Football

Dillon Heap just keeps adding to his impressive resumé. The fourth-year receiver has already garnered recognition for his play on the field – being named a provincial all-star twice and an All-Canadian once, to go along with winning last year’s President’s Award as Laurier’s top male athlete – but what’s almost more impressive is how…

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OTTAWA, Ont. — Could there have been a more fitting way to end this season of Golden Hawk football? After a year dominated by questions and guessing — everything from “how good is this team, really?” to “how long will they keep that win over Toronto?” — the Hawks kept everyone on the edge of…

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OTTAWA, Ont. — It wasn’t until Evan Pawliuk’s third down pass hit the turf in the dying seconds of the fourth quarter that Saturday’s provincial semi-final was decided. In a contest that came right down to the wire, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team fell 32-31 to the Ottawa Gee-Gees, spelling the end…

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Giancarlo Rapanaro is used to making plays with his hands and his shoulders, but in Saturday’s provincial quarterfinal, the fifth-year linebacker also made things happen with his legs. Taking over the kicking and punting duties from a struggling Nathan Hawkes, Rapanaro not only chipped in on defence like he normally does — five tackles, two…

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WINDSOR, Ont. – They may have taken possibly the strangest route imaginable to get there, but this Saturday the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team will be hosting a playoff game. After a season which saw them lose to Western 46-1, open the year 0-2 and even forfeit a win, the Hawks’ 56-16 drubbing…

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WINDSOR, Ont. — For the second-straight week the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team found themselves in a must-win game on Saturday afternoon. And for the second-straight week, the Hawks responded with a blow-out win, downing the Windsor Lancers 56-16. “The playoffs started two weeks ago for us,” said Laurier quarterback Shane Kelly. “We…

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This season the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team has found themselves staring down a loss at various times during their games. There was the second quarter versus Western, the third quarter versus Ottawa and the final seconds versus McMaster. But this past weekend, the Hawks suddenly found themselves dealing with a loss five…

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Later on today, David Montoya will make the same 40-minute drive he’s made every day this semester. He’ll leave his teaching job in Milton and travel to Waterloo to attend his classes. Only now when he goes to football practice he won’t be in the action, he’ll instead be stuck on the sidelines. On Friday…

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“We’re 1-1 this week.” That was how Laurier’s manager of football operations and head coach Gary Jeffries summed up what his team has experienced in the past week. The Golden Hawks went from finding out that their week three win over the University of Toronto had become a forfeiture to crushing the Queen’s Gaels 44-23…

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