Blair Youth Football Association fifth-grader Grady Grabbe, left, avoids the tackle of a EAA Jr. Storm tackler Sunday on the former Dana College football field. The fifth-grade Jr. Bears won 12-0 as Blair teams went 3-2 during the opening weekend of the Metro Youth Football League season. The third-grade Bears beat a South Omaha Athletics team 16-0, while the fourth-grade BYFA team topped the Millard North Jr. Mustangs 30-6.
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Blair seventh-grader William Lynch, right, brings a Gretna runner to the ground Sunday at Dana College. The Bears lost 14-0.
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Graysen Waltke, left, and Nate Murray of the eighth-grade Blair Jr. Bears chase down a Fighting Bunnies runner Sunday at Omaha Benson High School. Blair lost 33-6.
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Blair fifth-graders Oliver Westerfield, left, and Colt Stolz are among the Bears playing defense Sunday against the EAA Jr. Storm at Dana College.
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Mason Gubbels of the Blair fifth-grade squad celebrates a tackle Sunday at Dana College.
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Blair seventh-grader Colton Scheer, left, chases down a Gretna rusher Sunday at Dana College.
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Blair seventh-grader Chase Nitsch puts in his mouthpiece on defense Sunday at Dana College.
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Blair eighth-grader Andrew Smutny, right, works to avoid a Fighting Bunnies tackler Sunday at Omaha Benson High School.
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The 8th-grade Blair Jr. Bears huddle prior to their season-opening game Sunday at Omaha Benson High School.
