Three North Carolina teams, including two from the Triangle, reached the Pop Warner football national semifinals, but none came home with a national championship this year.

The Division II Junior Midget Silver North Raleigh Bulldogs, the Division II Junior Peewee Durham Screamin' Eagles and the Division I Union Road Jaguars of Gastonia were the top finishers among the eight teams in the Mid-South Region at the 54th annual Pop Warner Super Bowl last week.

Bids by the North Raleigh Bulldogs and the Durham Screamin’ Eagles to win national Pop Warner football championships ended in Tuesday’s Division II semifinal games at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

In a Junior Midget game, North Raleigh (11-2) was eliminated by the defending champion Far West Jets (12-0) of Glendale, Ariz., 40-8.

In Junior Pee Wee play, coach Joey Strong’s Screamin’ Eagles (12-2) fell to the Yorba Linda (Calif.) Bulldogs, 14-7.

The North Raleigh Bulldogs Silver and the Durham Screaming Eagles football teams, along with five cheerleading teams and one dance team, will continue their quests for national championships after winning regional titles on Saturday in Gastonia.

Each football team won its Pop Warner Mid-South Region championship, and the cheer and dance teams finished either first or second, to advance to the Dec. 4-11 Pop Warner Football Championships and National Cheer and Dance Championships at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Six other football teams, like the Bulldogs and Eagles part of the Triangle's Consolidated Football Federation, saw their seasons end in Saturday's regional finals.

Nine cheerleading teams and one dance team from the Consolidated Football Federation will have a busy day after Thanksgiving.

The teams have advanced to compete in Friday's Pop Warner Mid-South Region Championships at The Pointe in Fort Mill, S.C., CFF cheer coordinator Julie Sandford said.