AKRON, Ohio — It’s the season of giving, and the Akron Bengals 7U Football Team needs the community’s help to make it to the National Championship in Florida next Saturday.

"We’re going to try and get this dub and then work harder each year,” said JayVaughn Gurley, a player on the Akron Bengals 7U Football Team.

Even Defensive Coordinating Coach Markeith Goodwin said he wants the Akron Bengals to have a fighting chance.

"The hard work that we put in as coaches, and then as these kids, more importantly, the kids put in, it would mean the world for us,” said Goodwin.

So far, Head Coach Jatone Stephens said the team has raised around 25% of their goal of about $5,000.

Stephens said they hope to reach this amount, and even exceed it, so he said no child is left behind.

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