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There can only be one first. That will forever be true, including when describing the Vegas Knight Hawks as the first-ever IFL Cup Champions as a result of taking down the Arizona Rattlers, 48-44, Sunday, May 24 from American Dream Mall in New Jersey. In addition to playing for midseason hardware, Vegas maintained control of the top spot in the Western Conference while improving to 2-0 over Arizona this season. “There’s only one first IFL Cup champion,” head coach Mike Davis

Vegas has back-to-back wins for the first time along this road to become the Indoor Football League’s first back-to-back champions in a decade. As part of the franchise’s home opener which also doubled as Banner Night for the first-time champs, the Knight Hawks pounded the Jacksonville Sharks, 54-43, from Lee’s Family Forum in a Week 5 meeting. Last year, Vegas claimed the lone contest against the now second-year IFL team. “We’re just meshing more as an offense collectively,”