
….And celebrate with him afterward. PHOTOS BY NOELLE H. LOWERY
noelle@coastalbreezenews.com
Marco Island’s under-15 set was ready for some football on a balmy Monday evening, as they gathered at Mackle Park to participate in the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick Competition (PPK).
This was Marco Island’s 10th year to hold the NFL-sponsored, free competition.
Hosted by the city of Marco Island Parks and Recreation Department on Sept. 15, 31 boys and girls demonstrated their pig skin prowess like the pros in front of a supportive grand stand full of parents,

Members of the Parks and Rec staff and the Marco Island Senior Softball League tracked each participants progress.
The competition is broken into five age divisions — 6/7, 8/9, 10/11, 12/13 and 14/15 — with boys and girls competing separately. Each participant punts, kicks and throws a football into an open

Participants ranged in age from 6 to 15.
Marco Island falls in the South District – one of six. Winners of the Marco Island competition will next move on to compete at the Sectional Championships in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area sometime in November. After the Sectional Championships, winners go to Team Championships, and the competition culminates in a National Championship in January.
The Parks and Recreation Department would

Ava Tobiason prepares to punt the ball.
Winners of the Marco Island competition were:
Boys 6/7: Jake Bruni 138’-10”
Girls 8/9: Lyndsay Lowdermilk 125’-3”
Boys 8/9: Andrew Meyers 129’-4”
Girls 10/11: Jordan Kraley 60’-11”
Boys 10/11: James Burns 154’-11”
Boys 12/13: Justin Webb 239’-11”
Boys 14/15: Cody Webb 264’-03”
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