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While you were out…
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Cheerleaders win gold Team Canada took home the gold at late April’s World Cheerleading Championship and Laurier cheerleading was strongly represented. Erin Dobson, Jon Cameron, Sarah Dybka and Lauren Ball, all former Golden Hawk cheerleaders, played a vital role in Canada’s win at the inaugural tournament. Over 40 nations competed in the championship and Team…
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Sports in brief: Sept. 7, 2009
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NHL hockey in KW This week, the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium will play host to the annual rookie tournament put on by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Teams of prospective players from the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins and the Leafs will be competing. Games began yesterday and will run all week, with two games each…
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Getting to know a Laurier icon
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There are few people who can match the passion and dedication of manager of football operations and head coach Gary Jeffries. The 63-year-old has been a part of the Golden Hawks for nearly 40 years, and his enthusiasm is a strong as ever. “It’s something that I love to be a part of, so it’s…
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SFU joins NCAA
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BURNABY (CUP) – When Simon Fraser University opened in 1965, Chancellor Dr. Gordon Shrum fanaticized about the school competing for the Rose Bowl and lived for the day when his ambitious vision would come true. It’s not the Rose Bowl, but Shrum would be proud to know that SFU will be playing in the National…
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Swim coach Dean Boles moving on
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Long-time member of the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks community, Dean Boles, will be leaving the purple and gold in September to pursue a position as a provincial mentor coach with Swim Ontario. Boles was a member of the WLU swim team himself, beginning in 1980, before becoming head coach of both the men’s and women’s…
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CFL recognizes former Hawk
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Sometimes, with a little hard work and determination, the little guy from the small school makes it in the big leagues. That is exactly what former Laurier Golden Hawk Ian Logan has done. Entering his fourth year in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Logan has experienced recent success in his new role as the Winnipeg…
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Lagonia returns to Laurier
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Wilfrid Laurier’s Alyssa Lagonia has achieved one of the highest honours in all of sports: playing for her country on the international level. The third-year business student earned a spot on Canada’s senior women’s soccer team, making her the only Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) player on the roster. She has now appeared in four international…
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Inside the varsity recruitment process
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Each year, along with its new class of first-year students, Wilfrid Laurier receives a new class of student athletes. These new recruits are brought in from all over the country to play for the Golden Hawks, and bringing them here is no small task. It involves a staggering amount of time, work and people. “It’s…
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Budget cuts hit Laurier Athletics
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The economic crisis has sunk its teeth into Wilfrid Laurier University’s athletic department. In the university’s budget presented last Thursday, the department revealed a cut of approximately $380,000, roughly 16 per cent of the previous years’ budget. These budget cuts have brought on a reduction in university funding to all of Laurier’s varsity sports teams…
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Pool closing for renovations, to re-open in September
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The latest development in the Laurier Pool’s renovation project brings more good news for the initiative’s supporters. After securing all the necessary funds through the joint efforts of the Region of Waterloo Swim Club (ROW), the cities of Waterloo and Kitchener and the students of Laurier, the pool will undergo a series of renovations over…
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