WNFC Rankings: Surge improves to #2, Rebellion remains #10

WNFC Rankings - Updated: April 30, 2019
RANK	LW	TEAM (1ST PLACE VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	2	Texas Elite Spartans (4)	3	0	56
2	3	SAN DIEGO SURGE	2	0	50
3	1	Utah Falconz	2	1	49
4	4	Atlanta Phoenix	3	0	45
5	7	Seattle Majestics	2	1	38
6	5	Los Angeles Bobcats	2	1	36
7	6	Alabama Fire	2	1	32
8	8	Nebraska Nite Hawks	2	1	29
9	9	North Florida Pumas	1	2	25
10	10	SAN DIEGO REBELLION	0	2	19
11	11	Denver Bandits	0	2	15
12	13	Houston Heat	0	3	14
13	12	Las Vegas Silver Stars	0	3	8
14	14	New Orleans Hippies	0	3	4

WNFC Playoff Picture

Pacific Conference

#2 SD SURGE (2-0) vs. #6 Los Angeles (2-1)

#3 Utah (2-1) vs. #5 Seattle (2-1)

In The Hunt: #10 SD REBELLION (0-2), #11 Denver (0-2)

Atlantic Conference

#1 Texas Elite (3-0) vs. #8 Nebraska (2-1)

#4 Atlanta (3-0) vs. #7 Alabama (2-1)

In The Hunt: #9 North Florida (1-2), #12 Houston (0-3)

At the end of the regular-season, playoff berths are awarded to the top four teams in each conference.

NFL Draft San Diego

We would like to wish much success to all the players with prep or collegiate ties to San Diego who received their opportunity to play in the National Football League this weekend.

2019 NFL Draft Selections

TE Kahale Warring

SAN DIEGO STATE 

Houston Texans - 3rd Round (86th Overall)

Punter Jake Bailey

SANTE FE CHRISTIAN / Stanford 

New England Patriots - 5th Round (163rd Overall)

DB Jordan Miller

OCEANSIDE / Washington

Atlanta Falcons - 5th Round (172nd Overall)

Undrafted Free Agents

Kicker John Baron

SAN DIEGO STATE

Chicago Bears

DB Parker Baldwin

SAN DIEGO STATE

Atlanta Falcons

DB Alijah Holder

OCEANSIDE / Stanford

Denver Broncos

OL Ryan Pope

SAN DIEGO STATE

Detroit Lions

OL Tyler Roemer
SAN DIEGO STATE
Oakland Raiders

DL Ray Smith

CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC / Boston College

Detroit Lions

WR Fred Trevillion
SAN DIEGO STATE
Green Bay Packers 

Tale of the Tape: SD Surge at Las Vegas

🏈 San Diego Surge (1-0) at Las Vegas Silver Stars (0-2)

📆 Saturday, April 27th 🕕 6:00 p.m. PT

✈ Las Vegas, NV (El Dorado High School)

📺 WNFC.tv

Two weeks removed from a season-opening win, the Surge will be in Las Vegas this weekend for their first road trip of the season. While this will be their first-ever meeting with the Silver Stars, the Surge are no strangers to Sin City, boasting an all-time record of 9-0 against Vegas opponents.

Strike Force earn 1st win in team history

PECHANGA ARENA (04/14/2019) The San Diego Strike Force (1-6) defeated the Cedar Rapids River Kings (1-6) 40-34 to earn the franchise's first-ever victory. We caught up with head coach Burt Grossman and quarterback Jihad Vercher to get their reaction.

Rebellion falls to Los Angeles in home opener

BALBOA STADIUM (04/13/2019) Touchdowns by Elliot Nguyen (47-yard punt return) and Merci Scott (56-yard run) gave the San Diego Rebellion (0-2) a 14-0 lead, but the Los Angeles Bobcats (2-0) responded with 20 unanswered points in the second quarter.

The Rebellion will get a two-week bye before visiting the Las Vegas Silver Stars on May 4th.

Rebellion begins home schedule vs. LA Bobcats

🏈 San Diego Rebellion (0-1) vs. Los Angeles Bobcats (1-0)

📍 Balboa Stadium at San Diego High (San Diego, CA)

📅 Saturday, April 13th 🕕 6:00 PM (PT)

📺 Rebellion Facebook

Looking to bounce back from a rough opening week, the San Diego Rebellion will host the new and improved Los Angeles Bobcats, who are fresh off a hard-fought victory. 

While these teams faced off during a preseason scrimmage last year, this will be their first-ever meeting in an official game. The second matchup of this series is scheduled for May 18th in Los Angeles.

Weekend Recap (April 6th)

Surge wins "Battle of San Diego"

The San Diego Surge (1-0) totaled 407 rushing yards with three different players going over the century mark in their 42-14 win over the San Diego Rebellion (0-1). 

The Surge will have a two-week bye before their next outing at Las Vegas on April 27th, while the Rebellion returns to action this Saturday, April 14th at 6:00 p.m. PT, when they host the Los Angeles Bobcats at the historic Balboa Stadium at San Diego High School.

Enforcers leave the Big Apple victorious

JJ Carrell threw for three touchdown passes to help the San Diego Enforcers (2-0) pull off a 38-10 win over the NYCD Boldest (0-1), a team made up of members of the New York City Department of Correction.

After Carrell connected with Leland Ellsworth for the first score of the game, the Boldest answered with a field goal to make it 7-3 to end the first quarter.

San Diego recovered a fumble on the NYCD 20-yard line, but could only capitalize with a field goal of their own, extending their lead to 10-3 going into halftime.

Carrell's second touchdown pass of the day went to Ocap Guerrero to pull away 17-3, but a New York touchdown cut it to 17-10. 

The Enforcers would go on to finish the game on a 21-0 run to seal the win. They return home on April 20th for a rescheduled contest against the Chicago Blaze, taking place at Cathedral Catholic High School.

Source: San Diego Enforcers Facebook Page

Strike Force still win-less after giving up record points in Arizona

By David A. Willauer - Contributing Writer

The San Diego Strike Force (0-6) dropped their sixth straight contest as they fell to the first-place Arizona Rattlers (5-0) 91-58 Saturday night. Arizona's 91 points is a franchise record for most points scored in a game.

Derek Bernard completed 8 of 23 passing attempts for 119 yards and racked up four total touchdowns (3 pass, 1 run), while George Moreira carried the ball 11 times for 51 yards and two scores.

The Strike Force will host the Cedar Rapids River Kings next Sunday, April 14th at 5:05 p.m. PT at the Pechanga Arena.

Rushing Attack propels Surge over Rebellion

SANTEE, CA (04/06/2019) Deana Guidry and Adriana Gutierrez notched three rushing touchdowns each as the San Diego Surge (1-0) kicked off the 2019 season with a 42-14 victory over the San Diego Rebellion (0-1).

"Battle of San Diego" to open WNFC

🏈 San Diego Surge (0-0) vs. San Diego Rebellion (0-0)

📍 Santana High School (Santee, CA)

📅 Saturday, April 6th 🕔 5:00 PM (PT)

💻 Rebellion Facebook 🎫 SanDiegoSurge.com/shop

Opening Day of the Women's National Football Conference will feature a marquee matchup between two teams located in San Diego County. While this will be the first time these teams meet on the gridiron, the Rebellion will enter this game with seven players who previously played for the Surge.

This second game of this series will take place on May 25th at the historic Balboa Stadium, the new home site of the Rebellion.

2019 WNFC Season Preview

While the Women's National Football Conference kicks off its inaugural season this Saturday, April 6th, the league has been making some game-changing moves since it was announced last August. 

With major companies like Adidas and Riddell Sports providing corporate sponsorships, as well as incentives for player performance, the WNFC has the potential to launch Women's Football into the mainstream in the near future.

San Diego is the only market with two teams (Surge & Rebellion) competing in this promising league, so our interest is obviously high. 

Here is our preview of the founding members who will compete for the first-ever Title IX Cup, awarded to the team who wins the WNFC National Championship game in Denver on Saturday, June 29th.

AAF suspends operations

SAN DIEGO FLEET OFFICIAL STATEMENT 

SAN DIEGO – APRIL 3, 2019 – The San Diego Fleet organization is shocked and incredibly disappointed to learn of chairman Tom Dundon’s decision to suspend football operations of The Alliance of American Football (AAF), as announced yesterday.

We are grateful to our players, coaches, administrative staff members, corporate partners and especially to our fans for their faith in our product and support of our team. 

From the inception of the league, our goal was to return high-caliber professional football back to San Diego. Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian delivered with a quality product that fans consumed on national TV, online and here in San Diego, where their dedication to the new home team was abundantly evident by the electric atmosphere at SDCCU Stadium. 

We hope to be able to share information from the AAF about ticket refunds in the future.

Sincerely,

Jeff Garner, Team President
Dave Boller, General Manager