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Local sports preview (Friday)

The Dr. J.H. Gillis Royals travel to Trenton to take on the North Nova Gryphons in the Northern Nova Scotia High School Hockey League.

The Royals (3-3-2), who have lost back-to-back regular season games and are winless in three of their last four, sit third in the five-team league with 10 points, four points behind Hants East for second, and three points ahead of fourth-place CEC; the Gryphons (2-6-0) are last with six points.

The teams have met once so far in their four-game season series- Dr. J.H. Gillis defeated North Nova 7-2 in their season opener in Antigonish in October.

Game time is 7 p.m.

 

The Dalbrae Dragons visit the Inverness-Baddeck Academy Rebels in the Cape Breton West High School Hockey League.

The Dragons (6-0-2), who have yet to lose in regulation in their first eight regular season games, are second in the five-team league with 19 points, four points behind SAERC for top spot, and five points ahead of third-place Richmond Academy.

The Rebels (1-7-0), with one win in their first eight games, are last with three points, a point back of Eskasoni for fourth.

Puck drop at the Dr. Bernie MacLean Cultural and Recreation Centre in Inverness is 7:30 p.m.

The two games are the final match-ups in both leagues until the new year.

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