A youth football team on Whidbey is one win away from glory.

A perfect 8-0 regular season record and a 36-20 playoff win last weekend means a punched ticket to the championship game for the Oak Harbor Football and Cheer League’s senior division football team. Twenty-nine eighth graders, including students from North Whidbey and Coupeville Middle Schools, will battle Arlington for the title at 5 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 8.

Bobbi Vesco, mother of running back Brycen Vesco, emphasized this game is a long time coming for the team.

Many of its players have grown up competing with one another, as the team participates in the nonprofit North Cascade Youth Football League, offering peewee, midget and junior teams as well. The league has operated in Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatco

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