Edmonton’s Harry Ainlay Titans are, for the sixth time in seven years, headed to the provincial high school 5A football championship on Saturday.
They are competing for the title against the Raymond Comets, who lost the 2023 championship to Calgary’s Ernest Manning Griffins.
That year, the Griffins also bested the Titans for a championship spot.
“It was a bit of a shock,” Titans Grade 12 wide receiver Noah Baker said of failing to make the 2023 final in a recent interview.
“We’ve all been talking about what happened last year. We’ve all held a vengeance that we don’t want to leave that mark for our Grade 12 year.”
Harry Ainlay made the championship without losing a single game.
“As long as we go there and we do what we’ve been doing all year and do what we need to do, it’ll be alright,” Grade 12 defensive player Mike Zalaski said.
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