Football
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5 golden hawks are spending their St. Patrick’s day at the CFL regional combine in Toronto
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Five Laurier football players will be celebrating their St. Patrick’s day at the CFL regional combine in Toronto. Marcus Arkarakas, Brandon Calver, Taylor Calverley, Brett Golding and Chris Reddy will be taking part in this year’s edition, hoping to impress the CFL scouts and earn an invitation to the national camp in Regina, Saskatchewan. Laurier…
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Boateng and Onyeka anticipate CFL draft
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The Laurier men’s football season was capped off in phenomenal fashion, as the Hawks came back against the Western Mustangs to lift the Yates Cup. Two key players behind the Hawks’ title winning campaign were defensive lineman Kwaku Boateng and linebacker Nakas Onyeka. Boateng led the team in a number of defensive categories, including sacks,…
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Michael Faulds named U-Sports coach of the year
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Just three seasons ago, the Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team was 1-7 with a rookie head coach and now they are champions poised to maintain the progress of their program and continue to compete at the national stage with some of the biggest schools in the country. This turnaround is largely due to having…
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Michael Knevel’s storied season
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On the biggest stage of Michael Knevel’s career, Laurier took over the ball, down 21 points in the championship game against a bitter rival — the Western Mustangs. No easy task. It takes a level head to make 11 other men believe that a win is possible. It took a level head to spoil Carleton’s…
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Laval tops Laurier in Uteck Bowl
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The Wilfrid Laurier men’s football team has been waiting 11 years for this. Since their last Vanier Cup win in 2005, this season has been the first time since that the Vanier Cup has been not far from reach. Unfortunately for the purple and gold, their near flawless season came to an end this past…
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The end of the road: Laval defeats Laurier in Uteck Bowl
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Telus Stadium at the University of Laval was the venue as the Laval Rouge et Or and the Laurier Golden Hawks were ready to square off in the national semi-final Uteck Bowl. The stadium was lively early on, with more than 13,000 fans in attendance and almost all of them wearing the Laval red and gold.…
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Golden Hawks are 2016 Yates Cup Champions
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Golden Hawks are Yates Cup Champions Golden Hawks are Yates Cup Champions Golden Hawks are Yates Cup Champions Golden Hawks are Yates Cup Champions 1 2 3 4 Laurier Golden Hawks win their first Yates Cup championship since 2005 Story by Rob Fifield, Photos by Will Huang On a beautiful fall afternoon at TD Waterhouse…
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Laurier Golden Hawks win Yates Cup
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On a beautiful fall afternoon at TD Waterhouse stadium, the Western Mustangs were set to host the Laurier Golden Hawks in the 109th Yates Cup. The Laurier Golden Hawks defeated the the McMaster Marauders in their semi-final matchup to advance to the Yates Cup, while the Mustangs handily defeated the Carleton Ravens to stamp their…
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Meet Laurier’s future football coach
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It may be difficult to notice at first glance, but the Laurier football team has an unofficial mascot, who proudly attends nearly every game to support them with a high degree of enthusiasm. His name is Darian Cameron, eight-year-old son of Dwayne Cameron, the special teams coordinator for the Laurier Golden Hawks. Darian’s sideline spirit…
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Win or lose, Faulds and Laurier football have exceeded expectations
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Four seasons ago, Michael Faulds was hired as the new head coach of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football team. He was young — only 29-years-old — and spent the years prior to joining the Hawks as a coordinator for the once 1-7 York Lions. He came in at a time Laurier was on the…
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