Photo and caption by James Dombrowski

The annual North Arlington Recreation Traveling Football Team’s dinner took place recently at the Fiesta in Wood-Ridge with a huge turnout of joyous parents and children celebrating the borough’s first Junior Vikings Super Bowl Championship since 1994. The Vikings won the competitive 2009 Meadowlands Football League Super Bowl by trouncing Harrison, 26-7. Coach Brian Kearns addressed the overflowing crowd with a Bill Parcells-like speech, congratulating the hard work and sacrifice put in by his group of 20 athletes.

In photo from left to right : front row:  Andres Baez, Nick Gugliuzza, Peter Guerriero, Christian Castro, Mike Paolello, Timmy Ford, Devon Lopes, Joshua Rusky and ball boy, Joey Witt. Second row: Chris Montesdeca , Cole Sanfillippo, Stephen Carey, Justin Perez, Brian Kearns: MVP, Joe Morales, Antonio Monahan and Steven Velez. Third row: League President Dave Banach; Coaches Joe Witt and Mike Sanfilippo and Head Coach Brian Kearns. Not in photo, but on the championship team, Andrew Fernandez, Yicong Wu, Nick Anderson, Isaac Woon and Coach Kip Finley.