A Peninsula youth football team has won the right to play in the Pop Warner Super Bowl in North Carolina, but the trip includes a price tag not all the team’s players can afford.

While the Redwood City 49ers celebrate their achievement, they are also focused on getting all 30 players to Charlotte for the national championship game.

“The kids have worked so hard for this all year long and I couldn’t be much more proud of them making it this far and getting an opportunity to play for the national championship,” head coach Kamari Fort said.

Accommodations and food will cost an estimated $40,000. Some of the players’ families said they simply cannot afford their share.

“It’s very expensive,” parent Stephanie Howard said. “It’s a lot of money for each family to be able to come up with. Many

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