Duke City quarterback Nate Davis accounted for nine touchdowns and passed for 282 yards, and the Gladiators held on for a 68-61 victory over the Spokane Shock in an Indoor Football League game Saturday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The second-ranked Rattlers took advantage of quarterback Charles McCullum's second-half absence, shutting down the shorthanded Shock in a 56-35 win at Phoenix Suns Arena.
Perhaps the most tradition-rich indoor football franchise since its 1992 inception, the Arizona Rattlers host a reborn Spokane Shock chasing the same longterm success.
It's appropriate that Spokane Shock kicker Sawyer Petre has an affinity for cowboy boots. They're sturdy and often reliable, akin to Petre and his right leg.