Wantage youth invited to Citrus Bowl event

WANTAGE — While attending an Offense-Defense Football Camp in Niagara, N.Y., this summer, Trace Healy, now 12, of Wantage was named MVP and an Offense-Defense All-American. He has been invited and will participate in the ninth annual Offense-Defense Bowl Week festivities taking place at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

Trace, a linebacker for High Point Midget Football Hawks Super Red Team, was selected from a group of young athletes numbering in the thousands across the country. He and his teammates beat Vernon Gold for the NJYFL campionship, securing their champion status for a second year in a row. Trace's hard-work and determination easily validated the Bowl Selection Committee's choice in tabbing him for the all-star tilt.

The Offense-Defense Youth All-American Bowl is part of a week-long series of events including the televised ninth annual Offense-Defense All-American Bowl, an all-star football game, showcasing 88 of the top high school seniors in the country and has featured current NFL pros such as Cam Newton, Joe Haden, and Dez Bryant among others before they were collegiate and later professional stars. Offense-Defense Sports has been running full-contact football instructional camps for the past 45 years and currently operates in approximately 40-camp locations nationwide every spring and summer.

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