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Extreme's Walton, Christofilakos chosen for UIF honors

May 23, 2007 - United Indoor Football Association (UIF)
Bloomington Extreme News Release


Bloomington Extreme wide receiver James Walton and place-kicker Peter Christofilakos have been selected by the United Indoor Football League as its Offensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week for their performances in Saturday's 60-41 East Conference victory over Ohio Valley at U.S. Cellular Coliseum, it was announced by the league office Wednesday.

Walton led the Extreme with team and Coliseum records of five touchdowns and nine receptions. He scored four touchdowns in the second quarter on grabs of 37, 4, 17 and 6 yards. The 37-yard catch matched the longest touchdown reception in Extreme history.

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Walton, who finished with 120 yards, also caught a 20-yard scoring strike in the third quarter from Dusty Burk. The five-touchdown performance by Walton was one short of the UIF record.

Christofilakos was nearly flawless in his return to the Extreme after kicking for the Arizona Rattlers of the AFL the last two weeks to earn special team honors.

The former University of Illinois kicker was perfect on seven conversion kicks and added three field goals on five attempts. The field goals covered 34, 25 and 28 yards. Christofilakos also averaged 52.5 yards on 11 kickoffs.

Extreme linebacker Dorian Pitts received honorable mention honors for Defensive Player of the Week. He had five solo tackles and eight assists to collect 8.5 defensive points.

The 6-3, 200-pound Pitts also had two tackles for loss for minus 11 yards, one quarterback sack for minus eight yards, while forcing a fumble, recovering a fumble and blocking a field goal attempt.

Mark Blackburn of Sioux Falls was the UIF's Defensive Player of the Week. He had 10.5 tackles, one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery, one interception for a touchdown and broke up two passes.

The Extreme is on a franchise-best four game winning streak and stands one-half game out of the East Conference lead with a 4-3 record. Rock River and Lexington share the division lead with 5-3 marks.

Bloomington can pass Rock River with a victory over the Raptors on Friday at 7:05 p.m. in Rockford. The Raptors defeated the Extreme, 53-20, earlier in the season at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.

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