Bandit Junior Pee-Wees win regular season title
HERALD PHOTOS BY CHUCK BALLARO
Port Charlotte’s Richard Joslin dives for an interception during the third quarter of their Junior Pee-Wee football game against Riverdale on Saturday.
HERALD PHOTO BY CHUCK BALLARO
Port Charlotte’s Gabriel Beauliue gets ready to pounce on a fumble during the third quarter of their Junior Pee-Wee football game against Riverdale on Saturday.
HERALD PHOTO BY CHUCK BALLARO
Port Charlotte’s Marc Jean-Louis runs around the end during the first quarter against Riverdale on Saturday. Jean-Louis carried the offense in an 18-13 win.
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Port Charlotte’s Colin Kenny pounces on the bad snap in the end zone for a touchdown.
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The Port Charlotte defense makes a crucial stop late in the first half against Riverdale on Saturday. The stop proved critical in their 18-13 win that clinched them the top seed in the Peace River Championship playoffs.
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The Port Charlotte Bandits Junior Pee Wees take the field with coaches, players and parents cheering them on Saturday.
Port Charlotte Bandit junior Pee-Wee coach Les Hassen had butterflies, and who could blame him, considering he had been waiting for this game for almost a year.
Meanwhile, the kids looked cool and confident, unlike the team that was overwhelmed by the moment last season when Riverdale twice wiped their feet on them, including in the Peace River Conference championship game.
