(WASHINGTON, DC) – The DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) announced that three teams from Washington, DC, will advance to the 57th Annual Pop Warner Super Bowl National Championship held from Saturday, December 7, 2013 to Saturday, December 14, 2013, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.  This year's competing teams are:

• Watkins Hornets will compete for the Division 1 Junior PeeWee title (ages 8 - 11) for the second year in a row;
• Ward 5 Warriors will compete for the Division 2 PeeWee title (9 - 12);
• and Beacon House Falcons will compete for the Division 1 Junior Midget title (ages 10 - 13).

DC's Pop Warner teams have taken home the Pop Warner Super Bowl National title for the past four consecutive years.  The winners are as follows:

• Marshall Heights Bison won the 2012 Division 1 Junior Midget Pop Warner Super Bowl National title;
• Beacon House Falcons secured the 2012 Division 1 PeeWee National Runner-Up champion title;
• Watkins Hornets secured the 2012 Division 1 Junior PeeWee Consolation Game title;
• Marshall Heights Bison won the 2011 Division 1 PeeWee Pop Warner Super Bowl National title;
• Beacon House Falcons secured the 2011 Division 1 Junior PeeWee Pop Warner National Runner-Up champion title;
• Beacon House Falcons won the 2010 Division 1 Junior PeeWee Pop Warner Super Bowl National title;
• Watkins Hornets secured the 2010 Division 1 Junior Midgets National Runner-Up champion title; and
• Watkins Hornets won the 2009 Division 1 PeeWee Pop Warner Super Bowl National title.

DPR holds the DC Pop Warner league charter and is only one of two recreation departments in the nation to hold a charter.  In 2012, DPR hosted the Eastern Regional Championship Final game for the first time in Pop Warner history.  More than 68 teams and close to 1,500 youth participate in the DC Pop Warner league during the regular season.

Results from this year's Eastern Regional Championship Games are:

• Division 1 Junior PeeWee Watkins Hornets defeated the Blackhawks A.C. with a final score of 27 - 6;
• Division 2 Peewee Ward 5 Warriors defeated the Hillside Jr. Comets with a final score of 14 - 12; and
• Division 1 Junior Midget Beacon House Falcons defeated the White Oak Warriors with a final score of 6 - 0.

Teams' schedules will be announced during the 57th Pop Warner Super Bowl Pairings Show, which will air on ESPN3 and PopWarner.com, on Tuesday, December 3 at 8 pm (EST). 

Founded in 1929, Pop Warner Football is the only youth football program (local, regional, and national) that sets and enforces a strict age and weight matrix which reduces the risk of injuries. Pop Warner is also the only national youth sports organization that requires its participants to maintain academic standards in order to participate.  To learn more about the Pop Warner program, visit Pop Warner Regional or Pop Warner National websites.

About Pop Warner Super Bowl

The Football National Championships consist of 64 teams from 8 Pop Warner Regions playing in 4 age/weight classifications (Jr. PeeWee, PeeWee, Jr. Midget, Midget). There are two divisions, Division I and Division II, each fielding 32 teams.

During the regular season, a team will play a 7 to 9 game schedule.  The regular season typically ends during the last week in October, and at that point, teams prepare for league playoffs. Once a league champion has been decided, based on each team's regular season record, teams with the top, winning records then advance to the regional championships. Those teams that win their divisions in the regional championships continue on to the ESPN Wide World of Sports to compete for a national championship title in the Jr. PeeWee, PeeWee, Jr. Midget, and Midget divisions.

The 57th Annual Pop Warner Super Bowl and National Cheer & Dance Championships will take place from Saturday, December 7 through Saturday, December 14, 2013.

To learn more about DPR's Pop Warner DC program, visit DPR's Pop Warner website page or contact
the DC Pop Warner Football League office at (202) 671-0302 or (202) 498-2243.  

    
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