Above: U-15 Stars linebacker Westyn Pemberton scoops up a first-half fumble and returns it for a touchdown in Game 3. (Mike Fender photo for USA Football)

The first Middle School Bowl Games Series is complete, with a tripleheader of games played at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

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Photographer Mike Fender covered the games for USA Football, and he chose these 21 photos as his favorites from the day:

U-14 Pride lineman Jaxson Campese from Howell, New Jersey, carries the American flag into the stadium as his team is introduced.

Players from U-14 Courage cast long shadows as they stretch in the morning sun before their game.

Players from U-14 Courage get pumped up from one of their coaches before their game.

U-14 Stars and Stripes teams face off on the midfield logo for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Game 2.

Halftime words of wisdom get players from U-14 Courage ready to storm the field in the second half of their game.

U-14 Stripes quarterback Luke Knight from Wesley Chapel, Florida, tries to get a handle on a high snap during Game 2.

U-14 Courage receiver Aiden Chavis from Avon, Indiana, stretches to score the first TD of the game against the U-14 Pride.

 A young fan shows support for her brother in Game 2.

U-15 Stars linebacker Westyn Pemberton from Martinsville, Indiana, scoops up a first-half fumble and returns it for a touchdown in Game 3.

U-14 Stripes DB Donovan Lewis from Westminster, Maryland, goes airborne to break up a pass intended for Stars receiver Miles Massengill from Lawrenceville, Georgia, in Game 2.

U-14 Stripes receiver Oluwakoleade Osinubi from Avon, Massachusetts, pulls in a long pass in the second quarter en route to a TD in Game 2.

U-14 Stripes receiver Oluwakoleade Osinubi, right, celebrates his second-quarter TD catch with teammate Luke Knight after a long pass in the second quarter in Game 2.

Players and coaches for U-14 Courage celebrate their win over U-14 Pride in the first game.

U-14 Stars running back Shoka Griffin II from Muncie, Indiana, runs in for a touchdown in the third quarter of Game 2.

U-15 Stars DB Julian Diedrich from Plymouth, Minnesota, pulls in a one-handed interception in Game 3.

U-15 Stars DB Julian Diedrich celebrates after pulling in a one-handed interception in Game 3.

U-15 Stars DB Jalil Singleton from Waldorf, Maryland, pulls in a second-half interception that stopped a Stripes drive in Game 3.

Players from U-14 Stripes celebrate a big win over U-14 Stars in Game 2.

U-15 Stripes receiver Sebastian Lopez from Orlando, Florida, sprints into the end zone with a TD after a reception.

The wind was a friend to the flag but not to U-14 Stripes DL Cody Garner from Dallas, Georgia, and his long hair before Game 2.