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By Sam Laskaris Writer Blue Hill is busily preparing for what he hopes will be another successful season for the Six Nations Rebels. Hill is entering his second season as the head coach of the Rebels, the local Junior B lacrosse squad. Hill guided the Rebels to an impressive 14-6 regular season record a year ago. The Six Nations club then swept the Hamilton Bengals 3-0 in its best-of-five opening-round playoff series. But the Rebels were then beat in the minimum three games in their best-of-five battle against the Elora Hawks, who eventually advanced to the provincial finals. As for this year, the Rebels started their open tryouts in late January. About 65 players registered to try out for the squad. The club had its first controlled scrimmage this past… <\/p>\n

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By Sam Laskaris Writer Blue Hill is busily preparing for what he hopes will be another successful season for the Six Nations Rebels. Hill is entering his second season as the head coach of the Rebels, the local Junior B lacrosse squad. Hill guided the Rebels to an impressive 14-6 regular season record a year ago. The Six Nations club then swept the Hamilton Bengals 3-0 in its best-of-five opening-round playoff series. But the Rebels were then beat in the minimum three games in their best-of-five battle against the Elora Hawks, who eventually advanced to the provincial finals. As for this year, the Rebels started their open tryouts in late January. About 65 players registered to try out for the squad. The club had its first controlled scrimmage this past... <\/p>\n

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