Seven Turfcats Named To The All-SIFL Team
July 21, 2009 - Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL)
Austin Turfcats News Release
AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Turfcats had seven players chosen for the 2009 Southern Indoor Football League all-league team. Voting was conducted among the head coaches and front offices of the league's five charter teams along with SIFL staff and fan polling.
Fans were also allowed to vote for their player of the year at respective positions. Fans selected Austin's quarterback Deron Ellis and wide receiver Robert Quiroga as their players of the year, but neither garnered enough votes to make the all-league team.
Keith Clay tied for the all-team running back, center John Cardenas was selected as one of the four offensive line man, Kevin Earvine was selected as one of the four defensive lineman, Avery Cleveland tied for linebacker, JR Turner tied for defensive back, and Darrick Wallace was selected as the kick returner.
Clay finished the regular season third for rushing touchdowns with nine and kick return touchdowns with one, fourth for rushing yards with 183, and fifth for rushing yards per game with 22.9. He was also sixth for total offensive touchdowns with nine, seventh for scoring with 7.5 points per game and tenth for yards per rush with 3.1.
Earvine is ranked second for sacks with six, tackles for a loss with 14 and tackles among defensive ends and lineman with 28.5. Cleveland is tenth for tackles among linebackers with 16. Turner closed out the regular season ranked sixth for tackles among all positions with 33, sixth for interception returns with three, and seventh for forced fumbles with two.
Wallace topped the leader boards in six different categories: all purpose yards with 104.4 per game, touchdowns with 10.4 points per game, missed field goal return yards with 253, missed field goal return touchdowns with five and kick return touchdowns with two. He was also second for kick return yards with 401, seventh for receptions with 27, ninth for reception touchdowns with 6, and tenth for yards per catch with 10.4 and reception yards with 281. The second seeded Turfcats (9-2) are set to take on the first seeded Louisiana Swashbucklers (11-2) Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the inaugural SIFL President's Cup championship game. With the Swashbucklers having home field advantage the game will be held at the Smuggler's Den at the Lake Charles Civic Center in Lake Charles, La. Tickets will be available at the ticket booth on game day. For ticket prices visit the Swashbucklers website at www.labucs.com. For information on riding the Turfcats party bus to the game, contact Jack Dixon at (866) 969-TCAT (8228) or via email at jack@turfcats.com no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. If you are unable to make it to the game you can watch it live at www.turfcats.com/live or follow live updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/austinturfcats. For more information, to get photos for media outlets or to get your 2010 Austin Turfcats season tickets, contact the Turfcats office at (866) 969-8228 (TCAT) or by electronic mail at jenna@turfcats.com
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