Hundreds lined Talbot Avenue to celebrate the Pop Warner National Championships won by the Dorchester Elite Eagles 14U football team and the Boston Lady Raiders Bantam cheer squad on Saturday, Dec. 16. It was capped off by a ceremony inside the Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club. It was the first National Championship for any Boston team in 37 years of Pop Warner competition.
The Eagles and Lady Raiders are to be honored at Fenway Park on the Wasabi Fenway Bowl on Dec. 28.

Trinity Norman was one of many Eagles fans lining Talbot Avenue for the championship procession.

Patricia Miller, secretary of the Boston Raiders, proudly waved the ‘Raider Nation’ flag during the parade.

The championship parade met a lively group of fans in Codman Square as they headed down Talbot Avenue.

Mayor Michelle Wu, State Rep. Chris Worrell, Carter Worrell, Councillor Brian Worrell and State Rep. Russell Holmes during the parade.

Kalanii Sanders waved an Eagles flag for her friends on the team.

Long-time Dorchester Eagles supporter ‘Metro’ hoisted the championship trophy while on the truck.

Bridgette Stone cheered on the champion Eagles, her son being a player on the 8U team.

‘The Champs are here!” proclaimed the emcee as the parade rolled down Talbot Avenue on Saturday.

Lady Raider Cheer Coordinator Renee Murray and the Lady Raider Bantam squad show off their trophy.

Players and coaches put their hands – and championship rings – on the trophy outside the Boys and Girls Club.

Jaden Beatty walks into the Boys and Girls Club with the championship trophy.

The Eagles quarterback cradles the trophy during the ceremony.

Coach Terry Cousins, and president of the Dorchester Eagles, presents a championship T-shirt to Mayor Wu.