

2001 The opened the season in impressive fashion with a stunning overtime victory against the Thunderbolts, but only won one more game the entire regular season. RB/KR TyWilliams earned 3rd Team All-American honors.

1999 summary

In 1997 Bill Booth took his Cowlitz County Cavaliers (Kelso, WA) south to Vancouver. He took on Larry Jobe as head coach and team was renamed the Vancouver Cavalier-Posse (although they were commonly known as the Vancouver Posse).

1998 The Posse assumed the Cavaliers spot in the NWFL. Bill Booth split off to restart the Cavaliers, renamed the Washington Cavaliers. In accordance with the guidelines on how to join the league, the Cavs played a probationary non-league schedule in 1998.

1999 The Cavs and Posse both would have been on the schedule. When the Posse was abandoned at the last minute by their owner/head coach, Booth put the Cavaliers on hold and worked to salvage the Posse.