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The souvenirs from Florida won't include championship trophies, but North Carolina teams are guaranteed to bring home plenty of good memories from their trips to the Pop Warner Little Scholars Super Bowl and National Cheer and Dance Championships held Dec. 6-13 at Disney's Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Fla.

The football competition included three football teams and four cheerleading teams from the Triangle's Consolidated Football Federation.

FOOTBALL

The championships' 64 teams - 32 each from Division I and Division II - come from eight Pop Warner regions and play in four age/weight classifications (Junior Peewee, Peewee, Junior Midget, Midget), according to the Pop Warner Web site. There are two divisions, Division I and Division II, each fielding 32 teams. Teams advanced through local and regional playoffs.

Three Triangle football teams are competing in the Dec. 6-13 Pop Warner national championships being hosted Dec. 6-13 by Disney's Wide World of Sports in Kissimee, Fla.

On Saturday, the Capital City Steelers won their opening game in the Junior Pee Wee Division II bracket, rallying past the Independence (Mo.) Indians 12-6. (Learn more below.)

On Sunday, the Cary Chargers were defeated by the Sweetwater (Fla.) Hawks 6-0 in the Pee Wee Division I bracket.

On Tuesday, the Capital City Steelers' Junior Midget Division II team will play the Edgewood (R.I.) Eagles.

Eleven of the Triangle’s Consolidated Football Federation teams qualified for regional play, nine of those teams won first-round games to reach this past Saturday’s Pop Warner Little Scholars Mid-South Region semifinals and six teams will play for regional titles Saturday in the Charlotte area. Most of the winning football teams, plus a variety of cheerleading teams, then will head for the Pop Warner Super Bowl in December in Florida.

POP WARNER FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Eleven teams from the Triangle’s Consolidated Football Federation advanced to regional play, and this past Saturday, nine of those teams won their games to reach this weekend’s Pop Warner Little Scholars Mid-South Regional semifinals. Three Triangle teams received byes for this round, and the rest will play again on Saturday, hoping to advance to the regional championships Nov. 28-29 in Charlotte and the Pop Warner Super Bowl being played Dec. 6-13 at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Kissimmee, Fla.