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Sunday, April 14, 3 p.m. (Arizona time) Tucson Arena, Tucson, AZ Live Streaming: IFL YouTube Channel (3-2) (5-0) Date Opponent Result 3/3 @ San Diego W, 65-44 3/10 Bismarck W, 62-42 3/16 @ Arizona L, 28-63 3/31 San Diego W, 51-31 4/6 @ Nebraska L, 47-53 4/14 Arizona 4/20 @ Quad City 4/27 Iowa 5/4 San Diego 5/9 @ San Diego 5/18 @ Bismarck 5/25 Arizona 6/8 @ Arizona 6/18 Quad City Team W L PCT Arizona 5 0 1.000 Iowa 5 0 1.000 Sioux Falls 5 1.833 Green Bay 4 2.667 Tucson 3 2.600 Nebraska 3 3.500 Quad City 2 4.333 Cedar Rapids 1 5.167 Bismarck 0 5.000 San Diego 0 6.000 www.tucsonsugarskulls.com @sugarskullsfootball TUCSON, ARIZONA The Tucson Sugar Skulls first meeting with the Arizona Rattlers last month was both an awakening and a measure for the new franchise. With two wins in their first two games, the Sugar Skulls arrived in Phoenix on March 16 with high hopes and confidence. After a 63-28 loss to the IFL s perennial power, Head Coach Marcus Coleman said his team left with a sense of what it needs to do to get to where it wants to be. The Rattlers are the standard right now. They re the benchmark, Coleman said this week. If you re trying to get in the playoffs or make any kind of a run, that s what it looks like. KWBA, Channel 58, Tucson Play-by-Play Pat Parris, Color Chuck Cecil, Sideline Jason Barr Quarterbacks Jake Medlock (5) and Matt Behrendt lead a passing offense that ranks third in the IFL. Photo by Mike Mattina/Tucson Sugar Skulls The second meeting with the Rattlers at Tucson Arena Sunday has the Sugar Skulls trying to rebound from a tough loss to the Nebraska Danger. The Sugar Skulls committed four turnovers three of those interceptions after having entered the game with none on the season. Tucson still had a chance to win the game on the last possession. The third of the three picks ended a potential game-winning drive in Danger territory. Tucson enters the contest as the league leader in total offense with 279 yards per game, just ahead of the Rattlers who are averaging 274.6. But the Rattlers also boast the league s stingiest defense while the Sugar Skulls rank sixth in the league. The quarterback duo of Jake Medlock and Matt Behrendt split time again at Nebraska with Behrendt earning the start and Medlock relieving him in the second half. The passing offense ranks third in the league averaging 171 yards per game with 18 touchdowns. Veteran linebacker Zach Allen continues to lead the defense and is among the league leaders in tackles per game (9.6) and sacks (4). @sugarskullsfb @sugarskullsfootball Jay Gonzales Director, Media Relations Cell: (520) 444-3883 jgonzales@tucsonsugarskulls.com Mike Feder Executive Director Cell: (520) 954-8803 mfeder@tucsonsugarskulls.com 2500 E. Ajo Way Tucson, AZ 85713 Mailing address: P.O. Box 27347 Tucson, AZ 85726 Office: (520) 573-3000 The Sugar Skulls find themselves ahead in the standings over the other three IFL expansion teams, Quad City, Bismarck and San Diego, and in the playoff hunt in fifth place. Six teams make the postseason. Even though they were held to a season-low of 72 yards rushing by the Nebraska Danger, the Sugar Skulls are still over the century mark in yards per game at 108, which ranks third in the league. The defense is allowing only 69 yards rushing per game. Running back Mike Jones has started four of the five games and leads the team with 202 yards rushing and nine touchdowns. He also has two touchdown catches and 95 yards receiving. Kenny James put his name on the list of players with an interception with a pick against the Danger. Four different players have interceptions and the team has a total of six. Dee Maggitt Jr. and Cam Nelson each have two. Marcus Coleman made his coaching debut in indoor football in 2016 as a defensive backs coach with the Tri-Cities Fever. Recognizing his capability and coaching acumen, he was hired the next year to be the defensive coordinator by the Iowa Barnstormers. The Barnstormers had the top ranked defense in the IFL in 2018 on the way to a United Bowl Championship. Coleman was an All-American defensive back at Texas Tech University and played for 11 years in the NFL from 1996 to 2016. He was a fifth-round draft pick of the New York Jets and played for the Jets until he was taken by the expansion Houston Texans in 2002. He finished his career in 2006 with the Dallas Cowboys.

No. Name Pos Ht Wt College No Pos Name 35 Allen, Zach LB 6'2 230 Wake Forest 1 DB Nigel Bethel II 16 Behrendt, Matt QB 6'2 205 U. of Wisconsin-Whitewater 2 DB Dominique Harrison 1 Bethel II, Nigel DB 5'9 185 Texas Tech 3 WR Rashad Canty 82 Brown, Rico WR 5 11 190 Western Illinois University 5 QB Jake Medlock 3 Canty, Rashad WR 6'3 215 Vanderbilt University 7 DB Cam Gaddis 9 Curenton, Shaq WR 6'0 190 Scottsdale Community College 8 RB Mike Jones 26 Eugene Jr., Micah DB 5'11 190 Louisiana State University 9 WR Shaq Curenton 7 Gaddis, Cam DB 6'2 195 Pima Community College 10 RB Shad Thornton 2 Harrison, Dominique DB 6'0 185 Western Oregon University 15 DL Robert Metz 92 Henderson, Rayshawn DL 6'0 290 Weber State 16 QB Matt Behrendt 84 Hill, Treydonte WR 5'8 170 W. New Mexico University 17 DL Desmond Raiford 24 James, Kenneth DB 5'10 200 Southern Illinois University 22 K Diego Marquez 8 Jones, Mike RB 5'10 215 Bethune-Cookman 23 DB Dee Maggitt Jr. 93 *Kluge, Michael DL 5'9 275 Western Oregon 24 DB Kenneth James 23 Maggitt Jr., Dee DB 5'10 185 University of Hawaii 26 DB Micah Eugene Jr. 22 Marquez, Diego K 6'1 215 University of Miami 29 LB Darius Morris 5 Medlock, Jake QB 6'3 230 Florida International 29 DL *Rusmin Nikocevic 15 Metz, Robert DL 6'4 250 Dixie State 35 LB Zach Allen 64 Montero, Mike OL 6'3 225 Florida International 64 OL Mike Montero 29 Morris, Darius LB 6'1 230 Carson-Newman 67 OL Antonio Rosales 29 *Nikocevic, Rusmin DL 6'4 270 Texas State 70 OL Alex Rios 88 Philip, Shakore DL 6'1 310 Widener University 73 OL Trenton Saunders 17 Raiford, Desmond DL 6'2 230 Tusculum University 82 WR Rico Brown 70 Rios, Alex OL 6'3 280 East Tennessee State 84 WR Treydonte Hill 67 Rosales, Antonio OL 6'4 305 San Diego State 88 DL Shakore Philip 73 Saunders, Trenton OL 6'4 305 Florida International 92 DL Rayshawn Henderson 10 Thornton, Shad RB 6 1 230 North Carolina State 93 DL *Michael Kluge * Short-term injured reserve Marcus Coleman, Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator Hurtis Chinn, Offensive Coordinator Malcolm Nelson, Defensive Line, Special Teams Coordinator Don Wnek, Offensive Line Matt Behrendt... BEAR-endt Nigel Bethel... BETH-ull Shaq Curenton... Shack cure-n-tunn Micah Eugene Jr.... MY-kuh Michael Kluge... KLOOG Dee Maggitt Jr.... MAJ-it Diego Marquez... MAR-kezz Mike Montero... mon-tair-oh Rusmin Nikocevic... RUSS-minn nee-ko-che-vitch Shakore Philip... Shuh-KOR

Tucson Sugar Skulls Overall Team Statistics (as of Apr 12, 2019) TEAM STATISTICS Tucson Sugar Skulls OPP SCORING 253 233 Points Per Game 50.6 46.6 FIRST DOWNS 91 84 Rushing 35 29 Passing 46 47 Penalty 10 8 RUSHING YARDAGE 540 345 Yards gained rushing 573 428 Yards lost rushing 33 83 Rushing Attempts 108 105 Average Per Rush 5.0 3.3 Average Per Game 108.0 69.0 TDs Rushing 17 13 PASSING YARDAGE 855 833 Comp-Att-Int 72-117-3 67-127-6 Average Per Pass 7.3 6.6 Average Per Catch 11.9 12.4 Average Per Game 171.0 166.6 TDs Passing 18 16 TOTAL OFFENSE 1395 1178 Total Plays 225 232 Average Per Play 6.2 5.1 Average Per Game 279.0 235.6 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 30-382 36-642 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 0-0 0-0 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 6-73 3-2 KICK RETURNS AVERAGE 12.7 17.8 PUNT RETURNS AVERAGE - - INT RETURNS AVERAGE 12.2 0.7 FUMBLE-LOST 6-4 2-1 PENALTIES-YARDS 42-352 35-331 Average Per Game 70.4 66.2 PUNTS-YARDS 0-0 0-0 Average Per Punt - - Net punt average - - KICKOFF-YARDS 42-1922 40-1880 Average Per Kick 45.8 47.0 Net kick average 30.5 37.5 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 28:56 33:23 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 20/41 22/45 3rd-Down Pct 49% 49% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 7/7 7/12 4th-Down Pct 100% 58%

TEAM STATISTICS Tucson Sugar Skulls OPP SACK BY-YARDS 8-52 3-16 MISC YARDS 0 55 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 36 32 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 1-11 4-11 RED-ZONE SCORES (27-40) 67% (25-41) 60% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (27-40) 67% (22-41) 53% PAT-ATTEMPTS (32-35) 91% (26-30) 86% ATTENDANCE 9202 19358 Dates/Avg per date 2/4601 3/0 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 - Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Tucson Sugar Skulls 51 77 55 70 0 253 Opponents 28 75 68 62 0 233

Tucson Sugar Skulls Overall Individual Statistics (as of Apr 12, 2019) Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Jones, Mike 4 37 213 11 202 5.5 9 40 50.5 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg No data available. Behrendt, Matt 5 34 194 8 186 5.5 3 16 37.2 Thornton, Shad 2 16 86 4 82 5.1 1 12 41.0 Medlock, Jake 4 16 41 10 31 1.9 3 7 7.8 Sampson, Brandon 5 3 21 0 21 7.0 0 8 4.2 Marquez, Diego 5 1 4 0 4 4.0 1 4 0.8 Curenton, Shaq 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Totals 5 108 573 33 540 5.0 17 40 108.0 Opponents 5 105 428 83 345 3.3 13 25 69.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Maggitt Jr., Dee 2 30 15.0 0 30 James, Kenneth 1 22 22.0 0 22 Gaddis, Cam 2 21 10.5 0 21 Allen, Zach 1 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 6 73 12.2 0 73 Opponents 3 2 0.7 0 2 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Medlock, Jake 4 165.9 36-59-1 61.0 446 8 29 111.5 Behrendt, Matt 5 172.9 36-58-2 62.1 420 10 43 84.0 Totals 5 168.6 72-117-3 61.5 855 18 43 171.0 Opponents 5 140.0 67-127-6 52.8 833 16 32 166.6 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Maggitt Jr., Dee 10 130 13.0 0 22 Bethel II, Nigel 9 100 11.1 0 23 Eugene Jr., Micah 5 84 16.8 0 23 Harrison, Dominique 3 35 11.7 0 16 Jones, Mike 1 14 14.0 0 14 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Sampson, Brandon 5 21 260 12.4 4 43 52.0 Curenton, Shaq 5 13 198 15.2 5 32 39.6 Rasberry, Donovan 3 15 141 9.4 3 29 47.0 Thornton, Shad 1 10 10.0 0 10 Sampson, Brandon 1 9 9.0 0 9 Totals 30 382 12.7 0 23 Opponents 36 642 17.8 1 50 Brown, Rico 4 8 103 12.9 2 22 25.8 Jones, Mike 4 9 85 9.4 2 15 21.3 Canty, Rashad 1 3 48 16.0 1 19 48.0 Thornton, Shad 2 3 31 10.3 1 17 15.5 Totals 5 72 866 12.0 18 43 173.2 Opponents 5 67 833 12.4 16 32 166.6 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Jones Jr., Keith 1 2 2 1 2 Totals 1 2 2 1 2 Opponents 1 48 48 2 48

Tucson Sugar Skulls Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Apr 12, 2019) ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff blkd kick saf 35 Allen, Zach 5 34 14 48.0 7.5-35 4.0-29 1-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 1 Bethel II, Nigel 5 19 3 22.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 26 Eugene Jr., Micah 4 17 5 22.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 24 James, Kenneth 4 13 2 15.0 1.5-3 0.0-0 1-22 2 0 0-0 0 1 0 7 Gaddis, Cam 5 10 4 14.0 0.5-0 0.0-0 2-21 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 15 Metz, Robert 5 10 3 13.0 0.5-3 0.0-0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 21 Anderson, Carlos 3 7 3 10.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 55 Jones Jr., Keith 5 9 1 10.0 4.0-13 2.0-7 0-0 1 0 1-2 0 0 0 23 Maggitt Jr., Dee 3 6 3 9.0 1.0-3 0.0-0 2-30 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 88 Philip, Shakore 4 5 2 7.0 1.0-2 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 82 Brown, Rico 4 5 1 6.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 41 Paschal, TraVaughn 1 4 1 5.0 1.0-4 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 93 Kluge, Michael 3 3 1 4.0 1.0-12 1.0-12 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 6 Sampson, Brandon 5 2 0 2.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 9 Curenton, Shaq 5 1 1 2.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 22 Marquez, Diego 5 2 0 2.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 73 Saunders, Trenton 3 0 2 2.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 84 Rasberry, Donovan 3 2 0 2.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 92 Henderson, Rayshawn 1 1 1 2.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 99 Nikocevic, Rusmin 1 0 2 2.0 0.5-1 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 2 Harrison, Dominique 1 0 1 1.0 0.5-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Canty, Rashad 1 1 0 1.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 8 Jones, Mike 4 1 0 1.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 70 Rios, Alex 5 1 0 1.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 5 Medlock, Jake 4 0 0 0.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 10 Thornton, Shad 2 0 0 0.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 16 Behrendt, Matt 5 0 0 0.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 29 Morris, Darius 1 0 0 0.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 64 Montero, Mike 3 0 0 0.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 67 Rosales, Antonio 3 0 0 0.0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 5 154 50 204.0 20-80 8-52 6-73 16 1 1-2 1 1 0.0 Opponents 5 154 48 202.0 11-67 3-16 3-2 10 0 4-48 5 1 0.0

Tucson Sugar Skulls Team Game-by-Game (as of Apr 12, 2019) TEAM STATISTICS Date Opponent Rushing Receiving Passing compatt-int yds td lg Kick Returns Punt Returns tot off 03/03/2019 at San Diego Strike 20 95 3 15 14 209 5 32 14-20-0 209 5 32 6 95 0 23 0 0 0 0-03/10/2019 Bismarck Bucks 26 154 1 13 19 234 8 43 19-25-0 234 8 43 4 33 0 21 0 0 0 0-03/16/2019 at Arizona Rattlers 22 117 3 20 12 93 1 22 12-26-0 82 1 22 10 123 0 18 0 0 0 0-03/31/2019 San Diego Strike 04/06/2019 at Nebraska Danger 23 102 5 40 13 148 2 20 13-22-0 148 2 20 3 55 0 23 0 0 0 0-17 72 5 10 14 182 2 25 14-24-3 182 2 25 7 76 0 16 0 0 0 0 - Totals 108 540 17 40 72 866 18 43 72-117-3 855 18 43 30 382 0 23 0 0 0 0 Opponents 105 345 13 25 67 833 16 32 67-127-6 833 16 32 36 642 1 50 0 0 0 0 Games: 5; Avg/rush: 5.0; Pass effic: 168.6; Avg/catch: 11.9; KR avg: 12.7; PR avg: -; All purpose avg/game: 372.2; Total offense avg/gm: 279.0 Date Opponent Tackles ua a total tflyds Fumble ff Sacks noyds fryds Pass Defense intyds qbh brup blkd kick PAT Attempts kick rush rcv saf pts 03/03/2019 at San Diego Strike 29 20 49.0 7-21 2-6 1 1-2 2-30 1 8 0 9-9 0.0 0 0 65 03/10/2019 Bismarck Bucks 27 16 43.0 3-6 1-2 0 0-0 1-0 0 0 0 8-9 0.0 0 0 62 03/16/2019 at Arizona Rattlers 25 4 29.0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 03/31/2019 San Diego Strike 37 2 39.0 7-49 4-42 0 0-0 2-21 0 2 1 6-6 0.0 0 0 51 04/06/2019 at Nebraska Danger 36 8 44.0 3-4 1-2 0 0-0 1-22 0 4 0 5-7 0.0 0 0 47 Totals 154 50 204.0 20-80 Opponents 154 48 202.0 11-67 8-52 1 1-2 6-73 1 16 1 32-35 0.0 0 0.0 253 3-16 5 4-48 3-2 0 10 1 26-30 1.0 0 0.0 233 Date Opponent Punting no. yds avg long blk tb fc 50+ i20 Field Goals md-att long blkd Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob 03/03/2019 at San Diego Strike 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0 0 10 472 47.2 0 0 03/10/2019 Bismarck Bucks 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 10 414 41.4 0 2 03/16/2019 at Arizona Rattlers 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-4 0 1 5 279 55.8 1 0 03/31/2019 San Diego Strike 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 45 0 9 387 43.0 0 0 04/06/2019 at Nebraska Danger 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0 0 8 370 46.3 1 2 Totals 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1-11 45 1 42 1922 45.8 2 4 Opponents 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 4-11 38 1 40 1880 47.0 5 5