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Football team drops heartbreaker in Ottawa
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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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Rapanaro leads Hawks over Guelph in OUA quarterfinal
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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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Hawks top Gryphons in OUA quarterfinal
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Led by an almost super human effort from fifth-year Giancarlo Rapanaro, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s football team moved one step closer to the Yates Cup on Saturday, beating the Guelph Gryphons 42-10 in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) quarterfinal. Rapanaro, a linebacker by trade, chipped in his usual solid contribution on defence: five…
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Hawks finally hit their stride; top Windsor 56-16
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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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Hawks fly past Lancers
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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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Hawks claim crucial win over Gaels
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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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Laurier forfeit: who’s to blame?
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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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Explosive second-quarter leads Hawks over Gaels
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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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Football team forfeits win
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The ruling four weeks in the making finally came in late last night, and with it came bad news for Laurier’s football team. The Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) upheld the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) decision that deemed fifth-year Hawk David Montoya ineligible for this season. Montoya returned to Laurier this year after…
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Final appeal rules Montoya ineligible
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The final Canadian Interuniveristy Sport (CIS) ruling has found David Montoya ineligible to play at the university level and the Hawk’s football team has been forced to forfeit their Sept. 11 win over the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. Laurier athletics director Peter Baxter said the interpretation of the new rule which made Montoya ineligible…
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