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April 20, 2006 - arenafootball2 (af2)
Rio Grande Valley Dorados News Release


Rio Grande Valley Dorados (2-1) vs. Arkansas Twisters (3-0)
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2006
Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT
Site: Obra Home Field at Dodge Arena (5,500)
National Anthem: TBA
Coin Toss: Head Referee
Officials: Referee: Fred Wiedower
Umpire: Michael Cooper
Head Linesman: Bradford Edwards
Line Judge: Wayne Winkler
Back Judge: Scott Vaughan
Doraods Radio: ESPN Radio 1240 (KSOX)
TV: Televisa XERV-9 (Cable 19)
Series Record: ARK leads 1-0
Last Meeting: ARK, 42-28, July 24, 2004, Dodge Arena
Streaks: Arkansas W3 Rio Grande W2
Coaches: Marty Hammond (2-1, 0-0 playoffs, 1st Season)

THE SCENARIO: Rio Grande Valley edged Birmingham 44-43 in OT last week in Alabama to win their second game in a row, while Arkansas is off to a 3-0 streak to start the season. The Twisters are 5-0 dating back to the last two games of the 2005 season.

THE SERIES: Arkansas defeated Rio Grande 42-28 in the only prior meeting between the two teams; July 24, 2004 at the Dodge Arena. This is the second week in a row the Dorados have faced a team for the first time since 2004.

2006 SEASON SCHEDULE:
RIO GRANDE VALLEY DORADOS (2-1)
Date Opponent CST Time Result Record
4/1 At Central Valley 9:30 65-34L 0-1
4/8 TULSA 7:30 75-40W 1-1
4/14 At Birmingham 7:00 44-43 W (ot) 2-1
4/22 ARKANSAS 7:30 0-0
4/29 At Tulsa 7:00 0-0
5/6 BOSSIER-SHREVEPORT 7:30 0-0
5/13 At Bakersfield 9:00 0-0
5/20 At Amarillo 7:30 0-0
6/3 @ Oklahoma City 7:00 0-0
6/10 AMARILLO 7:30 0-0
6/17 At Arkansas 7:00 0-0
6/24 OKLAHOMA CITY 7:30 0-0
7/1 @ Bossier-Shreveport 7:00 0-0
7/8 BIRMINGHAM 7:30 0-0
7/22 S. GEORGIA 7:30 0-0
7/29 SPOKANE 7:30 0-0

2005 SEASON RECAP
Date Opponent Result Score
4/9 LOUISVILLE L 56-42
4/16 @ Florida L 63-30
4/22 @ Bakersfield W 40-32
5/2 BOSSIER-SHREV L 77-69
5/7 SAN DIEGO W 51-45
5/14 @ Central Valley W 61-51
5/21 WB/SCRANTON W 52-49
5/28 @ South Georgia W 39-37
6/4 @ Oklahoma City L 59-35
6/11 TULSA W 65-64
6/18 CENTRAL VALLEY W 55-36
6/25 @ San Diego W 65-58
7/9 @ Bossier-Shrev. W 66-52
7/16 @ Tulsa L 58-49
7/23 OKLAHOMA CITY L 71-40
7/30 BAKERSFIELD W 38-27
PLAYOFFS
8/7 QUAD CITY W 56-38
8/13 @ Tulsa W 65-42
8/19 @ Memphis L 64-49

DORADOS COACHES:
Marty Hammond -- Head Coach, Director of Football Operations
Hammond enters his first season as Head Coach of the Dorados and comes to the team after serving as the Offensive Coordinator/Receivers Coach for Tennessee Valley from 2003-04 and receivers coach in 2002. He played wide receiver at the University of West Alabama from 1992-95 and was a teammate of former Dorados coach Kevin Guy. Hammond graduated in 1996 with a degree in computer science. As a freshman, he was named the Gulf Coast Conference Rookie of the Year after catching 39 passes for 339 and two touchdowns. A native of Lexington, Ala., he was an All-State pick and MVP for Lexington High School. Hammond is familiar with the Dorados, having served as a training camp coach for the Dorados during the 2005 preseason. In 1998 he served as an Assistant Coach at Spanish River High School in Boca Raton, Fla., then moved on as an Assistant Offensive Coordinator at Santaluces High School in Lantana, Fla., in 1999.

Brett Clark -- Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/ Player Personnel
Clark is a native of Bakersfield, Ca., who enters his first season with the Dorados. He worked the last two seasons in Bakersfield as an Offensive and Defensive Line Coach and Defensive Coordinator for the Blitz. He spent the previous four seasons (2000-03) playing in the AFL and af2. He played two years at center and nose guard for the Los Angeles Avengers in the AFL in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, he played with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers and he spent the 2003 season with the Cape Fear Wildcats. A graduate of Bakersfield High in 1995, Clark played center and defensive line on the Drillers Central Valley Championship team during his senior year in 1994. He went on to play two seasons at center with Bakersfield College in 1995 and 1996, after which he transferred to Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he graduated with a degree in History. During his junior season, Southern University won a Black College National Title, going 11-1 in 1997. He also serves as an assistant coach on the Bakersfield College wrestling team, which won the California Junior College State Championship in 2003 and 2004. He and his wife Sherrina are expecting their first child in July.

Frank Franz -- Assistant to the Offensive Coordinator/Strength & Conditioning
Franz returns to the Dorados for his second season with the Dorados after serving last season as an assistant coach and director of strength and conditioning. Franz attended McMurry University in Abilene where he excelled in football as an All-Conference quarterback and graduated with a BS in Education in 1998. In the spring of 1999, he began work at Texas State University as a Strength and Conditioning Coach and earned a Masters Degree in Exercise Science from Texas State in 2000. While there, Frank was responsible for designing and implementing strength and conditioning program for a variety of men's and women's NCAA Division I sports. During his time as a strength coach he helped to produce three NFL draft picks, a 1st round NBA selection, a 1st round MLB selection, and a National Championship Cheerleading Squad. In the fall of 2002 he began work as a varsity Football and Track Coach at Sharyland High School and helped guide the football team to a District Championship. Frank is currently the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Elite Performance in McAllen.

Spencer Conley -- Fullback/Linebacker Coach
Conley returns to the Dorados in a coaching role following his playing career. He played the majority of last season with the Tulsa Talons, then returned to the Dorados in late July but was injured before seeing any game action. He was a member of the first Dorados team in 2004 after spending the previous season with the af2's Albany Conquest. He set the af2 single game sack record in 2001 as a member of the Norfolk Nighthawks (later broken in 2004) and led every team he played for in sacks in three full seasons, finishing in the in top 10 in af2. In 2004, he was named to the All-af2 Team and was a finalist for Lineman of the Year. He remains among all time leaders in af2 sacks. The 33-year-old Conley attended Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas, but left early to take his game to the pro level. He turned pro in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the San Antonio Texans in 1998 season, which was their only season in the CFL. Conley also appeared in one game in the Arena Football League during the 1994 season with the Fort Worth Cavalry. In 1998, Conley not only attended training camp with the San Francisco 49ers, but he won a Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) championship with the Louisiana Bayou Beast.

Kelly Snell -- Defensive Backs Coach
Snell enters the coaching ranks after a successful playing career at the college and pro level. He won a Grey Cup with the CFL's B.C. Lions in 2000 and was a member of the AFL champion Grand Rapids Rampage in 2001. As a senior at Ferris State he was named one of ESPN's top 100 college players. As a sophomore in 1996 he was a first team All American and was a second team All American as a junior. The native of White Cloud, Michigan, won the af2 Defensive Player of the Year with 15 INT's in 2002 with Tennessee Valley. His playing career also included stints with the Detroit Fury & Georgia Force (AFL) and Florida Firecats (af2).

THE IFs:
If the Dorados win today...
- Give the Dorados a 3-1 season record
- Give the Dorados a 1-1 divisional season record

DORADOS DROPBACK (ONE YEAR AGO TODAY)
The Rio Grande Valley Dorados collected their first win of the season to improve to 1-2 and opened division play with a 40-32 road victory over the Bakersfield Blitz in front of 3,680 fans at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield. Dorados quarterback Josh Kellett, who earned Offensive Player of the Game honors, completed 18 of 28 passes for 144 yards, averaging 8 yards per pass. 74 of the 144 yards was to rookie offensive specialist Dwight Counter, who caught one of Kellett's three touchdown passes.

TONIGHT'S PLAYERS IN LEAGUE TOP 10s:
OPPONENT
Player Rank Category Stat
Walter Church 8th Total Offense 271.7
Walter Church 1st Total Offense TD's 23
Walter Church 1st Passing TDS 22
Walter Church 7th Pass Comp. % 66.3%

DORADOS
Player Rank Category Stat
Josh Kellett 1st Total Offense Plays 132
Josh Kellett 4th Total Off./Tds. 18
Josh Kellett 1st Pass Attempts 125
Josh Kellett 1st Passing TDS 16

TALE OF THE TAPE: Here's how the Dorados and tonight's opponent stack up:
Statistical RGV OPPONENT
Category Rank Stat Rank Stat
Scoring Offense 6th 51.0 t-3rd 63.3
Scoring Defense 14th 49.3 5th 37.3
Total Offense 9th 271.3 7th 288.3
Total Defense 7th 221.7 17th 269.3
Pass Offense 10th 256.0 7th 272.7
Pass Defense 5th 196.7 17th 266.0
Rushing Offense 12th 15.3 11th 15.7
Rushing Defense 17th 25.0 1st 3.3
First Downs 2nd 60 4th 57
Third Down Conv.% 12th 42.3 3rd 61.5
Fourth Down Conv.% 3rd 87.5 8th 50.0
Field Goal % t-4th ¼ (25%) T-20 0/1
PAT % 11th 16/21 (.762) t-19 15/25 (.600)

DORADOS INJURY REPORT:
Pos. Name Injury Status
OS Wendell Fevrine Undisclosed Short Term



THIS WEEK'S QUOTES courtesy of themonitor.com
Josh Kellett on the team's first win
"Like I said earlier in the week, the biggest improvement comes between the first and the second week," Kellett said. "And we were able to stick to our game plan this week, that was the biggest thing. Last week we got behind and we had to start doing some things we didn't want to do. Offensively they got out of their rhythm, and we kept the lead the whole time."

Marty Hammond on practicing outdoors
"It's difficult to say the least," Hammond said. "It helps when you practice the same place you're going to play. Practice is just different when you have walls and you're out on the turf as opposed to being outside where it's wide open and a lot of guys are still learning the angles. It is different, but it's nothing we can control. "I want to get in the arena as soon as we can, but I don't wish bad things on the hockey team. I hope they're successful, too. Just go with the flow. When we get in there, we get in there."

SCHUTT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME AWARD
(selected by media)
Week Opp. Player
2 Tulsa Josh Kellett
3 Birmingham Dwight Counter


US ARMY IRONMAN OF THE GAME AWARD
(selected by media)
Week Opp. Player
2 Tulsa Pierre Thomas

ADT DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME AWARD
(selected by media)
Week Opp. Player
2 Tulsa Curtis Jeter

RECENT ROSTER MOVES (most recent first):
Date Action Player
4/20 Placed on reassignment Pierre Colin
4/13 Placed on refused to report Brent Rawls
4/12 Claimed from reassignment (Bossier) Brent Rawls
4/12 Activate from refused to report Wendell Fevrine
4/12 Traded Kenny Haslip to Central Valley for future considerations
4/11 Added to active roster Donte Wells
4/11 Placed on ST IR Wendell Fevrine
4/11 Released Joe McClendon, Jasper Hankins, Randell Lewis
4/5 Added to active roster Tony Agee
4/5 Placed on Long Term IR Pierre Colin
4/5 Released from Refused to Report Charles Allgood
3/29 Activated from Refused to Report Landrick Brody
3/29 Placed on Refused to Report Charles Allgood

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