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2014 Acadia football Axemen a mix of youth, experience
The 2014 Acadia football Axemen will lack depth this season, but head coach Jeff Cummins is hopeful his team will make up in quality what it might lack in quantity. “There have been an unfortunate rash of injuries over the summer,” Cummins said Aug. ...
Avon View’s football team prepping for competitive season
Tryouts for Avon View's football team are fast approaching. (File photo)The football program at Avon View High School is entering its eighth season this fall, and the coaching staff has high hopes for the team. With 20 players returning, ...
Spring football underway in the Valley
A six-a-side spring football program sponsored by Valley Minor Football kicked off on the April 19 weekend with a game between the two Valley bantam squads: the Fighting Irish and the Red Dogs. Both the Valley bantam teams are part of an eight-team ...
West Kings Wolverines happy with inaugural football season
The West Kings football team came a long way from the season-opening football jamboree at Acadia in late-August. - FileBy John DeCoste jdecoste@kingscountynews.ca KingsCountyNews.ca Despite a 0-8 record, the coaches of the West Kings Wolverines ...
Football Axemen score AUS rookie, offensive lineman of the year awards
Two football Axemen were big winners at the Atlantic University Sport awards last night. Kentville’s Adam Melanson was named rookie of the year and Jesse St. James - from Pincourt, Que. – was named offensive lineman of the year. Melanson, a defensive ...
Valley high school football update
The Horton High Griffins ran past the West Kings Wolverines to a 49-0 victory in Auburn Oct. 20By John DeCoste jdecoste@kingscountynews.ca www.kingscountynews.ca Horton’s boys’ football team improved its season record to 4-1-1 with a 49-0 win over ...
Football girls: High school players Cornelius, Bell pursue love of the game
Shannon Cornelius (left) of Central Kings and Courtney Bell of West Kings say they have no problem being the only girls on their respective high school football teams. By John DeCoste jdecoste@kingscountynews.ca www.kingscountynews.ca Football ...
Horton has season-opening win
NKEC and Central Kings tangled in NSSAFFL season-opening football action Saturday, Sept. 7 in Canning. The game was closer that the final score of 38-7 in favour of the Gators would suggest. - John DeCoste, www.kingscountynews.caBy John ...
Football kicks off at West Kings
West Kings running back Chris Jamieson looks for yardage during NSSAFFL action against Lockview Sept. 8 in Auburn. In their first-ever high school football game, West Kings dropped a 51-7 decision to the Dragons, with Kyle Gordon scoring the lone ...
Acadia's Black athletes honoured
At a special ceremony Feb. 13, Acadia University and the Valley African Nova Scotian Development Association celebrated African History Month with the unveiling of a special banner commemorating all the student-athletes of African descent who have ...