top sports moments of 2021 Following the cancellation of OUA sports last year, sports editor Mark Cascagnette highlights the Golden Hawks’ return to play and their most memorable moments from the past year
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OUA announces a return to play for all fall and winter sports; USPORTS announces the resumption of national championships (June 2021):
Men’s football returns to the gridiron with a dominant 37-6 victory over York after 700 days off (Sept. 2021):
A year removed from competition, the OUA and its member schools agreed on a plan to return to play in the fall of 2021. The Golden Hawks football program became the first team to return in September, while baseball, golf and the men’s and women’s soccer and rugby teams began their season later that month. Track, hockey and basketball returned later in the fall.
pandemic began, the Laurier football team used their defense and run game to dominate York and increase their win streak over the Lions to six games. Laurier recorded eight takeaways . Following the win, coach Michael Faulds and the Golden Hawks earned their highest ranking of the season,eighth in the nation.
In the first Golden Hawk varsity sports game since the
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Men’s Football breaks their two-year playoff drought and hosts their first playoff game in four years (Nov. 2021):
Ali Sow drafted fourth overall in the Canadian Elite Basketball League draft (April):
The Golden Hawks finished their regular season 3-3, finishing second in the OUA West division, hosting the seventh ranked Guelph Gryphons in their first playoff matchup since 2017.
Superstar guard and two-time OUA all-star, Ali Sow was drafted fourth overall to his hometown, Ottawa BlackJacks in the 2021 CEBL Draft. His second consecutive year of being drafted into the league.
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