Both teams have advanced to the championship game next Saturday at Ames Field and are only one win away of advancing to the Pop a Warner Super Bowl in Florida.

John Burbridge john.burbridge@nwi.com, (219) 933-3371
Mid-America Pop Warner Regional Championships

Nov. 29-30

At Ames Field, Michigan City

Division II Pee Wee Final

Michigan City 25, Hoffman Estates 7

M.C. ROSTER: Bryce Hayman, Lyric McFarrin, Braxton Martorano, Kameron Muhammad, Amarian Wilborn, Leonard Young Jr., Christopher Mays, Cade Clarkson, Zennon Wilhelm, Sergei Ganz, Jelani Griffin, Corey Loper Jr., Travis Lenoir Jr., Seth Newenhous, Lovell Sanders, Zakary Nowatzke, Amir Slaughter, Drayven Lindsley, Braden Tepper, Tyler Siegmund, Solomon Martin, Jason Green Jr.

MICHIGAN CITY | It was business as usual for the Michigan City Wolves as they dispatched of the Hoffman Estate Hawks, 25-7, for the Division II Pee Wee title of the Mid-America Pop Warner Regional Championships on Friday at Ames Field.

There is still more work to be done, though the next stop for the Wolves may seem like an ideal winter vacation.

"It's a business trip and that's how we're going treat it," said Wolves head coach Leo Martorano, whose undefeated team (14-0) advances to the Pop Warner National Championships, Dec. 7-14 at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

This is the fifth straight PW National Championships (also referred to as the Pop Warner Super Bowl) that Michigan City has sent at least one team to. Last year, the Wolves Junior Pee Wee team made it as far as the championship game before losing to Tacolcy, Fla., 30-13.

"We have 14 players from that team," Martorano said. "They know what it takes, and they want to take the next step."

Lyric McFarrin had touchdown runs of 42, 52 and 48 yards; and quarterback Bryce Hayman hooked up with Zennon Wilhelm on a 45-yard TD pass for the Wolves, who scored 25 unanswered points after the Hawks opened the scoring in the first quarter.

"We had to make some adjustments defensively," Martorano said. "We already knew we were going up against a tough team."

Now for the hard part: raising enough money for the trip south.

"We need all the donations we can get," said Martorano, whose team is scheduled to play its first game at 1 p.m. Saturday. "We're still short a lot (of money) and we don't have much time."

If you can't afford to go then only play at the D3 level and end the championship up north. The whole Disney propoganda is a joke. I appreciate the efforts by the local Pop Warner but what does a State Championship mean when most of the state doesn't play Pop Warner. Do they play it is Ft. Wayne, Evansville or Indy? No for the most part. I think you will find that a few Pop Warner locals have gone broke trying to pay for such "dreams".

--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jesse B @ Dec 7 2013, 08:06 PM) </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
Anyone know what the Wolves did today in FLA? Did the Tiny Tikes-Cubs advance or not?
Lost 38-6

Good job MC teams. Here is an unrelated link to problems at other Pop Warner cities, this kind of stuff happens all too often unfortunately.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/...7367bd1e23.html

--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jesse B @ Dec 13 2013, 11:22 AM) </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
Good job MC teams. Here is an unrelated link to problems at other Pop Warner cities, this kind of stuff happens all too often unfortunately.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/...7367bd1e23.html

Drop in the bucket:

http://damontucker.com/2013/11/16/big-isla...-account-funds/