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Army-Navy Game Ball Passes Through Bucks County

The West Point Marathon Team passed through Bucks County in a more than 160-mile run from West Point to Philadelphia ​to deliver the ball.

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BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The West Point Marathon Team passed through Bucks County Friday morning in a more than 160-mile run from West Point to Philadelphia to deliver the game ball for Saturday's Army-Navy game.

Runners entered the county in New Hope, and also went through Doylestown.

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The Army-Navy Ball Run is an annual tradition.

An online tracker of the run showed that as of just before noon, the ball had passed through Doylestown and was in Whitpain Township. Track the progress of Army's relay team here.

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