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Levittown Flag Football Team Moves To National Finals, Seeks Support For Trip


Submitted: Front  Row: Jake McDonnell of Levittown , Zachary Prout of Levittown   , Nick Muro of Newtown , Jake Chipper of Yardley Back Row  : John Kelley of Levittown  , Coach Tim DeJoseph of Levittown  , Vincent Rossi of Levittown   , Thomas Falkowski of Levittown   , Coach John Rossi  of Levittown
Front Row: Jake McDonnell of Levittown , Zachary Prout of Levittown , Nick Muro of Newtown , Jake Chipper of Yardley
Back Row : John Kelley of Levittown , Coach Tim DeJoseph of Levittown , Vincent Rossi of Levittown , Thomas Falkowski of Levittown , Coach John Rossi of Levittown
Credit: Submitted

It’s a dreary week for local Eagles fans as the birds were hit with a bit of reality in the form of the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday afternoon.

Yet, there is still good news to report on the football front this week for one local team and its league.

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The Lower Bucks Flag Football Association’s 14 and under tournament team (LBFFA) which recently won a regional tournament in New Jersey will now head off to Arizona to play for the flag football title the week of Super Bowl XLIX

The tournamentย is sponsored by the NFL.

Team officials are now in fund raising mode ย as the ย team of 7 boys need to raise funds to pay for the trip.ย  These hard working young men have worked tirelessly to make it this far.ย  The local boys and their families are raising money for the boys trip to Arizona and their expenses, Debbie Karantinali, who runs the Levittown-based league, said.

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League officials have started a Go Fund Me Page as a way of dealing with the costs associated with making the trip to Arizona as one way of raising funds.

The 14 and under elite team took on and beat teams from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Massachusetts.in the regional tournament the recently, earning the right ย to play for the national tournament.

The team and their families are putting their heads together now to brainstorm other ways of raising money, officials said. one certain way of helping a bunch of local kids live out Super Bowl dreams is to help them get to Arizona.

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