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SUN BOWL ADULT FLAG FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF EL PASO AWARDS CASH PRIZES OVER THE WEEKEND August 26, 2024

EL PASO, Texas – The Sun Bowl Association, Goodwill Industries of El Paso and the Southwest Flag Football League awarded $12,000 in prize money to winners of the Fourth Annual Sun Bowl Adult Flag Football Tournament presented by Goodwill Industries of El Paso over the weekend of August 23-25 at the Westside Sports Complex in El Paso, Texas.

The tournament, which started with approximately 35 teams in its first year, has grown to 75 teams this year, competing in various divisions of play, including a coed division, women’s divisions and five different men’s divisions. Teams and players from as far San Antonio, Denver and Wisconsin made the trek to El Paso to participate in this fun community event.

“It’s great that this event continues to grow year-after-year and we really believe that it will continue to grow, especially with the popularity of the sport now,” said Sun Bowl Association Executive Director Bernie Olivas. “We continue to work hard to reach our next goal of bringing in more teams from out of town, which will have a positive impact on our city and economy.”

Below is a list of winners and runners-up from each division:

Women’s 5v5
Winner: Audience of One ($2,000 cash prize)
Runner-Up: Oh So Gifted

Men’s 5v5
Winner: HTK ($2,000 cash prize)
Runner-Up: EP Fbar

Women’s A/Competitive Division
Winner: Primetime ($2,500 cash prize)
Runner-Up: Oh So Gifted

Men’s A/Competitive Division
Winner: HTK ($2,500 cash prize)
Runner-Up: Hooligans

Men’s B/Intermediate Division
Winner: Project San ($1,000 cash prize)
Runner-Up: Entourage

Men’s C/Recreational Division
Winner: Regulators ($1,000 cash prize)
Runner-Up: Wolfpack

Men’s D/Friends & Family Division
Winner: Outkast ($1,000 cash prize)
Runner-Up: Underdawgz

Coed Division
Winner: Audience of One ($1,000 cash prize)
Runner-Up: Stars

“We keep getting a ton of compliments on the organization of the tournament, mainly due to the efforts of our Tournament Chairman Adrian Morales and the Southwest Flag Football League,” Special Events Director Joe Daubach said. “We believe others are starting to take notice as the tournament continues to grow. We’d love to see this event grow to 100 teams and beyond.”

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SUN BOWL ADULT FLAG FOOTBALL SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
Goodwill Industries of El Paso
Southwest Flag Football League
Raiz Federal Credit Union
Banes General Contractors Inc.
Academy Sports + Outdoors
USI
Pepsi
Visit El Paso
Papa John’s Pizza
ReddyIce
Sun City Communications
Gatorade

2024 Sun Bowl Adult Flag Football Tournament _ Complete brackets and winners

Audience of One (women's 5v5 Champions)

HTK (men's 5v5 Champions)

Primetime (women's 8v8 Champions)

HTK (men's 8v8 Competative Division Champions)

Project San (men's 8v8 Intermediate Division Champions)

Regulators (men's 8v8 Recreational Division Champions)

Outkast (men's 8v8 Friends & Family Division)

Audience of One (Coed Champions)