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Maybe the third time is the charm for mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Tim Hague. On Nov. 1, “The Thrashing Machine” made it official that he will return for his third stint with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

The number nine was both the enemy and the friend of the Athabasca Aces over their two-game weekend road trip.

Brent Webster has been hunting since he was a young boy at the tender age of eight, where he started by shooting gofers near his hometown of Indus, Alta.

The 2010 Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) Pacers officially ended their season with their annual wrap-up party, featuring a touch football game on the snowy EPC field before the dinner and thank-you presentations to end the evening.

In a hard fought, gritty effort against the first-place Onoway Ice Dogs of the North Central Hockey League (NCHL) on Friday night, the Athabasca Aces left town with a tough 7-5 loss.

Like the Athabasca midget ‘A’ Winterhawks, the bantam ‘AA’ Hawks’ bench has plenty of room for its skaters this season.

Although it was a gloomy and dark day outside on Sunday, it was a different story inside the Athabasca Regional Multiplex after a thrilling 5-4 overtime win for the Athabasca Aces over the Slave Lake Winterhawks.

It wasn’t exactly the start to the season the Athabasca Aces were looking for.

For six of the Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) Pacers, this Friday night’s exhibition game at home against Vegreville will be the last game of their high school football careers.

Football is a game of inches, and the Edwin Parr Composite School Pacers were taught exactly why that is Thursday night in a tough 28-14 loss to the Westlock T-Birds.