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Jacksonville National Youth Soccer Champions Honored At Florida Cabinet Meeting

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JFC Storm via Facebook

A Jacksonville youth soccer club got special recognition Tuesday morning from Gov. Rick Scott and his cabinet.

The JFC Storm girls’ soccer team has won back-to-back national championships.

At the cabinet meeting in St. Augustine, State Attorney General Pam Bondi proposed a resolution honoring the teenagers.

“All of these young women who we’re talking about, they’re making good grades, they’re in school full time, they’re studying every night, and they’re out there participating in sports and they’re doing great things for their community,” Bondi said. “So we’re so proud of all of you.”

This year, the Storm age-16-and-under team took the national title. A couple of the teammates were in St. Augustine to accept the honor. 

Jessica Palombo oversees local news at WJCT News 89.9 and Jacksonville Today. With a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University and bachelor's in journalism from the University of Florida, Jessica is a nearly lifelong resident of Jacksonville. You may have once seen her on a local community theater stage. These days, you can most likely catch her reading a book in a school pickup line.