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USA Football Takes on the World

By Jeff Fedotin, Special to Rivals High

December 4, 2008, revised December 4, 2008


The first-ever Junior World Championship will take place on American soil in June 2009.

Scrambling between English classes, Chuck Kyle scurried to his office this past May and heard an out-of-the-blue voice mail from USA Football. The words "Junior World Championship" piqued the St. Ignatius (Cleveland) High teacher and football coach's interest.

"Whoa, they're gonna do this in football?" Kyle said. "I'm also a track coach, and when you say 'Junior World Championships' in track and field, that's huge."

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