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Team that draws players from St. Charles, Batavia and Geneva win the United Youth Football League’s national championship in Tampa, Fla.
Coaches often talk of building up their team’s stamina and skills with the goal of having them peak as they enter postseason play, when the best of the best square off shoulder to shoulder on the gridiron to determine which deserves the title of champion. So it’s no surprise that Jack Hull is perhaps just a little bit proud of the 9- and 10-year-olds who make up the Cadet Football Division team he leads as head coach of the Tri City Chargers, whose teams are part of the United Youth Football League. One week ago, on Dec. 7, the team finished a six-game sweep of the division and then national playoffs in Florida to became the national champions of the United Youth Football League of the Cadet Football Division. “They played their best …