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Local sports preview (Thursday)

St. Andrews’ Declan Smith and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles host River Denys’ Colten Ellis and the Rimouski Oceanic in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

The Screaming Eagles (4-6-1) are tied with Sherbrooke for 13th in the 18-team league with nine points, two points behind the five teams tied for eighth, and two points ahead of 15th-place Saint John; Rimouski (7-4-0) is tied for fourth with 14 points.

It’s the second half of a home-and-home series; Cape Breton slipped by Rimouski 3-2 in Rimouski Saturday night.

Puck drop at Centre 200 in Sydney is 7 p.m.

 

The StFX women’s hockey team is in Halifax for AUS action.

The X-Women (1-0-1), who are ranked fifth in the country, visit the Saint Mary’s Huskies (2-0-0), who are undefeated and sit sixth in the national rankings.

Game time is 7 p.m.

 

The Dr. J.H. Gillis Royals are playing for their respective NSSAF Northumberland Region Div. 1 soccer championships.

The Royals travel to Truro to take on the CEC Cougars in the boys final at 4:30 p.m.

CEC won both games in the season series.

The Royals host the CEC Cougars in the girls title game in Antigonish at 5:30 p.m.

Dr. J.H. Gillis had a win and a tie against CEC in the two-game season series between the girls teams.

The winners earn a spot in provincials Nov. 2-3.

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