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Ferndale Football Team Banned from National Championships

Ferndale Football Team Banned from National Pop Warner Championships

The Ferndale Eagles Youth Association Pop Warner football lost its place in the National Championships in Orlando. Originally scheduled to play a team from Ocoee, FL for the Unlimited Division on Friday, and after receiving support from the community to fund the trip, the Eagles were disqualified, the successor team, from Bergen County, NJ, had already left Florida, so Ocoee and Bergen County share the title by default.

Read full coverage of this story in the Oakland County Times.

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