Oceanway youth football team punches ticket to first national tournament

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – It was a large triumph for an Oceanway younker shot team.

On Saturday successful Orlando, the Oceanway Buccaneers, which is portion of the Oceanway 12U Pop Warner league, won its determination tourney successful Orlando.

The triumph sends the squad to its archetypal nationalist tourney which is adjacent play successful Orlando. The tourney is being held astatine Camping World Stadium successful Orlando.

It volition pit teams from 8 regions crossed the state against 1 different successful the tournament. This is not the archetypal Jacksonville squad to ever spell to the tourney but it’s the archetypal from this Oceanway enactment which tells News4JAX it has been moving to get this acold since 2010.

“Absolutely it’s exciting,” said Tommy Johnston, Oceanway Sports Founder. “Oceanway has had respective cheer teams beforehand connected to nationals passim the years. But this is our archetypal title squad that has ever precocious connected past the regionals to nationals. So they’re truly excited.”

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The squad is present raising funds for families to beryllium capable to spend edifice and nutrient costs for the other question and games beyond the regular season.

Two different country teams besides competed successful the tournament, the Fleming Island Dreadnaughts and the Forestview Steelers. Fleming Island won and Forestview lost.

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