CIS football
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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 defeat Varsity Blues 54-3
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Halfway through the first quarter of Thursday’s football game, second-year receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. received a punt at the Wilfrid Laurier 18-yard line and ran 92-yards all the way down to the Toronto Varsity Blues for Laurier’s first touchdown. That set the pace for the game, as the No. 7 nationally-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks…
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Laurier’s winning streak comes to an end
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The Laurier football team said goodbye to their winning streak this past weekend as they dropped to 4-1 following a 45-26 loss to the Western Mustangs. The game was within reach until a third quarter outburst by the Mustangs. Head coach, Michael Faulds, was quick to point out, “We’re going to build off this.” “I…
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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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Beers and the man with the van
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Features Editor Mitchell Consky meets the local ex-military, zombie survival trainer, who sleeps in a 1995 GMC Vandura
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