Spokane, WA - 07/10/09 - Jenkins, 5-11 195, was added to the Shock 2009 roster early in January as a rookie. He played in eight games and collected 19 tackles with three pass-break ups.

The top ranked Shock will play the No. 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers this Saturday at 7 PM. Tickets are still available and can be purchased by contacting TicketsWest.

Chicago, IL - 07/10/09 - Ticket/Hotel packages for the 2009 ArenaCup are on sale now. The Orleans Casino and Hotel has created a number of fan and family-friendly, affordable ArenaCup Weekend options that include tickets to the game and a two-night hotel stay. Those options are listed in detail below.

All Hotel Packages include two (2) tickets to the 2009 ArenaCup on Saturday, August 22 (at price level indicated) + two (2) hotel nights (room & tax). Fans can stay Friday & Saturday or Saturday & Sunday.

Package A:        $236 - This includes the $60 tickets (P1)

Tickets are available by visiting www.orleansarena.com, all Coast Casinos box offices, The Galleria at Sunset or by calling 800-675-3267 and mention code: ARENACUP.

This will be the first time the af2 title game will be held in Las Vegas. The Arena Football League (AFL) held two ArenaBowl Championship games in Las Vegas in 2005 and 2006. This is the fourth time in the last five seasons the af2 has held a neutral-site ArenaCup. A neutral-site championship game gives fans time to make plans to attend the game and allows the League to put together a unique sports and entertainment weekend.

About Orleans Casino and Hotel
Located at 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., The Orleans includes more than a dozen restaurants, an 18-screen movie theater, 70-lane bowling center, 850-seat showroom and the 9,500-seat Orleans Arena. The property has a 135,000-square foot casino with 60 table games including Blackjack-21, Roulette, Baccarat, Craps and Pai Gow. Guests will also find more than 2,800 slot and video poker machines. Additionally, The Orleans includes a bingo parlor, keno lounge and race and sports book. More information on The Orleans Hotel and Casino can be found at www.orleanscasino.com.

About Orleans Arena
The Orleans Arena, a Boyd Gaming facility, located just off the Las Vegas Strip is host to more than 200 events each year, including top concerts such as Van Halen, Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Rihanna, Brooks & Dunn, and Panic at the Disco; family favorites Disney on Ice, Harlem Globetrotters, and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus; and a variety of sporting events including the Las Vegas Wranglers professional ECHL hockey team, NCAA basketball tournaments, the West Coast Conference Tournament, plus three major motorsports events each year. For information on booking events call 702.365.7469 or visit www.orleanscasino.com.

Chicago, IL - 07/08/09 - The Spokane Shock have maintained the No. 1 ranking of the Weekly Coaches Poll for the 17th straight week, the arenafootball2 (af2) league office announced today. The Shock collected 372 of the possible 384 points with 18 first place votes despite being handed their first loss of the season this past weekend, falling 54-48 at Iowa on July 4. Spokane’s 17-week stay at the top is the longest run at No. 1 since the inception of the coaches poll in 2004. The Shock, who still own the league’s best record at 12-1, will continue to be tested over the final three weeks of the season as two of their last three games will be against Top-5 opponents (Host No. 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday, at No. 5 Boise in Week 18).

This week all five of the league’s top teams held firm at their respective positions from a week ago. Of the Top-5, only No. 1-ranked Spokane saw action in Week 15. No. 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, No. 3 Tennessee Valley, No. 4 Tulsa and No. 5 Boise were all idle. Iowa climbed into a tie with Arkansas at No. 6 on the strength of the Barnstormers’ big home win against the Shock.

Each week during the season af2 coaches will vote for the Top 16 teams in the league by ranking them one through 16 on a ballot. Teams ranked first receive 16 points with the point value decreasing by one for each place below first, meaning a team ranked 16th would receive one point. Total points will determine the Top 16 list. In the event of a tie in total points, the team with the greater number of first-place votes will be ranked higher. The af2 Coaches Poll will be announced every Wednesday during the regular season. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own team and the poll results have no bearing on postseason qualification. The complete Top 16 is listed below. The number in parentheses indicates the number of first place votes the team received.

Week 16 Top 16

RANK	TEAM	PTS
1	Spokane	372 (18)
2	W-B/Scranton	350 (4)
3	Tennessee Valley	327 (1)
4	Tulsa	323 (1)
5	Boise	292 (1)
6	Arkansas	253
6	Iowa	253
8	South Georgia	199
9	Kentucky	196
10	Green Bay	179
11	Bossier-Shreveport	146
12	Oklahoma City	143
13	Rio Grande Valley	113
14	Florida	87
15	Albany	62
16	Manchester	51

About af2
In Week 16 of its 10th anniversary season with a 25-team membership, af2 serves as a vehicle to bring Arena Football to small-to-midsize cities and as a developmental league with an unmatched history of sending players, coaches and officials to major professional football leagues each year. Log on to www.af2.com for more information.

Spokane, WA - 07/07/09 - (Photo courtesy of BC Lions) The Spokane Shock announced today that DL Caesar Rayford, a veteran of the CFL and a former University of Washington Husky, has been assigned to the 2009 roster.

Rayford, 6-7 245, was most recently released from the CFL’s B.C. Lions where he spent the past two seasons. He signed with the Lions in 2008 as a free agent and spent the 2008 season on the practice roster. Rayford was released late in this year’s training camp (June 24th) by the Lions.

At the University of Washington, Rayford played in 35 games over four years as a defensive end. As a Husky, he collected 13 total tackles, 5.5 total sacks, and one forced fumble. In his senior season (2006), Rayford helped the Huskies seal 35-32 Apple Cup win by sacking QB Alex Brink on the Cougars’ final offensive possession of the game.

Rayford will be eligible to play Saturday against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers. Tickets for the game are still available and can be purchased by contacting TicketsWest.