Xtreme Wins on the Road

Tommy Maddox passed for 240 yards and three touchdowns and Saladin McCullough rushed for 124 yards and scored twice Sunday as the Xtreme defeated the Birmingham Thunderbolts, 35-26, before 11,197 at Birmingham, Ala.

The victory gave the Xtreme (4-2) sole possession of first place in the XFL West Division.

There were five lead changes before the Xtreme took the lead for good on Jose Cortez’s 19-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. The kick was set up by an interception by Errick Herrin.

The Xtreme added to its lead with 1:45 left on Maddox’s seven-yard touchdown pass to Jeremaine Copeland.

Maddox leads the XFL with 10 touchdown passes and 1,389 passing yards.

Birmingham (3-3) quarterback Casey Weldon passed for 300 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game at the end of the third quarter because of a wrist injury.

Jay Barker--a hometown favorite who quarterbacked the Alabama Crimson Tide to a national championship in 1992--completed only two of five passes with two interceptions in place of Weldon.

New York/New Jersey 20, San Francisco 12--Joe Aska’s two-yard touchdown run with 5:40 left helped the Hitmen win before 33,522 at San Francisco.

Aska added a conversion run for the Hitmen (2-4), who recorded four sacks on Demon quarterback Pat Barnes.

The Demons (3-3) closed to 14-12 with 11:24 remaining on Barnes’ eight-yard touchdown pass to Travis Moore, capping a 71-yard drive after the Hitmen’s Leo Araguz missed a 37-yard field goal.