football
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Top regional football prospect commits to Laurier
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For the past three years, Wilfrid Laurier University football head coach Gary Jeffries has watched all three Waterloo County Secondary School Athletic Association (WCSSAA) MVP’s head to London to play for the team the Golden Hawks love to hate, the Western Mustangs. In 2008, Resurrection’s Beau Landry committed to the purple and white, while Cameron…
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McMaster takes Vanier Cup in double OT thriller over Laval
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VANCOUVER (CUP) — A wild back-and-forth game for the biggest prize in Canadian university football ended with a simple field goal. A 20-yard field goal in overtime by Tyler Crapigna gave the McMaster Marauders a 41-38 Vanier Cup victory over the Laval Rouge et Or on Friday night. The victory was McMaster’s first Canadian Interuniversity…
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Out with a whimper
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KINGSTON, Ont. — It looked like the stars were lining up just the right way for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football team. The squad’s astronomical hopes for their first Yates Cup since 2005 got a significant boost when the game-day line-ups were distributed to the media and teams this past Saturday. Their quarter-final dance…
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Livin’ on a prayer
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GUELPH, Ont. — The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks are returning to Kingston. “We’re anxious to go back,” said football head coach Gary Jeffries after the team’s regular season-ending 15-10 win over the Guelph Gryphons at Guelph’s Alumni Field in front of 720 fans on Saturday. With their win, the Hawks (4-4) squeak into the Ontario…
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Hawks squeak into playoffs
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GUELPH, Ont. — Needing a win to guarantee themselves a berth in the Ontario University Athletics’ (OUA) playoffs, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks football squad stole a victory against the Guelph Gryphons by a score of 15-10 at Alumni Stadium. Playing nowhere near their maximized capabilities, the Hawks were just good enough to beat a…
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On the brink
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The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks hope that this latest hiccup will be their last. It has to be. After a 25-6 loss to the visiting McMaster Marauders (6-1) at Alumni Field in front of 1,006 on Saturday, the Hawks (3-4) have destiny riding on their next and final game of the season in Guelph this…
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Marauders snap Hawks’ win streak
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After just finding their groove against Waterloo last weekend, it was the winds of change and a stout McMaster Marauders team that felled the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 25-6 in front of 1,006 at University Stadium on a wet, dark and blustery Saturday. Marking McMaster’s starting quarterback Kyle Quinlan’s second game back after a league…
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Bills headline week five
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The Bills have shocked the football world so far, opening the year 4-1. Still, it would be easy to dismiss the fantastic start the Bills have had to the season. This team, for the last decade, has defined failure with only one winning season and zero playoff appearances since 1999. In fact in 2008, the…
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Hawks prevail in battle of Waterloo
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It seems, finally, that the dark days of the season are well behind the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. And good riddance, says head coach Gary Jeffries. “We just wanted to execute,” said the coach. “That’s the best running performance we’ve had this year by far and that bodes well for the future.” Last Thursday’s 69-3…
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Detroit Lions are the definition of clutch
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The crowd roars as the ball is snapped and quarterback Matthew Stafford drops back, feigning a handoff to the running back before turning quickly and firing off the play-action pass. After mere milliseconds the football settles hard into the hands of tight end Brandon Pettigrew who was wide open behind the defence on a slant…
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