ARIZONA CALIENTE TRYOUTS Phoenix, AZ – (August 14th, 2001) The Arizona Caliente, Arizona’s premier women’s professional football team-that will play in the Pacific Conference of the Women’s American Football League (WAFL), announced today their invitation to the press and fans to attend the Caliente tryouts scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 18th 2001. Tryouts will begin at 9:00am, and coincide with a practice for those women who had made the cuts from the first round of earlier preliminary tryouts that the Caliente held back in the spring of this year. The first round of tryouts hosted over 110 women vying for a spot with the core team of start-up organization. Of those, 45 women who "made the first cut" have been meeting 2 times a week for the past few months for conditioning and drill work, all with the same goal of making the Arizona Caliente a success. Jennifer Cada, Caliente General Manager, noted, "It’s really amazing how far these women have come over the past few months, and all this before we’ve really had our first official practice. We are looking forward to adding even more talent and are expecting a quality showing at the open tryout." The Caliente are looking to bring on 15-20 more players to take into their pre-season training camp, which will begin September 15th, 2001. The Arizona Caliente look to be a dominant force within the WAFL boasting both rookie talent and experienced players from across the United States (and Internationally). Some of the Caliente players & coaches took part in the WAFL Pre-Season Exhibition All Star game in Las Vegas, NV on August 4th, 2001, and are now even more excited and ready for the upcoming season. The Arizona Caliente Inaugural Season is set to kickoff November 3rd, 2001. For more information please call their hotline at 602-212-HOTT (4688) or visit them online at www.WAFL-Caliente.com