A Sioux Falls Storm intern has the Rattlers to thank for getting him to the United Bowl this week.

On a Facebook page called Arizona Rattlers SnakePit Fans!, a post was made Monday to help out the opposing team's intern, who needed some help getting to the United Bowl in Phoenix.

Warren Brannoch shared on the Rattlers fan page a GoFundMe campaign by Sioux Falls Storm equipment intern Lane Kropuenske's, asking for donations to fund a $264 round-trip flight for Saturday's United Bowl at Gila River Arena between the Rattlers and the Storm.

The Storm, Brannoch wrote, could only send one intern for the Indoor Football League championship game.

After two days, only $60 was raised.

Rattlers coach Kevin Guy and his wife Cathy on Monday ponied up $204 to meet Kropuenske's goal, so the intern could book the flight before it was too late.

Guy joked that he hopes to get some inside information out of the Kropuenske before turning serious and saying that he knows what it's like for an intern.

"When we travel, those interns always go with us," he said. "At the end of the day, Cathy and I don't mind helping somebody out. If we feel it, we'll do it."

This is the Storm's 10th consecutive championship appearance. This is the Rattlers' second United Bowl appearance in three years since moving from the Arena Football League to the Indoor Football League.

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