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| Chaldean Church Sports League Championship Games and Awards |
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Southfield, MICHIGAN - The Chaldean Church Sports League ended their summer season with electrifying excitement. After the playoff games the best church teams in girls’ volleyball and boys flag football faced one another. In the girls’ volleyball division, the Mother of God Guardian Angels played the St. Thomas Twin Tigers. In the boys flag football division the St. Joseph Protectors took on the St. Thomas Twin Tigers.
The championship volleyball game began first. Both Mother of God and St. Thomas entered the sand court with stern determination. Each team brought with them a cheering squad in the hundreds.
(To view photos you must be a registered member of www.CHALDEAN.org.)
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| Filed in: Sports, Art, and Entertainment, Community & Culture, Chaldean Church Sports League By Sam Yousif |
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| Chaldean Church Sports League (CCSL) Prepares for Playoff Game |
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Michgian, USA - The southeast Michigan Chaldean Church Sports League prepares for their playoff games this Saturday, July 21, 2007. The Chaldean Eparchy (Diocese) of Eastern United States has narrowed the four top performing church teams in the 18 and under category of girl’s volleyball and boy’s flag football.
In the heart of Southeastern Michigan at the Southfield Municipal Civic and Sports Center hundreds and hundreds of Chaldeans gather to play, pray, and show their support. The Chaldean church teams have been competing weekly for nearly two months. Based on their win-loss record and total game point earnings the top four church teams qualified for the League playoff games.
The CCSL is attracting a high level of talent and producing great competition. The league features some of the best athletes in the Chaldean community as all-American high school athletes lead their respective church to victory on the field and on the sand court.
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| Filed in: Health & Fitness, Sports, Art, and Entertainment, Community & Culture, Chaldean Church Sports League By Sam Yousif |
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| 2007 Chaldean Church Sports League of Michigan Scores Big! |
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Michigan, USA - Chaldean agility, strength, speed, and finesse are showcased weekly in Southfield, Michigan. A fifty-yard dash, a sand dive, a spike, ace, dig, and a “Hail Mary” touchdown pass are par for Chaldeans that meet and compete in the 2007 Chaldean Church Sports League.
No helmets. No shoulder pads. No problem. The Chaldean churches newest youth football league requires hardly any of the standard equipment associated with the sport. A pair of shorts and a league-furnished jersey, along with a desire to have fun are about the only things needed to participate in the Chaldean Church Sports flag football league.
Over 100 Chaldeans from southeast Michigan get the opportunity to play each other throughout the day at the Southfield Civic Center. The Chaldean Church Sports League features flag-football field and volleyball for Chaldean youth, eighteen years and younger. The volleyball sand courts and flag football field come alive every Saturday from noon until 3 p.m. with spirited sports competition, prayer, and camaraderie.
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| Filed in: Sports, Art, and Entertainment, Community & Culture, Chaldean Church Sports League By Sam Yousif |
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