The
Champions Professional Indoor Football League (CPIFL) has selected the
first Players of the Week in league history. Each week the league will
recognize an Offensive, Defensive, and Special Teams Player of the Week.
The CPIFL completed Week 2 this past weekend with all ten teams in
action and eight out of the ten teams playing in their first game of the
season.
Offensive
Player of the Week: Eddie Pertilla, Sioux City Bandits Pertilla
accounted for 145 receiving yards out of the 173 total yards through the
air that the Bandits gained in their 62-56 victory over the Bloomington
Edge. Pertilla caught five passes and he converted all of them into
touchdowns. The touchdowns were 43, 22, 34, 5, and 41 yards in length.
The Bandits open their home schedule on Friday night vs. Kansas City.
Defensive
Player of the Week: Courtney Grixby, Lincoln Haymakers In the first
overtime game in CPIFL history, the Haymakers defense stopped
Mid-Missouri after a Lincoln score in overtime to secure the road win
for the Haymakers. Grixby recorded nine tackles and two interceptions in
the ballgame. The second interception came with 4:05 left in the game
and seemed to seal the victory for the Haymakers. The Haymakers could
not score and the Outlaws scored a touchdown with eight seconds left to
send the game to the extra session. Lincoln scored a touchdown on the
first possession to make the score 38-31. Mid-Missouri was unable to
answer with a score of their own in the extra period.
Special
Teams Player of the Week: Winston Holder, Oklahoma Defenders Holder
averaged almost 25 yards per return in the Defenders' 62-40 victory over
the Kansas Koyotes. Holder returned four kicks for a total of 99 yards
including a 53-yard return for a TD in the first quarter. The road
victory brought the Defenders record to 1-1 on the season.
Week
3 of the CPIFL season begins on Friday night with Sioux City hosting
Kansas City and Bloomington hosting Mid-Missouri. On Saturday, Wichita
opens their home schedule vs. the Kansas Koyotes.
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