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University football season may have wound down months ago, but no one bothered to tell these girls. Last weekend, teams of female football fanatics from across Ontario gathered at Wilfrid Laurier University to take part in the 2010 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Powderpuff tournament. The event was hosted by Laurier Athletics and the Laurier Lettermen…

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Cord Sports staff picking Saints’ win Kevin Campbell, 27-17 James Choleras, 31-27 Luke Dotto, 31-27 Justin Fauteux, 38-34 Sam Riches, 31-28 Cord Sports staff picking Colts’ win Praveen Alwis, 34-38 Brenden Decker, 31-24 Tieja MacLaughlin, 31-27 Chris Paola, 27-24 Tyler Warry, 27-17 ‘Breesy’ win for Saints Four years ago the city of New Orleans was…

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Jan Jenmert has developed quite a unique practice regimen for his roster of 19-and-unders. The Team World head coach and his international squad of 45 elite players have been training in Fort Lauderdale, FLA. for the past week, preparing for their match-up against the best American high school footballers for the International Football Federation of…

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Every Saturday afternoon in the fall, hundreds of young men across Canada run onto their university’s football field with little more than numbers on their chest, logos on their helmets and fire in their hearts. Almost all of these young men have reached the pinnacle of their athletic career, playing only for pride, honour and…

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On Jan. 22 and 23, Alumni Field and University Stadium will play host to the annual women’s Powder Puff flag football tournament, presented by the Laurier Lettermen Club. This past weekend, the ladies played a set of exhibition games as part of the closing ceremonies for Winter Carnival. In the past, the event was part…

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Alex Anthony, a freshman receiver for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ men’s football team, has been named to the Team World junior football roster as one of the top players aged 19 and under from across four different continents. Later in January, Team World is set to face the United States junior national team, boasting…

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Last week the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) football conference announced its major award winners and Laurier’s manager of football operations and head coach Gary Jeffries and defensive co-ordinator and linebackers’ coach Ron Van Moerkerke were both recognized. Jeffries took home the Dave “Tuffy” Knight award as the OUA coach of the year – named after…

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On Thursday, the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ men’s football team’s manager of football operations and head coach Gary Jeffries and defensive co-ordinator Ron Van Moerkerke won Ontario University Athletics (OUA) awards. Jeffries took home the Dave “Tuffy” Knight Award -named for the legendary Hawks’ head coach- as the OUA’s coach of the year. This is…

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On Tuesday evening, Bernd Dittrich, quarterback of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Clan’s football team, died in hospital after falling unconscious while rehabilitating an injured shoulder in the university’s pool. The cause of death has yet to be officially determined, but according to Clan head coach, Dave Johnson, the hospital in New Westminster, B.C. informed…

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The Western Mustangs continued to be a source of heartbreak for the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks’ men’s football team on Saturday. For the second consecutive year, the Hawks saw their season end in a game dominated by the Mustangs, as the hated team from London won 26-16 in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) semi-final. “Of…

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