The Elementary Soccer Season kicked off this week with a pair of exciting contests. On Tuesday. the Eel Ground First Nation School Eagles played their season opener at St. Andrews School in Chatham. The Eagles battled hard for the entire 50 minutes, but ultimately came up short 5-0. Rodney Hanifan and Kohen Simonson stood tall in goal for the Eagles. Coach Somers was thrilled with their effort by all his players in their first game. On Thursday, the Eagles ventured to Millerton to challenge the Bears. The tide swung back and forth many times in this nail-biter. The Eagles trailed 2-0 early but rallied back to tie the game with two goals from Rodney Hanifan. The teams would then exchange the lead twice more before ultimately settling for a 4-4 draw. Piel Ward and Ty Ward also scored big goals for the Eagles. Ty Ward and Preston Francis shared the duties in nets for this tilt. This was a total team effort by the Eagles.