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The expansion team Courageous Cougars upset the defending champion Little Longtails 57-51 to capture Kitten Bowl VII on Sunday afternoon at Hallmark Channel Stadium.
The Most Valuable Kitten was named on the Hallmark Channel broadcast by Jill Wagner as Alvin Catmara, named after New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara, but viewers were encouraged to vote at the Hallmark Channel's official website.
Adoption information was provided about the Kitten Bowl "cat-letes" as well as other kitty success stories. Here are a few:
Hallmark Channel @hallmarkchannelMayson was rescued from the fires in Paradise, California and reunited with his fur-ever family.