Bob Elliot, long-time Toronto Sun baseball reporter and what most consider to be the premier reporter in his field, has released his 2016 edition of “Bob Elliots 101 most influential Canadians in baseball.” This year’s edition included the likes of Russell Martin of the Toronto Blue Jays and Major League Baseball hall-of-famer, Fergie Jenkins. One name on this list hits […]
Sports editor, Rob Fifield, takes a look back on how the Laurier teams have faired this season
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks won their ninth straight game last weekend, sweeping the Queen’s Gaels and Toronto Varsity Blues. The wins improved their overall record to 9-1 and captured first place in the Ontario University Athletics conference. Laurier defeated the Gaels 4-1 and 2-0 respectively and then came home on Sunday and defeated Toronto 4-3 and 12-2. Head coach […]
The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s baseball team kicked off their regular season with four games last weekend. The Hawks split their series on Saturday against the Waterloo Warriors, losing 3-2 before winning 9-4 on Saturday and then bounced back on Sunday by sweeping the Guelph Gryphons 10-5 and 3-1 respectively. The games improved the Hawks record to an overall […]
The Cord’s sports staff honour the best of the fall semester
Laurier records 25 runs as visiting Hawks rout Ryerson
Laurier goes 1-1 in doubleheader against Queen’s Gaels to kick off the regular season on Sept. 12
The recently added Toronto Blue Jays ace, David Price, lives two blocks away from the ballpark.
With most of their veteran core staying intact, men’s baseball looks for a championship run
If there could be one word that describes the Wilfrid Laurier University men’s baseball team over the last three years, it would be “sustainable.” After capturing the program’s first Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championship in program history in the fall of 2013, the team came third in their repeat bid losing to the Waterloo Warriors. During those two runs the […]
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