UIF update
Published on April 4, 2007 under United Indoor Football Association (UIF) News Release
This Week in the UIF: Week two brought us the first rouge of the season as well as two overtime games. Lexington's kickoff team was awarded one point on the opening kickoff at RiverCity when the Rage failed to advance the ball out of the endzone. The Rage won the contest 46-39 in OT. Billed as the "Battle of Champions", the two-time defending United Bowl champion, Sioux Falls defeated Billings, national champions in another league last season, 52-49 in OT. Also last Saturday, Evansville picked up its first win of the young season, 47-24 over Ohio Valley. The night before, Omaha picked up its second win with a 31-20 victory over Colorado while an impressive quarterback performance helped Rock River handle Bloomington 53-20. Sioux City had a bye in week two.
Players of the Week: Rock River QB Ben Sankey completed 27 of 29 passes for 288 yards, five TDs and no INTs. He also rushed for a touchdown. Sankey is week two's Offensive Player of the Week.
Evansville's LaDrelle Bryant had six solo tackles, three assists, 7.5 total tackles, three sacks and one fumble recovery against Ohio Valley on his way to week two honors for Defensive Player of the Week.
Special Teams Player of the Week goes to Sioux Falls kicker Adam Hicks. He was 5-6 on extra points and 3-5 on field goals including the OT game winner.
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Eastern Conference Standings
RIV 2-0
EVA 1-1
LEX 1-1
ROC 1-1
BLO 0-1
OVG 0-2
Western Conference Standings
OMA 2-0
SFS 2-0
COL 1-1
SCB 0-1
BIL 0-2
WEEK THREE Schedule:
Friday, April 6
SFS @ SCB 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, April 7
BLO @ OVG 7:00 p.m.
EVA @ LEX 7:30 p.m.
COL @ RIV 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, April 8
OMA @ BIL 4 p.m.
ROC--BYE
All times are in home team time zone.
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UIF In the News: While Sioux City drew the week two bye, the Bandits were in the news early this week with a head coaching change after Rich Britt's resignation. The Sioux City Journal covered the story.
Bloomington had the bye in week one, but the extra week's practice wasn't enough with quarterback Dusty Burk injured. The Pantagraph reported on the Extreme's struggles to fill the QB spot. UIF has another player headed to a higher level. The Extreme's Quince Holman will be making his was to the CFL. Radio station AM 1230 WJBC posted the news on their website.
Omaha is off to a 2-0 start. The Omaha World-Herald gave the Beef their due.
The Billings/Sioux Falls matchup lived up to the hype. The Billings Gazette had the preview.
United Indoor Football Association Stories from April 4, 2007
- UIF update - UIF
- Sioux Falls vs. Sioux City game notes - UIF
- Omaha vs. Billings game notes - UIF
- Evansville vs. Lexington game notes - UIF
- Colorado vs. RiverCity game notes - UIF
- Bloomington vs. Ohio Valley game notes - UIF
- Sankey Named UIF Offensive Player of the Week - Rock River Raptors
- UIF Announces Players of the Week - UIF
- LaDrelle Bryant Named Player of the Week, Luzayadio Honorable Mention - Evansville BlueCats
- Ice kicker honored by UIF - Colorado Crush
- Adam Hicks and Bryan Alberty to Appear on TONIGHT's "Kurtiss Riggs Show" - Sioux Falls Storm
- Freddy Ray Awarded Greyhound "Player of the Game" - Ohio Valley Greyhounds
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