Football
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Winning streak continues with homecoming game
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are 4-0 after defeating the University of Waterloo Warriors 68-7 this past Saturday for the annual homecoming football game. The Golden Hawks wasted little time in this one with Eric Guiltinan getting the game’s first touchdown less than three minutes into the game. Guiltinan did not stop there, as he…
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Nakas Onyeka ranks top 16 by Central Scouting Bureau
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Coming in at number 16 in the Central Scouting Bureau’s September rankings for the 2017 CFL draft, Laurier’s number 11, Nakas Onyeka, of Brampton, Ontario, has played an important role in Laurier’s 4-0 start to the OUA football season. For Onyeka, this path all started back at St. Marguerite d’Youville Secondary School. Playing mostly baseball…
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Laurier defeats Waterloo on Homecoming weekend
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are 4-0 as of this Homecoming weekend. The Golden Hawks played an all around strong game that was too much to handle for the Waterloo Warriors, defeating them 68-7 at home in front of over 7,000 fans for Laurier Homecoming. The Golden Hawks picked up 53 of their 68 points…
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Men’s Football team climbs the rankings to the fifth overall spot in the CIS
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Eric Guiltinan has been waiting four years for this. The fifth-year running back of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks was on the bench last season, backing up all-star running back, Dillon Campbell. But with the departure of Campbell to the Canadian Football League, Guiltinan picked up the starter role, and as the season goes on,…
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Boateng No. 1 CIS prospect
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Last Thursday, the official prospect rankings published by the CFL scouting bureau were released. To no one’s surprise, Laurier’s star defensive lineman, Kwaku Boateng was ranked No. 2 overall and the No. 1 ranked CIS prospect available in the upcoming 2017 CFL draft. Boateng and the Golden Hawks have kicked off the 2016-17 season 3-0,…
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Laurier defeats Carleton 17-16
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks upset the No. 4 Carleton Ravens 17-16 at MNP Park this afternoon. The Hawks, nationally-ranked at No. 7 in the matchup, reignited their offence in the second half of the game and came from behind, erasing a 8-point deficit to upset the Ravens on their home soil. The win improved…
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Laurier men’s football blows York out of the water
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The Golden Hawks football team took steps in the rankings this week, earning the seventh spot on the national rankings. The team had a blow out win last week winning 74-3 against the York Lions. The team is going into their bye week, 2-0. Head coach, Michael Faulds, is thrilled to have his team on…
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Laurier beats York 74-3 in second game of the season
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The Golden Hawks football team had themselves a field day versus the York Lions on this past long weekend game. The game featured a score of 74-3 in favour of the Golden Hawks, as well as over 500 rushing yards for the home side. The game was the most points put up for Laurier since…
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Laurier’s football season starts strong
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football team is looking to build upon their 2015 campaign, when they made it to the semifinal game but lost to the Western Mustangs in a hard fought battle. The 2016 season marks the departure for star player Dillon Campbell, who for years had been at the forefront of the…
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WLU athlete, Rashari Henry, starts student athlete blog
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Rashari Henry is one of many student athletes at Wilfrid Laurier University, but that is not what makes him unique. Henry, a defensive lineman for the Golden Hawks football team is both an honours economics student and the founder of the Stath Blog (student athlete blog). Henry has the experience and knowledge to start up…
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