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ou’re from Lethbridge, aren’t you,” I asked Edmonton Elks head coach Mark Kilam.

“I sure am,” he enthusiastically replied.

He attended LCI, playing for the Rams. His sweater is on display at the Bridge City’s fabled football power. He credits high school coaches Cliff Walters and Ian Lowe for setting him on the right path, as well as his physician father who showed him the value of hard work.

As a player and a coach at the high school level, Kilam has fond memories of Medicine Hat High School’s Quinn Skeleton, now in his 36th year coaching the Hawks.

There have been outstanding players from southern Alberta high school ranks who have gone on to careers in the Canadian Football League.

Jim Furlong and Hall of Famer Lloyd Fairbanks come t

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