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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.

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.

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

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.

The Athabasca Aces are gearing up for their first game of the season this Saturday night against the Slave Lake Winterhawks, looking to get off to a fast start in their third season in the North Central Hockey League (NCHL).

It’s a game the EPC Pacers would like to forget about. The Pacers were shut out 49-0 in Cold Lake Friday night, a game in which their offense sputtered and had trouble holding onto the ball all game long.

After standing in the shadows for two years, Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) graduate Allister Rubik is making the most of an opportunity presented to him at the beginning of the Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) Wolves’ soccer season.

Tim “The Thrashing Machine” Hague will try to make it two mixed martial art (MMA) victories in a row this Friday evening during Aggression MMA Uprising, held at the Edmonton Expo Centre.

By the end of Friday night’s 69-20 loss against the St. Paul Lions, the Edwin Parr Composite Pacers weren’t just hurting on the scoreboard.