Youth Football Team Wins Flag Football X Championship at Dallas Cowboys Stadium

HW BNA Sports Bengals Become 8U Champs, Get a Real NFL Experience!

The BNA Sports Bengals, a team of eight local players between the ages of six and nine years old, traveled to Texas with their parents and coaches in August. There, they spent two days competing with teams from across the country, and they were ultimately crowned the 8U Champs!

This team is part of the Horizon West NFL FLAG League powered by BNA Sports. NFL FLAG is the official flag football league of the NFL and the largest youth flag football organization in the United States. BNA Sports is a local non-profit 501c(3) sports-based youth development organization with a mission is to develop athletes psychologically, physically, socially, and emotionally on and off the field. 

Offense coach and Horizon West dad, Mike Rodriquez said, “We could not be more proud of these boys and all that they've accomplished in just six months of being together as a team. This is now the fourth tournament they've competed in this year — others included NFL Flag Football in Tampa, Miami, and Jacksonville — and they've continued to get better together, learn, and grow as a group. Knowing that their weekly practices, hard work, and determination ultimately led them to winning a championship ring in just their fourth tournament together is special.”

As part of the tournament experience, the young teammates were given a tour of AT&T Stadium, including the Dallas Cowboys players' locker room! This, combined with playing on a real NFL field and bringing home their very own championship rings, was a very special and motivating experience for the young athletes!

Way to go Bengals! Congratulations!