Football
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Hawks’ alum Peter Quinney lives CFL dream
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At this time last year, Peter Quinney was unsure if he’d ever get another chance to play in the CFL. After being drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the Laurier alumnus had failed to crack the team’s final roster and was heading back to Waterloo to play his final year of eligibility with the Golden…
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UW transfers adjust to Laurier
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On June 14, the football players of the University of Waterloo seemed to have their 2010 season ripped away from them. After nine players on the team had tested positive for steroid use, the school made the unprecedented decision to suspend the football program for an entire year, and the over 50 innocent players were…
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Former Warriors to wear purple and gold in 2010
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Three members of the suspended University of Waterloo football team will be continuing their football careers as Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks this fall. It was announced earlier this week that receiver Nathan Zender and defensive backs Mitch Nicholson and Patrick McGarry have become the first Warriors to make their way down University Ave. and join…
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Warriors transfer to WLU
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In the wake of a steroid scandal that has been referred to as the largest in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) history, the University of Waterloo announced earlier this month that it would be suspending its football program for the 2010 season. The action comes as a result of nine players on the Warriors’ roster testing…
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OUA releases new football schedule
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As a result of the University of Waterloo suspending it’s football program for a full year following a steroids scandal which saw nine Warriors’ players test positive for using performance enhancing drugs, Ontario University Athletics (OUA) officials were forced to make changes to the schedule for the upcoming season. It was announced today that the…
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UW football suspension stands
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The University of Waterloo has announced that it will not reverse its controversial decision to suspend the upcoming men’s football season. Yesterday, the Warriors gave university administration 24 hours to make progress on reversing the suspension, or a majority of players would transfer to different schools. The team was given an eight-game suspension earlier this…
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Warriors give UW admin 24-hour deadline
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Let them play, or they won’t stay. Such is the ultimatum laid down by the University of Waterloo Warriors: if progress to reverse the suspension of the men’s football program is not made by 1 p.m. tomorrow (June 18th), players will begin procedures to transfer to different universities. A mass transfer of players would almost…
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UW players allowed to transfer
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After finding out that their season had been cancelled on Monday, the Waterloo Warriors’ football team received a bit of good news today as they learned that they might just be able to play football this fall. It just won’t be in a Warriors uniform. In a ruling announced earlier today, the Canadian Interuniversity Sport…
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UW suspends football program
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The University of Waterloo Warriors will not be playing football in the fall of 2010. It was announced this morning that school will be suspending its football team’s activities as a result of nine UW players testing positive for steroid use in a test conducted by Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) and the Canadian Centre for…
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Ihekwoaba and Allen pursue pro careers
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McMaster University. Oddly enough that’s where it all started for two of Laurier’s finest and highly-touted 2010 draftees. “We met [during] a recruiting trip to McMaster and we’ve been homeboys ever since,” joked the Detroit Lions’ newest defensive lineman Chima Ihekwoaba. Luckily for the Golden Hawks, Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) stars Ihekwoaba and Taurean Allen…
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