RATTLERS DOMINATE SOUL TO WIN ARENABOWL AND AFL TITLE

At New Orleans:

Quarterback Nick Davila (named the game's Most Valuable Player) completed 23 of 30 passes for 266 yards and an ArenaBowl record-tying nine touchdowns, seven of them to Maurice Purify (setting an ArenaBowl record) as the Arizona Rattlers won their third Arena Football League championship, their first since 1997, with a 72-54 victory over the Philadelphia Soul on Friday night.