[3] When the team was formed in June 2013 by CEO/Owner Torrell Johnson, it was sometimes referred to as the "Twin City Texarkana Panthers," but that name was never official.

[1][5] Some of the first tryouts for the initial 2013-14 team were held on June 22, 2013, at Columbia Christian School in Magnolia, Arkansas.

[6] Tryouts for the Panthers' dance team, Purple Illusion, took place on June 29, 2013, in Magnolia.

[7] The team played its first game on November 21, 2013, against the Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana.

[8] The first home game for the club was played on December 28, 2013, against the Lake City Kingdom Riders.