New Rochelle Mitey-Mites Will Be Going To Disney World

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Some of New Rochelle’s smallest athletes may not have won the Super Bowl (yet), but that’s not going to stop them from going to Disney World to compete in the Pop Warner/Disney Mitey-mite playoffs.

The New Rochelle Mitey-mite team is heading for the playoffs in sunny Florida.
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Zak Failla

11/27/2014 7:30 a.m.

The New Rochelle Youth Tackle League’s Mitey-mite team, which is comprised of football players between 7 and 9-years-old, has finished its regular season 10-0 under coach Nate Adams, and will ride a 27 game regular season winning streak into the playoffs.

In order to get to the playoffs, which will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., the New Rochelle squad had to defeat teams from Western New York and Poughkeepsie to claim the New York State title.

This year’s team will be the first from Westchester to represent the state in Florida, and it’s the first in New Rochelle Youth Tackle League history to make it to Disney.

The 2014 New Rochelle Mitey-Mites have been led by Carnegie Johnson, Austin Luzzi, Jermaine Jordan, Nasir Winston and Jalen Faulkner. The defense, which is allowing approximately three points per game, is championed by Kenney Harris, Dillon Stephens, Damari Hamilton, Christian Napolitano and Taylor Rhett.

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