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NAPLES — All American Games, a New Jersey-based sports marketing and event company, is bringing back its Football University National Championship series to Naples for the fourth time.
The series will be held Dec. 17-21, with 42 youth teams playing 61 games on Naples area fields, according to a release. More than 5,000 athletes, coaches and family members are expected to arrive Dec. 17, and stay through the week. That's double the participation number from last year, the release adds.
This year's event adds a ninth-grade all-star game, along with invitational National Championship games for age nine-and-under and age 10-and-under teams.
“The FBU National Championship is a great fit for our destination and we're honored to serve as host for the fourth year,” says Jack Wert, executive director of the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau, in a statement. “We heard from the players and families that they thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality shown by our community last year and many said they would like to return for a future vacation. Players said they would compete even harder just to be able to return to Naples for this year's FBU National Championship.”
The 61 games will be played at Fleischmann Park; Community School of Naples; and at Golden Gate, Barron Collier, Naples and Gulf Coast High Schools.
The three final championship games are scheduled for Gulf Coast High School Dec 21.
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