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The Yarmouth GPK Refrigeration Peewee A Mariners won the Hockey Nova Scotia Peewee A provincial championship at the annual Day of Champions.
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Shut out: Horton defeats West Kings 13-0

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Published: Oct 13, 2017 at 9:23 a.m.

D-1 boys' soccer action

GREENWICH, NS - The Horton D1 Boys played a very strong home game Oct. 11, shutting out West Kings 13 - 0. Scoring for Horton were Alex Dutkewych with a hat-trick, Mowbray Beghin and Jayden McEvoy a pair each, Noah Derrick, Alex Ponikvar, Alex Bennett, Drew Coldwell,Caio Gomes and Angelo Montenegro. Nick Carter was in net for the shut-out.

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