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UIF Sioux Falls Storm

Jam Packed Kurtiss Riggs Show Tonight

July 11, 2007 - United Indoor Football Association (UIF)
Sioux Falls Storm News Release


The Kurtiss Riggs Show will return to Gateway Lounge for tonight's LIVE broadcast of the program. The show is broadcast LIVE every Wednesday from Gateway Lounge, which is located just off of 41st St. behind Carmike Theatre. The program is LIVE from 5:30-6:45 PM and airs on AM 1230 KWSN and on www.kwsn.com. This week's show is packed with guests. Storm special teams coach Donny Hilsenroth and quarterback Art Solis will be featured along with Storm assistant coach Mike Michaeli, who will make his annual end of season appearance.

Along with all of the guests, Storm Head Coach Kurtiss Riggs and "The Voice of the Storm" Rich Roste will review last Saturday's 34-30 victory over the Rock River Raptors. Riggs and Roste will also preview this Saturday's regular season finale vs. the Billings Outlaws.

Donny is in his fourth season as special teams coach for the Storm. Over the last three seasons, the Storm's special teams unit has only allowed three kick returns for a touchdown. Donny had an unbelievable career as a player for the Storm from 2000-2003. Donny retired to become a Sioux Falls firefighter. Donny is the Storm's second-leading tackler or all-time and had his jersey (#46) retired during the 2005 season.

Solis returned in 2007 for his second season as the backup quarterback to Terrance Bryant in 2006. Due to Bryant's durability, Solis has never seen any action, but that could change this weekend. Solis threw for 1,954 yards and 15 touchdowns in a tremendous senior season at Dakota State University in 2005. Solis completed 56% of his passes and for his efforts was named First-Team All Dakota Conference.

Michaeli has appeared on the Kurtiss Riggs show each of the last two seasons leading up to the playoffs. As we all know, the Storm have won two championships in those seasons, so to stick with tradition Michaeli will be making his annual appearance TONIGHT. This season marks Michaeli's eighth with the organization. Michaeli is a graduate of the University of Sioux Falls, where he played football for the Cougars in the early '90's.

The Storm will host the Billings Outlaws on July 14th at the "Storm Shelter". The game theme will be "Back When I Played Night", which means its time to break out those old high school and college jerseys for Saturday night's game. Individual tickets can be obtained by visiting the Arena Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet, calling Ticketmaster at 334-8181, or purchasing from ticketmaster.com. Join "The Biggest Show in Town" as the Storm look for three championships in a row in 2007.

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