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NFL Flag Championships: Jaguars Elite 14U wins title with shutout of Miami
Jacksonville has a football champion that wears teal and bears the name "Jaguars." The Jaguars Elite 14U team turned in a dominating defensive performance after averaging 29 points in their first six games and blanked Showtime of Miami (sponsored by the Atlanta Falcons) 13-0 on July 20 to win the NFL Flag Championships at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village in Canton, Ohio. Brysen Wright of the Jaguars 14U Elite flag football team looks for running room against the Atlanta Falcons on July 20 during the NFL Flag Championships on July 20 in Canton, Ohio. Quarterback Dalton Motes threw a 25-yard TD pass to Jaiden Bennet in the first half and Jayden Timmon caught a TD pass off a trick play with 9:05 left in the game. In two games on July 20, Motes completed 18 of 23 passes for eight touchdowns. Advertisement For the first time in the tournament, Jaguars Elite wide receiver Brysen Wright, a rising sophomore at Mandarin High, was kept out of the end zone (he had seven receptions for 163 yards and three TDs in a 41-12 victory over Clifton Park, N.Y., in the semifinals) but he set up the first touchdown with a 25-yard reception and broke up two deep passes late in the game. Jaguars Elite 14U player Dayvon Jenkins (0) tries to elude two players from the Atlanta Falcons team in the NFL Flag Championships final on July 20 in Canton, Ohio. Dayvon Jenkins intercepted a pass on Atlanta's first possession and the Jaguars forced the Falcons to lose the ball on downs five times. Wright, a rising sophomore at Mandarin, scored 10 touchdowns and five extra points in seven games and was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. He went viral on Saturday with a one-handed TD catch that was re-posted on social media by Patrick Mahomes, Chad Johnson and Bijan Robinson and viewed more than 1 million times. 'It's just a blessing to come out here and win with my guys and to bring it back to the city,' Wright told 'Getting noticed by [NFL players] at a super young age is already a blessing.' Advertisement The Jaguars outscored seven opponents 187-69 in the tournament and had two shutouts. They scored 26 or more points in four games and their semifinal victory broke the scoring record for their division in the NFL Flag Championships. PAL Storm fall in last game The Jax PAL Storm lost to 615 Select (Titans) 20-19 in the Rec Division championship game, after winning four games by shutout and outscoring their opponents 105-0 in those games. The Marion County Juice 8U team fell to the Toledo Dirty Birdz 12-0 after winning their first four games. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: NFL Flag Championships: Jaguars Elite 14U wins title for Jacksonville
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2 days ago
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Youth teams representing Texans, Jags capture NFL flag football titles
July 21 - Youth football teams representing the Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars won the High School Girls and 14-Under Boys divisions on Sunday at the second annual NFL Flag Championships in Canton, Ohio. The Texas Fury Texans shut out the Bad Rabbits Cowboys 19-0 in the girls final after falling in the semifinals of the inaugural tournament. Game MVP Emery Beckett was 8-for-8 passing for 102 yards and three touchdowns. She connected with Zahara Hill for a 12-yard score, Kelsey Quinn for another first-half TD and Hill again on a 3-yard toss in the game's final five minutes. Kaitlyn Reynolds and Sonya Chalil recorded interceptions for the Fury defense. The Bad Rabbits, representing the Dallas Cowboys, defeated AA Select (Philadelphia Eagles) 7-0 in one semifinal, while the Texas Fury edged Conquer (Los Angeles Chargers) 7-6. On the boys' side, the Jaguars Elite and tournament MVP Brysen Wright posted a 13-0 victory over Showtime, which represented the Atlanta Falcons. Jaguars quarterback Dalton Motes was 8 of 12 for 108 yards and two touchdowns -- a 30-yarder to Jaiden Barnett and a 15-yarder to Ry'land Williams. Wright broke up a pass late in the game when Showtime went for it on fourth down. Wright, 14, scored 10 TDs in seven tournament games, including a tumbling one-handed catch in traffic that went viral and caught the attention of NFL stars Patrick Mahomes and Bijan Robinson, among others. Showtime was 1 of 6 on third-down conversions despite recording more passing yards (117-104). Showtime QB Januel Morales was 8 of 13 for 73 yards and one interception, while teammate Vincenzo Mena was 4 of 10 for 51 yards. The Jaguars Elite eliminated RFP (Buffalo Bills) 41-12 in one semifinal, while Showtime topped High Intensity (San Francisco 49ers) 13-7 in the other. The three-day competition involved about 300 teams representing all 32 NFL clubs across 12 divisions. The event also featured international contests with eight teams traveling from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Flag football continues to surge in popularity ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics, where it will debut as an official sport in Los Angeles. The NFL announced in May that its players will be allowed to compete. --Field Level Media
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2 days ago
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Texas Fury Texans and Jaguars Elite win titles at NFL Flag Championships
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Texas Fury Texans and Jaguars Elite won titles in the NFL Flag Championships on Sunday. The Texans beat the Bad Rabbits Cowboys 19-0 to win the High School Girls division. The Jaguars beat Showtime 13-0 to take the 14U Boys championship. Emery Beckett completed all eight of her pass attempts in the title game for the Texans, throwing two touchdown passes to Zahra Hill and one to Kelsey Quinn. Their coach, Keenan Hughes, was recently hired as the first coach for the women's flag football team at Concordia University in Austin, Texas. The Jaguars were led by tournament MVP Brysen Wright, whose one-handed catch earlier in the event drew an incredulous social media response from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The 14-year-old Wright scored 10 touchdowns in seven games. 'It's a fast-paced, exciting and explosive game,' Jaguars coach David Price said. 'I think guys like Brysen are really going to help get more eyes on the sport.' ___ AP NFL:
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2 days ago
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Texas Fury Texans and Jaguars Elite win titles at NFL Flag Championships
CANTON, Ohio — The Texas Fury Texans and Jaguars Elite won titles in the NFL Flag Championships on Sunday. The Texans beat the Bad Rabbits Cowboys 19-0 to win the High School Girls division. The Jaguars beat Showtime 13-0 to take the 14U Boys championship. Emery Beckett completed all eight of her pass attempts in the title game for the Texans, throwing two touchdown passes to Zahra Hill and one to Kelsey Quinn. Their coach, Keenan Hughes, was recently hired as the first coach for the women's flag football team at Concordia University in Austin, Texas. The Jaguars were led by tournament MVP Brysen Wright, whose one-handed catch earlier in the event drew an incredulous social media response from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The 14-year-old Wright scored 10 touchdowns in seven games. 'It's a fast-paced, exciting and explosive game,' Jaguars coach David Price said. 'I think guys like Brysen are really going to help get more eyes on the sport.' ___ AP NFL:
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2 days ago
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Texas Fury Texans and Jaguars Elite win titles at NFL Flag Championships
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The Texas Fury Texans and Jaguars Elite won titles in the NFL Flag Championships on Sunday. The Texans beat the Bad Rabbits Cowboys 19-0 to win the High School Girls division. The Jaguars beat Showtime 13-0 to take the 14U Boys championship. Emery Beckett completed all eight of her pass attempts in the title game for the Texans, throwing two touchdown passes to Zahra Hill and one to Kelsey Quinn. Their coach, Keenan Hughes, was recently hired as the first coach for the women's flag football team at Concordia University in Austin, Texas. The Jaguars were led by tournament MVP Brysen Wright, whose one-handed catch earlier in the event drew an incredulous social media response from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The 14-year-old Wright scored 10 touchdowns in seven games. "It's a fast-paced, exciting and explosive game,' Jaguars coach David Price said. 'I think guys like Brysen are really going to help get more eyes on the sport.' ___ AP NFL: The Associated Press
