Point Loma Pop Warner’s eighth grade Unlimited Division team routed the Santee Ravens, 40-0, to win the San Diego Conference championship on Oct. 31.
Point Loma’s dynamic offense, led by running backs Kaden Gill (25), Josh Abbott (24), Gromyko Green (23) and QB EJ Kreutzmann (5), and supported by a team of 23 tough-as-nails football players, outscored opponents 349 to 74 for the 9-1 Pointers leading up to the Wescon Regional Championship.
Unlimited Division head coach Jonathan Gill led Point Loma to its best finish in conference history by not only capturing the title of San Diego Unlimited champions, but going on to defeat the Orange Empire Conference champion Huntington Beach Chargers, 22-0, in the Wescon Regional semifinals on Nov. 14.
Point Loma continued its western states campaign in the Wescon Regional championship game where the Arizona state champions beat the Pointers by two touchdowns.
Point Loma Youth Football, a member association of the San Diego Pop Warner conference, was founded in 2013 by a handful of dedicated local youth football families. The goal is to provide exciting and positive family sports experiences that come from participation in a community Pop Warner program, which boasts the name and colors of the neighborhood high school. In 2013, it was expected the new league would field two to three teams. Instead the program quickly gained attention and momentum and ended up fielding all five tackle divisions from the 8-year-old Mitey Mites up to the unlimited weight division for 14-year-olds. That team of 14-year-olds managed to bring home a San Diego Conference championship in 2013.