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June 13, 2007 - United Indoor Football Association (UIF) News Release


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June 13, 2007

WEEK TWELVE RESULTS

LEX 40 BLO 34

ROC 49 EVA 16

SFS 50 SCB 25

RIV 34 OVG 20

BIL 43 OMA 13

COL--BYE

This Week in the UIF: Casey's General Stores, based in Ankeny, IA, has signed on as the title sponsor for the UIF All-Star Classic in Bloomington, IL, August 16th - 18th. Casey's will be very visible with signage throughout all the player and fan events as well as an on-field promotion during the Casey's All-Star Classic game. Casey's has almost 1,500 convenience stores throughout the Midwest, many in UIF markets. Prior to the mid-August event, UIF players will make appearances in select markets. Keep checking the website for more news and information about the first annual UIF All-Star Classic.

The Rivers are at it again as the Rock River Raptors and the RiverCity Rage sit atop the Eastern Conference with 7-4 records. Lexington and Bloomington went head to head last weekend with the Horsemen winning the battle. That puts Lexington ahead of the Extreme at 6-5 with Bloomington at 5-5. Also in the east, Evansville sits at 3-7 with Ohio Valley at 2-8.

Sioux Falls continues to lead the charge in the Western Conference with their 10-0 record. The Billings Outlaws are on a run with five straight wins after starting the season 0-4. They sit at 5-4 while the Colorado Ice is 5-5, Omaha 4-7 and Sioux City 3-8.

Players of the Week:

OFFENSIVE Kewan Dewberry, LEX. This is the second time this year Dewberry has been chosen Offensive Player of the Week (week three). In week 12 he completed 17 of 21 passes for 179 yards and three touchdowns against the Bloomington Extreme. He also rushed twice for 19 yards.

DEFENSIVE Leif Murphy, SFS. Murphy collected 6.5 total tackles including six solo tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack against Sioux City. He also forced a fumble that he recovered for a touchdown.

SPECIAL TEAMS Doug Daniel, ROC. The Rock River kicker was automatic against Evansville as he was 7 of 7 in field goal attempts and 4 of 4 on extra points.

HONORABLE MENTION Offense, Terrance Bryant, SFS; Defense, Terrell Washington, RIV; Special Teams, Peter Christofilakos, BLO.

Webcast and radio show: This Week in the UIF, is now available on-line. Click here to go directly to this week's show or go to the UIF EZStream page for a list of all available UIF webcasts. Don't forget that This Week in the UIF is also available from Our Sports Central. This week's guests include Lexington Horsemen play-by-play announcer Gary Ball, Bloomington Extreme PR director Bryan Bloodworth and Sioux City's new co-head coach Tom Luxford. Roving reporter Dean Jackson catches up with RiverCity Rage head coach Jim Cox and brings us a preview of this weekend's action with his Two Minute Drill. And it wouldn't be a week in the UIF without a random refernence from Ref.

Eastern Conference Standings

ROC 7-4

RIV 7-4

LEX 6-5

BLO 5-5

EVA 3-7

OVG 2-8

Western Conference Standings

SFS 10-0

BIL 5-4

COL 5-5

OMA 4-7

SCB 3-8

WEEK THIRTEEN Schedule:

Saturday, June 16

LEX @ EVA 7:05 p.m. CDT

ROC @ BLO 7:05 p.m. CDT

SCB @ OMA 7:05 p.m. CDT

OVG @ SFS 7:05 p.m. CDT

Sunday, June 17

COL @ BIL 4:00 p.m. MDT

RIV--BYE

UIF In the News: The Brennan brothers, Ross & Steve, play for the Billings Outlaws. Mike Zimmer covers the Outlaws for the Billings Gazette and had a feature article about the two defenders for the In-Forum.

It's been a down, then up, now slightly down year for the Bloomington Extreme. They started the year 0-3, then rattled off a franchise-best five wins in-a-row before losing their last two. The Pantagraph tells the tale of the Extreme's most recent road trip.

Sioux Falls win streak is now at 30. The Argus Leader credited the defense for its domination in the Storms victory over Sioux City.

Roger Jansen resigned as head coach of the Sioux City Bandits last week. The Sioux City Journal explains Jansen's reasons for leaving the post.

The Evansville BlueCats were hurt by penalties as they lost to Rock River as reported in the Evansville Courier & Press.



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