2008 Football Media Guide - Playoff Edition

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2008 GOLDEN HAWK FOOTBALL

2008 GOLDEN HAWK FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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Guelph at Laurier Western at Laurier Laurier at Queen’s Windsor at Laurier Laurier at Waterloo Laurier at Ottawa McMaster at Laurier Laurier at York OUA Quarter-Final OUA Semifinal Yates Cup Mitchell Bowl (AUS @ OUA) Vanier Cup

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2008 WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL FACTS QUICK FACTS School: Wilfrid Laurier University Location: Waterloo, Ontario Enrollment: 14,877 (full/part time) Founded: 1911 University President: Dr. Max Blouw Director of Athletics: Peter Baxter Teamname: Golden Hawks Colors: Purple and Gold Conference: Ontario University Athletics, OUA FOOTBALL INFORMATION First Year of Varsity Football: 1961 All-Time Record: 269-126-7-1 (0.684) Stadium: Knight-Newbrough Field,

University Stadium Stadium Capacity: 6,500 Turf: Sportexe MANAGER OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS AND HEAD COACH Gary Jeffries Years at Laurier: Sixth Record at Laurier: 50-11-0-1 (0.854) Home: 19-4-0-1 (0.812) Away: 21-2-0-0 (0.913) Playoffs: 9-4-0-0 (0.692)

ASSISTANT COACHES Ryan Pyear, Offensive Coordinator Ron VanMoerkerke, Defensive Coordinator Josh Alexander, Special Teams Coordinator Rod Philp, Quarterback Barry Pyear, Running Backs Maki Katsube, Asst. Running Backs Steve Frake, Receivers Tom Arnott, Asst. Offensive Line Blaine Beck, Defensive Line Bill Morrison, Asst. Defensive Line Jesse Alexander, Asst. Linebackers & Defensive Scout Team Dan Bovair, Defensive Backs Dwayne Cameron, Defensive Backs & Strength and Conditioning Pat Crabbe, Recruiting Coordinator and Scout Team Ken Urquhart, Kicking Brent McFarlane, Strength & Conditioning Chuck Thompson, Speed Training Lynn Cond, Scout Brian Canton, Scout Clarke Eady, Scout Peter Billingsley, Scout Roger MacLeod, Scout Dave Robertson, Scout Don Wilson, Scout Kyle Phillips, Scout Mark Wilson, Scout SUPPORT STAFF Chuck Classen, Equipment Manager Anthony Pickett, Equipment Dan Huxter, Equipment

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Kerry Martin, Technical Staff Teresa Hussey, Athletic Therapist Anna Morgan, Student Trainer Katie Sheridan, Student Trainer Andrea Cross, Student Trainer Karli Campbell, Student Trainer Mallory Gillies, Offensive Statistician Jennifer Dujlovic, Student Film Venessa Muzzo, Student Film April Vande Beek, Student Film Kirsten Grohs, Student Film 2008 SEASON IN REVIEW Overall Record: 6-2-0-0 Home: 2-2-0-0 Away: 4-0-0-0 Final CIS Ranking #8 SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT Phone: (519) 884-1970 ext. 3888 Fax Number: (519) 884-0203 Sports Information Coordinator:

Mike Whitehouse x2855

(mwhitehouse@wlu.ca) Mailing Address:

Sports Information Department

Wilfrid Laurier University

75 University Ave. W.

Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3C5 Internet Site:

http://www.laurierathletics.com

2008 GOLDEN HAWK FOOTBALL

THE RECORD BOOK

OPENING SECTION

Team Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Scoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-81 Passing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-82 Rushing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Receiving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Punting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Punt Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Kickoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Kickoff Returns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Defensive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-90

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Media Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Laurier Athletics Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2008 OUTLOOK

Rosters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Opponents Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Media Coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MEET THE GOLDEN HAWKS

Returning Player Bios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28 Pronounciation Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Freshmen Bios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-37

HISTORY

History of WLU Football . . . . . . . . . . 91-103 WLU versus Opponents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Final National Rankings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Awards and Honors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106-107 Golden Hawk Hall of Fame. . . . . . . . . . . 108 Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109-110

COACHING STAFF Gary Jeffries, Manager of

Football Operations & Head Coach. . . 39-40

Assistant Head Coaches

. . . . . 41 Assistant Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43 Identification Coaches & Support Staff.44-46 Ryan Pyear, Ron VanMoerkerke, Josh Alexander

WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY

University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 History of Wilfrid Laurier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Golden Hawk Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

2008 SEASON IN REVIEW

Game Summaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-55 Regular Season Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . 56-59

Context Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

2007 SEASON IN REVIEW

Game Summaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-69 Regular Season Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . 70-73 Playoff Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-77

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2008 GOLDEN HAWK FOOTBALL

MEDIA INFORMATION Interview Policy During the season, all interviews should be made through Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries or Manager, Communications & Business Operations Ari Grossman. Following games, all players and coaches will be available for comment on the field.

Sports Information Assistance The Golden Hawk Sports Information Office is at your service to assist you with your coverage of Laurier Football. Coordinator, Communications & Technology Mike Whitehouse will be happy to serve you during the 2008 season. For information regarding credentials, team and player information, interviews, statistics, pictures, and press releases, please call Mike (519-884-0710 ext. 2855).

Stadium Directions To reach Laurier from Highway 401, take exit 278B (coming from London) or 278 (coming from Toronto) and follow Highway 8 West to Highway 86 North - Waterloo and continue to University Avenue; follow University Avenue West past campus to Albert Street. Turn left on Albert, then right on Seagram Drive. The Stadium is on the left hand side.

Sports Information Office The Wilfrid Laurier University Sports Information Offices are in Rooms 242 and 243 in the Athletic Complex. These rooms are to the right when entering the building’s main entrance.

Game Day Information One hour before the beginning of each game, media guides and game notes packages (game preview, lineups, current statistics, and depth charts) will be available in the stadium’s press box. Official statistics will be available approximately 45 minutes after the game, as well as on the OUA website (http://www.oua.ca) within two hours of completion of the game. Game stats are distributed in the press box thoughout the game, though they are unofficial.

Media Credentials All requests for press or photo credentials should be directed to Ari Grossman, Manager, Communications & Business Operations at least one day prior to the game via phone or email. Due to press box space constraints, visiting media are asked to request as soon as possible.

CREDITS

2008 Contributing Staff: Mike Whitehouse, John Myhal, Jess Bouchard and Ari Grossman.

This media guide has been prepared to assist the media in its coverage of Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk Football. It is also intended for alumni, fans, and prospective students of Wilfrid Laurier University.

Comments regarding the Laurier Football Guide are welcome.

Special Thanks to Paul Caporicci ‘02 for the framework and original design of this media guide, the University of Michigan for their impressive media guide which was used as a model for this guide. Additional thanks to University of Notre Dame, Florida State University, and the University of Nebraska for their prompt responses in sending their media guides.

Inquires on additions or corrections should be directed to the Sport Information Office (sportinfo@wlu.ca) Version:

An extra special thanks to Rich Newbrough and Tuffy Knight for their tremendous help in relaying in-depth information for the history section.

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Additional Thanks to our Print Shop

Wilfrid Laurier Printing Services Golden Hawk Website:

www.laurierathletics.com

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WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DIRECTORY

ADMINISTRATION

COACHES

School Phone Number: (519) 884-0710

Baseball Male - Scott Ballantyne

(goldenhawk_baseball@hotmail.com) - ext. 2184

President Dr. Max Blouw (max.blouw@wlu.ca) - ext. 2250 Director of Athletics and Recreation Peter Baxter (pbaxter@wlu.ca) - ext. 2216 Associate Director, Recreation and Facilities Patricia Kitchen (pkitchen@wlu.ca) - ext. 2384 Associate Director, Development Shawn Mathers (smathers@wlu.ca) - ext. 2723 Manager, Communications and Business Operations Ari Grossman (agrossman@wlu.ca) - ext. 6483 Coordinator of Inter-University Sport Wally Gabler (wgabler@wlu.ca) - ext. 3428 Coordinator, Facilities Ryan Lannan (rlannan@wlu.ca) - ext. 3732 Coordinator, Communications & Technology Mike Whitehouse (mwhitehouse@wlu.ca) - ext. 2855 Coordinator, Sponsorship & Events Heather Ferris (hferris@wlu.ca) - ext. 3289 Coordinator, Recreation Programs Jennifer O’Neill (joneill@wlu.ca) - ext. 2466 Stadium and Events Assistant Ted Collins (tcollins@wlu.ca) - ext. 3404 Administrative Assistant Kelly Lee (klee@wlu.ca) - ext. 2184 Bookings & Financial Assistant Krista Irving (kirving@wlu.ca) - ext. 3720 Head Athletic Therapist Jamie Carlson (jcarlson@wlu.ca) - ext. 2178 Athletic Therapist Jenn Childs (jchilds@wlu.ca) - ext. 2178 Athletic Complex Hawk Desk ext 3803 University Stadium Hawk Desk ext 3427

Basketball Male - Peter Campbell (pcampbell@wlu.ca) - ext. 2188 Female - Paul Falco (pfalco@wlu.ca) - ext. 3504 Cheerleaders Male & Female - Melissa Marshall

(wlumelissa@yahoo.com) - ext. 2184 Cross Country Male & Female - Jeff Beech (beech@hotmail.com) ext. 2465 Curling Male & Female - Ken McCormack

(kamfinancial@bellnet.ca) ext. 2184 Figure Skating Female - Melanie Loube - ext. 2184 Football Male - Gary Jeffries (gjeffries@wlu.ca) - ext. 2180 Golf Male - Mike Belanger (mbelanger@wlu.ca) - ext. 3188 Male - Chris Dodd (cdodd@wlu.ca) - ext. 3055 Hockey Male - Kelly Nobes (knobes@wlu.ca) - ext. 2465 Female - Rick Osborne (rosborne@wlu.ca) - ext. 2182 Lacrosse Female - Lynn Orth (laxorth@aol.com) - ext. 2184 Rugby Male - Josh Windsor

(josh_windsor@wrdsb.on.ca) - ext. 2184 Female - Jennifer Armitage

(chrisandjennifer@sympatico.ca) - ext. 2184 Soccer Male & Female - Barry MacLean

(bmaclean@wlu.ca) - ext. 3508 Swimming Male & Female - Dean Boles

(dboles31@aol.com) - ext. 3596 Volleyball Male - Shayne White (swhite@wlu.ca) - ext. 3515 Female - Luke Snider (lsnider@wlu.ca) - ext. 3855

All general inquiries should be directed to the Hawk Desk at x3803

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2008 OUTLOOK

OUTLOOK

2008 GOLDEN HAWK ROSTERS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

NUMERICAL ROSTER # Name

Pos

1 Lindsey, Saxon

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2 Martyniuk, Jim

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3 Burns, Shane

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4 Mamo, Chris

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5 Allen, Taurean

CB

6 Somerville, Kyle LB 7 Noble, Ian

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8 Ardill, Kyle

DE

9 Ihekwoaba, Chima DE 10 Thompson, Luke QB 11 Van Horn, Jordan DB 12 Mallot, BJ

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13 Rapanaro, Giancarlo DB 16 Provenzano, Peter DB 17 Chambers, Shamawd CB

19 Naranjo, Carlos

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20 Emberley, Jeff

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21 Stephen, Courtney DB 24 Mcdougall, Peter DB 25 Montoya, Michael RB 27 Hayman, Dustin DB 28 Quinney, Peter

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30 McCulla, Joe

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31 Luciani, Vince

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32 Smith, Daniel

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33 Bosch, Mitchell

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34 Sless, James

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35 Lynch, Ryan

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41 Aird, Samuel

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44 Zadorsky, Andrew LB 45 Bendus, Luke

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48 Schaus, Jordan

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50 McGraw, Chad

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51 Pinder, Luke

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52 Bishop, Daniel

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54 Troop, Spencer

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55 Hancock, Paul

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57 Potter, Casey

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58 Evans, Scott

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Player Aird, Samuel Allen, Taurean Allin, Scott Andrews, Colin Ardill, Kyle Bailey, Tom Bateman, Spencer Bendus, Luke Bestard, Adam Bishop, Daniel Bishop, Josh Borovilos, Greg Bosch, Mitchel Bracken, Reed Braiden, Michael Brock, Wayne Brouwers, Alex Brown, Danny Buchanan, Clarence Burns, Shane Carron, Greg Cart, Mathew Chambers, Shamawd Chemij, Jeremy Clarke, Jesse Claxton, Andre Cooper, Jake Cormack, Steve Cozzi, Jordan Daigle, Dan Davison, Leighton Dousheh, Omar Emberley, Jeff Evans, Scott Fletcher, Bill Forbes, Nathan Fragale, Jesse Furlani, Antonie Galpin, Drew Graham, Chris Griffiths, Shomar Grot, Amilcar Hancock, Paul Hartmann, Brandon Hawkes, Nathan Hayman, Dustin Heap, Dillon Heffernan, Alexander Herbert, Shane Holland, Vince Ihekwoaba, Chima

Pos. LB DB REC LB DE OL OL LB OL LB WR OL LB DB WR OL DL OL CB DB REC REC REC OL RB REC QB DT OL QB OL LB REC OL REC RB DB RB LB OL REC DB DE RB P/K DB WR LB CB DL DE

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Ht. Wt. 6’ 1 235 5’ 11 195 5’ 8 155 6’ 2 215 6’ 1 243 6’ 4 270 6’ 3 285 6’ 0 222 6’ 5 290 5’ 10 215 6’ 2 212 6’ 3 260 6’ 1 205 5’ 10 175 6’ 4 195 6’ 2 300 6’ 4 220 6’ 1 330 5’ 10 178 5’ 11 180 6’ 2 192 6’ 2 175 6’ 2 192 6’ 1 275 6’ 2 210 5’ 10 185 6’ 3 180 6’ 1 280 6’ 3 330 5’ 11 190 6’ 5 365 5’ 11 200 5’ 10 173 6’ 7 300 6’ 1 208 5’ 11 210 5’ 10 210 6’ 0 232 5’ 11 222 6’ 0 272 6’ 4 192 5’9 180 6’ 1 235 6’ 0 196 6’ 3 195 5’ 9 170 5’10 160 6’ 0 200 6’ 2 180 6’ 3 394 6’ 4 245

Yr. 2 3 4 2 4 1 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 3

Elig. Hometown (High School) 2 Ancaster (Ancaster HS) 3 Etobicoke (Applewood Heights SS) 2 Belleville (Quinte SS) 2 Hanover (John Diefenbaker SS) 3 Mississauga (Lorne Park SS) 1 Kitchener (Bluevale CI) 1 Queensville (Huron Heights SS) 4 Cambridge (Galt CI) 4 Sarnia (Northern CI) 3 Mississauga (Loyola CSS) 3 Mississauga (Loyola CSS) 1 Waterloo (Sir John A MacDonald) 1 Langley, BC (Holy Cross CSS) 1 Kingston (Frontenac SS) 1 London (South SS) 4 Markham (Markham HS) 1 Hastings (St. Mary’s) 1 Hamilton (Bishop Ryan) 1 Etobicoke (Birchomount Park CI ) 1 Burlington (Assumption College) 1 Brantford (UCC) 1 King City (King City SS) 1 Markham (Markham District HS) 3 Mississauga (Applewood Heights SS) 1 Pickering (St Michaels College) 1 Kitchener (Resurrection CSS) 1 Brantford (Pauline Johnson) 1 Waterloo (St David CSS) 1 Hamilton (Sir Thomas Moore) 1 Mississauga (Saltfleet SS) 1 Kingston (Bayridge SS) 1 Richmond Hill (Brother Andre) 3 Oakville (St. Thomas Aquinas CSS) 5 Cambridge (Jacob Hespler SS) 1 Kanata (Earl of March) 2 Mississauga (Streetsville SS) 1 Markham (Brother Andre CSS) 1 Georgetown (Christ The King) 1 Kitchener (Forest Heights CI) 1 Mississauga (Our Lady Mt Carmel) 2 Whitby (All Saints CSS) 1 Amsterdam (Bredero Lyceum) 3 Cochrane, AB (Cochrane HS) 1 Cobourg (St. Marys) 1 Kitchener, (Preston HS) 2 Toronto, (Leaside HS) 2 Waterloo (Waterloo CI) 1 Markham (Brother Andre) 2 Ajax (Pickering HS) 1 Mississauga (Westhill CI) 3 Burlington (Notre Dame)

OUTLOOK

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No.

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Player Ion, Mike Ivany, Ben Kourtesiotis, George Labenski, Joe Leach, Troy Lindsey, Saxon Luciani, Vince Lynch, Ryan Malott, BJ Mamo, Chris Martyniuk, Jim Masciarelli, Giancarlo Mazzacato, Jeremy McCahill, Scott McCulla, Joe Mcdougall, Peter McGraw, Chad McKenzie, Donnie Montgomery, Wayne Montoya, Michael Naranjo, Carlos Noble, Ian Opersko, Josh Pawliuk, Evan Phillips, Brandon Pinder, Luke Pirie, Josh Potter, Casey Provenzano, Peter Quinney, Peter Rapanaro, Giancarlo Scarafile, Ron Schaus, Jordan Silverstein, Drew Simmons, Michael Sless, James Smith, Daniel Somerville, Kyle Speight, Daniel Stephen, Courtney Tapolie, Lucas Thompson, Luke Troop, Spencer Van Horn, Jordan Vasiladis, Philip Vaughn, Sam Vaughan, Travis Watson, Adam Wendover, A.J. Zadorsky, Andrew Zivoin, David

Pos. LB DL DL DL WR REC FB RB REC K/P REC OL OL WR FS DB DE OL DL RB DB QB OL QB LB LB RB OL DB FB LB DB LB OL CB RB RB LB FS DB DB QB LB DB OL DB WR RB OL LB OL

Ht. Wt. 5’ 11 210 6’ 3 225 6’ 4 275 6’1 245 6’ 0 185 6’ 2 180 6’ 4 212 5’ 9 205 5’ 11 184 5’ 10 185 5’ 11 183 6’ 4 235 6’ 1 330 6’ 0 190 6’ 1 205 6’ 2 190 6’ 3 260 6’ 6 310 6’ 1 295 5’ 10 222 5’ 9 170 6’ 4 220 6’ 3 312 6’ 0 180 5’ 10 195 6’ 3 234 5’ 11 195 6’ 6 300 6’ 1 186 6’ 1 220 5’ 11 195 5’ 7 165 6’ 1 211 6’ 3 277 5’ 9 170 5’ 10 205 6’ 4 250 6’ 1 227 5’ 11 185 6’ 0 180 5’ 7 159 6’ 3 200 6’ 4 245 6’0 185 6’ 4 260 5’ 10 175 5’ 11 170 6’ 0 165 6’ 1 305 5’ 10 210 6’ 2 260

Yr. 3 1 2 5 5 1 3 5 1 3 3 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 4 2 2 1 5 1 4 4 4 3 4 5 1 1 2 2 4 3 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 2 3 4

NUMERICAL ROSTER

Elig. Hometown (High School) 2 Brantford (Assumption College) 1 Schomberg (King City SS) 2 Toronto (East York CI) 5 Welland (Notre Dame SS) 5 Barrie (Barrie Central) 1 Markham (Markham District HS) 3 Oakville (Berkshire Prep) 5 Waterloo (Waterloo CI) 1 Waterloo (Bluevale CI) 4 London (Lucas SS) 3 Burlington (Nelson) 2 Stouffville (Brother Andre CSS) 1 Hamilton (Sir Thomas Moore) 1 Kingston (Frontenac SS) 2 Smith Falls (Smiths Falls DCI) 1 Oshawa (Eastdale CVI) 1 Campbellford (St. Marys) 1 Georgetown (Georgetown DHS) 2 Waterloo (Waterloo CI) 3 Burlington (Notre Dame) 1 Brooklin (Donald A Wilson) 3 West Vancouver, BC (West Vancouver SS) 2 Simcoe (Simcoe CS) 1 Kingston (Holy Cross CSS) 1 Kitchener (Kitchener CI) 5 Kitchener (Preston HS) 1 Cambridge (Jacob Hespler) 2 Ancaster (Ancaster HS) 3 Richmond Hill (Villanova College) 4 Belleville (Centennial SS) 3 Niagara Falls (Saint Paul SS) 1 Toronto (St Michaels College) 3 Waterloo (Waterloo CI) 1 Kitchener (Kitchener CI) 1 Thornhill (Westmount CI) 1 Brantford (Brantford CI) 1 Toronto (East York CI) 4 Mississauga (Lorne Park SS) 2 Toronto (East York CI) 1 Brampton (Turner Fenton) 1 Courtice (Trinity College) 2 London (Mother Teresa) 2 Georgetown (Georgetown DHS) 4 Burlington (Assumption) 2 Windsor (Holy Names HS) 1 Kitchener (Kitchener CI) 2 Almonte (Almonte DHS) 1 Coboconk (Fenlon Falls SS) 1 North Bay (West Ferris SS) 3 London (Catholic CH) 2 Waterloo (Bluevale CI)

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59 Labenski, Joe

DL

61 Chemij, Jeremy

OL

63 Masciarelli, Giancarlo OL 64 McKenzie, Donnie OL 65 Cozzi, Jordan

OL

66 Bestard, Adam

OL

67 Brock, Wayne

OL

80 Leach, Troy

WR

83 Heap, Dillon

WR

87 Bishop, Josh

REC

88 Vaughan, Travis REC 99 Cormack, Steve

DT

The Golden Hawks are members of Ontario University Athletics, a regional conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport

OUTLOOK September 1 - Guelph at Laurier, 1:00pm Head Coach: Kyle Walters 2007 Record: 4-4 (6th in the OUA) Laurier All-Time Record vs Guelph: 35-13 Current Streak: Guelph 1 win Outlook for 2008: The Guelph Gryphons are coming off of one of their

September 27 - Laurier at Waterloo, 1:00pm Head Coach: Dennis McPhee 2007 Record: 3-5 (7th in the OUA) Laurier All-Time Record vs Waterloo: 35-14-1 Current Streak: Laurier 5 wins Outlook for 2008: The Warriors will look to make noise in the OUA foot-

most successful seasons in recent history. Guelph finished the 2007 regular season with a record of 4-4, earning them the #5 seed in the OUA playoffs. Their record, however, does not represent how well the team played throughout the season, as they remained competitive in every game.

They hit their stride coming into the playoffs, and defeated McMaster in the quarter-final by a score of 25-21, earning a rematch against the #2 ranked Wilfrid Laurier in the semifinals. The team went on to pull off the major upset, defeating the Golden Hawks 38-31 before losing to Western in the Yates Cup. The Gryphons were consistently a threat against the Golden Hawks last year, keeping their first game extremely close. The 2008 Gryphons return their offensive leaders quarterback Justin Dunk and running back Nick Fitzgibbon. The two helped the Gryphons rank second in the OUA in rushing. As well, the young team produced seven OUA all-stars and will be a threat to any team they face this upcoming season.

ball division this season under second-year head coach Dennis McPhee.

In 2007, the Waterloo Warriors finished with a record of 3-5, including a loss against the Golden Hawks during last year’s homecoming matchup.

Despite not qualifying for the playoffs, the Warriors had two OUA allstars last season, including receiver Sean Cowie who ranked fifth in the OUA in receiving yards. Cowie, as well as fellow receiver Joshua Svec, participated in the recent CIS East West Bowl last May and will lead the charge with third-year quarterback Evan Martin for the Warriors’ offence.

In 2007, the offence ranked third last in the OUA and will look to build on a year of experience in their new offensive system this upcoming season.

The young defence will have several big holes to fill following the graduation of Stephen Campbell and two fifth-year defensive ends, leaving the team to count on the young and emerging talent to step into the roles.

The 2008 season looks promising for the Warriors, as they open their brand new stadium and have many promising athletes looking to carry the team into their first playoff birth in years.

September 6 - Western at Laurier, 7:00pm Head Coach: Greg Marshall 2007 Record: 4-4 (5th in the OUA) Laurier All-Time Record vs Western: 21-35-1 Current Streak: Laurier 5 wins, did not compete last season Outlook for 2008: Despite starting the 2007 season with zero wins and

October 4 - Laurier at Ottawa, 1:00pm Head Coach: Denis Piché 2007 Record: 8-0 (1st in the OUA) Laurier All-Time Record vs Ottawa: 9-10-1 Current Streak: Ottawa 3 wins Outlook for 2008: The Ottawa Gee-Gees had a very successful 2007

four losses, the Western Mustangs stormed back during the second half of the season to win their last four games, earning them a birth into the playoffs as the last seeded team. They would go on to defeat Queen’s (#3), Ottawa (#1), and then Guelph (#5) to cap off their comeback season and be crowned the Yates Cup Champions. Western would then fall to the eventual Vanier Cup champions, the Manitoba Bisons. The Mustangs produced six OUA all-stars during the season, as well as having the CIS’ top-ranked passing attack, averaging 313 passing yards per game. Heading into the 2008 season, the Mustangs will be without one of their key veteran running backs Randy McAuley, leaving an open competition for running back this upcoming season. Look for the defending Yates Cup champions to show more consistency this season as they fight to stay atop the OUA.

season, led by the defending OUA Most Valuable Player Josh Sacobie (Fredericton, NB). They posted an undefeated regular season record, including a 27-15 win over the Golden Hawks towards the end of the season. Entering the OUA playoffs as the first seed, they earned a bye into the semifinal where they faced off against the sixth-ranked Western Mustangs. They would end up losing against the Mustangs in a stunning upset, ending any thoughts of a national championship. Their regular season accomplishments were great as they had 10 OUA all-stars, the majority of which were first-team nominations, and they also had the second best offence in the country. The offence relied on the arm of Sacobie, who helped lead Ottawa to the third best passing attack in the CIS. He is within 2,261 yards and 25 passing touchdowns away from breaking the CIS record for all-time passing yards and career touchdown passes.

With many of Ottawa’s veterans in their final year of eligibility, look for them to make one final push towards another Yates Cup championship.

September 13 - Laurier at Queen’s, 1:00pm Head Coach: Pat Sheahan 2007 Record: 6-2 (3rd in the OUA) Laurier All-Time Record vs Queen’s: 5-4 Current Streak: Laurier 3 wins Outlook for 2008: In 2007, the consistent Queen’s Golden Gaels enjoyed

October 11 - McMaster at Laurier, 1:00pm Head Coach: Stefan Ptaszek 2007 Record: 5-3 (4th in the OUA) Laurier All-Time Record vs McMaster: 39-12-1 Current Streak: Laurier 4 wins

another successful season that saw the team post a record of 6-2 in the regular season. In the regular season matchup against the Golden Hawks, Queen’s fell by a score of 23-4. As the third seed in the playoffs, the Golden Gaels advanced to the OUA quarter-finals where they fell to the eventual Yates Cup champions the Western Mustangs. They had one of the top four offences and defences in the OUA this past season, ranking fourth in the OUA in total offence, as well as third in the OUA in rushing yards. The offensive leaders for the team include the OUA leading rusher Mike Giffin (1157 yards), as well as third-year Quarterback Dan Brannagan who ranked third in the OUA in total passing yards (2123 yards). The Queen’s defense kept the team competitive in every game, as the defense ranked second in the OUA in yards allowed per game.

The success of the team helped produce 11 OUA all-stars for Queen’s.

This upcoming year, the Golden Gaels will welcome back Quarterback Dan Brannagan and defending OUA rushing champion Mike Giffin to the fold. The running back was selected 17th overall by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in this year’s CFL Canadian Draft, and will refine his skills at the varsity level before turning pro.

Outlook for 2008: The McMaster Marauders will look to improve on their 2007 year as they open their brand-new 6000 seat Ronald V. Joyce Stadium in 2008. The Marauders enjoyed a successful season in the OUA in 2007, posting a 5-3 regular season record, including an opening game loss to the Golden Hawks (36-26). Their season was highlighted by a victory over the eventual Yates Cup champions, the Western Mustangs.

They secured the fourth seed in the playoffs, but fell in the quarter-final to the Yates Cup finalists, the Guelph Gryphons. Following the season, three Marauders were selected to the OUA all-star team. The end of the football season also marked the end of fifth-year quarterback Adam Archibald’s career with the Marauders. McMaster appears to be a young team in transition and will aim to build on their successful 2007 season.

Leading the way for the Marauders will be sophomore linebacker Ryan Chmielewski, who had 35 solo tackles during his rookie season to place third among all-time Marauders. He led McMaster with 50 solo tackles and 10 assisted, as well as three sacks in eight games played.

September 20 - Windsor at Laurier (Homecoming), 1:00pm Head Coach: Mike Morencie 2007 Record: 2-6 (8th in the OUA) Laurier All-Time Record vs Windsor: 32-11-2 Current Streak: Laurier 1 win Outlook for 2008: The Windsor Lancers had a down year in 2007 after

having a 6-2 record the previous year, finishing with a record of 2-6 and failing to qualify for the OUA playoffs. Their two wins of the season were against Toronto and York, who combined for one win this past year.

Despite a tough go, the team had two OUA all-stars, and ranked fourth in the OUA in rushing yards per game. The offence was lead by fourthyear running back and 2006 Hec Crighton Award (CIS player of the year) winner Darryl Stephenson, who was limited to just six games last season.

The Lancers will welcome Darryl back this upcoming year, giving this Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ draft pick one more opportunity to become just the second OUA student-athlete to win the Hec Crighton Award in two years. Stephenson now sets his sights on the all-time CIS rushing record, and he’s 336 yards away from breaking it. Joining Stephenson will be a young and talented defensive unit that has one year of experience under their belts following last season. With 18 starters returning to the Lancers in 2008, as well as a talented recruiting class, Windsor will look to improve on their 2007 record and return to the OUA playoffs.

October 18- Laurier at York, 1:00pm Head Coach: Mike McLean 2007 Record: 1-7 (9th in the OUA) Laurier All-Time Record vs York: 31-5 Current Streak: Laurier 5 wins Outlook for 2008: In preparation for their upcoming 2008 season, the

York Lions hope to put the past two years behind them as they aim for stronger results. This past season the Lions finished the regular season with a 1-7 record, ranking only in front of the winless Toronto Varsity Blues. The Lions also had close losses against Waterloo (18-15) and the eventual Yates Cup champions the Western Mustangs (11-9). Their loss to the Golden Hawks in the final game ended a rough 2007 year for the Lions. York still managed to have two players named to the OUA allstar team, including current third-year receiver Steven Hughes, who will continue to remain an offensive threat for the Lions. In 2008, the York Lions will turn to new head coach Mike McLean to help turn around a 1-7 record. McLead led the Edmonton Huskies (CJFL) to two national junior titles, and most recently served as the defensive coordinator with the Uteck Bowl champions, the Saint Mary’s Huskies. With a new head coach and the majority of last year’s young roster returning, the 2008 York Lions will try to become contenders in the OUA playoff race.

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OUTLOOK

2008 MEDIA COVERAGE

THE SCORE

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University Rush:

September 6 vs Western - 7:00 pm October 4 @ Ottawa - 12:30 pm October 25 - OUA Quarter-final - Game TBA November 1 - OUA Semifinal - Game TBA November 8 - 101st OUA Yates Cup - 1:00 pm

ROGERS COMMUNITY TELEVISION

Rogers Television strives to be the leading provider of screen-based local information and entertainment. Every year, our stations produce over 19,000 hours of informative local programming involving over 12,000 community groups, underlining our commitment to our communities and to the objectives of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission’s policy for community-based media. Each one of our 31 Rogers Television stations operating in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland is an active and involved member of its local city or town, providing timely and relevant programs about local matters Rogers Television, Cable 20 serves the cities and communities of Waterloo Region, Guelph, Brantford and Stratford (also known as Grand River Region.

Rogers Game Day:

September 1 vs Guelph - 1pm September 20 vs Windsor - 1pm October 11 vs McMaster - 1pm October 25 OUA Quarter-Final vs McMaster - 1pm

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SAMUEL AIRD

#41

PLAYER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pronounciation

Alex Brouwers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . brow-ers Jeremy Chemij . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ch-em-itch Omar Dousheh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .doo-shay Jesse Fragale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .fer-gal-ee Chima Ihekwoaba . . . . . . . . . . . . .ick-woe-ba Mike Ion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .eye-on George Kourtesiotis . . . . . . . . . cur-tis-e-o-tis Vince Luciani . . . . . . . . . . . . loo-chee-anne-ee Jim Martyniuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mar-tin-eek Giancarlo Masciarelli. . . . . . . mask-er-elle-ee Carlos Naranjo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nar-an-joe Phil Vasiladis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vas-sa-lee-dis

Linebacker Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-1, 235 Ancaster (Ancaster SS) 2007: … dressed all 9 games … made a total of 14 tackles in the regular season … 13 tackles were unassisted ... named team rookie of the year High School: ... Attended Ancaster SS ... was on the honour roll and received the Ontario Prinicipals award ... received Coaches award for the Hockey team ... runner up for athlete of the year Personal: … enrolled in English

TAUREAN ALLEN

#5

SCOTT ALLIN

Defensive Back Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-11, 195 Etobicoke (Applewood Heights SS) 2007: … dressed all 9 games … led the CIS with seven knockdowns … had two interceptions and one force fumble … accumulated 11 tackles … named an OUA first team all-star and CIS second team allCanadian 2006: … dressed 9 games … completed 13.5 tackles (11 solo and 5 assisted) … completed 2 kickoff returns for a total of 56 yards (average 28) with a long of 28 … had 3 knockdowns and 1 interception High School: ... attended Applewood Heights SS ... was a high school honours student ... was named 2005 high school football MVP ... played in the OVFL for for the Etobicoke Eagles ... was named 2005 OVFL All-Star ... won 2006 OVFL Championship with the Etobicoke Eagles ... won 2006 Global Junior Championship

Receiver Fourth Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-8, 155 Belleville (Quinte Secondary) 2007: … dressed 1 game 2006: ... redshirted 2005: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Quinte Secondary HS... was named high school offensive MVP ... was a member of a Junior OVFL championship team in 2004 Personal: ... enrolled in Physics

Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

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COLIN ANDREWS

SPENCER BATEMAN

Defensive Line Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-2, 215 Hanover (John Diefenbaker SS)

Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 285

2007: … dressed 5 games … made a total of 6 tackles … had one fumble recovery

Queensville (Huron Heights SS) 2007: … redshirted freshman

High School: ... attended John Diefenbaker SS ... was named Defensive MVP ... won 2 baseball AllOntario’s

High School: ... attended Huron Heights SS ... was an Ontario Scholar ... was named Athlete of the Year in grade 10 and 11 ... was named Lineman MVP in grade 10 ... was part of YRAA Senior Football Champions in grade 10 and 11

Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies ... father Garry Andrews played

Personal: ... enrolled in Business

KYLE ARDILL

#8

LUKE BENDUS

#45

Linebacker Fourth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

6-0, 222 Cambridge (Galt CI)

Defensive End Fourth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-1, 240 Mississauga (Lorne Park SS) 2007: … dressed 6 games … made a total of 15 tackles … participated in the 2007 east-west bowl game

2007: … dressed 8 games … made a total of 9.5 tackles … had one forced fumble … returned one kickoff for 2 yards

2006: ... redshirted freshman

2006: ... dressed 2 games ... completed 1 kickoff return for 5 yards

High School: ... attended Lorne Park SS ... was a member of the All-Toronto All-Star Team ... was named high school MVP for high school junior and senior football teams ... was named Defensive Player of the Year Personal: ... enrolled in Sociology ... transfered to Wilfrid Laurier from Concordia ... father played football for Bishops

2005: ... dressed 1 game ... had 4.5 total tackles (4 solo and 1 assisted) High School: ... attended Galt CI ... received Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship ... was MVP for high school football and badminton teams ... was high school Athlete of the Year ... named Linebacker of the Year for Ontario ...received Students’ Choice Award ... received Bev Hall Career Athletic Achievement Award Personal: ... enrolled in Psychology

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ADAM BESTARD

#66

MIKE BRAIDEN Receiver Second Year (First Year Elig.)

Offensive Line Fourth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

6-5, 290

6-4, 195 London (South SS)

Sarnia (Northern Collegiate CI)

2007: … dressed all 9 games … made a total of three tackles in the regular season 2006: … dressed all 10 games … completed 1.5 tackles (1 solo and 1 assisted) … had 1 fumble recovery

2007: … redshirted freshman High School: ... attended South SS ... was an Ontario Scholar ... named Defensive MVP on high school football team Personal: ... enrolled in Business ... father Richard Braiden played WLU basketball

2005: ... dressed 1 game High School: ... attended Sarnia Northern Colllegiate ... was national golf champion ... high school won regional championship Personal: ... enrolled in History

JOSH BISHOP

#87

WAYNE BROCK

Receiver Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-2, 212 Mississauga (Loyolas CSS)

#67

Offensive Lineman Fifth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

6-2, 300 Markham (Markham DHS)

2007: … dressed 4 games … caught 11 passes for 159 yards with a long of 34 and a touchdown

2007: … dressed all 9 games … made one assisted tackle

2006: … dressed 7 games … had 20 receptions for a total of 302 yards (average 15.1) with a long of 46 … completed 1 solo tackle

2006: ... dressed all 10 games

High School: ... attended Loyolas CSS ... was OVFL MVP receiver for three years in a row ... was OVFL MVP kicker ... named high school MVP for two years in a row

2004: ... dressed 9 games ... had 1 assisted tackle

Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

2005: ... redshirted

High School: … attended Markham District High School … played defensive end and fullback … was MVP for school and York Region … played summer league football for the Toronto Thunder and received team MVP Personal: … enrolled in General Arts with a major in Sociology

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#61

CLARENCE BUCHANAN

JEREMY CHEMIJ

Defensive Back Second Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 178 Toronto (Birchmount Park CI)

Offensive Line Fourth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-1, 275 Mississauga (Applewood Heights SS)

2007: … redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Birchomount Park CI ... played on Team Ontario and won Championship in the U-17...won a OVFL Championship with Etobicoke Eagles ... won COMFL Championship with Etobicoke Eagles Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

2007: … dressed 1 game … had one tackle and one knockdown 2006: ... dressed 5 games ... had 1 sack 2005: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Applewood Heights SS ... named high school Lineman of the Year ... received high school Football Dedication Award Personal: ... enrolled in History

MATTHEW CART

ANDRE CLAXTON

Receiver Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 185

Receiver Second Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 185

Kitchener (Resurrection CSS)

King City (King City SS) 2007: … redshirted freshman

2007: … redshirted freshman

High School: ... attended King City SS ... was an honour student in every year of high school ... named Athlete of the Year in grades 9, 11 and 12 ... named Offensive MVP for high school football in grade 12 ... high scorer for high school basketball for all 4 years ... finished second in Ontario for baseball as starting second baseman in grade 9

High School: ... attended Resurrection CSS Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studes

Personal: ... enrolled in Business

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STEVE CORMACK

#99

OMAR DOUSHEH

Defensive Tackle Third Year (SecondYear Elig.)

Linebacker Second Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 200 Richmond Hill (Brother Andre CHS)

6-1, 280 Waterloo (St David CSS) 2007: … did not play

2007: … redshirted freshman

2006: … did not play

High School: ... attended Brother Andre ... named Most Valuable Special Teams Player of The Year by the MTW in 2007

2005: ... dressed 5 games ... recorded seven tackles and one fumble recovery ... Vanier Cup champion 2004: ... redshirted freshman

Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

High School: ... attended St David CSS ... HS Offensive MVP Football in 2003 ... WCSSAA Allstar in 2003 Personal: ... enrolled in History

#20

DAN DAIGLE

JEFF EMBERLEY

Quarterback Second Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 190

Receiver Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-10, 173 Oakville (St. Thomas Aquinas CSS)

Mississauga (Saltfleet SS) 2007: … redshirted freshman

High School: ... attended Saltfleet SS ... 2-time high school championship ... 3-time high school MVP, ... named OVFL MVP ... was first-team all-star ... was a member of Team Ontario Personal: ... enrolled in Business

2007: … dressed all 9 games … had 7 receptions for 166 yards with a long of 46 … had four rushes for 12 yards with a 3.00 yard average 2006: … dressed 4 games … completed 1 kickoff return for a total of 3 yards High School: ... attended St. Thomas Aquinas CSS ... received Founding Principal School Council Award ... was on the 2004 COMFL All-Star Team ... was named 2004 COMFL Offensive MVP ... received 2005 Sr. Football Offensive MVP ... received 2003 Jr. Football Defensive MVP Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Physical Education

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SCOTT EVANS

#58

NATHAN FORBES

Offensive Line Fifth Year (Fifth Year Elig.)

6-7, 300 Cambridge (Jacob Hespeler SS)

Running Back Third Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 210 Mississauga (Streetsville SS) 2007: … redshirted

2007: … dressed all 9 games … made one tackle … was named an OUA first team all-star, a CIS first team All-Canadian, the OUA lineman of the year, and the CIS Metras Award Winner ... drafted by the Toronto Argonauts...was on practice roster

2006: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Streetsville SS ... won 2003, 2004, 2005 ROPSAA rugby championship ... was named ROPSAA All-Star in rugby in 2004 and 2005

2006: … dressed all 10 games … named OUA First Team All-Star and CIS Second Team All-Canadian

Personal: ... enrolled in General Arts

JESSE FRAGALE

2005: ... dressed all 12 games 2004: ... did not play due to injury

Defensive Back Second Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 210

2003: ... dressed all 11 games ... had 10 total tackles (6 solo and 4 assisted)

Markham (Brother Andre CSS)

2002: ... redshirted freshman

2007: … redshirted freshman

High school: ... played defensive end, linebacker and offensive tackle ... recieved the Silver Bonnett Award (hardest hitter)

High School: ... attended Brother Andre CSS ... was an honour roll student ... won Ironman Award ... was high school team captain

Personal: ... enrolled in Honours Computer Science

Personal: ... enrolled in Philosophy

SHOMAR GRIFFITHS Receiver Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-4, 192 Whitby (All Saints CSS)

2007: … dressed 1 game High School: ... attended All Saints CSS ... named Durham Knights Offensive MVP ... named jr. boys basketball MDP ... named sr. boys basketball MVP ... named sr. boys basketball regional all-star ... named Oshawa Hawkeyes Rookie of the Year

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#27

AMILCAR GROT

DUSTIN HAYMAN

Defensive Back Third Year (First Year Elig.)

5-9, 178 Amsterdam (Bredero Lyceum)

Defensive Back Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-9, 170 Toronto (Leaside HS)

High School: ... attended Bredero Lyceum in the Netherlands

2007: … dressed 1 game 2006: ... redshirted freshman

Personal: ... enrolled in Business ... Played for the Amsterdam Crusaders

High School: ... attended Leaside HS ... named 20042005 Offensive player of the year for high school... named 2002-2003 MVP for high school Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies ... grandfather Lew Hayman coached for the Toronto Argos and founded the Montreal Alouettes

PAUL HANCOCK

SHANE HERBERT

#55

Defensive Back Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-2, 180 Ajax (Pickering HS)

Defensive Lineman Fourth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-1, 236 Calgary, Alta. (Cochrane HS)

2007: … dressed 7 games … made one tackle 2007: … dressed all 9 games … made a total of 21 tackles including 3 sacks and two forced fumbles

High School: ... attended Pickering HS ... was 2005 Metro Bowl Champion

2006: ... dressed all 10 games ... completed 12 total tackles (9 solo and 6 assisted)

Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

2005: ... redshirted freshman High School: ...attended Cochrane HS ... named high school MVP and league all-star ... participated in 3 provincial championships ... was named Rookie of the League in his first year Personal: ... enrolled in General Arts

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DILLON HEAP

#83

MIKE ION Linebacker Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-11, 210 Brantford (Assumption College)

Wide Reciever Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-10, 160 Waterloo (Waterloo CI) 2005: … Dressed 4 games .... rushed 1 times for 8 yards .... returned one kickoff for 14 yards .... returned nine punts for 46 yards ... Academic All-Canadian

2007: … redshirted

High School: ... attended Waterloo CI ... named Comale Athlete of the Year Rookie of the Year in 2004-05.

Was a WCI Valedictorian.

High School: ... attended ACS ... named JV Rookie of the Year in 2003 ... named OV Rookie of the Year in 2006 ... named MVP for high school rugby team in 2003 and 2005

Personal: ... enrolled in Business

2006: ... redshirted freshman

Personal: ... enrolled in Biology

#91

#9

CHIMA IHEKWOABA

GEORGE KOURTESIOTIS

Defensive End Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-4, 245 Burlington (Notre Dame SS)

Defensive Line Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-4, 275 Toronto (East York CI)

2007: … dressed 7 games … made a total of one tackle

2007: … dressed 5 games … made a total of 4.5 tackles including one fumble recovery

2006: ... dressed 2 games ... completed a total of 2 solo tackles

High School: ... attended East York CI ... named EYCI lineman MVP ... was a Toronto Star all-star ... was MTW Rookie of the Year ... was MTW Lineman MVP

High School: ... attended Notre Dame SS Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies ... brother Ugonna Ihekwoaba currently plays for McMaster

Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

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JOE LABENSKI

#59

TROY LEACH

Receiver Fifth Year (Fifth Year Elig.)

6-0, 185 Barrie (Barrie Central)

Defensive Tackle Fifth Year (Fifth Year Elig.)

6-2, 260 Welland (Notre Dame SS) 2007: ... dressed 8 games ... had 16.5 total tackles (14 solo and 5 assisted) 2006: ... dressed 8 games ... had 15.5 total tackles (11 solo and 9 assisted) 2005: ... dressed 8 games ... had 7.5 total tackles (7 solo and 1 assisted) 2004: ... dressed 7 games ... had 3 total tackles (2 solo and 2 assisted) 2003: … redshirted freshman High school: ... played DE, DT, OT, MLB … named best defensive player

#80

2007: … dressed all 9 games … had eight receptions for 93 yards including an 18 yard long … had 3 total tackles … returned five punts for 73 yards (14.6 average) … returned two kickoffs for 19 yards 2006: ... dressed 2 games 2005: ... dressed 1 game 2004: ... dressed 1 game High School: …attended Barrie Central … played football, rugby, and basketball … was MVP for football … was All-Star for football and basketball … was Junior and Senior Athlete of the Year Personal: … enrolled in Honours Arts with a major in History

Personal: ... enrolled in Economics... brother graduated from WLU in 2000

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VINCE LUCIANI

#31

RYAN LYNCH

Full Back Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-4, 212 Oakville (Holy Trinity CSS) 2007: … dressed 4 games … had one reception for five yards 2006: … dressed 1 game ... rushed 3 times for a total of 23 yards (average 7.6) with a long of 12 High School: ... attended Holy Trinity CSS ... represented Canada for basketball at the Junior Olympics in Taipei in grade 9 ... received Dan Cooper Top Athlete award ... was named varsity football captain and team MVP ... set 4 school records for passing attempts, completions, and yardage in a game/ season Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies ... brother Dante Luciani played Golden Hawk football and is now with the Edmonton Eskimos

#35

Running Back Fifth Year (Fifth Year Elig.)

5-9, 205 Waterloo (Waterloo CI) 2007: … dressed all 9 games … scored 13 total touchdowns … rushed for 1019 yards on 170 attempts (5.99 average) MEET THE GOLDEN including a 58 yard long … caught seven passes for 114 yard HAWKS including a 76 yard long … named an OUA first team allstar 2006: ... dressed all 10 games --- rushed 168 times for a total of 964 yards ... had 8 receptions with a total of 69 yards ... made 2 solo tackles ... had a total of 30 points (5 touchdowns) 2005: ... dressed all 12 games ... rushed 45 times for a total of 311 yards (average 6.9) with a long of 29 ... had 2 receptions for a total of 13 yards (average 6.5) with a long of 8 ... had 2.5 total tackles (2 solo and 1 assisted) ... completed 15 kickoff returns for a total of 304 yards (average 20.3) with a long of 37 ... completed 1 punt return for 19 yards 2004: ... dressed 10 games ... rushed 6 times for a total of 11 yards (average 1.8) with a long of 3 ... had 1 assisted tackle and 1 fumble recovery High School: …attended Waterloo Collegiate … was Senior Football Rookie of the Year … received award for Senior Football Recognition … was WCSSAA 1st Team All-Star Personal: … enrolled in General Arts... Father Ed Lynch played for the Golden Hawk men’s hockey team.

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BJ MALOTT

#12

JIM MARTYNIUK

Receiver Third Year (Fifth Year Elig.)

5-11, 184 Kitchener (Resurrection CSS) High School: ... attended Resurrection CSS ... achieved high school merit Personal: ... Rookie of the Year (McMaster Marauders) ... father Brian Malott Senior played football at Laurier

CHRIS MAMO

#4

Kicker/Punter Fourth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

5-10, 185 London (AB Lucas SS)

Receiver Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-11, 183 Burlington (Nelson HS) 2007: … dressed 7 games … made a total of 15 tackles in the regular season … had two interceptions and two fumble recoveries 2006: … dressed 9 games … made a total of 15 tackles (12 solo and 6 assisted) … completed 2 kickoff returns for a total of 34 yards (average 17.0) with a long of 18 ... named Team Rookie of the Year High School: ... attended Nelson HS ... was an Ontario Scholar in senior year ... named 2002 Jr. football MVP ... named 2005 Sr. football MVP ... received award in 2004 for most dedicated and hardest working athlete ... was named Toronto Star Athlete of the Week in 2005 ... was selected for Team Ontario under 17 Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies ... father Terry Martyniuk played Laurier football as a linebacker

#63

GIANCARLO MASCIARELLI

2007: … dressed all 9 games … hit 16 of 24 field goals with a long of 36 … hit 35 of 36 extra point attempts … completed 42 kickoffs for an average of 50.74 yards with a long of 65 … completed 68 punts for an average of 34.56 yards and a long of 58 2006: … dressed all 10 games … made 76 punts with a total of 2895 yards (average 33.0) ... made 12 field goals of 15 attempted with a long of 37 … completed 46 kickoffs with a total of 2376 yards (average 52.3) … had a total of 65 points ... named OUA Second Team All-Star 2005: ... dressed 1 game ... had 10 punts for a total of 337 yards (average 33.7) with a long of 48 ... made 2 field goals of 2 attempted with a long of 30 ... had 5 kickoffs for a total of 273 yards (average 54.6) with a long of 59 High School: ... attended AB Lucas SS ... won city championship with high school team ... record holder for longest field goal in Jr. OVFL Personal: ... enrolled in General Arts

#2

Offensive Line Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-4, 235 Stouffville (Brother Andre CHS) 2007: … dressed 4 games … made one assisted tackle 2006: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Brother Andre CHS ... won a high school football championship Personal: ... enrolled in Honours Business Administration

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#64

SCOTT MCCAHILL

DON MCKENZIE

Receiver Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 190

Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-6, 310 Georgetown (Georgetown DHS)

Kingston (Frontenac SS) 2007: … redshirted freshman

2007: … redshirted freshman

High School: ... attended Frontenac SS ... was an honour roll student all 4 years ... was an Ontario Scholar ... earned French diploma ... named OVFL WR league MVP ... was Team Ontario offensive captian at U-17 Canada Cup ... named OVFL first team all-star ... was National Capt. Bowl Finialist

High School: ... attended Georgetown DHS Personal: ... enrolled in Business

WAYNE MONTGOMERY

Personal: ... enrolled in Business

Defensive Line Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-1, 295 Waterloo (Waterloo CI) 2007: … redshirted

JOE MCCULLA

#30

Free Safety Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-1, 207 Smith Falls (Smith Falls DCI)

2006: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Waterloo CI ... was named Lineman of the Year for high school in 2004 Personal: ... enrolled in General Arts

MICHAEL MONTOYA

2007: … dressed 2 games

Running Back Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-10, 222 Burlington (Notre Dame SS)

2006: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Smith Falls DCI ... selected as NCAFA all-star ... selected as an Ottawa high school all-star Personal: ... enrolled in Psychology ... father Bob McCulla is a former CFL player and coach in the CIS

#25

2007: … dressed 7 games … rushed 26 times for 278 yards (10.69 average) including a 103 yard long … had three rushing touchdowns 2006: ... dressed 1 game High School: ... attended Notre Dame SS Personal: ... enrolled in Economics ... brother David played for Laurier and was a member of the 2005 Vanier Cup Championship team

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IAN NOBLE

#7

Quarterback Fourth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-4, 220 West Vancouver, BC (West Vancouver SS) 2007: … dressed all 9 games … completed 107 of 166 passes for 1388 yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions … rushed 32 times for 217 yards (6.78 average) and 2 touchdowns … participated in the 2007 east-west bowl game 2006: ... dressed 7 games ... completed 6 passes of an attemped 14 for 106 yards

EVAN PAWLIUK Quarterback Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 180 Kingston (Holy Cross CSS) 2007: … redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Holy Cross CSS ... named Offensive MVP at the U-17 Canada Cup ... named Quaterback all-star at the U-17 Canada Cup ... named Quarterback MVP at the Jr. OVFL in 2006 Personal: ... enrolled in Business

2005: ... dressed 1 game

LUKE PINDER

High School: ... attended West Vancouver SS ... named MVP of BC Senior Bowl Game ... received award for basketball MVP ... named offensive MVP of high school football team ... named All-Star for the region of North Shore for football and rugby

Linebacker Fifth Year (Fifth Year Elig.)

6-3, 234 Kitchener (Preston HS)

Personal: ... enrolled in General Arts

JOSH OPERSKO Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 312 Simcoe (Simcoe CS) 2007: … redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Simcoe CS ... was a Haldimand-Norfolk all-star selection ... was a Haldimand-Norfolk Bowl Champion Personal: ... enrolled in Economics

#51

2007: … dressed all 9 games … had one touchdown … made a total of 35.5 tackles … had two knockdowns and one fumble recovery 2006: … dressed all 10 games … had 32 total tackles (25 solo and 14 assisted) … had 1 forced fumble and 2 fumble recoveries … named OUA Second Team All-Star 2005: ... dressed all 12 games ... had 26.5 total tackles (25 solo and 3 assisted) ... had 1 knockdown and 1 fumble recovery 2004: ... dressed 8 games ... had 13 total tackles (9 solo and 4 assisted) High School: … attended Preston High School … played linebacker and tight end … lead team in defensive points and receiving yards … was team MVP in 2003 … received Top Hit award in 2003 … was Defensive Player of the Year in 2003 … was WCSSAA MVP in 2003 Personal: … enrolled in General Arts

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CASEY POTTER

#57

PETER QUINNEY

Offensive Line Fourth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-6, 300 Ancaster (Ancaster HS) 2007: … dressed 2 games

#28

Fullback Fourth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

6-1, 220 Belleville (Centennial SS) 2007: … dressed all 9 games … rushed 9 times for 70 yards (7.78 yard average) with a long of 30 … had 19 receptions for 212 yards and one touchdown … participated in the 2007 east-west bowl game

2006: ... dressed 3 games 2005: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Ancaster HS ... played on high school football team Personal: ... enrolled in History

2006: … dressed all 10 games … rushed 15 times for a total of 115 yards (average 7.6) with a long of 17 … had 19 receptions for a total of 207 yards (10.9 average) … made 1 solo tackle 2005: ... dressed all 12 games ... rushed 8 times for a total of 35 yards (average 4.37) with a long of 9 ... had a total of 8 solo tackles ... completed 1 kickoff return for 11 yards

#16

PETER PROVENZANO

Defensive Back Fourth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-1, 186 Richmond Hill (St. Thomas of Villanova CI) 2007: … dressed all 9 games … made a total of 14 tackles in the regular season … 13 tackles were unassisted

High School: ... attended Centennial SS ... two time Belleville HS Athlete of the Year ... five time Centennial SS Athlete of the Year ... four time high school football team MVP ... named basketball team MVP ... received bronze medal for OFSAA heavyweight wrestling ... has won four local area football championships ... three time Central Ontario rugby champions ... Team Ontario under nineteen national champions Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Phys. Ed.

2006: ... dressed 4 games ... completed 1 solo tackle 2005: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended St. Thomas of Villanova CI ... named high school football MVP ... named captain of football team Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

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GIANCARLO RAPANARO

JB SLESS

Linebacker Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-11, 195 Niagara Falls (St. Paul SS)

Running Back Second Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 205 Brantford (Brantford CI)

#13

2007: … dressed all 9 games … had one touchdown … made a total of 30.5 tackles … had a CIS high 8 sacks … had one knockdown, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries … had one kickoff for 35 yards 2006: ... dressed 3 games High School: ... attended St. Paul SS ... was on honour roll from grades 9-12 ... received high school award for Most Optimistic Youth of the Year in 2004 and 2005 ... named junior and senior high school basketball MVP ... named junior and senior high school soccer MVP ... named junior and senior high school football MVP for offense ... named senior high school track & field MVP ... won OFSSA bronze medal for basketball ... won OFSSA gold medal for soccer ... named Jr. and Sr. Male Athlete of the Year ... named Jr. and Sr. Male Father Leblanc Award Winner (all around outstanding student/athlete)

2007: … redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Brantford CI ... played on Team Canada at U-19 Rugby ... won 3 MVP awards in football ... played 4 years of Team Ontario rugby ... was 2-time Athlete of the Year Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Physical Education

JORDAN SCHAUS

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DANIEL SMITH

#32

Running Back Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-4, 250 Toronto (East York CI)

Linebacker Fifth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

6-1, 211 Waterloo (Waterloo CI) 2007: … dressed 6 games … made a total of 3 tackles … had one punt return for 14 yards

2007: … redshirted freshman

2006: ... dressed 1 game ... made a total of 3.5 tackles (3 solo and 1 assisted)

High School: ... attended East York CI ... named MVP in basketball ... named MVP in football ... named Jr. Athlete of the Year ... named Offensive Player of the Year for football ... named Athlete of the Year

2005: ... redshirted 2004: ... redshirted freshman

Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

High School: … attended Waterloo Collegiate … was All-Star for football, rugby, and hockey … received nomination for school Athlete of the Year Personal: … enrolled in General Arts

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KYLE SOMERVILLE

#10

#6

LUKE THOMPSON

Linebacker Fourth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

6-1, 227 Mississauga (Lorne Park SS)

Quarterback Second Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-4, 200 London (Mother Teresa)

2007: … dressed 2 games … made a total of 2.5 tackles

2007: … dressed 7 games … completed 7 of 15 passes for 70 yards and one touchdown … ran 5 times for 76 yards including a 49 yard long

2006: ... dressed all 10 games ... made a total of 17 tackles (14 solo and 6 assisted) 2005: ... dressed 7 games ... had 5 total tackles (4 solo and 2 assisted) High School: ... attended Lorne Park SS ... won two regional championships in high school football Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

High School: ... attended Mother Teresa ... was football captain for 5 years ... was senior basketball captain for 2 years ... named Offensive Player of the Year in 2003, 2004, and 2006 ... awarded Most Dedicated to Football Award in 2005 ... was 2006 “Spartan” award winner for football ... named Male Athlete of the year in 2005 ... won Spartan Athletic Achievement Award in 2005 Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

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DANIEL SPEIGHT

SPENCER TROOP

Defensive Back Third Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 185 Toronto (East York CI)

Linebacker Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-4, 245 Georgetown (Georgetown DHS)

2007: ... redshirted

2007: … redshirted freshman

2006: ... redshirted freshman

High School: ... attended Georgetown DHS ... was an honour roll student ... named Sr. Athlete of the Year

High School: ... attended East York CI ... received the Hager, Hull, Miller Scholarship Award ... was named 2005 MVP for senior hockey ... was named 2006 Defensive MVP for football ... was named Male Athlete of the Year in 2006 ... was named Special Teams Player of the Year for the Metro Toronto Wildcats in 2006

Personal: ... enrolled in Environmental Studies ... father Ian Troop played WLU football

Personal: ... enrolled in General Arts

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JORDAN VAN HORN

#11

TRAVIS VAUGHAN

Defensive Back Fourth Year (Fourth Year Elig.)

6-0, 185 Burlington (Assumption SS)

#88

Quarterback Third Year (Second Year Elig.)

5-11, 170 Almonte (Almonte DHS)

2007: … dressed all 9 games … made a total of 18.5 tackles … had 4 knockdowns and one interception

2007: … dressed 3 games … had one rush for 5 yards … caught two passes for 14 yards

2006: ... dressed all 10 games ... had 22.5 total tackles (18 solo and 9 assisted) ... had 5 knockdowns

2006: ... redshirted freshman

2005: ... dressed 11 games ... had 27 total tackles (24 solo and 6 assisted) ... had 5 knockdowns, 2 fumble recoveries, and 1 interception High School: ... attended Assumption SS ... named Junior and Senior Athlete of the Team... member of Golden Horseshoe championship team Personal: ... enrolled in General Arts

High School: ... attended Almonte DHS ... has received several proficiency certificates ... won the OFSAA Championship in 2003 ... won the regional championship in 2004... was named Subway Athlete of the Week in 2004 ... was named CJOH News Athlete of the Week in 2004 ... won EOSSA Championship in 2005 ... was named team MVP in 2005 Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

PHIL VASILADIS

AJ WENDOVER

Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-4, 260 Windsor (Holy Names HS)

Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 305 North Bay (West Ferris SS)

2007: … redshirted freshman

2007: … redshirted freshman

High School: ... attended Holy Names HS

High School: ... attended West Ferris SS

Personal: ... enrolled in History

Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology

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ANDREW ZADORSKY

Running Back Third Year (Third Year Elig.)

5-10, 210 London (Catholic Central High) 2007: … dressed 5 games … made a total of 2 tackles 2006: … dressed all 10 games … rushed 1 time for a total of 7 yards … completed 2 total tackles (1 solo and 2 assisted) High School: ... attended Catholic Central High ... received the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship ... was an honour student for each year of high school ... won the OFSAA Western Bowl Championship in 2004 and 2005 ... was named high school team Rookie of the Year in 2003 ... won the Jim Allen Spirit Award in 2004 ... won the Donny McGoogan Award in 2005 ... was named team captain in 2002 and 2005 ... was named team MVP in 2002 and 2005 Personal: ...enrolled in Honours Business Administration

DAVID ZIVOIN

#65

Offensive Line Fourth Year (Third Year Elig.)

6-2, 260 Waterloo (Bluevale CI) 2007: … redshirted 2006: ... redshirted 2005: ... redshirted freshman High School: ... attended Bluevale CI ... named second string all-star for high school football team Personal: ... enrolled in General Arts

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MEET THE GOLDEN HAWKS 2008 DRESSING FRESHMEN RECRUITS

No. 33 52 3 17 65 1 24 50 19 21

Player Mitchell Bosch Daniel Bishop Shane Burns Shamawd Chambers Jordan Cozzi Saxon Lindsey Peter Mcdougall Chad McGraw Carlos Narajo Courtney Stephen

Pos. LB LB DB REC OL REC DB DE DB DB

Ht. 6-1 5-10 5-11 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-2 6-3 5-9 6-0

Wt. 205 215 180 192 330 180 190 260 170 180

Yr. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Elig.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Hometown (Highschool) Langley, B.C. (Holy Cross CSS) Mississauga (Loyola CSS) Burlington (Assumption College) Markham (Markham District HS) Hamilton (St. Thomas More CSS) Markham (Brother Andre) Oshawa (Eastdale CVI) Campbellford (St. Marys SS) Whitby (Donald A. Wilson SS) Bramption (Turner Fenton)

TOM BAILEY

GREG BOROVILOS

Offensive Line First Year (Second Year Elig.)

6-4, 270 Waterloo (Bluevale Collegiate)

Offensive Line First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 260

High School: ... attended Bluevale Collegiate ... was named Lineman of the Year 2001 (Bluevale) ... was also named Lineman of the Year 2005 (Tri-City Vipers) ... was captain of Tri-City Vipers

Waterloo (Sir John A. MacDonald) High School: … attended Sir John A. MacDonald SS …received the Coaches’ Award in 2005 and 2007 … played for Team Ontario at the U19 Canada Cup Personal: … enrolled in Business Administration

Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

DANIEL BISHOP

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MITCHELL BOSCH

Linebacker First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 215

Linebacker First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 205 Langley, B.C. (Holy Cross HS)

Mississauga (Loyola CSS)

High School: ... attended Loyola CSS ... was named football team MVP ... was also named an OVFL MVP at linebacker ... played for the Mississauga Warriors Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

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High School: … attended Holy Cross HS in Langley, British Columbia … played on the AAA provincial championship team in BC … was named the conference defensive MVP … was named the provincial defensive MVP Personal: … enrolled in Communication Studies

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REED BRACKEN

DANNY BROWN

Defensive Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 175 Kingston (Frontenac SS)

Center First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 330

High School: … attended Frontenac SS … won the 2007 national capital bowl OFSSAA championship… was named a Kingston Area Whig Standard all-star Personal: … enrolled in Business Administration

Hamilton (Bishop Ryan SS)

High School: … attended Bishop Ryan SS … was named an all-Canadian in 2008 … named the Steel City Ironmen Offensive Lineman of the year from 2005-2007 … named OVFL Lineman of the Year in 2006 Personal: … enrolled in Geography

SHANE BURNS

#3

Defensive Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

ALEX BROUWERS Defensive End First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-4, 220 Toronto (King City SS)

5-11, 180 Burlington (Assumption CSS) High School: ... attended Assumption Catholic SS ... named Devensive MVP in 2007 ... Citizenship award winner Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

High School: … attended St. Marys SS Cobourg … was named Mr. Hawkeye while playing for the Oshawa Hawkeyes in 2007 … received entrance Bursary into university

GREG CARRON

Personal: … father Joe Brouwers played for Wilfrid Laurier … enrolled in Business Administration

Receiver First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 192 Brantford (UCC)

High School: ... attended Ursuline College ... named Special Teams MVP ... graduated with honours Personal: ... enrolled in Sociology

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SHAMAWD CHAMBERS

JAKE COOPER

Receiver First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 192

Quarterback First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 180

Markham (Markham DHS)

High School: ... attended Markham DHS ... named Offensive MVP from 2005-2007 ... placed second in the York Region 100m (track and field) ... third place OFSAA 4x100m ... York region all-star 2006, 2007 ...

Ontario Top 150 Football Players 2006, 2007

Brantford (Pauline Johnson CVS) High School: ... attended Pauline Johnson CVS ... named MVP Senior Football Team 2007 ... 2006 Jr. OVFL Quarterback MVP ... Ontario Scholar Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

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JESSE CLARKE

JORDAN COZZI

Full Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 210

Offensive Line First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 330

Pickering (St. Michaels CS)

Hamilton (St. Thomas More CSS)

High School: ... St. Michaels CS ... OFSAA backto-back Metro Bowl champion team member 2006, 2007 ... member of 2007 CISAA basketball champion team

High School: ... attended St. Thomas More CSS ... named Top Lineman grades 10-13 ... owns high school bend press record ... OFSAA, GHAC and city back-to-back champions 2006-2007

Personal: ... enrolled in Economics ... recipient of Father Whalen Memorial Scholarship: Leadership in Music 2007, 2008 ... recipient of RBC Amateur Hockey Scholarship 2007

Personal: ... enrolled in Sociology

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LEIGTON DAVISON

ANTONIE FURLANI

Offensive Line First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-5, 265

Full Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 232 Georgetown ( Christ the King CSS )

Kingston (Bayridge SS)

High School: ... attended Bayridge SS ... named Offensive Line MVP Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

High School: ... attended Christ the King CSS ... named team MVP and captain of 2007/2008 season Personal: ... enrolled in Business

BILL FLETCHER

DREW GALPIN

Receiver First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 208

Linebacker First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 222

Kanata (Earl of March SS)

High School: ... attended Earl of March SS ... NCAFA all-star 2005-2007 ... Eastern Ontario all-star U-17 2006 Personal: ... enrolled in Biology

Kitchener (Forest Heights CI) High School: ... attended Forest Heights CI ...

2006/2007 Football MVP ... 2007/2008 Football and Defensive MVP ... named to the 2007/2008 Trojan Hall of Fame Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

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CHRIS GRAHAM

NATHAN HAWKES

Offensive Line Second Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 272

Kicker/Punter First Year (First Year Elig.)

Mississauga (Our Lady Of Mount Carmel SS)

6-3, 195 Kitchener (Preston HS)

High School: ... attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel SS ... Offensive Rookie of the Year, Mississauga Warriors 2006

High School: ... attended Preston HS ... 2006 WCSSAA chamption, 2006 WCSSAA first team allstar as kicker ... Preston boys soccer team captain and mvp 2006-2008

Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

Personal: ... enrolled in Psychology

BRANDON HARTMANN

A.K. HEFFERNAN

Running Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 196

Linebacker First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 200 Markham (Brother Andre CHS)

Cobourg (St. Mary’s CSS)

High School: ... attended St. Mary’s CSS ... top football player ... named top graduating athlete ... COSSA gold medalist in track for three years ... three OMHA hockey championships ... two OHF championships Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Physical Education

High School: ... attended Brother Andre CHS ... member of 2006 Canada Cup Team Ontario U-17 ... high school team MVP 2004, 2007 ... Defensive MVP 2004, 2006, 2007 ... Markham Raiders Defensive MVP 2006, 2007 ... York Region first team allstar 2006, 2007 Personal: ... enrolled in Philosophy

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VINCE HOLLAND

SAXON LINDSEY

Receiver First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 285 Markham (Markham DHS)

Defensive Lineman First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 394 Hamilton (St. Marcellinus SS) High School: ... attended St. Marcellinus SS ... named Most Valuable Lineman 2007-2008 Personal: ... enrolled in Communication Studies

#1

High School: ... attended Markham District HS Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

BEN IVANY

JEREMY MAZZOCATO

Linebacker First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 225

Offensive Line First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-1, 330 Hamilton (St. Thomas More HS)

Schomberg (King City SS)

High School: ... attended King City SS ... Toronto Star GTA all-star ... York Region two-position all-star LB, punter and kicker ... Ontario Scholar Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Physical Education

High School: ... attended St. Thomas More HS ... named Steel City Bowl MVP Personal: ... enrolled in Geography

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#24

CARLOS NARANJO

PETER MCDOUGALL

Defensive Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-9, 170 Whitby (Donald A. Wilson SS)

Defensive Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-2, 190 Oshawa (Eastdale CVI)

High School: ... attended Eastdale CVI ... member of both football and rugby Team Ontario ... member of Team Canada rugby ... LOSSA league MVP ... two Team MVPs ... two Offensive MVPs in football ... two Team MVPs in rugby ... member of U-16 National Champion Rugby Team

#19

High School: ... attended Donald A. Wilson SS ... named Oshawa Hawkeyes Devensive MVP ... named Wilson Gators Defensive Player of the Year Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

CHAD MCGRAW

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BRANDON PHILLIPS Linebacker First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 195 Stittsville (Kitchener CI)

Defensive End First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 260

Campbellford (St. Mary’s SS) High School: ... attended St. Mary’s SS ... Defensive Player of the Year ... ranked as top 100 football players ... Ontario Scholar

High School: ... attended Kitchener CI ... named first team all-star, 2006 ... Defensive Player of the Year, 2006 ... Coach’s Award recipient, 2007

Personal: ... enrolled in Environmental Studies

Personal: ... enrolled in Geography ... brother Justin played for the Golden Hawks as a linebacker

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JOSH PIRIE

DREW SILVERSTEIN

Running Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-11, 195 Cambridge (Jacob Hespeler SS)

Offensive Lineman First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-3, 277 Kitchener (Kitchener Waterloo CI)

High School: ... attended Jacob Hespeler SS ... named 2008 Male Athlete of the Year ... Football MVP, 2008 ... Offensive Player of the Year, 2007 ... recipient of Coach’s Award, 2008 ... Cambridge Lions 2008 MVP ... city football Knee Buckler Award, 2007 ... Honour Roll student

High School: ... attended Kitchener Waterloo CI ... competed in Canada Cup for Team Ontario Personal: ... enrolled in Math

Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Physical Education

RON SCARAFILE

MICHAEL SIMMONS

Defensive Back Fourth Year (First Year Elig.)

5-7, 165 Toronto (St. Michael’s College School)

Defensive Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-9, 170 Thornhill (Westmount CI)

High School: ... attended St. Michael’s College School ... 2005 Metro Bowl champion ... obtained entrance bursary Personal: ... enrolled in Geography

High School: ... attended Westmount CI ... Athlete of the Year ... championship member, summer 2007 ... Ontario Scholar ... Justin Eves scholarship Personal: ... enrolled in Arts

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COURTNEY STEPHEN

#21

SAM VAUGHN

Free Safety First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 180

Defensive Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-10, 175 Kitchener (Kitchener CI)

Brampton (Turner Fenton SS) High School: ... attended Turner Fenton SS ... Junior and Senior Athlete of the Year ... three-time Turner Fenton Football MVP ... two-time Turner Track and Field MVP ... Turner Fenton Junior Boys Basketball MVP ... Pro Elite Football Camp MVP ... Toronto Star Football all-star, 2007 ... OVFL Player of the Week, 2007

High School: ... attended Kitchener CI ... second team all-star for Kitchener Collegiate region ... copremiere of Kitchener CI Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Physical Education

Personal: ... enrolled in Commmunication Studies

LUCAS TOPOLIE

ADAM WATSON

Defensive Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

5-7, 159 Courtice (Trinity College School)

Running Back First Year (First Year Elig.)

6-0, 165 Coboconk (Fenelon Falls SS)

High School: ... attended Trinity College School ...

Defensive Back of the Year, 2006 ... recipient of Lakeridge Health Academic Scholarship

High School: ... attended Fenelon Falls SS ... threetime Male Athlete of the Year recipient ... 2003 Kawartha District football champions ... two-time Offensive Player of the Year ... Ontario Scholar .

Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Physical Education

Personal: ... enrolled in Kinesiology/Physical Education

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COACHING STAFF

HEAD COACH AND MANAGER OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS

GARY JEFFRIES

MANAGER OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS AND HEAD COACH

Gary Jeffries enters his 31st season as part of the Golden Hawk football coaching staff.

It was not until 1970 that Gary would find his home at Wilfrid Laurier University.

He played football for two years from 1970-1971 and was named an All-Star Defensive Half Back and Rookie of the Year. After his career at Laurier he was drafted by the Toronto Argonauts in 1972 and in 1973 he signed with the Hamilton TigerCats but did not report. Gary also played four years in the Detroit Tiger organization prior to beginning his career at WLU. In 1973 he was hired at WLU as an assistant football coach and recreation director. From 1984-1988 Jeffries was also the women’s basketball coach at WLU. In 1989 he took a break from football and coached the men’s basketball team until 1996. In 1994 Rick Zmich convinced Jeffries to return to the game which he loves so much.

Gary has coached 30 football seasons at WLU, with 19 as Defensive Coordinator. He was named the interim head coach midway through the 2002 season as a result of a labour dispute and was named the full time manager of football operations and head coach in 2003. He has coached in 19 Yates Cups including championship victories in the 1978, 1987, 2004 and 2005 seasons.

PROFILE: G A RY J E F F R I E S Football Coaching Experience: (all at WLU) - 1972-1980: Defensive Line / Linebackers Coach for Tuffy Knight - 1981-1983: Defensive Coordinator for Tuffy Knight - 1984-1988: Defensive Coordinator for Rich

Newbrough - 1994-2002: Defensive Coordinator for Rick Zmich - 2003-2008: Head Coach and Manager of Football Operations

Date of Birth: May 13, 1946 Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario High School: Nelson (Burlington) University: Wilfrid Laurier University Degree: Bachelor of Arts - Political Science Record at Laurier: 50-11-0-1 (0.815) Regular Season: 41-7-0-1 (0.847) Playoffs: 9-4 (0.692)

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HEAD COACH AND MANAGER OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS

Awards and Honours: 2003 OUA Coach of the Year 2003 CIS Coach of the Year 2004 OUA Coach of the Year 2005 OUA Coach of the Year

Since taking over at the helm of the Hawks, the team has gone 44-7-0-1 including victories in two Yates Cups (2004, 2005), one Uteck Bowl (2005), and one Vanier Cup (2005). Coach Jeffries has coached over 700 games in total for WLU (both football and basketball), and his passion for Wilfrid Laurier sport remains undying.

Gary resides in Southampton in the off-season.

He has four children, Jonathan, Jodie, Jaime, and Ryan, and five beautiful grandchildren.

G A R Y J E F F R I E S V S P R E V I O U S G O L D E N H AW K H E A D C O A C H E S Coach Gary Jeffries Rick Zmich Rich Newbrough David ‘Tuffy’ Knight Bob Celeri

Term 6 Seasons 9 Seasons 10 Seasons 19 Seasons 5 Seasons

Regular Season 41-7-0-1 42-28-1 47-23 87-33-5 23-7-1

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Playoffs 9-4 4-8 8-7 14-13 -

Championships Won OUA x2, CIS OUAA x2, CIAU OQAA, OUAA x3 2 Provincial

ASSISTANT COACHES

RYA N P Y E A R

Ryan Pyear enters his third season as the Golden Hawk Offensive Coordinator after five outsanding years as Laurier’s starting Quarterback. As a player Ryan enjoyed much success and he now hopes to continue that tradition in the role of Offensive Coordinator. Some of Ryan’s playing accolades include being named as the OUA Rookie of the Year in 2001 after taking every single snap as a freshman. In 2004 Ryan was named as a first-team OUA all-star and second-team all-Canadian, and in 2005 he reached both first-team all-conference and firstteam all-Canadian status. That same year he was awarded Uteck Bowl and Vanier Cup MVP on the way to Wilfrid Laurier’s national supremacy on the gridiron. Other awards include back-

Offensive Coordinator

to-back President’s Awards as Wilfrid Laurier’s top male athlete in 2004 and 2005.

Ryan graduated in June 2006, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Kinesiology.

He has two brothers, Kyle and Tobin, who also played five years in the OUA and CIS at McMaster and Waterloo respectively. His mother, Betty, and father Barry, currently live in Ryan’s home town of Belleville, Ontario. Barry Pyear is also a football coach at Laurier, coaching the running backs.

R on Van M oerkerke

Ron Vanmoerkerke is in his tenth year coaching with the Golden Hawks. He returns again to the role of Defensive Coordinator, a position he has held since the 2003 season.

Ron’s track record with Laurier is a long and storied one; he played in the late 80s and was on the 1987 Yates Cup championship team. In 1988, Ron received the WLU Alumni Association Academic and Athletic Achievement Award. In 1989, Ron was named an OUA first-team all-star linebacker and team MVP.

At present, Ron is a teacher and the Department Head of Social

DEFENSIVE Coordinator

Science at Eastwood Collegiate High School in Kitchener. Prior to becoming the Defensive Coordinator with the Hawks, Ron was the Head Coach at Eastwood and Galt Collegiate.

Ron lives with his wife Karen and their four year old daughter Grace and twenty one-month old son Austin in West Montrose.

J osh A lexander

Alexander began his coaching career in the city leagues at age fifteen and won an OVFL Jr. Championship with the Twin City Predators in 2001, where he was the Defensive Co-ordinator.

He played for the Golden Hawks from 1999 to 2003, and in this time was an All-Star Defensive Lineman and Russ Jackson Award winner.

After graduating, Alexander accepted a position as a graduate assistant coach at Mississippi College in Jackson, MS where he was the Offensive Line and Tight Ends Coach. During this time, he attended Mississippi College where he obtained his Masters in Business Education. Upon completion, he entered the U.S. high school football scene as the Linebackers Coach and Special Teams Co-ordinator for Mary G.

Special Teams CoordinatoR

Montgomery High School, a 6A program in Mobile, Alabama.

Coach Alexander returned to Canada and WLU in 2007, joining the Laurier coaching staff as the Offensive Line Coach. The 2008 season will be his 13th season walking the sidelines and he will take on the additional responsibility of Special Teams Co-ordinator for the Hawks. Under Alexander’s tutelage, the Hawks offense was first in the OUA in rushing as well as sacks, and he also coached the country’s best offensive lineman, Scott Evans. Coach Alexander is happily married to the love of his life, Monica, who is also a WLU Alum. They have a wonderful son, Noah, who will celebrate his first birthday on September 12, 2008.

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COACHING STAFF Linebackers Coach & Defensive Scout Team Coach

Jesse Alexander Jesse is entering his second year as

Asst. Offensive Line Coach

Tom Arnott

Defensive Scout Team Coach after playing for 5 years at WLU (20022006). While playing football for Laurier, Jesse received 1st All-Star recognition in 2004 and 2006 and in 2005, was drafted by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was signed by the Toronto Argonauts in 2006 and played in 2 games on special teams. In 2006, he was awarded the OUA President’s Trophy for Best Defensive Player.

Defensive Line Coach

Blaine Beck Coach Beck enters his fourteenth

season as part of the Laurier coaching staff. He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo where he played on the defensive line. Blaine is a teacher at Glenview Park Secondary School.

Defensive Backs Coach

Dan Bovair Dan was the QB at Burlington Central

where he won 3 Halton country championships. He played at WLU from 1975-77 as a DB and punt/kick returner.

In 1977, he was drafted by the Hamilton Tiger Cats and played there in 77-78 and in Toronto in 79. Dan coached in Burlington for 16 years in the minor system as well as the high school level, he has coached both offense and defense. Dan is the national accounts manager for Jones Neon Displays Ltd in Burlington. He resides in Burlington with wife Sylvia and children Daniel and Natalie.

Defensive Backs & Strength and Conditioning Coach Scout Team Coach

Dwayne Cameron

Dwayne returns for his fifth season with the Hawks. A 1996 draft pick for the Hamilton Ti-Cats, Dwayne has served as Defensive Coordinator for St. James in Guelph, and interim Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Toronto Raptors in 2002. During his coaching time at Laurier, he has coached 5 All-Canadian Defensive Backs, including Ian Logan of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He is the father of two Hawk football. children: Gregory, who is seven years old and Kiana, age 2.

Receivers Coach

Steve Frake Steve continues in his third

Pat Crabbe Pat returns to the Golden Hawk coach-

ing staff this season for his fifth year.

He brings a wealth of experience to the team, having coached amateur football since 1970 in Mississauga, Guelph, and Windsor. He resides in Waterloo, and has three grown children: Chuck, Collin and Julia. He looks forward to a great season of outstanding Golden

Asst. Running Backs Coach

year coaching with Laurier as the Receivers Coach. He is a graduate of WLU where he played five years at corner.

After his fifth year, he was drafted to the CFL by the Montreal Alouettes.

Along with his coaching duties, Steve is the administrator for a new service called the Athletic Academic Success Program, designed to maximize the academic development of student athletes.

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Maki Katsube Maki enters his seventh year with the

Golden Hawks. He was the leading receiver at St. Francis Xavier from 198790. He was also drafted by the Edmonton Eskimos in 1990. After the CFL, he coached the receivers at St. F.X. Maki is now a teacher at St. John’s-Kilmarnock School in Breslau.

COACHING STAFF Speed Agility and Conditioning Coach

Brent McFarlane Brent McFarlane has coached at Lau-

Asst. Defensive Line and Coach Speed Agility Conditioning Coach

Bill Morrison

Bill Morrison joins the Wilfrid Laurier Coaching Staff as the assistant defensive line coach. He is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier.

rier for 7 years as a Speed Agility and Conditioning Coach. In his time at WLU, he has written and designed a speed and agility program specifically for the Laurier football program. Brent is a five-time Olympic Coach and was the Head Coach of the Canadian Track and Field team in the 2000 Syndey Olympics. He has coached 33 National teams in track and field as well.

Quarterback Coach

Rod Philp Rod continues in his third year assist-

Running Backs Coach

Barry Pyear

Coach Pyear returns to his place as Running Backs Coach in his sixth full-time year with the Hawks. He has 30years of experience as a head coach in the Belleville area, and helped guide the 2000 National Capital Bowl Champion and undefeated Centennial Chargers. He is the father of Offensive Coordinator Ryan Pyear.

ing with the WLU football coaching staff. He is a graduate of Laurier where he served as Quarterback for Golden Hawk football in the 1980’s.

Rod continues to hold WLU passing records and was a member of the 1987 Yates Cup Championship team.

Speed Training Coach

Chuck Thompson

Kicking Coach

Chuck is entering his sixth year coaching at Laurier as a Speed Training Coach. With his vast experience in speed and agility, Chuck also coaches football and track and field at Cameron Heights in Kitchener.

Asst. Receivers Coach

Bob Clapperton

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IDENTIFICATION COACHES & SUPPORT STAFF Dufferin/Wellington Region

Peter Billingsley 519-843-1985

Peel Region

jbillingsley@sympatico.ca

Ajax-Pickering Region

bcanton@rogers.com

London Region

Clarke Eady 905-982-6295

Brian Canton 905-840-9380

Roger MacLeod 519-645-2000 rogermc@golden.net

coacheady@hotmail.com

Roger returns to the Golden Hawk staff as head scout of the London Region. He is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier.

Ottawa Region

Dave Robertson 613-278-2183

Haldiman County

Don Wilson 905-772-5850 dawilson@netcom.ca

Coach Wilson returns to help with scouting. He has 30 years of experience as head coach in the Caledonia area.

Technical Staff

Kerry Martin Kerry joins the Golden Hawks this

Athletic Therapist

Teresa Hussey Teresa returns to the Football staff this season as head of therapy. A certified Athletic Therapist, Teresa spent two years with Laurier’s Men’s Hockey program before moving across to Football.

She holds a BSc from York University and graduated from Sheridan College’s Sports Injury Management program.

year to coordinate the video production and technical support needs of the football program. Kerry has worked at Laurier in several IT positions for 6 years.

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SUPPORT STAFF Equipment Staff

Chuck Classen Chuck has been assisting the football

Equipment Staff

equipment staff on the sidelines for 36 years. He was a student at WLU, where he was the manager for the basketball team. Chuck is a retired school teacher who now commits most of his time to the Laurier Football Team.

Equipment Staff

Dan Huxter

Anthony Pickett Anthony returns to assist the foot-

ball equipment staff for his fifth year.

Prior to his efforts for WLU football, Anthony performed similar work for his high school football team.

Training Staff

Katie Sheridan Katie returns to the WLU football therapy staff for her third year. She is entering her third year as a Kinesiology student and hopes to become a physiotherapist once finished her degree.

Training Staff

Andrea Cross Andrea returns to the WLU football

Training Staff

therapy staff for her third year. She is entering her 3rd year as a Kinesiology student and hopes to become a physiotherapist once she finishes her degree.

Training Staff

Anna Morgan

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SUPPORT STAFF Offensive Statistician

Mallory Gillies Mallory is continuing her third year

Student Film

Jennifer Dujlovic

as Offensive Statistician. She helps administratively and with recruiting year-round for the WLU football program. Mallory is entering her fifth year as an English major and Religion minor.

Recruit Ambassador

April Vande Beek

ABSENT: Venessa Muzzo - Student Film Kirsten Grohs - Student Film

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2008 SEASON IN REVIEW SCORING GUE-Maver field goal WLU-Bosch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Mamo single GUE-Maver single GUE-Maver field goal GUE-Safety touch WLU-Emberley touchdown (Mamo convert) GUE-Maver single GUE-Maver field goal

GAME 1

Laurier 15 - Guelph 13

September 1 Knight-Newbrough Field - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Guelph 3 4 2 4 0 13 Laurier 8 0 7 0 0 15

TEAM STATISTICS

WLU First Downs 14 Rushed-Yards 189 Passing Yards 196 Passes (A/C/I) 29/14/2 Sacks 0 Punts-Yards 9-411 Fumbles-Lost 2- -6

Penalties-Yards 11-82

GUE 23 97 202 29/19/3 1 4-308 2-0 8-75

Pinder (Kitchener, Ont.) each picked up six tackles on the day.

Adam Dunk led the Gryphons with five.

“Hawks open 2008 with 15-13 Victory” “Hawks come out on top in turnover filled game”

by Ari Grossman

“Our offence needed a hand and we did what we usually do at Laurier, play some strong defence,” said a tired Rapanaro after the game.

WATERLOO – The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks opened the 2008 football campaign with a 15-13 win over the Guelph Gryphons in front of a crowd of 2,697 at Knight-Newbrough Field.

Chima Ihekwoaba (Burlington, Ont.) was the only one to bring a quarterback down, sacking Dunk and moving the ball back nine yards.

Late in the fourth quarter, Guelph kicker Rob Maver had an opportunity to take the victory but was wide to the left on a 28 yard field goal picking up only a single instead. Maver put the only points on the board for the Gryphons nailing three of five field goals including a 36 yarder.

“Errors are going to happen in week one and they did on both sides and although we recovered this time,” said Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries when asked about turnovers today. “Execution both physically and mentally will need to get better for us to play next week against Western.”

Third year receiver Jeff Emberley’s (Oakville, Ont.) third quarter 42-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) was the game winner in the contest. The touchdown was his first in the purple and gold uniform. Laurier’s other touchdown came early on as rookie linebacker Mitchell Bosch (Langley, B.C.) picked off Justin Dunk and carried the ball back 57 yards for the major.

The Golden Hawks next compete against the Western Mustangs on Saturday, September 6th at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for the contest are available on Laurier’s website www.laurierathletics.com

The game was riddled with nine turnovers including three interceptions thrown by Noble and two fumbles by the Hawks.

“There are a lot of throws I’d like to have back today,” said Noble referring to the picks by Savoie and Riley. “Our guys did a good job today and more importantly we came out with the win over Guelph.”

Justin Dunk completed 14 of 29 pass attempts on the day including one for 39 yards. Guelph’s offence netted 355 yards in the contest, more than the Hawks’ 299. Gryphon running back Nick Fitzgibbon was the only person to carry for over 100 yards for either team netting 111 over 23 grabs. Laurier back Ryan Lynch put up 50 yards.

The Golden Hawk defence stopped Guelph in the red zone all four times. Giancarlo Rapanaro (Niagara Falls, Ont.) and Luke

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GAME 2

Laurier 20 - Western 31

September 6 Knight-Newbrough Field - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Western 0 17 0 14 0 31 Laurier 10 2 0 8 0 20

convert) WLU-Leach touchdown (Thompson 2pt convert) TEAM STATISTICS

WLU UWO First Downs 21 23 Rushed-Yards 152 191 Passing Yards 279 272 Passes (A/C/I) 39/21/2 21/14/0 Sacks 5 3 Punts-Yards 11-503 14-576 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 11-83 10-80

on Thompson’s first start at quarterback. “Luke and the rest of the guys played hard right to the end and that’s all we could have asked for.”

“Western downs Hawks 31-20” “Mustangs have strong second half to defeat Laurier”

by Mike Whitehouse

The play capped off an impressive drive for Wilfrid Laurier that started deep in their own territory.

WATERLOO - The trend continued for the number five nationally ranked Western Mustangs as they recovered from a ten-point first quarter deficit to defeat the number six ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 31-20 at Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium in front of 6,432 fans.

After a 27-yard Chris Mamo (London, Ont.) field goal that gave Laurier the 10-0 lead in the first quarter, Western began to put some plays together.

In the first half, Wilfrid Laurier opened up a 10-0 lead in a dominating the first quarter of play. Luke Thompson (London, Ont.) saw the helm of the offence after Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) injured himself earlier in the week. In his first go he completed 21 of 39 for 279 yards and rushed for 70 yards. He converted on a second and ten early in the game to pick up one of Laurier’s touchdowns to make the score 7-0.

The ‘Stangs turnaround began with a great set of defensive stances in the second quarter. Then some strong running from backup running back John Leckie (Georgetown, Ont.) and timely big plays from receivers Nick Trevail (London, Ont.) and Jesse Bellamy (Guelph, Ont.) gave Western life. Michael Faulds led Western to 272 yards in the air while the ground attack saw John Leckie carry for 108 yards and two majors.

“For his first performance starting he did well,” commented Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries

The Mustangs first points came after the defence forced the Golden Hawks to concede a safety on a third down, deep in their own zone.

Mike Van Praet was a menace on defence recording a sack and forcing several quick throws from Thompson while John Surla, last week’s OUA male athlete of the week, was solid again with key tackles. On the Golden Hawk side, Mitchell Bosch (Langley, B.C.) had a second solid week picking up five tackles. Veteran Joe Labenski (Welland, Ont.) returned to the line-up this week and made himself known taking down Faulds. Chima Ihekwoaba (Burlington, Ont.), Sam Aird (Ancaster, Ont.) and Giancarlo Rapanaro (Niagara Falls, Ont.) all picked up sacks as well.

Troy Leach (Barrie, Ont) scored the other Laurier touchdown on a catch from Thompson with just over three minutes left to pull Laurier within 11 but it was too late as Western held on for the win, 31-20.

The Golden Hawks now travel to Kingston to face the Queen’s Gaels at Richardson Stadium. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. and will be broadcast on Cogeco on tape delay. The following week will have the Golden Hawks returning to Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium to host the Windsor Lancers as part of homecoming weekend celebrations. Tickets for the game are available on www.laurierathletics.com/ecommerce

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2008 SEASON IN REVIEW SCORING QUE-Village field goal QUE-Village single QUE-Safety touch QUE-Safety touch QUE-Village field goal QUE-Giffin touchdown (Village convert) WLU-Chambers touchdown (Mamo convert) QUE-Valberg touchdown (Village convert) QUE-Stinson touchdown (Village convert) QUE-Safety touch QUE-Valberg touchdown (Village convert)

GAME 3

Laurier 7 - Queen’s 41

September 13 Richardson Stadium - Kingston, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Laurier 0 7 0 0 0 7 Queen’s 6 12 16 7 0 41

TEAM STATISTICS

WLU QUE First Downs 6 29 Rushed-Yards 45 222 Passing Yards 121 438 Passes (A/C/I) 24/11/1 39/22/4 Sacks 2 9 Punts-Yards 15-626 6-228 Fumbles-Lost 1-1

2-2 Penalties-Yards 11-114 8-84

combine for 68 tackles (53 solo) with Courtney Stephen leading the group with eight (7 solo).

“Gaels shock Hawks with 41-7 Win” “Laurier held to 99 yards of offence in contest”

by Ari Grossman

“We couldn’t stop them right away and the offence got a lot of two-and-outs today,” commented veteran linebacker Luke Pinder (Kitchener, Ont.) who returned to the lineup after sitting a week due to injury. “They took what [yardage] was available and use formations to beat us.” Pinder picked up 6.5 tackles (5 solo) as well as two breakups.

KINGSTON – The number 10 nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks were devastated with a 41-7 loss in Kingston when they faced the number five Queen’s Gaels in front of 4,127 fans at Richardson Stadium.

The loss makes the team record 1-2 and puts the Hawks with a losing record for the first time since 2002.

Rookie defensive back Peter Mcdougall (Oshawa, Ont.) picked up two of the other interceptions while Mitchell Bosch (Langley, B.C.) got the final one.

“We opened up with a hard schedule and three competitive teams,” said manager of football operations and head coach Gary Jeffries when asked to comment on the record. “We’re in the meat of the schedule and we’ll learn from today’s performance as we look to next weekend’s homecoming game.”

Chris Mamo (London, Ont.) had another strong punting performance kicking an average of 41.7 yards over 15 times including three into the red zone. The fourth year punter, along with some great return coverage played a significant role in the battle for field position today.

Dan Brannagan (Burlington, Ont.) led the Gaels to a net offence of 639 yards including 438 over his 22 completions in the contest.

Brannagan threw five interceptions including one returned by Courtney Stephen (Brampton, Ont.) 37 yards eventually leading to Laurier’s only touchdown of the day.

The Golden Hawks return home for week four action to host the Windsor Lancers at 1:00 p.m. at University Stadium. The events are apart of homecoming weekend 2008. Tickets for the game are available online at laurierathletics.com Note for this week, the tailgate area requires a premium ticket which is available online as well as at the door. Gates open at 11:00 a.m.

Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) started for the purple-and-gold and completed 2 of 5 before seeing Luke Thompson (London, Ont.) step in and connect once for a 43-yard touchdown pass to Shamawd Chambers (Markham, Ont.). The pair finished off the day with a combined 11 completions on 24 attempts for 121 yards.

Noble and Thompson were on the ground and hurried all day as five Gaels added up nine sacks including Dee Sterling who had 5.5 as well as eight tackles (6 solo) and Osie Ukwuoma who had 1.5.

The Golden Hawk offence didn’t move the ball many yards as the team netted 60 yards. Of the 25 drives in the contest, a total of five were for offensive yardage greater than 10 yards. Running back Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) was held to 31 yards and along with Noble made up the 41 yards on the ground.

“We need to look at the film to find the breakdowns and see why what we did didn’t work today,” said Jeffries when asked about the lack of offence. “We have to be able to move the football in order to win games.”

Laurier held Mike Giffin, last season’s OUA leading rusher to just over a hundred yards including a major. The Laurier defence, who were on the field for 33 minutes saw twenty-five athletes

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GAME 4

Laurier 33 - Windsor 18

September 20 Knight-Newbrough Field - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Windsor 0 15 3 0 0 18 Laurier 1 14 14 4 0 33

TEAM STATISTICS

WLU WSR First Downs 23 14 Rushed-Yards 251 83 Passing Yards 302 262 Passes (A/C/I) 25/17/1 31/17/0 Sacks 3 5 Punts-Yards 6-225 10-379 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 7-75 15-115

yards.

“Hawks tumble Lancers in Homecoming romp” “Thompson passes for 302 yards and two TD’s”

by Mike Whitehouse

The turning point of the game came when Laurier was down 15-8 with 1:31 before the half and Luke Thompson engineered a 12 play-drive into the end-zone. The final two plays were a 21-yard reception to Chambers and a 29-yard catch for Bishop and the score to tie up the game.

WATERLOO – The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks compiled 481 yards of offence against the visiting Windsor Lancers defeating them 33-18 in front of a boisterous Homecoming crowd of 8,249 at University Stadium.

In the second half, the Golden Hawks continued to march the ball up field scoring twice on runs by Chambers and Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.). Then the Laurier defence stepped up and shut down the Lancers passing game.

“We executed on our plan, and that was a huge key for us,” said Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries. “We moved the ball on offence today and got the stops we need to on defence.”

Next up, Windsor (2-2) will host the No. 5 Ottawa Gee Gee (3-1) on Saturday. Laurier (2-2) will travel the University of Waterloo (1-3) to take on the Warriors.

Luke Thompson (London, Ont.) threw for 302 yards and two touchdowns as well as running for another 47 yards.

His primary targets were Josh Bishop (Mississauga, Ont.) and Shamawd Chambers (Markham, Ont.) who had 132 yards and 76 yards respectively as well as a touchdown a piece. Chambers also ran for 23 yards and a TD. CIS record holder Daryl Stephenson (London, Ont.) was held to 61 yards on ten attempts by a stingy Hawk rush defence which only gave up 81 total yards on the ground. The Lancers attacked the Hawks secondary, with Jordan Brescacain (Tecumseh, Ont.) racking up 104 yards on four catches, including one 50 yard reception.

Windsor threw for a total of 262

WLU-Mamo field goal WLU-Mamo single

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2008 SEASON IN REVIEW SCORING WAT-Safety touch WLU-Leach touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Leach touchdown (Mamo convert) WAT-Safety touch WLU-Thompson touchdown (Mamo convert) WAT-Cowie touchdown (Sevigny convert) WLU-Mamo field goal WAT- McCooty touchdown (Sevigny convert) WAT-Safety touch WAT-Sevigny field goal WLU-Chambers touchdown (Mamo

GAME 5

Laurier 38 - Waterloo 23 September 27 Warrior Field - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Laurier 7 14 3 14 0 38 Waterloo 2 9 12 0 0 23

convert( WLU-Bishop touchdown (Mamo convert) TEAM STATISTICS

WLU WAT First Downs 21 23 Rushed-Yards 149 97 Passing Yards 357 331 Passes (A/C/I) 26/17/2 40/24/3 Sacks 4 3 Punts-Yards 3-118 10-394 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 14-145 10-63

Earlier in the contest Troy Leach (Barrie, Ont.) caught two touchdown receptions within one-minute. Just before the quarterbreak, he had a 34-yard reception, and after, a 42-yard catch to start the second after Giancarlo Rapanaro (Niagara Falls, Ont.) picked up one of his two interceptions of the day. Shane Burns (Burlington, Ont.) had the other off of Warrior quarterback Evan Martin. Burns also led the team with seven tackles (six solo) on the day.

“Hawks take Battle of Waterloo 38-23” “Laurier finished on top despite 14 penalties for 145 yards”

by Ari Grossman WATERLOO – Quarterback Luke Thompson of London, Ont. connected for 357 yards as the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeated the University of Waterloo Warriors 38-23 in front of a Waterloo homecoming crowd of 2,200 at Warrior Field.

Martin moved the ball for 318 yards over 23 completions and was sacked three times by Steve Cormack (Waterloo, Ont.), Spencer Troop (Georgetown, Ont.) and Joe Labeski (Welland, Ont.).

Marvin McCoory led the black and gold on the ground with 77 yards and a major.

“There were so many times today when I threw [the ball] up there and they weren’t the prettiest balls today but our receivers came through and made the play,” commented Thompson on his overall performance. “The strength of our offence is our receivers and we’ve got to continue to get the ball to them and they will continue to make great plays.”

After going up early in the contest 14-2, the Hawks weren’t able to get back the momentum they needed, getting caught deep in their own zone and conceding multiple safeties.

Thompson found three different receivers before scoring a touchdown of his own on the ground. The second year pivot connected 17 of 26 attempts including four touchdowns and a 57 yard reception in the wet penalty filled contest. In total 24 penalties for 208 yards were assessed to both teams with the Hawks picking up the majority at 14 for 145.

“They had a couple of plays on us and stuck it in the end zone and we didn’t help with some of the errors we made,” stated Jeffries. “They were successful in stopping our momentum multiple times, however in the fourth our guys made some key plays.”

“We’re very fortunate to come out of [Warrior Field] with the win,” said Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries. “Full credit to the Waterloo coaches and players for the game they played today. We’ve got a lot of talent but we aren’t playing to that level right now - we’re going to. I’m happy we got the win, but disappointed at the way we played.”

Laurier’s kicking game saw Chris Mamo (London, Ont.) have 11 kickoffs as a result of all the safeties. Mamo also hit the uprights twice in the contest on field goal attempts, with only one of the two falling between for the points.

Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) was just short of 100 yards on the day as he carried the ball 17 times for 83 yards including a 30-yard carry late in the game. Josh Bishop (Mississauga, Ont.) had the final seven-point grab on a 30-yard pass.

Shamawd Chambers (Markham, Ont.) named Laurier’s Ray Owens memorial player of the game, led the offence with 119 yards in receptions including a 37-yard touchdown reception.

Chambers leads the team in both receptions and touchdowns with 27 and four on the season.

“Today was like two steps forward and one back,” said Thompson on the penalty situation. “If we can limit that we’ll be fine next week in Ottawa.”

“Waterloo came hard at us today like we expected, with their homecoming and their fans,” said Chambers post-game. When asked about the penalties, including an unnecessary roughness that he was assessed, he showed a little more disappointment in the tone of his voice stating that “At the end of the day the penalties shouldn’t happen, but they did, and we’ll have to work on them in order to become a more disciplined team.”

The Golden Hawks (3-2) now travel to the nation’s capital to face the Ottawa Gee Gee’s (3-2) on October 4th. Kickoff for the contest to be aired live on The Score Television Network is 12:37 p.m.

Laurier will return to host the McMaster Marauders on October 11th at University Stadium with a 1:07 p.m. kickoff.

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2008 SEASON IN REVIEW SCORING WLU-Safety touch OTT-Gharone touchdown (De Lellis convert) OTT-Wood touchdown (De Lellis convert) WLU-Bishop touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) OTT-De Lellis fieldgoal WLU-Leach touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Mamo single WLU-Safety touch WLU-Mamo field goal OTT-Safety touch OTT-Safety touch

GAME 6

Laurier 22 - Ottawa 21 October 4 Frank Clair Stadium - Ottawa, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Laurier 2 7 10 3 0 22 Ottawa 0 14 3 4 0 21

TEAM STATISTICS

WLU OTT First Downs 12 15 Rushed-Yards 216 152 Passing Yards 125 159 Passes (A/C/I) 20/7/2 33/16/0 Sacks 1 4 Punts-Yards 10-370 12-463 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-80 6-45

By the end of the contest, Josh Sacobie completed 16 of 33 on the day for a season low 159 yards. Davie Mason returned to the lineup and had only seven carries for 20 yards.

“Hawks defeat Gee Gees in Ottawa” “Laurier upsets #7 ranked Gee Gees with 22-21 victory”

by Ari Grossman

Laurier running back Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) carried the ball 12 times for 86 yards. Mike Montoya (Burlington, Ont.) returned to the lineup with 24 yards over four rushes.

OTTAWA – The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks scored 17 points in the second and third quarters to upset the number 7 nationally ranked University of Ottawa Gee Gee’s 22-21 in front of 1,590 fans at Frank Clair Stadium.

“Luke made a great play he scrambled out and found me down field,” commented Leach on the key catch post-game. “Thank goodness I caught it and finished it off.”

The win ends an eight game win streak at home for Ottawa who the Golden Hawks haven’t been able to defeat since back in 2005, the year Laurier went undefeated and won the Vanier Cup.

Mitchell Bosch (Langley, B.C.) led the team in tackles on the day with seven tackles (six solo) and now leads the team overall with 28. Bosch and Shane Burns (Burlington, Ont.) both forced fumbles on the day while Giancarlo Rapanaro (Niagara Falls, Ont.) picked one up as well as had 3.5 tackles on the day. Sacobie was sacked once for a loss of 11 yards by George Kourtesiotis (Toronto, Ont.) and Joe Labenski (Welland, Ont.).

“We came in here and looked at this as a chance to get a home playoff game,” said an excited head coach Gary Jeffries after the game when asked about the significance of beating Ottawa.

“Today is the first time in six games that we played as a full football team. We became a team and played all three aspects of the game.”

“We’re going to have to bring a better game than we did today next week to our house as we know McMaster is a dangerous team and we’re expecting their best,” said Leach when asked about week seven action.

Quarterback Luke Thompson (London, Ont.) completed seven of 20 passes on the day for 137 yards and two touchdowns including a 75 yard touchdown catch by Troy Leach (Barrie, Ont.). The pass to Leach came as Thompson was being faced with pressure and was almost sacked. The second year quarterback opened the day with a pair of interceptions as his only completions, but was able to rebound. In addition to the passing, Thompson led the team in rushing with 97 yards.

The Golden Hawks (4-2) return home next week to host the McMaster Marauders (3-3) at Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium at 1:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast locally on Rogers Television in Grand River.

“We came out sluggish and coach challenged us to come together at half,” commented Thompson on the 124 yards of offence in the first half. “The team made it happen and it feels great to come out of here with the win.”

Leach’s 75-yard catch made him the top receiver of the day. Third year receiver Josh Bishop (Mississauga, Ont.) was just behind him with 46 yards including a major of his own on a 26-yard catch. The Golden Hawk offence finished the day with 313 yards while Ottawa had 275.

Ottawa opened scoring after conceding a safety early in the contest. Sacobie connected with Gharone McLean and Justin Wood-Roy for two majors within five minutes in the second to put the garnet and grey up 14-2.

Laurier closed the gap with the Bishop’s touchdown. At the half, Ottawa had netted 183 yards with 120 in the air.

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2008 SEASON IN REVIEW SCORING WLU-Leach touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Mamo single MAC-Ross touchdown (Waugh convert) WLU-Bishop touchdown (Mamo convert) MAC-Waugh field goal WLU-Thompson touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Chambers touchdown (Mamo convert) MAC-Bradwell touchdown (Waugh convert) WLU-Thompson touchdown (Mamo convert)

GAME 7

Laurier 50 - McMaster 31

October11 Knight-Newbrough Field - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final McMaster 0 17 0 14 0 31 Laurier 7 8 21 14 0 50

WLU-Montoya touchdown (Mamo convert) TEAM STATISTICS

WLU MAC First Downs 26 24 Rushed-Yards 142 111 Passing Yards 355 497 Passes (A/C/I) 28/17/0 47/33/2 Sacks 1 4 Punts-Yards 9-371 7-253 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-3 Penalties-Yards 6-55 9-68

with 13.5 tackles, rookie Mitchell Bosch (Langley, B.C.) had seven tackles while Courtney Stephen (Brampton, Ont.) picked up 5.5 as well as two knockdowns, a fumble recovery and an interception.

“Hawks secure home playoff date” “Laurier defeats McMaster 50-31”

by Mike Whitehouse WATERLOO – Luke Thompson (London, Ont.) threw for 355 yards and accounted for five touchdowns to lead the no. 10 nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks over the McMaster Marauders 50-31 in front of 2,020 fans at University Stadium.

“We have York next week and we aren’t going to take that lightly,” commented Thompson. “We’re going to continue to get better.”

Wilfrid Laurier travels to Toronto to face the York Lions for their final regular season game on Saturday, October 18, 2008. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. and the game will be live on Rogers Television in Toronto.

With the win the Hawks have now secured a home playoff date as the OUA Quarterfinal will take place on Saturday, October 25th at 1:00 p.m. at Knight-Newbrough Field.

“We’re just scratching the surface on our potential,” said starting pivot Luke Thompson. “When our receivers get the ball in their hands, they just make something special happen.”

Thompson used eight different receivers throughout the game including a 101 yard touchdown reception to Josh Bishop (Mississauga, Ont.). His other two receiving sevenpoint scores went to Shamawd Chambers (Markham, Ont.) and Troy Leach (Barrie, Ont.). The Golden Hawk quarterback also rushed for 76 yards in nine attempts and two touchdowns.

Marauder quarterback Ryan Fantham (London, Ont.) completed 33 passes for 497 yards including four touchdowns and two interceptions. His top target was Kevin D’Hollander who caught 12 receptions for 199 yards and two scores.

McMaster scored all of their majors through the air.

The game went back and forth until the beginning of the third quarter when the Hawks broke open the game by scoring 21 points. McMaster attempted to surge in the fourth, but Laurier capitalized on turnovers to negate the Marauders advantage.

Both teams were stymied on the ground with Laurier toping McMaster gaining 134 yards versus the Marauders 74.

Top defensive Hawks were Shane Burns (Burlington, Ont.)

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GAME 8

Laurier 50 - York 13 October18 York Stadium - Toronto, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Laurier 14 9 7 20 0 50 York 0 7 0 6 0 13

TEAM STATISTICS

WLU YORK First Downs 19 14 Rushed-Yards 141 101 Passing Yards 383 183 Passes (A/C/I) 33/19/4 34/14/0 Sacks 0 0 Punts-Yards 4-197 14-519 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 14-115 9-105

B.J. Malott (Kitchener, Ont.), Shamawd Chambers (Markham, Ont.), Josh Bishop (Mississauga, Ont.), Troy Leach (Barrie, Ont.) and Travis Vaughan (Almonte, Ont.) were the recipients of the passes while linebacker Daniel Bishop (Mississauga, Ont.) returned an attempted punt 40 yards into the end zone.

“Hawks down Lions 50-13” “Many faces see field as Hawks prepare for playoff action”

by Ari Grossman TORONTO - The #10 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks easily handed the winless York Lions a 50-13 defeat at York Stadium in front of a crowd largely made up of purple-and-gold fans.

The Golden Hawks opened scoring five minutes into the contest on a 45-yard pass to Malott and didn’t look back from there.

In what was the only meaningless game in week eight of provincial football action, the Hawks saw 115 yards of penalties over 14 calls. York had nine for 105 yards.

Kicker Chris Mamo of London, Ont. had another strong performance punting four times for 197 yards including a 60-yard boot.

He converted all six converts as well as nailed both 35 and 37 field goals.

“We’ll clean up the penalties as we go,” commented quarterback Luke Thompson of London, Ont. “Today’s performance is nothing we can’t fix and the real season starts now.”

“I’ve worked hard all season to improve my punting performance,” commented Mamo on the average of 41.3 he has had all season. Mamo now sits third all-time in the record books in punting yardage in a career with 2,718 yards. He’s second in number of punts in a career with 213.

In other contests across the OUA, McMaster, Ottawa, Western and Queen’s won their final games setting up playoff action. Laurier (6-2) will return to Waterloo to host the McMaster Marauders (4-4) in the OUA quarterfinals on Saturday, October 25th at University Stadium in Waterloo with a 1:07 p.m. kickoff while the other quarterfinal will see Ottawa travel to Guelph on the Score Television network.

The defensive game saw York accumulate 234 yards to Laurier’s 519. Scott McCahill (Kingston, Ont.) led the team with five solo tackles. Courtney Stephen (Brampton, Ont.) had an interception off of York veteran quarterback Bart Zemanek who finished his career with a 14 for 34 and 183-yard performance.

York broke two OUA records today with the completion of their winless regular season having the most points scored against them in a season (471) and fewest points scored in a season (32).

“There are some young guys playing some great football today but there is still an experience factor that comes in CIS football,” said linebacker Luke Bendus (Cambridge, Ont.) when asked about the new faces in the week eight lineup. Bendus was injured in week one with a concussion that saw him sit for several weeks but is now seeing time both as part of the defence and special teams. “I’m happy with my performance but it has taken me a bit to get back to where I was before the injury.”

The win ended the Golden Hawk record at 6-2 after opening the year with a win and then two losses.

“We’re pleased to be where we are at 6-2,” commented Gary Jeffries post-game. “The start of the year we expected a similar record as a result of the schedule we had and now we’ll have to get better and prepare for next week.”

“McMaster put up a lot of yardage against us last week in Waterloo,” commented Coach Jeffries on seeing the Marauders in the first round of the playoffs. “We are going to have to do a better job against them defensively.”

Five of the six touchdown markers in the contest were thrown in the air. Thompson completed 10 of 17 for 185 yards and three majors in the first half of play before Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) relieved him with 198 yards and two additional touchdowns.

“We’re a throwing football team,” commented Jeffries when asked about the rushing yardage of 137 in the contest. “We’d like to run a bit more but we use the athletes we’ve got and make the plays however we need to.”

YORK-Rowe touchdown

Tickets for the OUA quarterfinal of Laurier and McMaster are available on the Golden Hawk website laurierathletics.com or by clicking here. OUA post-season ticket policy is in effect and no passes will be accepted.

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2008 Regular Season Statistics Schedule and Results / Calendriere et résultats

Overall Record: 6-2 Home: 3-1 Away: 3-1

DATE Sept. 1 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18

OPPONENT Guelph Western at Queen's Windsor at Waterloo at Ottawa McMaster at York

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

Laurier Opponents

49 11

61 95

62 36

63 49

0 0

235 191

Scoring / Pointeurs Player

TD FGs PATs 2-Pt. Saf Sng Pts

Chris Mamo

0

6

28

0

0

7

53

Troy Leach Josh Bishop Luke Thompson Ryan Lynch Mike Montoya Jeff Emberley Mitchell Bosch BJ Malott Daniel Bishop Travis Vaughan TEAM

6 5 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

36 30 26 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Total Opponents

29 6 19 10

28 18

1 0

3 12

7 5

235 191

Shamawd Chambers 6

0

0

0

0

0

SCORE TV 15-13 ROGERS 20-31 THE SCORE 7-41 33-18 ROGERS 38-23 22-21 THE SCORE 50-31 ROGERS 50-13 ROGERS

Team Statistics / Statistiques d'équide

Scoring By Quarters / Points par Quarts Team

W/L W L L W W W W W

36

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Category Laurier Scoring 235 Points Per Game 29.4 First Downs 143

Rushing 61

Passing 73

Penalty 9 Rushing Yardage 1101 Rushing Attempts 220

Average Per Rush 5.00

Average Per Game 137.6

Touchdowns Rushing 8 Passing Yardage 2127 Att-Comp-Int. 223-128-15

Average Per Pass 9.5

Average Per Catch 16.6

Average Per Game 265.9 Touchdowns Passing 19 Total Net Offence 3172 Total Plays 443 Average Per Play 7.16 Average Per Game 396.5 Kickoff Returns: #-Yards 30-578 Kickoff Return Average 19.1 Punt Returns: #-Yards 67-592 Punt Return Average 8.8 Interception Returns: #-Yards 12-159 Interception Return Average 13.3 Fumbles-Lost 6-4 Penalties-Yards 78-742 Average Per Game 9.8 Punts-Yards 65-2718

Average Per Punt 41.8 Sacks 16 Touchdowns Scored 29 Field Goals-Attempts 6-13 PAT Kicks-Attempts 28-28

Opponents 191 23.9 164 58 93 13 1051 230 4.57 131.4 7 2349 275-154-12 8.5 16.8 293.6 12 3303 505 6.54 412.9 48-736 15.3 69-474 6.9 15-144 9.6 13-11 78-640 9.8 81-3196 39.5 28 19 10-15 18-19

Rushing / Au sol Player Ryan Lynch Luke Thompson Ian Noble Shamawd Chambers Mike Montoya Jim Martyniuk B.J. Malott Vince Luciani Jeff Emberly J.B. Sless Peter Quinney TEAM

No 104 48 12 5 18 11 3 2 1 1 1 9

Yrds 474 334 80 41 75 51 17 4 3 1 0 -9

Avg 4.6 7.0 6.7 8.2 4.2 4.6 5.7 2.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 -1.0

Td 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fmb 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 40 22 21 15 23 13 11 3 3 1 0 0

Total Opponents

220 230

1101 1051

5.00 4.57

8 7

1 5

40 52

Receiving / Réceveurs Player Josh Bishop Shamawd Chambers Troy Leach B.J. Malott Peter Quinney Jeff Emberley Saxon Lindsey Dillon Heap Jim Martyniuk Travis Vaughan Mike Montoya Ryan Lynch Daniel Smith

No 26 37 11 9 10 8 12 3 4 4 1 2 1

Yrds 537 491 249 216 122 141 102 69 45 129 15 11 9

Avg 20.7 13.3 22.6 24.0 12.2 17.6 8.5 23.0 22.5 32.3 15.0 5.5 9.0

Td 5 5 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Long 101 52 75 57 32 42 15 27 20 95 15 8 9

Total Opponents

128 154

2127 2349

16.6 16.8

19 12

101 64

Passing / Quartes-arrieres Player Luke Thompson Ian Noble

Att 167 56

Cmp 94 34

Yrds 1686 450

Cmp% 56.3 60.7

Td 16 3

Int 11 4

Long 101 95

“NFL” QB Rating 95.55 74.26

Total Opponents

223 275

128 154

2127 2349

57.4 56.0

19 12

15 12

101 64

90.03 80.70

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Punt Returns / Retours de Dégagement Player Dillon Heap

No Yrds 33 305 Shamawd Chambers 8 95 Taureen Allen 9 85 Josh Bishop 9 60 Brian Malott 4 16 Troy Leach 3 29 Jim Martyniuk 1 2

Avg 9.2 11.9 9.4 6.7 4.0 9.7 2.0

Long 29 33 26 13 6 23 2

Td 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total Opponents

8.8 6.9

33 25

0 0

67 69

592 474

Kickoff Returns / Retours de Botté d'envoi Player

No

Dillon Heap Taureen Allen Josh Bishop Jim Martyniuk Michael Montoya Troy Leach Peter Quinney Ryan Lynch Peter McDougall

4 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 1

Yrds 223 126 56 54 48 23 21 18 9 0

Total Opponents

30 48

578 736

Shamawd Chambers 11

Sacks / Sacs Player Joe Labenski Spencer Troop Chima Ihekwoaba Giancarlo Rapanaro Stephen Cormack Samuel Aird Mitchell Bosch George Kourtesiotis

Long 44 47 27 25 22 23 21 13 9 0

Td 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19.1 15.3

47 31

0 0

Interceptions Sacks 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Total Opponents

Avg 20.3 31.5 18.7 18.0 16.0 23.0 21.0 9.0 9.0 0.0

16.0 28.0

Player Courtney Stephen Mitchell Bosch Peter McDougall Giancarlo Rapanaro Shane Burns Taureen Allen

No 4 2 2 2 1 1

Yrds 55 57 21 14 12 0

Avg 13.8 28.5 10.5 7.0 12.0 0.0

Total Opponents

12 15

159 144

13.3 9.6

Long Td 32 0 57 1 24 0 10 0 12 0 0 0 57 46

1 0

Field Goals / Placements

Punting / Dégagement Player Chris Mamo

No 65

Yrds 2718

Avg 41.8

Long 62

Players Chris Mamo

1-19 20-29 30-39 40+ Total Long FG% 0/0 3/5 3/5 0/3 6/13 38 46.2

Total Opponents

65 81

2718 3196

41.8 39.5

62 58

Total Opponents

0/0 4/4

58

3/5 0/1

3/5 5/7

0/3 6/13 38 1/3 10/15 42

46.2 66.7

Defensive / DĂŠfensive Player Luke Pinder Mitchell Bosch Courtney Stephen Giancarlo Rapanaro Shane Burns Peter Mcdougall Steve Cormack Jordan Van Horn Spencer Troop TEAM Kyle Somerville Dustin Hayman Joe Labenski Samuel Aird Peter Provenzano Taurean Allen Paul Hancock Daniel Bishop Jordan Schaus Carlos Naranjo Troy Leach Chima Ihekwoaba Chad McGraw Shane Herbert Andrew Zadorsky Peter Quinney Scott McCahill George Kourtesiotis Luke Bendus Jim Martyniuk Joe McCulla Adam Bestard Chris Mamo Josh Bishop Saxon Lindsay Luke Thompson Vince Luciani Daniel Smith Kyle Ardill Total Opponents

Tackles 39.0 36.0 35.5 35.0 24.0 23.0 21.5 20.0 16.0 15.0 13.5 12.5 12.0 11.5 11.0 11.0 10.5 10.0 9.0 8.5 8.5 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5

Solo 31 31 29 27 20 19 16 15 15 15 12 12 9 8 10 10 8 8 9 7 7 3 5 5 5 4 5 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0

Assisted 16 10 13 16 8 8 11 10 2 0 3 1 6 7 2 2 5 4 0 3 3 7 2 1 1 2 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Fumbles Forced 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fumbles Recovered 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Knockdowns 2 4 8 2 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

442.0 368.0

365 294

154 148

7 2

10 4

36 17

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2007 SEASON IN REVIEW

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2007 SEASON IN REVIEW SCORING MAC-Safety touch WLU-Mamo fieldgoal WLU-Safety touch MAC-Bradwell touchdown (Faiazza convert) WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) MAC-Faiazza fieldgoal MAC-Bradwell touchdown (Faiazza convert) WLU-Mamo fieldgoal WLU-Pinder touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Montoya touchdown (Mamo convert) MAC-Brown touchdown (Faiazza

GAME 1

Laurier 36 - McMaster 26 September 3 University Stadium - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final McMaster 2 7 10 7 0 26 Laurier 3 9 0 24 0 36

convert) WLU-Montoya touchdown (Mamo convert) TEAM STATISTICS

WLU MAC First Downs 23 25 Rushed-Yards 279 53 Passing Yards 200 361 Passes (A/C/I) 27/17/1 37/26/0 Sacks 0 0 Punts-Yards 8-314 9-353 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-65 11-86

(Ayr, Ont.) four times for 68 yards and saw six others throughout the game including a 34 yard pass to sophomore Josh Bishop of Mississauga, Ont.

“Hawks roll over Marauders in 4th Quarter” “Laurier win inaugurates Knight-Newbrough Field”

by Ari Grossman

“We said we had to run the football and today we did that,” commented Manager of Football Operations and head coach Gary Jeffries on the victory over his former Offensive Coordinator’s team.

“The offensive line got better throughout the game and allowed players like Lynch and Montoya to make a great combination for a leader like Noble in his first game.”

WATERLOO – Second year running back Mike Montoya scored two touchdowns as the #8 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeated the #9 McMaster Marauders in front of 3,185 fans at the first game at the newly renovated Knight-Newbrough Field at University Stadium.

Looking towards week two of the eight-game season, coach Jeffries said the program will have to adjust for a more physical team. “We are a little worn out today and with the short turnaround we will have to rest up for the Lancers.”

Montoya, an economics major from Burlington, Ont. scored two majors in the fourth quarter as the Hawks broke open what was a tight game.

After the first quarter the teams exchanged a safety and a field goal with the score 3-2. By the half, the teams exchanged a touchdown and made the score 12-9 for the purple-and-gold.

Stevenson, last season’s Hec Crighton winner for Canada’s most outstanding player of the year is a threat commented Jeffries.

“We’ll have to stop him like we did with McMaster today - they didn’t pick up much yardage on the ground from us.”

Three minutes into the final quarter, kicker Chris Mamo (London, Ont.) kicked his second field goal of the game – a 33-yarder to close the gap from a 19-12 deficit. Minutes later McMaster fumbled the ball and fourth year linebacker Luke Pinder (Kitchener, Ont.) picked it up and ran 26 yards for the touchdown.

The Golden Hawks now have a quick break before facing Windsor who defeated York 59-0 also on Labour Day. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 8th at Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium.

After an unsuccessful McMaster drive, running back Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) ran for 52 yards before being forced out at the two yard line and having Montoya finish off the drive. McMaster scored a touchdown and then Montoya picked up his second.

“I was too tired to get in there anyway,” said Lynch referring to the touchdown after the 52-yard run. “Montoya’s a young guy that likes to get into the end-zone and it’s nice to see the guys on the offense working together to get the job done.”

Lynch, a second-team all-star last season, led all rushers on the team with 190 yards over 24 carries including the first of the four Golden Hawk touchdowns. Rookie quarterback Ian Noble of West Vancouver, B.C. led his offense to 470 yards including 200 in the air.

“It took us a bit in the first to get going,” said Noble on the slow offensive start. “It was the first game and everyone is still getting a feel for the plays and the team.”

Noble was quite content on his performance in the first game of the season. “Overall there is always room for improvement,” he said. “I wish I could get a couple of those passes and the interception back; but we got the win today and that’s what matters.”

Noble connected with first team all-Canadian Andy Baechler

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SCORING WND-Reider fieldgoal WLU-Luciani touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Mamo fieldgoal WLU-Mamo fieldgoal WND-Lumley touchdown (Reider convert) WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Luciani touchdown (Mamo convert) WND-Mwalwanda touchdown (Reider convert) WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert)

GAME 2

Laurier 48 - Windsor 17 September 8 University Stadium - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Windsor 3 7 0 7 0 17 Laurier 7 6 21 14 0 48

WLU-Luciani touchdown (Mamo convert) TEAM STATISTICS

WLU WND First Downs 34 25 Rushed-Yards 268 90 Passing Yards 385 174 Passes (A/C/I) 29/25/0 25/12/1 Sacks 0 1 Punts-Yards

5-192 8-274 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 17-174 6-15

Pinder finished the day with 3.5 tackles (three solo) while defensive back Brent Hickey led all members of the purple-and-gold with seven tackles (five solo) and linebacker Anthony Maggiacomo also had 5.5 tackles (four solo).

“Hawk Score 6 TDs, knocking off Lancers” “Noble passes for 385 yards as Laurier wins 48-17”

by Ari Grossman

One of Laurier’s biggest challenges in the game was their own performance – picking up 17 penalties for 174 yards while their opponents only gave up 15 yards over six penalties.

WATERLOO – Quarterback Ian Noble led the Golden Hawk offense completing 25 of 29 for 385 yards as the #7 nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeated the #9 Windsor Lancers 48-17 in front of a crowd of 4,366.

“The penalties today were quite disappointing,” commented Manager of Football Operations and head coach Gary Jeffries. “Until I look at the film I won’t believe that they were all warranted. There were some that we did earn but some that just weren’t right. Either way we’ll look at the tape and plan to fix that for our game against Toronto.”

In his first season at the helm of the Golden Hawk offense, Noble, a native of West Vanouver, B.C. put up an incredible performance completing 86% of his passes for a total of 385 yards including two touchdowns. The single-game performance puts him up with previous Hawks including Ryan Pyear (329), Adam Lane (312) and behind athletes Bill Kubas (480) and Kevin McDonald (500).

Both Lancer touchdowns were on the ground – one by CJ Mwalwanda and the second by quarterback Lumley. Windsor’s offensive yardage ended with 264 on the day – just higher then the overall total of Stephenson in his week one performance (211) while the Golden Hawks finished with 655 yards.

“I knew I had a bunch in a row”, said Noble after learning he completed 15 passes in a row through the second and third quarters. “We knew we could beat them in the air as a result of them playing a lot of man coverage and it worked out that way.”

The Lancers (1-1) now travel back to Windsor next hosting the Waterloo Warriors (2-0) on Saturday the 15th of September. The Golden Hawks (2-0) travel to Toronto to face the Varsity Blues (0-2) on Friday at Varsity Stadium. Kickoff for the Friday match is set for 7:00 p.m.

Windsor opened scoring with a 45-yard field goal by Kevin Reider less then two minutes into the game. The Hawks then maintained the lead for the remainder of the game.

Both of Noble’s touchdown passes were to Dante Luciani of Burlington. The 6’0 receiver also returned a punt 57 yards for a third major in the game. Hawk leading rusher Ryan Lynch had a 147 yard performance with three touchdowns over 36 carries. Lynch is now the record holder for Wilfrid Laurier for rushing carries in a game with 36. The record was previously held by Nick Cameron and Alex Torrie who both had 34.

“We seem to wear teams out in the second half but all the credit goes to the offensive line,” commented Lynch on his performance. “The offensive line gives Ian a lot of time in the pocket and creates some great routes for me and the other guys to run.”

Jim Martyniuk had an interception off of Bryce Leblanc who came in to relieve Lancer quarterback Dan Lumley. Lumley connected 12 times of 21 for 174 yards in the game. 2006 Hec Crighton winner Daryl Stephenson rushed for 11 times for only 42 yards before taking a seat after an injury in the third. The total was shy of the 289 needed before tonight to take the provincial rushing title from Jesse Lumsden (4,138).

“We wanted to come out strong and put them in a place where they had to come back,” commented linebacker Luke Pinder. “Our key to the game was to stop the run and force them to pass to try and make Stephenson a non-threat.”

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GAME 3

WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Rapanaro touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) TOR-Polyzois fieldgoal WLU-Mamo fieldgoal WLU-Mamo fieldgoal TOR-D’Souza touchdown (Polyzois convert) WLU-Turner touchdown (Mamo

Laurier 53 - Toronto 10 September 14 Varsity Stadium - Toronto, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Laurier 28 6 10 9 0 53 Toronto 0 3 7 0 0 10

convert) WLU-Mamo fieldgoal

TEAM STATISTICS

WLU TOR First Downs 21 8 Rushed-Yards 41-451 36-157 Passing Yards 90 13 Passes (A/C/I) 12/7/1 23/5/2 Sacks 4 2 Punts-Yards 5-162 12-280 Fumbles-Lost 5-5 2-2 Penalties-Yards 4-45 9-91

Toronto scored their only major of the game on a 97-yard kickoff return by Matt D’Sousa at the start of the third quarter. Earlier George Poluzois kicked a 25-yard field goal in the second quarter to make the score 28-3.

“Hawks take down Blues 53-10” “28-0 start allows new faces to see time on the field”

by Ari Grossman

Kicker Chris Mamo (London, Ont.) nailed three of his four field goal attempts missing only a 28-yarder to the right while hitting between the pipes on 27, 26 and 13.

TORONTO – Ryan Lynch scored three touchdowns in the first quarter of play as the #6 nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks defeated the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 53-10 in front of a crowd of 1,840 at a homecoming game at Varsity Stadium.

On top of Rapanaro’s touchdown, he led the team in tackles with 7.5 (seven solo) with team-leading linebacker Anthony Maggiacomo (Cambridge, Ont.) just behind him adding 5.5 to his total (five solo).

The win is Laurier’s ninth consecutive against the blueand-white dating back to a 13-10 victory back in 1996.

Both Taurean Allen (Etobicoke, Ont.) and Brent Hickey (Burlington, Ont.) picked up interceptions off of Toronto quarterback Andrew Gillis. Gillis completed 4 of 20 for 37 yards before taking a seat to two other quarterbacks in the second half.

Within the first 15-minutes of the game, the running back from Waterloo carried the ball seven times for 73-yards and three of the four Golden Hawk majors. The remaining touchdown in the quarter came as Wilfrid Laurier’s second from a defensive play this season with defensive back Giancarlo Rapanaro (Niagara Falls, Ont.) picking up a fumble and returning it 22-yards.

The Hawks had six turnovers in the match – five fumbles and a single interception while Toronto had the two interceptions as well as two fumbles.

Quarterback Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) completed four of four passes for 56-yards before taking a seat on the bench with Lynch for the second half of the game.

The game – primarily on the ground as a result of a downpour resulted in 446 of a total of 536 yards of the Golden Hawk offense on the ground.

“In conditions like the weather tonight you are going to see turnovers,” commented Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries. “At least these were effort turnovers as we saw a lot of new faces on the field today all show.

“The weather kept a lot of our plays on the ground today,” commented the 6’4 starting quarterback. “After we secured a lead a bunch of us took a seat and we got to see a lot of the younger guys show what they can do.”

“Competing in three games in twelve days is a tough schedule,” concluded Jeffries. “I’m proud of the guys as it can be tough to prepare for a game like this but now we can move on to a regular routine and get set for homecoming.”

Upon Noble’s relief, Ben Wilsack (Beamsville, Ont.) saw the third quarter of play completing a pass for five yards while rookie Luke Thompson (London, Ont.) finished the game completing two of four for 28-yards and rushing for 76-yards including a 49-yard carry.

The Golden Hawks (3-0) host the University of Waterloo Warriors next weekend at Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium as part of the 2007 Homecoming festivities at Wilfrid Laurier. Game time for the contest is set for 1:00 p.m. Tickets for the game are available online at www.laurierathletics.com

Steve Turner (Oakville, Ont.) relieved Lynch in the backfield finishing with a team high 144-yards over 12 carries and two touchdowns. The performance was his best in the three years he has seen the field with the program as he typically is a member of the punt and kickoff returns.

“It was good to get an opportunity to show the coaches what I can do after Lynch performed well today,” said Turner. “We’ve got a lot of skill on our team and the guys showed out there today how deep our program is.”

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GAME 4

WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Noble touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Quinney touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Luciani touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Heap touchdown (Mamo convert) WAT-Nichol fieldgoal

Laurier 35 - Waterloo 3 September 22 University Stadium - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Waterloo 0 0 0 3 0 3 Laurier 7 14 14 0 0 35

TEAM STATISTICS

First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU WAT 23 13 304 99 209 99 22/16/1 29/12/4 4 0 11-339 16-607 2-2 0-0 12-144 8-55

Defensive linemen Chima Ihekwoaba (Burlington, Ont.), Joe Labenski (Welland, Ont.) and Paul Hancock (Cochrane, Ont.) pressured all three of the Warriors Quarterbacks – forcing them into 4 interceptions by Taureen Allen (Etobicoke, Ont.), Jim Martyniuk (Burlington, Ont.), Jordan Van Horn (Burlington, Ont.) and Peter Provenzano (Richmond Hill, Ont.). All totaled, the Hawks held the Warriors to only 179 yards of total offense.

Noble added to his great game in the third quarter, throwing two more touchdowns to Dustin Heap and Dante Luciani (Oakville, Ont.). With top receiver Andy Baechler (Ayr, Ont.) out with an ankle injury, Noble spread the ball around, hitting 7 different receivers for 204 yards and three touchdowns.

“Hawks Triumph in Battle of Waterloo” “Laurier Defence Holds Warriors to 3 points”

by Matt De Faria WATERLOO – Ryan Lynch and Ian Noble handled the offense – and the Golden Hawk defense took care of the rest as the nationally #5 ranked Wilfrid Laurier steamrolled their cross town rivals, nationally #10 ranked Waterloo, 35-3. Students and alumni alike were out in full force, setting a Laurier Football record with a crowd of 9,347 this afternoon.

The Golden Hawk faithful watched a dominate running game that saw an offensive line led by Andrew Dietrich (Waterloo, Ont.), Tyler Felber (Kitchener, Ont.) and Scott Evans (Cambridge, Ont.) open up huge holes on the ground, leading to 304 rushing yards. Running Back Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) accounted for 228 of those yards – 3rd most in a game in Golden Hawk history.

Up 35-0 heading into the fourth quarter, Coach Jeffries handed the ball to Lynch to run down the clock, and seal the victory.

Despite dominating on both sides of the ball, the Hawks still committed 3 turnovers and racked up 144 yards in penalties.

“We saw some areas we could improve on,” said Coach Jeffries.

“We’re going to enjoy this today and then get ready for Queen’s next week.”

Laurier has now won the ‘Battle of Waterloo’ in each of the past 5 seasons. “We did a lot of things right today,” said Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries following the game. “Everything clicked on the field, and it feels great to put on a good show in front of a great crowd today.”

The Golden Hawks (4-0) travel to Kingston next weekend to play the Queen’s Golden Gaels at Richardson Stadium. Note the special kickoff time, set for 1:25pm.

The Hawks wasted no time in jumping out to an early 7-0 lead after Dustin Heap (Waterloo, Ont.) returned a Waterloo punt 81 yards into enemy territory. Ryan Lynch did the rest on the very next play – breaking two tackles before hitting the end zone.

Peter Quinney (Belleville, Ont.) then capped off a 6 play, 76 yard drive by catching one of three Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) touchdown passes, putting the Hawks up two scores, 14-0.

The Warrior defense kept them in the game for most of the first half. It wasn’t until a critical mistake gave the Hawks the momentum they needed to put the game away for good. With just 46 seconds left in the half, and Warriors punting from their own 7 yard line, instead conceding the safety, Waterloo decided to punt it and turn things over to the defense. 4 plays and 32 seconds later, the Hawks went up 21-0 on a magical scramble out of the pocket by Quarterback Ian Noble.

Waterloo’s offense couldn’t get anything going against the OUA’s #1 ranked defense. It wasn’t until the final three minutes of the fourth quarter that the Warriors even reached the red zone. Linebackers Anthony Maggiacomo (Cambridge, Ont.), Luke Pinder (Kitchener, Ont.) and Giancarlo Rapanaro (Niagara Falls, Ont.) were in face of Warrior Quarterbacks all day. Rapanaro racked up 3 sacks, while Maggiacomo and Pinder combined for 15 tackles.

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QUE-Village field goal QUE-Village single WLU-Noble touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Luciani touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Mamo field goal WLU-Mamo field goal WLU-Mamo field goal

Laurier 23 - Queen’s 4

September 29 Richardson Stadium - Kingston, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Laurier 0 17 0 6 0 23 Queen’s 4 0 0 0 0 4

TEAM STATISTICS

First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU QUE 20 10 129 185 200 159 31/20/0 30/10/2 1 0 11-388 7-222 2-2 3-2 3-31 11-81

of the offense was in the air as Brannagan completed 10 of 30 for 159 yards.

“#4 Hawks take #7 Gaels 23-4” “Laurier Defense Holds Gaels to Four Points”

by Ari Grossman

“Giffin is a load,” said Beckford who was named the RCA Lyra Player of the Game by The Score. “He’s a big and strong guy that it took a lot of us to stop their run game and halt their attack.”

KINGSTON – The #4 nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks scored 23 unanswered points to take the #7 Queen’s Golden Gaels 23-4 in front of 5,582 fans at Richardson Stadium.

“They had some big plays but we made up for it later on,” commented Brent Hickey (Burlington, Ont.) “Each unit picks up when the other is slow and today the offense took a quarter to get into the game but we all contributed to make the win.”

The Hawks held the Gaels to only a single and a field goal, the first time this season they did not scoring a major. Defensive back Jahmeeks Beckford (Kitchener, Ont.) contributed with two interceptions off of Danny Brannagan and the Gael offence assisted with two fumbles of their own.

Hickey contributed with 3.5 tackles in the game while linebacker Giancarlo Rapanaro (Niagara Falls, Ont.) led the team with 4.5.

Defensive end Paul Hancock (Cochrane, Alta.) had the only sack of the game while also forcing a fumble. Laurier leading tackler Anthony Maggiacomo (Cambridge, Ont.) made four tackles (three solo) on the performance as well.

After a slow first quarter which saw a combined three first downs, the Hawks exploded with 17 points in the second quarter.

“We didn’t have much going in the first quarter,” said Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries. “We were fortunate to hold on there and keep it at four points until we got going, but we never panicked and both sides of the ball stuck with the game plan.”

“Guelph should be a similar team to Queen’s,” commented Hickey on next week’s battle between Guelph (3-2) and the Golden Hawks (5-0). “With Fitzgibbon and Dunk we’ll have a lot to be aware of.”

Saturday’s game will take place at Alumni Field in Guelph with a 1:00 p.m. kickoff. The game will be broadcast live on The Score television network.

Quarterback Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) completed 20 of 31 passes for 200 yards and a major, dropping below his 77% completion average for the first time this season.

“They came in ready for the rushing game,” said Noble. “We adjusted at first and then still made it work. All of the members of the offence contributed significantly in today’s performance.”

Noble rushed for seventeen yards in the game including a oneyard carry after receiver Andy Baechler (Ayr, Ont.) made a 38yard catch in his return to the line-up. The 5’9 receiver was out of the roster last weekend as a result of an ankle injury in the game against Toronto.

“It was tough to sit out last week at Homecoming,” said Baechler who finished the game with six catches for 73 yards. “This week was our biggest game of the season and it was nice to be a part of it. I still think there is some improvement for me health-wise, but I was involved in the game as much as I could be.”

The nation’s leading rusher Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) was held to 78 yards over 20 carries for the first time this season as the Gael defence had counted on the run being a significant part of the purple-and-gold offence.

Queens’ Mike Giffin caused some trouble for the Golden Hawk defense as he carried the ball 25 times for 165 yards. The remainder

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SCORING GUE-FitzGibbon touchdown (Maver convert) WLU-Luciani touchdown (Mamo convert) GUE-Maver fieldgoal GUE-Maver fieldgoal WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Mamo fieldgoal GUE-FitzGibbon touchdown (Maver convert) GUE-Safety touch GUE-FitzGibbon touchdown (Maver convert) WLU-Maggiacomo touchdown (Mamo

GAME 6

Laurier 37 - Guelph 27 October 6 Alumni Field - Guelph, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Laurier 7 10 6 14 0 37 Guelph 7 11 9 0 0 27

convert) WLU-Luciani touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Hickey touchdown (Mamo convert) TEAM STATISTICS

WLU GUE First Downs 13 20 Rushed-Yards 107 205 Passing Yards 185 300 Passes (A/C/I) 23/13/2 40/21/3 Sacks 5 1 Punts-Yards 7-260 9-348 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 3-3 Penalties-Yards 4-37 13-106

grabs for 53 yards including two touchdowns, one of them being the game winner.

“Special Teams Play Factor in 37-27 Win” “Laurier rallies for 20 points late in game to defeat Guelph”

by Ari Grossman

“The ground did hinder our performance a bit,” said the six-foot receiver on the muddy-grass field. “I can’t say that it was just the conditions that made it difficult to get our offence going but it was a factor.”

GUELPH – Fifth year defensive back Brent Hickey led the Hawks in what was a sloppy game as the #4 nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks came back from a ten-point deficit to defeat the Guelph Gryphons 37-27 in front of a small Thanksgiving weekend crowd of 971 fans.

Former OUA rookie of the year, Nick Fitzgibbon rushed for 106 yards over 14 carries and caught nine passes for 151 yards including scoring three touchdowns throughout the game. Alongside Gryphon quarterback Justin Dunk, the two caused a lot of problems for the Golden Hawk defence.

Hickey, a veteran from Burlington, Ont., blocked two punts, returning one for his first touchdown as a Golden Hawk in a game which had two thunderstorm delays which halted play for nearly 40-minutes and saw six fumbles and five interceptions between both teams.

“We played today missing six regular starters,” commented Jeffries when asked about the team’s injury situation. “I think that all of today’s injuries are minor. Most of the defensive players are just exhausted after chasing Dunk around all afternoon.”

The Golden Hawks now remain as one of the two undefeated programs in the province along with the #2 ranked Ottawa Gee Gee’s who visit University Stadium next weekend.

Laurier continued to control what was a penalty problem earlier in the season, only losing 37 yards on four infractions today while the Gryphons were hindered by 13 penalties for 106 yards.

Laurier picked up a defensive touchdown in the contest with a 43-yard interception return by Anthony Maggiacomo (Cambridge, Ont.).

“Next week is a big game for us,” commented Hickey. “In the back of our minds we have been waiting for Ottawa as they got us twice last year - so we’ll focus this week to be ready for them.”

“It was a big momentum swing at that point in the game as they were up on us,” commented Hickey on the defensive major as the Hawks were down by 10 late in the third quarter. “We needed a pickup and having our defence score helped get us going.”

The game is set to kick off at 1:07 p.m. after an opening ceremony honouring Tuffy Knight and Rich Newbrough in the dedication of Knight-Newbrough field after this year’s five-million dollar renovation.

The defensive touchdown triggered a 20-point run to the end of the game which saw an offensive major as well as Hickey’s second blocked punt which was returned to the end zone. He also had an interception for six yards later in the game.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game and battle… and it was,” commented head coach Gary Jeffries, aware his team has piled up points consistently in the last quarter all year. “We did enough things to be successful and it’s a tribute to this football program and even when we’re down by 10 points in the third quarter the bench is raring to go.”

The Gryphons defence had showed a strong performance holding the Hawks to a total offence of 263 yards – the lowest this year. Running back Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) was held to 28 yards with quarterback Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) surpassing him with 52 yards on the ground.

“The weather threw us for a bit of a loop,” commented Noble on the two thunderstorm timeouts, sun, downpour and humidity in the four and a half hour game. “We, as well as Guelph dealt with it as best as we could.”

After a 7-7 opening quarter, Guelph led 18-17 at the half setting up for Laurier’s stunning fourth quarter finish.

Noble completed only 13 of 23 on the day for 189 yards and three touchdowns and two interceptions. His top receiver was Lynch, who had three receptions for 94 yards including a 76 yard catch for a touchdown. Dante Luciani (Oakville, Ont.) had five

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WLU-Mamo fieldgoal WLU-Mamo fieldgoal OTT-Safety touch OTT-Wood-Roy touchdown (Tchobanian convert) OTT-Woof-Roy touchdown (Tchobanian convert) OTT-Tchobanian fieldgoal WLU-Safety touch WLU-Luciani touchdown (Mamo convert) OTT-Crane touchdown (Tchobanian convert)

Ottawa 27 - Laurier 15

October 13 Knight-Newbrough Field - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Ottawa 0 20 0 7 0 27 Laurier 6 0 2 7 0 15 “20 Point Second Quarter Downs Hawks” “Hawks lose their first of the year to Gee Gee’s, 27-15”

by Ari Grossman

TEAM STATISTICS

First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU OTT 11 22 137 141 105 232 24/10/2 31/19/0 5 5 11-369 8-248 2-2 4-4 7-59 10-46

Hawk rusher Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) had another one hundred yard game netting 134 yards over 17 carries.

WATERLOO – Quarterback Josh Sacobie completed 19 of 31 for 232 yards and three touchdown passes as the #2 nationally ranked Ottawa Gee Gees defeated the #4 Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 27-15, in front of a crowd of 3,942.

Laurier has now secured second place in Ontario and will host the highest seed remaining after the quarter finals on October 27th. The semi-final game will take place on November 3rd at 1:00 p.m. at University Stadium. Tickets are available online at www.laurierathletics.com

The loss makes three consecutive to the University of Ottawa football program including last season at the 99th Yates Cup provincial championship.

Next up for the Golden Hawks (6-1) is a trip to Toronto to face the York Lions (1-6) while Ottawa (7-0) hosts the Windsor Lancers (2-5) in the final week of the regular season.

A second quarter of 20 points was too much for the Hawks to recover from as Sacobie connected twice in the end zone with Justin Wood-Roy on short passes in only two-minutes of play.

Ottawa controlled the quarter as a result of several turnovers including two fumbles and an interception.

“I was disappointed in the performance of our guys today,” said Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries on the Hawks performance. “I believe that if and when we have another opportunity to face this team we can and will be better.”

Ottawa doubled Laurier in the number of first downs, 22 to 11, with running back Davie Mason leading the charge on many of them. Mason carried the ball for 114 yards and continued to be a significant problem for the Laurier defense.

“They’ve got many skilled players as key contributors to their offence,” commented linebacker Anthony Maggiacomo (Cambridge, Ont.) on the Ottawa attack. “They can go back and forth between the air and ground quite easily and as a result it makes them difficult to defend against.”

Maggiacomo led the Hawks with 12 tackles (eight solo) behind him was Luke Pinder (Kitchener, Ont.) with eight (seven solo).

Giancarlo Rapanaro (Niagara Falls, Ont.) picked up six as well as two sacks on Sacobie. Paul Hancock (Cochrane, Alta.) had 7.5 tackles and a pair of sacks as well.

Laurier quarterback Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) had a tough performance completing 6 of 18 before taking a seat for rookie Luke Thompson who was 4 for 7 and completed a touchdown to receiver Dante Luciani (Oakville, Ont.). Fullback Peter Quinney (Belleville, Ont.) was the top receiver of the day with 50 yards of receptions on four touches.

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WLU-Mamo fieldgoal YRK-David fieldgoal WLU-Mamo fieldgoal WLU-Safety touch WLU-Mamo fieldgoal WLU-Lynch touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Baechler touchdown (Mamo convert) WLU-Mamo fieldgoal YRK-Wallace touchdown (David convert) WLU-Montoya touchdown (Mamo

Laurier 31 - York 10 October 20 York Stadium - Toronto, Ont.

Laurier York

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final 4 12 7 8 0 31 3 0 0 7 0 10

convert)

TEAM STATISTICS

First Downs Rushed-Yards Passing Yards Passes (A/C/I) Sacks Punts-Yards Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards

WLU 19 298 90 17/7/0 3 9-287 2-1 10-101

YRK 15 49 198 40/18/1 2 9-285 4-3 14-41

today to get ourselves ready to go again for the post-season,” he said on the objectives of the game. “We’ll now work on fundamentals for the week until we know our opponent and then prepare for them.”

“Records Fall as Hawks Finish with Win” “32-10 Victory over Lions ends 7-1 regular season”

by Ari Grossman

The remaining Laurier points were acquired by kicker Chris Mamo (London, Ont.) who had two field goals and two singles.

TORONTO – Two thirty-year-old records fell today as the number-five nationally ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (7-1) concluded the regular season with a 31-10 victory over the York Lions (1-7) in front of about 800 at York Stadium.

“We wanted to run the football today and get our offence going and we did better in the second half,” commented Jeffries on the attempt to build from last week’s loss. “We’re not satisfied today but we are pleased with the progression in our performance.”

The game was considered to be meaningless to many as both Laurier and York knew of their post-season results. When Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries was asked about this he shook it off. “As long as we are keeping score, the game isn’t meaningless. We’re now 7-1 on the season.”

On the defensive side of the ball Anthony Maggiacomo (Cambridge, Ont.), Laurier’s season leading tackler picked up five tackles (three solo) and Joe Labenski (Welland, Ont.) led the team with two sacks on York’s backup quarterback Brian Fortier.

Laurier is now 6-2, 8-0, 8-0, 6-2, and now 7-1 over the last five years of regular season play.

Fortier completed 13 of 32 for 149 yards including a connection to Adrian Wallace for his first and the only York touchdown of the game. York’s Steven Hughes was the top receiver with 10 catches for 147 yards. Hughes picked up a York single-season record as well most receptions with 44.

Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.) concluded his fourth year regular season with 81 yards on 18 carries and a three-yard run into the end zone for a touchdown.

The three yard run, with 28-seconds on the clock in the second quarter, broke a 30-year Wilfrid Laurier record set back in 1977 by Jim Reid for the most rushing attempts in a season, 163.

The Golden Hawks next host a provincial semi-final playoff game at KnightNewbrough Field, University Stadium on November 3rd, 2007. The opponent will be determined from next weekend’s OUA quarter-finals and the highest remaining seed will face the Hawks in Waterloo.

“I didn’t even know about the record coming into today”, said Lynch about his new record of 170 attempts. “It’s a great feeling but the credit goes to the offensive line who are able to make those holes for us backs to get through.”

Lynch now finishes the regular season with a personal best of 1,029 rushing yards – putting him third in Laurier’s all-time books behind Jim Reid’s total of 1,078 in 1977 and Justin Praamsma’s total of 1,066 in 2000.

Late in the fourth quarter backup running back Mike Montoya (Burlington, Ont.) had the same high praise for the offensive line as he ran 103-yards for the final purple-and-gold touchdown of the game.

“They make it easy on us backs,” said Montoya. “We got to make one or two guys miss but the rest of the (opponent’s) defense has already been taken care of.”

The 103-yard run knocks off another 1977 record, this one by Paul Falzon who had the mark set at 100 yards.

Andy Baechler (Ayr, Ont.) caught his first touchdown pass of the year on one of Ian Noble’s (West Vancouver, B.C.) seven completions on the windy afternoon. Noble finished the game 7 of 16 for 90 yards and a touchdown. His longest reception went to Jeff Emberley (Oakville, Ont.) for 36 yards.

“We were missing a lot of guys and it took us a while to get going today,” commented Noble on the 11 regulars who would have been in the lineup but were on the bench due to injuries. “We wanted to get some momentum going

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Guelph 38 - Laurier 31

November 3 Knight-Newbrough Field - Waterloo, Ont.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final Ottawa 0 14 7 17 0 38 Laurier 21 3 0 7 0 31

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TEAM STATISTICS

WLU- Lynch TD (Mamo Convert) WLU- Lynch TD (Mamo Convert) WLU- Bishop TD (Mamo Convert) WLU- Mamo Field Goal GUE- Gardner TD (Maver convert) GUE-FitzGibbon TD (Maver convert) GUE-FitzGibbon TD (Maver convert) GUE-FitzGibbon TD (Maver convert) GUE- Maver Field Goal GUE-FitzGibbon TD (Maver convert) WLU- Lynch TD (Mamo Convert)

WLU OTT Rushed-Yards 225 206 Passing Yards 306 211 Passes (A/C/I) 24/10/2 31/19/0 Punts Return Yards 6-62 6-221

tion later in the game ending his day at 25 for 36 for 306 yards.

After narrowing a 14 point deficit with a Ryan Lynch touchdown, Luke Pinder picked up a fumble after a failed onside kick and gave Laurier good field position for an attempt to tie the game. Noble couldn’t connect with intended receiver Andy Baechler (Ayr, Ont.) on the third down giving the ball to the Gryphons with 30-seconds on the clock and as a result the game.

“Guelph Comeback too much for Hawks” Saturday, November 3, 2007

by Ari Grossman WATERLOO – The University of Guelph Gryphons upset the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 38-31 to advance to the 100th Yates Cup in front of a crowd of 3,219 at Knight-Newbrough Field, University Stadium.

“There wasn’t as much pressure as you would think at the end of the game,” commented Noble. “Just urgency to produce.. They were prepared for us today, they played a great game.”

The win for Guelph marks their first trip to the provincial final since 1996 when they defeated the Waterloo Warriors to advance to a national bowl game. Laurier however will miss the championship for the first time in five seasons.

The Golden Hawks now bid farewell to fifteen veterans who will leave the program – most attending four Yates Cups and a part of the 2005 Vanier Cup win. Congratulations to: Shawn Ashe, Andy Baechler, Aaron Amadio, Kyle Sanderson, Scott Evans, Anthony Maggiacomo, Andrew Dietrich, Josh Duru, George Dimacakos, Brent Hickey, Steve Turner, Gary Cressy, Josh Golding, Tyler Felber and Joe Labenski.

Nick Fitzgibbon (Puslinch, Ont.) scored four touchdowns including the game winner as the Gryphons ran off 38 consecutive points to take the victory from Laurier.

We weren’t able to stop them and that’s the bottom line,” said defensive tackle leader Luke Pinder (Kitchener, Ont.) who also had an interception and a fumble recovery. “Dunk and Fitzgibbon were able to do what they wanted and as a result able to take the game.”

The Hawks opened the game with three consecutive scoring drives with touchdowns by Josh Bishop (Mississauga, Ont.) and two for Ryan Lynch (Waterloo, Ont.). Hawk rushing leader, Lynch carried 25 times for 135 yards by the end of the day.

A 114-yard missed field goal, returned for a touchdown, was the first set of points on the board for the Gryphons by Jeff Gardner.

“The missed field goal return moved the momentum in their favour and we couldn’t get going and they could,” commented Manager of Football Operations and Head Coach Gary Jeffries on the turning point of the game. “We got a nice lead and everything was going well early but we knew they were a good football team and they made plays and they deserved it.”

Guelph Quarterback Justin Dunk (Guelph, Ont.) connected 12 of his 22 passes for 211 yards including several scrambling plays. He was the only other rusher for the Gryphons with 96 yards on the afternoon.

“When you are 24 down, you aren’t going to win on one play, commented Dunk, the 6’, 175lb quarterback. “We made plays continuously through the afternoon and were able to get back into the game after Laurier’s lead.”

Hawk quarterback Ian Noble (West Vancouver, B.C.) opened the game 10-for-10 completions but had some trouble with an intercep-

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2007 Regular Season Statistics Schedule and Results / Calendriere et résultats

Overall Record: 7-1 Home: 3-1 Away: 4-0

DATE Sept. 3 Sept. 8 Sept. 14 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20

OPPONENT McMaster Windsor at Toronto Waterloo at Queen's at Guelph Ottawa at York

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

Laurier Opponents

62 19

74 48

60 26

82 31

0 0

278 124

Scoring / Pointeurs Player

TD FGs PATs 2-Pt. Saf Sng Pts

Chris Mamo 0 15 Ryan Lynch 10 0 Dante Luciani 8 0 Mike Montoya 3 0 Ian Noble 2 0 Steve Turner 2 0 Andy Baechler 1 0 Dustin Heap 1 0 Brent Hickey 1 0 Anthony Maggiacomo 1 0 Luke Pinder 1 0 Peter Quinney 1 0 Giancarlo Rapanaro 1 0 TEAM 0 0

31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

78 60 48 18 12 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Total Opponents

31 13

0 0

4 3

2 3

278 124

32 15 13 8

SCORE TV 36-26 48-17 53-10 35-3 ROGERS 23-4 THE SCORE 37-27 THE SCORE 15-27 THE SCORE 31-10

Team Statistics / Statistiques d'équide

Scoring By Quarters / Points par Quarts Team

W/L W W W W W W L W

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Category Laurier Scoring 278 Points Per Game 34.8 First Downs 163

Rushing 90

Passing 66

Penalty 7 Rushing Yardage 1923 Rushing Attempts 290

Average Per Rush 6.6

Average Per Game 240.4

Touchdowns Rushing 16 Passing Yardage 1463 Att-Comp-Int. 185-115-7

Average Per Pass 7.9

Average Per Catch 12.7

Average Per Game 182.9 Touchdowns Passing 10 Total Offense 3386 Total Plays 475 Average Per Play 7.1 Average Per Game 423.3 Kickoff Returns: #-Yards 26-452 Kickoff Return Average 17.4 Punt Returns: #-Yards 54-749 Punt Return Average 13.9 Interception Returns: #-Yards 13-195 Interception Return Average 15.0 Fumbles-Lost 16-15 Penalties-Yards 71-677 Average Per Game 9.5 Punts-Yards 68-2350

Average Per Punt 34.6 Sacks 18 Touchdowns Scored 32 Field Goals-Attempts 15-22 PAT Kicks-Attempts 31-32

Opponents 124 15.5 138 52 65 21 975 216 4.5 121.9 4 1573 255-123-13 6.2 12.8 196.6 8 2548 471 5.4 318.5 42-724 17.2 54-366 6.8 7-88 12.6 20-19 80-500 6.3 74-2568 34.6 10 13 8-13 13-13

Rushing / Au sol Player Ryan Lynch Mike Montoya Ian Noble Steve Turner Luke Thompson Peter Quinney Brodie Legein Andrew Baechler Jeff Emberley Dante Luciani Travis Vaughan Victor Nikolajev Chris Mamo TEAM

No 170 26 32 20 5 9 8 4 4 4 1 3 2 2

Yrds 1019 278 217 157 76 70 39 38 12 10 5 4 0 -2

Avg 6.0 10.7 6.8 7.9 15.2 7.7 4.9 9.5 3.0 2.5 5.0 1.3 0 -2.0

Td 9 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fmb 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 58 103 30 58 49 30 24 23 6 11 5 4 0 0

Total Opponents

290 216

1923 975

6.6 4.5

16 4

4 8

103 36

Receiving / Réceveurs Player Andrew Baechler Dante Luciani Peter Quinney Jeff Emberley Dustin Heap Josh Bishop Ryan Lynch Troy Leach Josh Duru Travis Vaughan Vince Luciani

No 24 25 19 7 8 9 7 8 5 2 1

Yrds 270 259 212 166 143 126 114 93 61 14 5

Avg 11.3 10.4 11.2 23.7 17.9 14.0 16.3 11.6 12.2 7.0 5.0

Td 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

Long 38 25 44 46 47 34 76 18 15 9 5

Total Opponents

115 123

1463 1573

12.7 12.8

11 8

76 54

Passing / Quartes-arrieres Player Ian Noble Luke Thompson Ben Wilsack

Att 166 14 5

Cmp 107 7 1

Yrds 1388 70 5

Cmp% 64.46 50.00 20.00

Td 10 1 0

Int 6 0 1

Long 76 17 5

“NFL” QB Rating 95.66 88.39 0

Total Opponents

185 255

115 123

1463 1573

62.16 48.24

11 8

7 11

76 54

90.89 60.47

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Punt Returns / Retours de Dégagement Player No Yrds Dante Luciani 17 225 Steve Turner 13 171 Dustin Heap 12 168 Troy Leach 5 73 Andrew Baechler 5 62 Colin Andrews 0 28 Jordan Schaus 1 14 John Borden 1 8

Avg 13.2 13.2 14.0 14.6 12.4 28.0 14.0 8.0

Long 57 62 64 20 23 28 14 8

Td 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total Opponents

13.9 6.8

64 70

1 0

54 54

749 366

Kickoff Returns / Retours de Botté d'envoi Player Steve Turner Brodie Legein Taurean Allen Troy Leach Luke Bendus Dustin Heap Jordan Van Horn Jeff Emberley Brent Hickey

No 11 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1

Yrds 283 119 30 19 2 0 0 0 -1

Avg 25.7 19.8 15.0 9.5 2.0 0 0 0 -1.0

Long 57 42 18 19 2 0 0 0 0

Td 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total Opponents

26 42

452 724

17.4 17.2

57 97

0 1

Sacks / Sacs Player Giancarlo Rapanaro Joe Labenski Alex Ellis Paul Hancock Chima Ihekwoaba Anthony Maggiacomo

Interceptions Sacks 8 4 1 3 1 1

Total Opponents

18 10

Player No Taurean Allen 2 Anthony Maggiacomo 1 Jahmeeks Beckford 2 Jim Martyniuk 2 Brent Hickey 3 Mark Durigon 1 Jordan Van Horn 1 Peter Provenzano 1

Yrds 63 43 42 41 6 0 0 0

Avg 31.5 43.0 21.0 20.5 2.0 0 0 0

Total Opponents

195 88

15.0 12.6

13 7

Long Td 63 0 43 1 21 0 27 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 42

1 0

Field Goals / Placements

Punting / Dégagement Player Chris Mamo

No 68

Yrds 2350

Avg 34.6

Long 58

Players Chris Mamo

1-19 20-29 30-39 40+ Total Long FG% 4/4 7/7 4/8 0/3 15/22 36 68.18

Total Opponents

68 74

2350 2563

34.6 34.6

58 57

Total Opponents

4/4 2/2

72

7/7 3/3

4/8 1/4

0/3 15/22 36 68.18 2/4 8/13 46 61.54

Defensive / DĂŠfensive Player Tackles Anthony Maggiacomo 60.5 Luke Pinder 35.5 Giancarlo Rapanaro 30.5 Jahmeeks Beckford 23.5 Chima Ihekwoaba 23.5 Brent Hickey 22 Paul Hancock 21 Alex Ellis 18.5 Jordan Van Horn 18.5 Joe Labenski 15.5 Kyle Ardill 15 Jim Martyniuk 15 Samuel Aird 14 TEAM 12 Taurean Allen 11 Luke Bendus 9.5 Shawn Ashe 9 Brodie Legein 8 Peter Provenzano 7 Colin Andrews 6 John Borden 5 Dante Luciani 5 George Kourtesiotis 4.5 Peter Quinney 4 Timothy White 3.5 Andrew Flatt 3 Troy Leach 3 Adam Bestard 3 Jordan Schaus 3 Kyle Somerville 2.5 Mark Durigon 2 Andrew Zadorsky 2 Joshua Duru 1 Shane Herbert 1 Ian Noble 1 Scott Evans 1 Dave Montoya 1 George Dimacakos 1 Jeremy Chemij 1 Giancarlo Masciarelli 0.5 Kyle Sanderson 0.5 Vince Luciani 0.5 Steve Turner 0

Solo 49 30 27 20 18 15 18 14 14 13 12 12 13 12 10 9 8 5 7 6 5 4 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

Assisted 23 11 7 7 11 14 6 9 9 5 6 6 2 0 2 1 2 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0

Fumbles Forced 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fumbles Recovered 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Knockdowns 1 2 1 6 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Total Opponents

353 334

143 154

9 6

18 14

30 6

424.5 411

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Overall Record: 0-1 Home: 0-1 Away: 0-0

DATE

OPPONENT

W/L

Nov. 3

Guelph

L

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

Laurier Opponents

21 0

3 14

0 7

7 17

0 0

31 38

Scoring / Pointeurs Player

TD FGs PATs 2-Pt. Saf Sng Pts

Ryan Lynch Chris Mamo Josh Bishop

3 0 1

0 1 0

0 4 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 2 0

18 7 6

Total Opponents

32 15 13 8

31 13

0 0

4 3

2 3

278 124

TV

31-38 THE SCORE

Team Statistics / Statistiques d'équide

Scoring By Quarters / Points par Quarts Team

SCORE

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Category Scoring Points Per Game First Downs

Rushing

Passing

Penalty Rushing Yardage Rushing Attempts

Average Per Rush

Average Per Game

Touchdowns Rushing Passing Yardage Att-Comp-Int.

Average Per Pass

Average Per Catch

Average Per Game Touchdowns Passing Total Offense Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game Kickoff Returns: #-Yards Kickoff Return Average Punt Returns: #-Yards Punt Return Average Interception Returns: #-Yards Interception Return Average Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Average Per Game Punts-Yards

Average Per Punt Sacks Touchdowns Scored Field Goals-Attempts PAT Kicks-Attempts

Laurier 31 31 32 17 14 1 225 34 6.6 34 3 306 35-25-1 8.7 12.2 306 1 526 69 7.6 526 5-77 15.4 6-62 10.3 1-0 0.0 1-0 3-25 8.3 6-255 42.5 5 4 1-2 4-4

Opponents 38 38 21 12 9 0 206 30 6.8 30 1 211 22-12-1 9.5 17.5 211 3 385 52 7.4 385 5-130 26.0 6-221 36.8 1-5 5.0 1-0 6-29 4.8 7-283 40.4 0 5 1-1 5-5

Rushing / Au sol Player Ryan Lynch Mike Montoya Ian Noble

No 25 6 3

Yrds 135 58 32

Avg 5.4 9.6 10.6

Td 3 0 0

Fmb 1 0 0

Long 16 23 13

Total Opponents Player

290 216 No

1923 975 Yrds

6.6 4.5 Avg

16 4 Td

4 8 Long

103 36

Receiving / Réceveurs Andrew Baechler Dante Luciani Peter Quinney Josh Bishop Dustin Heap Ryan Lynch Mike Montoya

8 7 5 2 1 1 1

122 86 42 33 15 5 3

15.2 12.2 8.4 16.5 15.0 5.0 3.0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0

42 20 14 25 15 5 3

Total Opponents

25 12

306 211

12.2 17.5

1 3

42 40

Passing / Quartes-arrieres Player Ian Noble

Att 36

Cmp 25

Yrds 306

Cmp% 69.44

Td 1

Int 1

Long 42

“NFL” QB Rating 112.5

Total Opponents

36 22

25 12

306 211

69.44 54.54

1 3

1 1

42 40

112.5 108.14

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Punt Returns / Retours de Dégagement Player Steve Turner Dante Luciani Total Opponents

No Yrds 5 53 1 9 6 6

62 221

Avg 10.6 9.0

Long 15 9

Td 0 0

10.3 36.8

15 114

0 1

Kickoff Returns / Retours de Botté d'envoi Player Brodie Legein Steve Turner Total Opponents

Sacks / Sacs Player Giancarlo Rapanaro Anthony Maggiacomo Andrew Flatt Chima Ihekwoaba

Yrds 54 23

Avg 13.5 23.0

Long 22 23

Td 0 0

5 5

77 130

15.4 26.0

23 34

0 0

Interceptions Sacks 2 1 1 1

Total Opponents

No 4 1

Player Luke Pinder

No 1

Yrds 0

Avg 0.0

Total Opponents

1 1

0 0

0.0 0.0

Long Td 0 0 0 0

0 0

5 0

Field Goals / Placements

Punting / Dégagement Player Chris Mamo

No 6

Yrds 255

Avg 42.5

Long 55

Players Chris Mamo

1-19 20-29 30-39 40+ Total Long FG% 1/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/2 18 50.00

Total Opponents

6 7

255 283

42.5 40.4

55 55

Total Opponents

1/1 1/1

76

0/0 0/0

0/1 0/0

0/0 0/0

1/2 1/1

18 50.00 18 100.0

Defensive / DĂŠfensive Player Tackles TEAM 8 Luke Pinder 5 Giancarlo Rapanaro 4 Taurean Allen 4 Anthony Maggiacomo 3.5 Jahmeeks Beckford 3 Paul Hancock 3 Jordan Van Horn 3 Steve Turner 3 Brodie Legein 2.5 Jim Martyniuk 2 Dante Luciani 1.5 Chima Ihekwoaba 1 Brent Hickey 1 Joe Labenski 1 John Borden 1 Luke Bendus 1 Mark Durigon 1 Brent Hickey 1 Samuel Aird 0.5 Samuel Aird 0.5 Total Opponents

49 411

Solo 8 5 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

Assisted 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Fumbles Forced 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fumbles Recovered 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Knockdowns 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

46 58

6 16

0 2

1 1

2 2

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THE GOLDEN HAWK RECORD BOOK

RECORD BOOK

TEAM RECORDS

Most TD Passes in a Game Laurier vs McMaster 9

Scoring Most Points in a Game - One Team Laurier v York 90 Laurier v Guelph 85 Laurier v McMaster 80

Most TD Passes in a Season 1994 23

10/19/74# 10/22/77 10/08/92

Most Points in a Game - Both Teams Laurier (85) v Guelph (21) 106 Laurier (90) v York (15) 105

10/22/77 10/19/74

Most Points in a Season 2004 2005 2003

343 330 313

8 games 8 games 8 games

Most TDs in a Season 2004 2003 2005

40 37 36

8 games 8 games 8 games

Most Passes Attempted in a Game Laurier vs Waterloo 74 Most Completions in a Game Laurier vs McMaster 34

10/08/92*# 10/08/92

Most Completions in a Season 1994 144

Defensive Least Points Allowed in a Season 1973 73 1979 73 1974 74 2005 114 1980 115 1978 118 1983 119

Rushing Most Yards Rushing in a Game Laurier vs York 637 Laurier vs Guelph 547 Laurier vs Guelph 485

10/08/92#

1974# 1977 1975

8 games 7 games 7 games 8 games 7 games 7 games 7 games

Most Yards Rushing in a Season 1974 2524 yards 1977 2393 yards 1973 2352 yards Most Rushing Attempts in a Season 1973 402 attempts# 1971 393 attempts 1974 360 attempts Most Rushing Attempts in a Game Laurier vs Windsor 70

10/31/81#

Passing Most Yards Passing in a Game Laurier vs McMaster 603 Laurier vs Windsor 519

10/08/92# 10/22/94

One of many of Jim Reid’s touchdowns which has entrenched him in the number one position for career touchdowns. This one gave WLU a 19-15 victory over Western in the 1978 Ontario Championship.

Most Yards Passing in a Season 1994 2392 yards 1993 2377 yards

* denotes playoff game, # denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record

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RECORD BOOK

SCORING Field Goals

Total Points Regular Season Points 96 91 89 86 81 78 77 72

Year 1977 2004 2005 1994 2003 2007 1999 1991

Name Brian Devlin Jerry Gulyes Chris Mamo Jim Reid Steve Rainey Stefan Ptaszek

Career Points 261 218 208 200 196 186

Years 2003-05 1975-79 2005-08 1975-78 1985-88 1990-94

Name Jim Reid Chuck McMann

Game Points 36 30

Date/Opponent 10/22/77 v Guelph 10/19/74 v York

Name Jim Reid Brian Devlin Brian Devlin Stefan Ptaszek Brian Devlin Chris Mamo John Katsaouni Spiros Anastasakis

Name Brian Devlin Jerry Gulyes Spiros Anatasakis Chris Mamo Roy Kurtz John Katsaouni Brian Devlin Brian Devlin

Career Name Field Goals Brain Devlin 45 Steve Rainey 38 Jerry Gulyes 37 Mike Karpow (WLU/WAT) 36 Chris Mamo 35 Scott O’Hara 33 Name Brian Devlin Steve Rainey Ed Becker

Touchdowns

Name Jim Reid Stefan Ptaszek Bryon Hickey Andre Talbot Nick Cameron Jim Reid Randy Rybansky Andre Talbot Ryan Lynch

Regular Season Touchdowns 16 14 11 11 11 10 10 10 10

Year 1977 1994 2003 2000 2005 1976 1983 1999 2007

Name Jim Reid Stefan Ptaszek Andy Cecchini Bryon Hickey Andrew Baechler Andre Talbot Justin Praamsma Nick Cameron

Career Touchdowns 33 30 30 24 24 22 21 21

Years 1975-78 1990-94 1987-91 2001-05 2003-07 1997-00 1997-00 2001-05

Name Jim Reid Chuck McMann

Game Touchdowns Date/Opponent 6 10/22/77 v Guelph# 5 10/19/74 v York

* denotes playoff game, # denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record

Regular Season Field Goals 17 15 15 15 14 14 14 14

Name John Wintermeyer Ed Becker Jerry Gulyes John Katsaouni Brian Devlin Brian Devlin

Year 2005 1978 1991 2007 1983 1999 2003 2004 Years 2003-05 1985-88 1975-79 1975-79 2005-08 1995-98

Game Field Goals Date/Opponent 5 11/05/05 v McMaster* 5 9/26/87 v Guelph 5 9/13/02 v Western Longest Field Goal Length Date/Opponent 49 1974 48 9/13/02 v Western 47 1978 47 9/11/99 v Guelph 47 10/15/05 v York 47 10/01/05 v Waterloo

Singles

80

Name Ed Becker Ed Becker Brian Devlin Roy Kurtz Pat O’Leary

Regular Season Singles 14 11 10 10 9

Year 2000 2001 2004 1983 1993

Name Ed Becker Brian Devlin Roy Kurtz Ian Dunbar Jerry Gulyes

Career Singles 41 23 17 17 14

Years 1998-02 2003-05 1981-83 1980-83 1975-79

Name Ed Becker

Game Singles 4

Date/Opponent 9/8/01 v Windsor

RECORD BOOK

SCORING & PASSING Pass Completions

Converts Regular Season Converts 39 34 31 31 30 28 28 28 26 25

Year 2004 2003 1999 2007 2005 2000 2008 2006 1998 1992

Name Brian Devlin Jerry Gulyes Chris Mamo Steve Rainey Ed Becker Ian Dunbar Roy Kurtz

Career Converts 103 92 92 50 50 31 27

Years 2003-05 1975-79 2005-08 1976-78 1998-02 1980-83 1981-83

Name Jerry Gulyes John Wintermeyer Brian Devlin Brian Devlin Ed Becker

Game Converts 10 9 8 8 8

Date/Opponent 10/22/77 v Guelph# 10/19/74 v York 10/18/03 v Toronto 9/6/04 v Toronto 10/21/00 v Queen’s

Name Brian Devlin Brian Devlin John Katsaouni Chris Mamo Brian Devlin Ed Becker Chris Mamo Chris Mamo Scott O’Hara Spiros Anatasakis

Regular Season Attempts 246 240 225 218 212

Name Bill Kubas Ryan Pyear Mike Wilson Adam Lane Kevin McDonald

Career Attempts 991 716 655 462 451

Name Kevin McDonald Bill Kubas Bill Kubas

Game Attempts Date/Opponent 74 11/2/96 v Waterloo*# 57 10/2/93 v Toronto 53 10/21/94 v Waterloo*

Regular Season Completions 142 136 124 116 115 110 109 107

Year 1993 1994 2006 2005 1987 2004 1996 2007

Name Bill Kubas Ryan Pyear Mike Wilson Rod Philp Adam Lane Kevin Taylor Jamie Partington

Career Completions 546 406 354 261 206 159 159

Years 1990-94 2001-05 1982-86 1984-88 1998-00 1997-98 2002-06

Name Kevin McDonald Bill Kubas

Game Completions Date/Opponent 37 11/2/96 v Waterloo* 33 10/2/93 v Toronto

Completion Percentage

Pass Attempts Name Bill Kubas Bill Kubas Kevin McDonald Jamie Partington Kevin McDonald

Name Bill Kubas Bill Kubas Jamie Partington Ryan Pyear Rod Philp Ryan Pyear Kevin McDonald Ian Noble

Year 1993 1994 1996 2006 1995 Years 1990-94# 2001-05 1982-86 1998-00 1994-96

Name Rod Philp Ryan Pyear Ian Noble Mike Wilson Adam Lane Scott Leeming Ryan Pyear

Regular Season Percentage 67.6% 66.7% 64.5% 61.7% 60.9% 60.8% 59.1%

Year 1987 2005 2007 1986 2000 1981 2003

Name Ian Noble Rod Philp Ryan Pyear Bill Kubas Mike Wilson Scott Leeming

Career Percentage 62.8% 60.8% 56.7% 56.6% 54.0% 52.4%

Years 2006-2007 1984-88 2001-05 1990-94 1982-86 1978-81

* denotes playoff game, # denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record

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RECORD BOOK

PASSING Name Bill Kubas Bill Kubas Ryan Pyear

Passing Yards Regular Season Yards 2295 1905 1866 1741 1688 1675 1666

Year 1994 1993 2004 2006 1995 1991 2005

Name Bill Kubas Ryan Pyear Mike Wilson Adam Lane Rod Philp Kevin Taylor

Career Yards 8424 5927 5281 3984 3496 2325

Years 1990-94 2001-05 1982-86 1998-00 1984-88 1997-98

Name Kevin McDonald Bill Kubas

Game Yards 500 480

Date/Opponent 11/2/96 v Waterloo* 10/21/94 v Waterloo

Name Bill Kubas Bill Kubas Ryan Pyear Jamie Partington Kevin McDonald Bill Kubas Ryan Pyear

Game Touchdowns Date/Opponent 6 10/8/92 v McMaster 6 10/6/94 v McMaster 5 10/22/05 v Guelph

Longest Completion Longest Completion Name (Receiver) Length Date/Opponent Rod Philp (Ken Evraire) 106 9/12/87 v Waterloo Luke Thompson (Josh Bishop) 101 10/11/08 vs McMaster Jamie Partington (Dante Luciani) 98 11/11/06 v Ottawa* Ian Noble (Travis Vaughan) 95 10/18/08 vs York Mike Wilson (Ken Evraire) 91 1985 Mike Wilson 90 1983 Rod Philp 89 1987 Mike Wilson 85 1986

Passing Touchdowns * denotes playoff game, # denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record Name Bill Kubas Ryan Pyear Ryan Pyear Adam Lane Luke Thompson Adam Lane Jamie Partington Ryan Pyear Kevin McDonald Name Bill Kubas Ryan Pyear Gord Taylor Adam Lane Mike Wilson Rod Philp Kevin Taylor

Regular Season Touchdowns 23 21 19 18 16 15 15 14 14

Year 1994 2004 2005 2000 2008 1999 2006 2003 1995

Career Touchdowns 65 62 55 35 27 24 19

Years 1990-94# 2001-05 1972-75 1998-00 1982-86 1984-88 1997-98

Justin Praamsma fights for that extra yard. All those extra yards eventually ended up with Praamsma topping the career record for yards rushing.

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RECORD BOOK

RUSHING

Touchdowns

Rushing Carries Name Ryan Lynch Jim Reid Justin Praamsma Nick Cameron Nick Cameron Derek Medler Alex Torrie

Regular Season Carries 170 163 157 150 145 144 144

Year 2007 1977 2000 2004 2005 2002 2001

Name Andy Cecchini Ryan Lynch Justin Praamsma Nick Cameron Jim Reid Chuck McMann

Career Carries 523 461 430 410 379 257

Years 1987-91 2004-08 1997-00 2001-05 1976-78 1973-78

Name Ryan Lynch Nick Cameron Alex Torrie Jim Reid Justin Praamsma

Game Carries 36 34 34 32 29

Date/Opponent 9/22/07 v Waterloo 11/5/05 v McMaster* 9/8/01 v Windsor 22/10/77 v Guelph 9/16/00 v York

Regular Season Yards 1078 1066 1025 1019 894 871 871 843

Year 1977 2000 2005 2007 2004 1999 2002 1998

Name Justin Praamsma Andy Cecchini Ryan Lynch Nick Cameron Jim Reid Chuck McMann Rick Chalupka

Career Yards 3114 3061 2634 2399 2316 1926 1530

Years 1997-00 1987-91 2004-08 2001-05 1975-78 1973-75 1973-76

Name Nick Cameron Derek Medler Ryan Lynch Justin Praamsma Justin Praamsma

Game Yards 263 251 228 214 210

Year 1977 2003 1983 2007 1976 1987 1999 2005

Name Jim Reid Andy Cecchini Justin Praamsma Nick Cameron Bryon Hickey Randy Rybansky Ryan Lynch

Career Touchdowns 32 27 21 18 16 16 16

Years 1976-78 1987-91 1997-00 2001-05 2001-05 1981-84 2004-08

Name Jim Reid Bryon Hickey

Game Touchdowns Date/Opponent 6 10/22/77 v Guelph 4 10/18/03 v Toronto

Name Wayne Parizeau Mike Montoya Phil Colwell Gord Taylor Bryon Hickey Paul Falzon Justin Praamsma Name Phil Colwell Chuck McMann Wayne Parizeau Rick Chalupka Justin Praamsma

Regular Season Average 12.3 10.7 9.8 8.9 8.9 8.7 7.7 Career Average 7.7 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.2

Year 1975 2007 1978 1974 2004 1979 1999 Years 1977-79 1973-75 1974-76 1973-76 1997-00

Longest Run Name Mike Montoya Paul Falzon Mike Weiler Jim Bendick Paul Falzon Justin Praamsma

Date/Opponent 11/5/05 v McMaster* 9/13/02 v Western 9/22/07 v Waterloo 9/9/00 v Guelph 11/11/00 v McMaster*

* denotes playoff game, # denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record

Regular Season Touchdowns 16 10 10 9 9 8 8 8

Average Rush Per Gain

Yards Rushing Name Jim Reid Justin Praamsma Nick Cameron Ryan Lynch Nick Cameron Justin Praamsma Derek Medler Justin Praamsma

Name Jim Reid Bryon Hickey Randy Rybansky Ryan Lynch Jim Reid Andy Cecchini Justin Praamsma Nick Cameron

83

Regular Season Length 103 100 98 89 88 86

Year 2007 1977 1974 1976 1980 1999

RECORD BOOK

RECEIVING

Receiving Touchdowns

Pass Receptions Regular Season Receptions 54 52 50 46

Year 2000 1993 1994 1992

Name Stefan Ptaszek Joe Nastasiuk Andre Talbot Andrew Baechler Ken Evraire Zach Treanor

Career Receptions 186 117 108 128 102 97

Years 1990-94 1985-88 1997-00 2003-07 1985-87 1993-97

Name Andre Talbot Stefan Ptaszek Stefan Ptaszek Corey Grant Stefan Ptaszek

Game Receptions Date/Opponent 19 9/9/00 v Guelph#!

13 9/10/94 v York 12 10/8/92 v McMaster 11 11/2/96 v Waterloo* 11 9/18/93 v Western

Name Andre Talbot Stefan Ptaszek Stefan Ptaszek Stefan Ptaszek

Regular Season Touchdowns 13 11 9 8 7 7 7 7

Year 1994# 2000 1999 2004 1992 1987 2006 2007

Name Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Andrew Baechler Joel Wright Joe Nastasiuk Ken Evraire Andrew Agro

Career Touchdowns 28 20 20 18 17 15 13

Years 1990-94 1997-00 2003-07 2002-05 1985-88 1985-87 2001-05

Name Matt Babel Joel Wright Andre Talbot Bryon Hickey

Game Touchdowns 4 3 3 3

Date/Opponent 9/15/01 v Western 9/10/05 v Windsor 9/30/00 v Western 11/19/05 v Acadia*

Average Receiving Gain

Pass Receiving Yards Regular Season Yards 916 890 865 757 705

Year 1994 2000 1992 1999 1988

Name Stefan Ptaszek Joe Nastasiuk Andrew Baechler Zach Treanor Andre Talbot Ken Evraire

Career Yards 3126 2275 2262 1975 1891 1695

Years 1990-94 1985-88 2003-07 1993-97 1997-00 1985-87

Name Andre Talbot Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot

Game Yards 289 217 175

Date/Opponent 9/9/00 v Guelph 9/10/94 v York 9/30/00 v Western

Name Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Joe Nastasiuk

Name Stefan Ptaszek Andre Talbot Andre Talbot Joel Wright Stefan Ptaszek Joe Nastasiuk Andrew Baechler Dante Luciani

Regular Season Name Average Andrew Scharshmidt 25.5 Peter Hwang 24.0 Andrew Baechler 23.1 Harvey Stables 23.8 Andrew Baechler 22.5 Joe Nastasiuk 22.0 Name Zach Treanor Joe Nastasiuk Brent Stucke Andrew Baechler Brian McClure Andre Talbot

Career Average 20.3 19.4 17.8 17.7 17.5 17.5

Year 1991 1993 2004 1999 2005 1988 Years 1993-97 1985-87 1989-94 2003-07 1993-97 1997-00

Longest Receptions

84

Regular Season Name (Passer) Length Date/Opponent Ken Evraire (Rod Philp) 106 9/19/87 v Waterloo Josh Bishop (Luke Thompson) 101 10/11/08 vs McMaster Dante Luciani (Jamie Partington) 98 11/11/06 v Ottawa* Travis Vaughan (Ian Noble) 95 10/18/08 vs York Ken Evraire (Mike Wilson) 91 1983

RECORD BOOK

PUNTING Punts

Punt Average

Name Ed Becker Ed Becker Luc Gerritsen Chris Mamo Chris Mamo Jarrett Luke Ed Becker

Regular Season Punts 88 77 71 70 68 67 66

Name Ed Becker Jarrett Luke Jerry Gulyes Ken Evraire Brian Devlin Chris Mamo Pat O’Leary

Career Punts 353 183 171 160 159 148 146

Years 1998-02 1995-97 1975-79 1985-87 2003-05 2005-08 1991-94

Name Brian Devlin Chris Mamo Ed Becker Ed Becker Ed Becker

Game Punts 15 15 14 13 13

Date/Opponent 11/1/03 v Queen’s* 9/13/08 v Queen’s 9/8/01 v Windsor 9/22/01 v Toronto 11/4/00 v Western*

Year 2001 2002 1984 2006 2007 1995 1999

Name Roy Kurtz Chris Mamo Ed Becker Ed Becker Ken Evraire Ian Dunbar Name Roy Kurtz Ken Evraire Ed Becker Pat O’Leary Ian Dunbar

Regular Season Yards 3376 3121 2742 2718 2646 2469 2419 2401

Year 2001 2002 1999 2008 1985 1980 1984 1979

Name Ed Becker Mike Karpow (WLU/WAT) Chris Mamo Jarrett Luke Jerry Gulyes Ken Evraire

Career Yards 13921 11396 7758 6835 6423 6237

Years 1998-02# 1975-79 2005-08 1995-97 1975-79 1985-87

Name Chris Mamo Ed Becker

Game Yards 626 620

Date/Opponent 913/08 v Queen’s 9/2/00 v Waterloo

Career Average 41.5 38.9 39.4 38.6 38.4 Regular Season

Year 1983 2008 2002 1999 1985 1981 Years 1981-83 1985-87 1998-02 1991-94 1980-83

Longest Punt Name Brian Devlin Roy Kurtz John Tavares Ed Becker Ed Becker Ian Dunbar Tom Allen

Punting Yards Name Ed Becker Ed Becker Ed Becker Chris Mamo Ken Evraire Ian Dunbar Luc Gerritsen Jerry Gulyes

Regular Season Average 42.1 41.8 41.6 41.5 41.3 41.2

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Length Date/Opponent 85 9/25/04 v McMaster 83 1983 83 10/4/81 v Western 83 9/25/99 v McMaster 83 10/16/00 v Toronto 82 1981 82 10/15/66 v Loyola

In his career Ed Becker amassed over 13,900 career yards punting.

RECORD BOOK

PUNT RETURNS Punt Returns

Punt Return Average

Name Corey Grant Andrew Baechler Steve Clark Dave Lovegrove Stefan Ptaszek

Regular Season Returns 49 48 44 44 42

Year 1995 2004 1979 1985 1992

Name Dave Lovegrove Stefan Ptaszek Corey Grant Steve Clark

Career Returns 122 111 108 90

Years 1981-85 1992-94 1995-98 1978-80

Name Andre Talbot Andrew Baechler Dustin Heap Dillon Heap

Game Returns Date/Opponent 11 10/5/00 v Windsor 10 10/2/04 v Waterloo 10 9/16/06 v York 10 10/4/08 v Ottawa

Name Paul Bennett Lonny Taylor Larry Uteck Anthony Ahmad Andre Talbot Name Paul Bennett Kevin Johnson Tom Dewey Geoff Keen Andre Talbot

Regular Season Yards 686 616 464 462 425

Year 1976# 1995 2004 1998 1992

Name Dave Lovegrove Corey Grant Stefan Ptaszek Steve Clark Kevin Johnson

Career Yards 1171 1124 1053 840 838

Years 1981-85 1995-98 1990-94 1978-80 1998-00

Name Geoff Keen Joel Wright

Game Yards 134 121

Date/Opponent 9/13/02 v Western 10/1/05 v Western

Year 1976 1992 1973 1994 1998

Career Average 20.7 13.0 11.5 9.9 9.5

Years 1976-?

1998-00 1972-74 2000-01 1997-00

Longest Punt Returns Name Lonny Taylor Bill Hogan Kevin Johnson Paul Bennett

Punt Return Yards Name Paul Bennett Corey Grant Andrew Baechler Kevin Johnson Stefan Ptaszek

Regular Season Average 20.8 19.2 17.6 16.5 16.2

Regular Season Length Date/Opponent 120 9/19/92 v Western 113 1971 111 1998 107 1976

Most Punt Return TDs in a Season Name Paul Bennett

Regular Season No. 5

Year 1976#

Punt Returns for a Touchdown Regular Season Name No. Year Paul Bennett 5 1976# Andrew Baechler 1 9/11/04 v Windsor * denotes playoff game, # denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record

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Corey Grant’s punt returns made him one of the most dangerous weapons on the field. It was these tremendous returns which vaulted him to being the 1995 CIAU Rookie of the Year

RECORD BOOK

KICKOFFS Kickoffs Name Brian Devlin Chris Mamo Ed Becker Chris Mamo Chris Mamo Brian Devlin

Regular Season Kickoffs 51 46 43 42 41 41

Year 2004 2008 2000 2007 2006 2005

Name Jerry Gulyes Pat O’Leary Chris Mamo Brian Devlin Ed Becker Steve Rainey

Career Kickoffs 143 137 134 130 90 72

Years 1975-79 1990-94 2005-08 2003-05 1998-02 1985-87

Name Chris Mamo Chris Mamo Brian Devlin Ed Becker Brian Devlin Ed Becker

Name Chris Mamo Chris Mamo Ed Becker Brian Devlin

Game Yards 586 574 494 480

Date/Opponent 9/27/08 v Waterloo 10/14/06 v Toronto 9/13/02 v Western 10/18/03 v Toronto

Kickoff Average

Game Kickoffs Date/Opponent 11 10/14/06 v Toronto 11 9/27/08 v Waterloo 10 10/18/03 v Toronto 9 10/21/00 v Queen’s 9 9/6/04 v Toronto 9 10/14/00 v Toronto

Name Steve Rainey Brian Devlin Jerry Gulyes Pat O’Leary Jerry Gulyes Jerry Gulyes

Regular Season Average 62.2 57.0 56.9 56.4 55.7 54.3

Year 1985 2005 1979 1991 1978 1977

Name Ed Becker Jerry Gulyes Roy Kurtz Steve Rainey Chris Mamo Brian Devlin Gary Mueller

Career Average 54.7 54.4 53.4 53.4 51.5 50.7 50.6

Years 1998-02 1975-79 1981-83 1985-87 2004-08 2003-05 1973-74

Kickoff Yards

Longest Kickoff

Name Brian Devlin Chris Mamo Brian Devlin Chris Mamo Chris Mamo Ed Becker Jerry Gulyes Pat O’Leary

Regular Season Yards 2493 2364 2336 2143 2131 2098 2063 1975

Year 2004 2008 2005 2006 2007 2000 1978 1991

Name Jerry Gulyes Chris Mamo Brian Devlin Pat O’Leary Ed Becker Chris Mamo Steve Rainey

Career Yards 7787 6911 6585 6521 4922 4547 3847

Years 1975-79 2004-08 2003-05 1990-94 1998-02 2005-07 1985-87

Name Brian Devlin Brian Devlin Brian Devlin Ed Becker Jerry Gulyes Jerry Gulyes Granville Mayers John Katsaouni Chris Mamo

Regular Season Length Date/Opponent 90 11/6/04 v Ottawa* 85 10/1/05 v Waterloo 85 10/15/05 v Waterloo 85 10/27/01 v Queen’s* 85 1977 85 1979 85 1997 85 1999 85 10/4/08 v Ottawa

* denotes playoff game, # denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record

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RECORD BOOK

KICKOFF RETURNS Kickoff Returns

Kick Return Average

Regular Season Name Returns Ian Logan 15 Dave Lovegrove 15 Andrew Scharshmidt 13 Dave Rose 12 Anthony Ahmad 12 Geoff Keen 11 Steve Turner 11 Shamawd Chambers 11 Name Dave Lovegrove Ian Logan Andrew Scharshmidt Justin Praamsma Geoff Keen Anthony Ahmad

Career Returns 37 33 30 30 29 26

Name Justin Praamsma Ian Logan Ian Logan Steve Turner

Game Returns 5 5 5 5

Name Dave Lovegrove Corey Grant Justin Praamsma J.P. Small Dan Bovair

Year 2004 1985 1991 1981 1996 2003 2007 2008

Name Dan Bovair Ken Evraire Dave Rose Steve Clark Ian Logan

Years 1981-85 2001-05 1991-94 1997-00 2000-03 1995-98

Geoff Keen

5

10/4/08 v Ottawa

Career Yards 813 704 694 643 577 568 548

Years 1997-00 1981-85 2001-05 1974-76 2000-03 1991-94 2004-07

Name Steve Turner Justin Praamsma * denotes playoff game, Ian Logan

Game Yards 166 135 120

Date/Opponent 10/21/06 v Windsor 9/30/00 v Western 9/25/04 v McMaster

# denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record

Years 1974-76 1985-87 1980-82 1978-80 2001-05

2000-03

Regular Season Length Date/Opponent 111 10/3/98 v Windsor 105 1974 99 10/21/06 v Windsor 76 2000 57 10/06/07 vs Guelph 55 1996 55 1998

Kick Returns for a Touchdown

Year 2004 1981 1975 2007 1985 1991 1974

Name Justin Praamsma Dave Lovegrove Ian Logan Dan Bovair Geoff Keen Andrew Scharschmidt Steve Turner

Career Yards 29.2 22.7 22.5 21.5 21.0

19.9

Name Kevin Johnson Dan Bovair Steve Turner Justin Praamsma Steve Turner J.P. Small Corey Grant

Date/Opponent 11/11/00 v McMaster* 11/8/03 v McMaster* 9/25/04 v McMaster 10/21/06 v Windsor

Regular Season Name Yards Ian Logan 327 Dave Rose 288 Dan Bovair 284 Steve Turner 283 Dave Lovegrove 261 Andrew Scharschmidt 257 Dan Bovair 245

Year 1982 1998 2000 1996 1975

Longest Kick Returns

Kick Return Yards Shamawd Chambers

Regular Season Average 33.0 32.5 31.6 28.5 28.4

Rod Carss

Name Steve Turner

51

1972

Regular Season No. Year 1 10/21/06 v Windsor

David Lovegrove was a kick off return specialist.

His 33.0 average in the season of 1982 will be hard to match.

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RECORD BOOK

DEFENSIVE

Interception Yards Returned

Interceptions Name Donnie Ruiz Dave Lovegrove Barry Quarrell Kevin Johnson David Agro

Regular Season Interceptions 7 6 6 6 6

Year 1998 1982 1981 1998 2002

Name David Agro Dave Lovegrove Donnie Ruiz Bob Stacey Barry Quarrell Ian Logan John Tavares Jeff Smeaton

Career Interceptions 16 16 15 14 12 10 9 9

Years 1999-03 1981-85 1997-00 1977-79 1978-81 2001-05 1988-90 2001-05

Name Jim Martyniuk Ian Logan Ian Logan Bobby Kootstra Justin Shakell

Game Interceptions Date/Opponent 3 9/23/06 v Western 2 9/6/03 v Guelph 2 10/2/04 v Waterloo 2 11/5/05 v McMaster* 2 9/21/02 v Toronto

Regular Season Touchdowns 2 2 2 2

Name Stacey Coray Bob Stacey Donnie Ruiz David Agro Rohan Dove Barry Quarrell

Career Yards 276 231 216 215 211 211

Years 1971-72 1977-79 1997-00 1999-03 1986-87 1978-81

Career Name Tackles Kevin MacNeill 173.5 Jesse Alexander 137.0 Ian Logan 133.5 Anthony Maggiacomo 130.5 Luke Pinder 129.5 Rohan Thompson 109.5 Lee Maggiacomo 101.5

Year 2003 1973 1973 1971

Year 2007 2001 2006 2002 2002 2000 2008 2003 Years 2000-03 2002-06 2001-05 2003-07 2004-08 2000-02 2000-04

Game Name Tackles Date/Opponent Jesse Alexander 14.5 11/11/06 v Ottawa* Jesse Alexander 12.5 9/9/06 v Ottawa Ian Logan 12.5 11/08/03 v McMaster* Kevin MacNeill 12.0 9/28/01 v McMaster Anthony Maggiacomo 12.0 10/13/07 vs Ottawa Ian Logan 11.5 10/27/01 v Queens* Jesse Alexander 11.5 10/7/06 v McMaster Gavin Cond 11.0 11/19/05 v Acadia*

Regular Season Length Date/Opponent 110 9/13/86 v Toronto 91 10/23/04 v York 81 9/13/02 v Western

* denotes playoff game, # denotes OUA record, ! denotes CIS record

Year 1986 1981 1972 1998 1979

Regular Season Name Tackles Anthony Maggiacomo 60.5 Kevin MacNeill 59.5 Jesse Alexander 55.5 Rhoan Thompson 46.5 Kevin MacNeill 40.5 Rohan Thompson 39 Luke Pinder 39 Kevin MacNeill 38

Longest Interception Return Name Rohan Dove Yannick Carter Jeff Smeaton

Regular Season Yards 185 181 174 140 118

Tackles *Tracked since 2000

Interceptions Returned for a Touchdown Name Ian Logan Wally Parker Larry Uteck Stacey Coray

Name Rohan Dove Barry Quarrell Stacey Coray Donnie Ruiz Bob Stacey

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Sacks *Tracked since 2000 Name Yannick Carter Giancarlo Rapanaro Brandon Keks Jesse Alexander Dave Montoya Justin Phillips Tony Bretney Justin Phillips

Regular Season Sacks 9.5 8 7.5 7 6.5 5.5 5 5

Name Tony Bretney Giancarlo Rapanaro Jesse Alexander Justin Shakell Dave Montoya Yannick Carter Yannick Carter

Game Sacks 3 3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

Name Yannick Carter Jesse Alexander Justin Phillips Brandon Keks Giancarlo Rapanaro Tony Bretney

Career Sacks 15 11.5 11.5 10.5 10 8

Year 2006 2007 2005 2004 2005 2006 2002 2004

Date/Opponent 10/05/02 v Queen’s 9/22/07 v Waterloo 9/06/04 v Toronto 10/25/03 v Ottawa* 9/05/04 v Queen’s 10/22/05 v Guelph 9/4/06 v Guelph Years 2003-06 2002-06 2003-06 2002-06 2006-08 2000-03

Donnie Ruiz made his presence known to the CIS in 1998. His 7 picks were a Golden Hawk Seasonal Record.

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ALL-TIME SCORES

HISTORY OF WLU FOOTBALL Football has been played at the University level in Canada since 1906 with the formation of the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) being the first league created. The first varsity football team at Waterloo Lutheran competed in 1961.

1963 Coach: Bob Celeri

McMaster at WUC

Loyola College at WUC

WUC at Ontario Agriculture College

WUC at Ottawa

Waterloo at WUC Regular Season Record: 4-2

The Celeri Years 5 Seasons Regular Season: 23-7-1

Record: 4-2 8-7 6-22 28-7 35-12 13-12

1964 Coach: Bob Celeri

Ontario Agriculture College at WUC

McMaster at WUC

WUC at Ottawa

WUC at RMC

Carelton at WUC

WUC at Waterloo Regular Season Record: 3-3

1961 Coach: Bob Celeri Record: 5-0-1

Ryerson Institute of Technology at WUC 8-16

Royal Military College at WUC 1-48

WUC at Hamilton Institute of Technology 35-8

Hamilton Institute of Technology at WUC 7-54

WUC at Royal Military College 46-1

WUC at Ryerson Institute of Technology 14-14 Regular Season Record: 5-0-1

Record: 3-3 6-22 24-9 11-19 27-0 28-27 19-18

In 1965 the Vanier Cup trophy was first presented by invitation.

1965 Coach: Bob Celeri

Ottawa at WUC

McMaster at WUC

WUC at Carelton

WUC at Guelph

WUC at Loyola

WUC at Waterloo

RMC at WUC Regular Season Record: 5-2

1962 Coach: Bob Celeri Record: 6-0

WUC at Waterloo 7-6

Ryerson at WUC 0-3

WUC at Royal Military College 40-6

WUC at Hamilton Institute of Technology 44-1

Royal Military College at WUC 1-10

Ryerson at WUC 20-36 Regular Season Record: 6-0

The “Tuffy” Years

Based on their past record the Hawks have been accepted into the Ontario-Quebec Athletic Association Football League. The other members of this league are Loyola University, Carleton, Ottawa, Royal Military College, Ontario Agriculture College and McMaster University.

19 Seasons Regular Season: 87-33-5 (0.725) Playoff: 14-13 (0.519) Overall: 101-46-5 (0.687)

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Record: 5-2 21-0 10-11 12-27 26-13 6-19 29-8 0-38

ALL-TIME SCORES In 1968 the Central Canada Intercollegiate Football Conference split into two divisions (east and west). WLU was in the west along with Carleton, Guelph, Laurientian, Ottawa and Windsor.

1966 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight

WLU at Laurentian

Montreal at WLU

Carelton at WLU

WLU at Loyola

Waterloo at WLU

WLU at McMaster

Royal Military College at WLU Regular Season Record: 7-0

Record: 7-1 30-7 7-36 0-29 46-1 7-17 13-9 0-41

1968 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight

Carleton at WLU

Ottawa at WLU

WLU at Windsor

Laurentian at WLU

WLU at Guelph

WLU at Windsor Regular Season Record: 6-1

College Bowl: St F.X. 14-40 Playoff Record: 0-1

In 1967, the Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference and the Ottawa St. Lawrence Athletic Association merged as one Conference named the Central Canadian Intercollegiate Football Conference.

Semi-Finals: Loyola 40-0

Anlantic Bowl: St. Mary’s 37-7

College Bowl: Queen’s 14-42 Playoff Record: 2-1

1967 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight

WLU at Guelph

Loyola at WLU

WLU at Laurentian

Bishops at WLU

WLU at Waterloo

WLU at Ottawa

McMaster at WLU Regular Season Record: 5-2 Playoff Record: 0-0

Record: 8-2 13-20 8-6 32-26 10-52 10-8 43-13

1969

Record: 5-2 12-10 1-27 52-0 0-56 8-12 0-22 0-18

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight

Laurentian at WLU

Ottawa at WLU

WLU at Carelton

WLU at York

Guelph at WLU

WLU at Windsor Regular Season Record: 4-2-1 Playoff Record: 0-0

Ontario Intercollegiate Football Conference Champions 1966

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Record: 4-2-1 51-0 37-7 14-14 15-9 12-17 10-16

ALL-TIME SCORES

Central Canada Intercollegiate Football Champions 1968 Atlantic Bowl Champions - National Finalists 1970 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight

Windsor at WLU

WLU at Ottawa

WLU at Laurentian

York at WLU

WLU at Guelph

Carleton at WLU Regular Season Record: 4-1-1 Playoff Record: 0-0

1972 Record: 4-1-1 7-36 28-28 23-6 2-44 0-22 14-39

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 7-3

York 27-7

Windsor 11-26

McMaster

29-17

Guelph 35-4

Western 7-16

Waterloo 44-8 Regular Season Record: 4-2

OUA Semi-Final: Ottawa 23-10

OUA Final: Western 38-27

CIAU Semi-Final: Saint Mary’s 50-17

Vanier Cup: Alberta 7-20 Playoff Record: 3-1

In 1971, the Ontario Universities Athletic Association (OUA) was born and divided their Conference into two sections and four divisions. WLU was in the Western, Central division along with Guelph and McMaster.

In 1973 Waterloo Lutheran University renamed to become Wilfrid Laurier University.

1971 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 3-5

McMaster

34-13

Guelph 34-16

Guelph 32-1

Western 3-13

Windsor 18-21

Ottawa 10-17

McMaster 10-33

Waterloo 7-19 Regular Season Record: 3-5 Playoff Record: 0-0

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1973

1974

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 8-2

McMaster 9-3

Windsor 14-25

York 38-7

Waterloo 39-7

Ottawa 19-16

Windsor 31-9

Western 22-0

Western 28-6 Regular Season Record: 7-1

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 7-2

McMaster

24-6

Guelph 33-9

Waterloo 41-7

Windsor 29-2

Western 22-24

York 90-15

Loyola 21-10 Regular Season Record: 6-1

OUA Semi-Finals: McMaster 40-2

OUA Finals: Western 8-19 Playoff Record: 1-1

OUA Finals: Ottawa 48-4

CIAU Semi-Finals: Saint Mary’s 17-19 Playoff Record: 1-1

In 1974 the Conference membership changed again and the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference was split in two divisions. WLU was in the West division along with Guelph, McMaster, Waterloo, Western Ontario, Windsor and York.

Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1972 Yates Cup Champions - Atlantic Bowl Champions - National Finalists

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ALL-TIME SCORES

Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1973 Yates Cup Champions - Atlantic Bowl Finalists

1975

1976

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 5-4

Toronto 3-10

Toronto 17-21

Waterloo 34-1

Western 39-15

Guelph 61-9

Windsor 6-21

McMaster 52-11 Regular Season Record: 4-3

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 6-3

York 41-9

Toronto 16-7

Waterloo

41-14

Western 31-36

McMaster 11-4

Windsor 14-20

Guelph 45-24 Regular Season Record: 5-2

OUA Semi-Finals: Guelph 32-15

OUA Finals: Windsor 8-65 Playoff Record: 1-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 23-22

OUA Finals: Western 14-28 Playoff Record: 1-1

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1977

1979

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 6-2-1

York 17-1

Toronto 13-17

Waterloo 15-8

Western 19-17

Windsor 25-25

McMaster 28-10

Guelph 85-21 Regular Season Record: 5-1-1

Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 7-1-1

Guelph 30-7

Western 28-19

McMaster 45-0

York 20-14

Waterloo 32-6

Toronto 6-4

Windsor 23-23 Regular Season Record: 6-0-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 25-11

OUA Finals: Western 17-22 Playoff Record: 1-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Windsor 31-17

OUA Finals: Western 12-28 Playoff Record: 1-1

1978 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight 7-3

Waterloo

Toronto

Windsor

Western

Toronto

Western

Windsor Regular Season Record: 5-2

In 1980 the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference (OQIFC) split their divisions into two separate conferences. The east conference remained in the OQIFC, while the west conference became the Ontario Universities Athletic Association.

Record: 39-10 32-14 35-15 9-15 31-16 23-33 78-15

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 30-23

OUA Finals: Western 19-14

CIAU Semi-Finals: UBC 16-25 Playoff Record: 2-1

Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1978 Yates Cup Champions - Western Bowl Finalists

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ALL-TIME SCORES The Newbrough Years

1980 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight R ecord: 5-4

Toronto 22-24

Guelph 7-9

McMaster 21-22

Western 15-12

Windsor 36-23

York 43-12

Waterloo 14-13 Regular Season Record: 4-3

10 Seasons Regular Season: 47-23 (0.671) Playoff: 8-7 (0.533) Overall: 55-30 (0.647)

1984 Coach: Rich Newbrough 2-5

Guelph

McMaster

Toronto

Waterloo

Western

Windsor

York Regular Season Record: 2-5

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 30-0

OUA Finals: Western 28-51 Playoff Record: 1-1 1981 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight 4-4

Toronto

McMaster

York

Waterloo

Western

Windsor

Guelph Regular Season Record: 4-3

Record: 21-45 34-7 28-10 31-14 9-32 32-12 5-8

24-31 6-32 16-18 26-11 7-18 36-22 0-16

1985 Coach: Rich Newbrough 7-2

Guelph

McMaster

Toronto

Waterloo

Western

Windsor

York Regular Season Record: 6-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Western 11-53 1982

Playoff Record: 0-1 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight Record: 3-3-1

Toronto 17-3

York 1-19

Western 0-23

McMaster 26-26

Waterloo

21-16

Guelph 1-22

Windsor 45-7

Record: 45-32 21-19 33-10 48-0 5-22 38-21 21-19

OUA Semi-Finals: York 27-10 OUA Finals: Western 16-19 1986

Playoff Record: 1-1 Coach: Rich Newbrough 4-4

Guelph

McMaster

Toronto

Waterloo

Western

Windsor

York Regular Season Record: 4-3

1983 Regular Season Record: 3-3-1 Coach: David “Tuffy” Knight 6-2

Waterloo

McMaster

Toronto

Western

Windsor

Guelph

York Regular Season Record: 6-1

Record:

Record: 18-3 29-18 19-7 26-16 37-23 9-28 34-24

OUA Semi-Finals: Guelph 15-36 Playoff Record: 0-1

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Record: 15-30 23-22 38-31 38-2 10-19 21-48 30-10

ALL-TIME SCORES

1987

1989

Coach: Rich Newbrough Record: 8-2

Guelph 37-18

McMaster 54-11

Toronto 44-17

Waterloo

43-0

Western 9-23

Windsor 38-15

York 29-0 Regular Season Record: 6-1

Coach: Rich Newbrough Record: 3-4

Guelph 11-13

McMaster 8-31

Toronto 12-14

Waterloo 6-7

Western 11-4

Windsor 26-17

York 33-2 Regular Season Record: 3-4

OUA Semi-Finals: Windsor 32-13

OUA Finals: Guelph 28-15

CIAU Semi-Finals: UBC 31-33 Playoff Record: 2-1

1990 Coach: Rich Newbrough Record: 4-4

Guelph 29-28

McMaster 24-11

Toronto 14-32

Waterloo 29-8

Western 9-22

Windsor 12-21

York 31-6 Regular Season Record: 4-3

1988 Coach: Rich Newbrough Record: 7-2

Guelph 27-20

McMaster 23-11

Toronto 38-5

Waterloo 29-0

Western 14-27

Windsor 19-7

York 20-11 Regular Season Record: 6-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Western 18-23 Playoff Record: 0-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Guelph 31-24

OUA Finals: Western 16-27 Playoff Record: 1-1

Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1987 Yates Cup Champions - Western Bowl Finalists

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ALL-TIME SCORES

Canadian Inter-University Athletic Union National Champions Ontario Universities Athletic Association Football Champions 1991 Yates Cup Champions - Churchill Bowl Champions - Vanier Cup Champions 1991

1993

Coach: Rich Newbrough Record: 9-2

Guelph 27-23

McMaster 37-14

Toronto 18-0

Waterloo 7-34

Western 37-56

Windsor

63-7

York 42-9 Regular Season Record: 5-2

Coach: Rich Newbrough Record: 5-3

Guelph 33-14

McMaster 20-10

Toronto 21-45

Waterloo 35-43

Western 31-7

Windsor 55-6

York 19-7 Regular Season Record: 5-2

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 35-5

OUA Finals: Western 13-12

CIAU Semi-Finals: Queen’s 42-22

Vanier Cup: Mt. Allison 25-18 Playoff Record: 4-0

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 20-27 Playoff Record: 0-1

The Zmich Years 9 Seasons Regular Season: 42-28-1 (0.592) Playoff: 4-8 (0.333) Overall: 46-36-1 (0.554)

1992 Coach: Rich Newbrough Record: 6-2

Guelph 35-27

McMaster 80-14

Toronto 19-28

Waterloo 12-9

Western 32-24

Windsor 47-13

York 36-6 Regular Season Record: 6-1

NOTE: Zmich coached only 3 games in the 2002 season, due to the WLUSA labour debate.

OUA Semi-Finals: Western 31-34 Playoff Record: 0-1

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1994

1997

Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 7-2

Guelph 39-7

McMaster 51-15

Toronto 26-17

Waterloo 35-16

Western 22-24

Windsor 46-6

York 42-23 Regular Season Record: 6-1

Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 3-6

Guelph 10-39

McMaster 53-25

Toronto 32-8

Waterloo 1-24

Western 17-40

Windsor 44-3

York 18-28 Regular Season Record: 3-5

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 29-26 (OT)

OUA Finals: Western 36-38 (OT) Playoff Record: 1-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 6-45 Playoff Record: 0-1 1998

1995

Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 5-4

Guelph 37-6 26-15

McMaster 56-29

Toronto 42-15

Waterloo 14-33

Western 30-38

Windsor 34-6

York 6-13 Regular Season Record: 5-3

Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 8-1-1

Guelph 17-7

McMaster 42-13 33-10

Toronto 46-16

Waterloo 23-23

Western 25-22

Windsor 18-9

York 35-3 Regular Season Record: 7-0-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 10-32 Playoff Record: 0-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Toronto 32-8

OUA Finals: Western 9-10 Playoff Record: 1-1

1999

1996

Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 7-3

Guelph 20-0

McMaster 53-27

Toronto 60-3

Waterloo 36-15

Western 6-39

Windsor 49-0

York 22-20

Ottawa 27-34 Regular Season Record: 6-2

Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 4-5

Guelph 10-13

McMaster 22-0

Toronto 10-13

Waterloo 26-10

Western 17-25 8-49

Windsor 41-7

York 31-21 Regular Season Record: 4-4

OUA Semi-Finals: McMaster 42-27

OUA Finals: Waterloo 20-32 Playoff Record: 1-1

OUA Semi-Finals: Waterloo 23-26 (OT) Playoff Record: 0-1

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2000

The Jeffries Years

Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 8-2

WLU at Guelph 27-19

York at WLU 13-17

WLU at McMaster 15-47

Western at WLU 37-38

Windsor at WLU 3-27

WLU at Toronto 55-1

Queen’s at WLU 7-67

WLU at Waterloo 26-18 Regular Season Record: 7-1

5 Seasons Regular Season: 41-7-0-1 (0.846) Playoff: 9-4 (0.692) Overall: 44-8-0-1 (0.839)

2003

OUA Semi-Finals: Western 30-6

OUA Finals: McMaster 23-48 Playoff Record: 1-1

Coach: Gary Jeffries Record: 8-2-0-1

WLU at Ottawa 30-20

Guelph at WLU 36-61

Windsor at WLU 16-20

WLU at Waterloo 50-14

Western at WLU 31-28

WLU at York 39-8

Queen’s at WLU 26-23

WLU at Toronto 62-7 Regular Season Record: 6-1-0-1

2001 Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 3-6

WLU at Waterloo 7-16

Windsor at WLU 3-11

WLU at Western 10-35

WLU at Toronto 19-10

McMaster at WLU 15-9

Queen’s at WLU 30-8

WLU at Ottawa 14-16

Guelph at WLU 13-26 Regular Season Record: 3-5

OUA Quarter-Finals: Ottawa 38-17

OUA Semi-Finals: Queen’s 36-33

OUA Finals: McMaster 17-41 Playoff Record: 2-1 2004

OUA Quarter-Finals: Queen’s 27-29 Playoff Record: 0-1

Coach: Gary Jeffries Record: 10-1-0-0

Toronto at WLU 67-0

Windsor at WLU 40-21

WLU at Western 38-34

McMaster at WLU 34-33

WLU at Waterloo 44-3

WLU at Guelph 53-13

Ottawa at WLU 29-9

WLU at York 38-19 Regular Season Record: 8-0

2002 Coach: Rich Zmich Record: 1-7

WLU at Waterloo 16-18

WLU at Windsor 5-7

Western at WLU 20-17

Toronto at WLU 0-58

WLU at McMaster 25-43

WLU at Queen’s 9-12

York at WLU 22-6

WLU at Guelph 14-15 Regular Season Record: 1-7

OUA Semi-Finals: Ottawa 46-7

OUA Finals: McMaster 31-19

Uteck Bowl: Laval 11-30 Playoff Record: 2-1

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ALL-TIME SCORES 2005

2007

Coach: Gary Jeffries Record: 12-0-0-0

WLU at Queen’s 45-0

Windsor at WLU 24-27

WLU at Ottawa 21-14

McMaster at WLU 26-33

Waterloo at WLU 4-49

WLU at Western 32-17

York at WLU 3-56

WLU at Guelph 47-26 Regular Season Record: 8-0

Coach: Gary Jeffries Record: 7-2-0-0

McMaster at WLU 26-36

Windsor at WLU 17-48

WLU at Toronto 53-10

Waterloo at WLU 3-35

WLU at Queen’s 23-4

WLU at Guelph 27-37

Ottawa at WLU 27-15

WLU at York 31-10 Regular Season Record: 7-1

OUA Semi-Finals: McMaster 43-21

OUA Finals: Western 29-11

Uteck Bowl: Acadia 31-10

Vanier Cup: Saskatchewan 24-23 Playoff Record: 4-0

OUA Semi-Finals: Guelph 31-38 Playoff Record: 0-1

2006 Coach: Gary Jeffries Record: 7-3-0-0

WLU at Guelph 24-17

Ottawa at WLU 29-19

WLU at York 24-0

Western at WLU 18-34

Waterloo at WLU 21-24

WLU at McMaster 31-12

Toronto at WLU 7-68

WLU at Windsor 29-38 Regular Season Record: 6-2

2008 Coach: Gary Jeffries Record: 6-2-0-0

Guelph at WLU 13-15

Western at WLU 31-20

WLU at Queen’s 7-41

Windsor at WLU 18-33

WLU at Waterloo 38-23

WLU at Ottawa 22-21

McMaster at WLU 31-50

WLU at York 50-13 Regular Season Record: 6-2

OUA Semi-Finals: Western 20-15

OUA Finals: Ottawa 14-32 Playoff Record: 1-1

Canadian Interuniversity Sport - Vanier Cup Champions 2005 Yates Cup Champions - Uteck Bowl Champions

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ALL-TIME SCORES

WLU VERSUS OPPONENTS

Acadia Playoffs: 1-0

(1.000) Alberta

VERSUS OUA

Playoffs: 0-1

(0.000)

Guelph Regular Season: 33-11 Playoffs: 3-2 Overall: 36-13

Bishops (0.750) (0.600) (0.734)

McMaster Regular Season: 36-9-1 Playoffs: 4-3 Overall: 40-12-1

(0.793) (0.570) (0.764) Ottawa

Regular Season: 6-9-1 Playoffs: 4-1 Overall: 10-10-1

(0.406) (0.800) (0.500)

(1.000) Carleton

Regular Season: 4-1-1

(0.428) (0.667) (0.500)

Concordia Regular Season: 4-1 Playoffs: 1-0 Overall: 5-1

(0.800) (1.000) (0.833) Laurentian (0.800) Laval

Playoffs: 0-1

(0.000) Montreal

Toronto Regular Season: 23-11 Playoffs: 4-1 Overall: 27-12

(0.676) (0.800) (0.692) Waterloo

Regular Season: 33-10-1 Playoffs: 3-4 Overall: 36-14-1

Regular Season: 1-0

(1.000) Mount Allison

Playoffs: 1-0 (0.761) (0.430) (0.715)

(1.000) Royal Military College

Regular Season: 5-0

(1.000)

Western Regular Season: 14-26-0-1 Playoffs: 7-10 Overall: 21-36-0-1

Ryerson (0.341) (0.413) (0.362)

Windsor Regular Season: 31-10-2 Playoffs: 2-1 Overall: 33-11-2

(0.744) (0.667) (0.739)

Regular Season: 3-0-1

(0.861) (1.000) (0.864)

(1.000)

Saint Francis Xavier Playoffs: 0-1

(0.000) Saint Mary’s

Playoffs: 2-1

York Regular Season: 31-5 Playoffs: 1-0 Overall: 32-5

(0.800)

Regular Season: 4-1

Queen’s Regular Season: 3-4 Playoffs: 2-1 Overall: 5-5

Regular Season: 1-0

(0.667) Saskatchewan

Playoffs: 1-0

(1.000) British Columbia

104 Playoffs: 0-2

(0.000)

ALL-TIME RANKINGS

ALL-TIME NATIONAL FINAL RANKINGS 1997 FINAL 1. St. Francis Xavier 2. Western Ontario 3. Waterloo 4. Ottawa 5. Queen’s 6. British Columbia 7. Calgary 8. Mount Allison 9. Saskatchewan 10. Guelph 2001 FINAL 1. McMaster 2. Queen’s 3. McGill 4. SMU 5. Regina 6. St. FX 7. Concordia 8. Saskatchewan 9. Manitoba 10. Laval

2005 FINAL 1. Laval 2. Saskatchewan 3. Wilfrid Laurier 4. Alberta 5. Montreal 6. Ottawa 7. Concordia 8. Western 9. Manitoba 10. Acadia

1998

1999

FINAL 1. Western Ontario 2. Saskatchewan 3. Concordia 4. Acadia 5. Waterloo 6. British Columbia 7. Mount Allison 8. Laval 9. Wilfrid Laurier 10. McMaster

FINAL 1. UBC 2. Saskatchewan 3. Laval 4. Wilfrid Laurier 5. Saint Mary’s 6. Waterloo 7. Western 8. Concordia 9. Acadia 10. McMaster

2002

2003 FINAL 1. Saskatchewan 2. McMaster 3. Laval 4. Queen’s 5. SMU 6. Concordia 7. Wilfrid Laurier 8. Simon Fraser 9. Alberta 10. Regina

FINAL 1. SMU 2. McMaster 3. Manitoba 4. Ottawa 5. Laval 6. Regina 7. Saskatchewan 8. Western 9. Queen’s 10. Concordia

2006

2007 FINAL 1. Laval 2. Ottawa 3. Manitoba 4. Saint Mary’s 5. Wilfrid Laurier 6. Regina 7. Saskatchewan 8. Concordia 9. Bishop’s 10. Western

FINAL 1. Manitoba 2. Laval 3. Ottawa 4. Saskatchewan 5. Montreal 6. Concordia 7. Wilfrid Laurier 8. Western 9. Regina 10. Acadia

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2000 FINAL 1. Laval 2. Saint Mary’s 3. Ottawa 4. McMaster 5. Wilfrid Laurier 6. Manitoba 7. Calgary 8. Western 9. Waterloo 10. McGill 2004 FINAL 1. Montreal 2. Wilfrid Laurier 3. Laval 4. McMaster 5. Alberta 6. Saskatchewan 7. Western 8. UBC 9. Acadia 10. SMU

AWARDS AND HONOURS

NATIONAL AWARDS AND HONOURS All Canadians FIRST TEAM Mike McMahon ‘69 Paul Patterson ‘69 Terry Harvey ‘70 Ted Passmore ‘72 Rob Etherington ‘72 Wally Parker ‘72 Doug Smith ‘73 Rich Griffiths ‘74 Rich Ott ‘75 Gord Taylor ‘75 Paul Bennett ‘76 Mike Sitko ‘76 Jim Reid ‘77, ‘78 John Miller ‘77 Rich Payne ‘79, ‘80 Barry Quarrell ‘80 Alex Troop ‘83,‘84,‘85 Todd Turnbull ‘83 Ken Evraire ‘86, ‘87 Veron Stiliadis ‘87, ‘88 Brian Breckles ‘89 Bill Madden ‘89 Clive Tharby ‘90 Fred Grossman ‘91 Reinhardt Keller ‘91,‘92 Stefan Ptaszek

‘92,‘93,‘94 Pete Gisborn ‘93 Bill Kubas ‘93 Chris Redguard ‘95 Donnie Ruiz ‘98, ‘99, ‘00 Dino DiMarino ‘99 Andre Talbot ‘99, ‘00 Kojo Millington ‘99 Jamie Hitchen ‘00 Justin Praamsma ‘00 Justin Shakell ‘03 Ian Logan ‘04 ‘05 Ryan Pyear ‘05 Andy Baechler ‘06 Yannick Carter ‘06 Jesse Alexander ‘06 Scott Evans ‘07

All Canadians SECOND TEAM Kevin Holliday ‘86 Tim Purdy ‘87 Veron Stiliadis ‘87, ‘88 Mike Choma ‘87 Andy Cecchini ‘87, ‘88 Jon Graffi ‘88 Joe Nastasiuk ‘88 Brian Breckles ‘88 Bill Madden ‘88 Hugh Lawson ‘92 Lonny Taylor ‘93 Mike Chevers ‘94 Gerry Smith ‘95 Robbie Symons ‘96 Alan Ruby ‘98 Kevin Johnson ‘98 Kevin Taylor ‘00 Kojo Millington ‘00 Jeff Melis ‘03 Ryan Jeffrey ‘03, ‘04 Kevin MacNeill ‘03 Ryan Pyear ‘04 Conor Healey ‘04 Jesse Alexander ‘04 Nick Cameron ‘05 Brian Devlin ‘05 Brandon Keks ‘05 Jeff Smeaton ‘05 Josh Maltin ‘06 Scott Evans ‘06 Justin Phillips ‘06

CIAU/CIS Coach Dave Knight ‘72, ‘79 Rich Newbrough ‘91 Rick Zmich ‘95 Gary Jeffries ‘03 CIS Defensive Player Richard Payne ‘80 CIS Lineman Veron Stiliadis ‘88 Scott Evans ‘07 Russ Jackson Josh Alexander ‘01 CIS Rookie of the Year Jim Reid ‘76 Paul Nastasiuk ‘83 Bill Kubas ‘90 CIS MVP Bill Kubas ‘94

East West Bowl Participants Derek Medler ‘03 Josh Alexander ‘03 Justin Shakell ‘03 Ian Logan ‘03 ‘04 Conor Healey ‘03 Andrew Agro ‘04 Bryon Hickey ‘04 Mitch Zappitelli ‘04 Ryan Pyear ‘05 Andrew Baechler ‘05 Joel Wright ‘05 Jesse Alexander ‘05 Yannick Carter ‘05 ‘06 Brandon Keks ‘06 Justin Phillips ‘06 Kyle Weston ‘06 Ryan Lynch ‘07 Dante Luciani ‘07

Anthony Maggiacomo ‘07

Luke Pinder ‘07 Ian Noble ‘08 Peter Quinney ‘08 Adam Bestard ‘08 Kyle Ardill ‘08

Current CFL Players

Saskatchewan Corey Grant Yannick Carter

Anthony Maggiacomo ‘07

Toronto

Taurean Allen ‘07

Andre Talbot

Winnipeg

Ian Logan Anthony Maggiacomo

Calgary

Justin Phillips

Edmonton

Dante Luciani

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PROVINCIAL AWARDS AND HONOURS 1st Team OUA All Star Doug Smith 1973 Gary Mueller 1973 1974 Fred McLean 1973 Gary Duffy 1973 Tom Balfe 1973 Rich Griffiths 1973 1974 Wally Parker 1973 Rob Etherington 1973 1974 Larry Uteck 1973 Chuck McMann 1974 1975 Rich Ott 1974 Gord Taylor 1974 1975 Ken Pelissero 1974 1975 Mike Warbick 1975 Paul Bennett 1976 Mike Sitko 1976 Larry Hale 1978 Rich Payne 1978 1979 Jerry Gulyes 1978 Bob Stacey 1978 1979 Phil Colwell 1978 Dave Yurinicich 1978 Rich Bellamy 1978 Larry Rygus 1978 1979 Jim Reid 1978 Jack Davis 1978 1979 Bob Yeomans 1979 Rod Connop 1981 Dave Cork 1981 Greg Newbrough 1981 Ian Dunbar 1981 Barry Quarrell 1981 Alex Troop 1983 1984 1985 Todd Turnbull 1983 Dave Waud 1983 Nolan Duke 1983 1984 Dave Shouldice 1983 Kris Keillor 1983 1984 Ken Evraire 1985 1986 1987 Kevin Holliday 1985 1986 David Lovegrove 1985 Veron Stiliadis 1985 1987 Dave Kohler 1986 Tim Purdy 1987 Rod Philp 1987 Bruce Martin 1987 Mike Choma 1987 Steve Rainey 1987 Andy Cecchini 1987 Rohan Dove 1987 Dan Compagnon 1990 Clive Tharby 1990 Reinhardt Keller 1991 1992 1993 Spiros Anastasakis 1991 Stefan Ptaszek 1991 1992 1993 1994 Fred Grossman 1991 Tim Bisci 1992 Hugh Lawson 1992 Peter Gisborn 1992 1993 Martin Peric 1993 Pat O’Leary 1993 Bill Kubas 1993 1994 Lonny Taylor 1993 1994 Mike Chevers 1994 Chris Redguard 1995

1st Team OUA All Star Gerry Smith 1995 Rob Symons 1995 1996 Zach Treanor 1995 Alan Ruby 1998 1999 Daryl Tharby 1998 1999 Donnie Ruiz 1998 1999 2000 Rob Vickers 1998 Kevin Johnson 1998 1999 Kojo Millington 1999 2000 Dino DiMarino 1999 Andre Talbot 1999 2000 Justin Praamsma 2000 James Hitchen 2000 Kevin Taylor 2000 2001 Chad MacAvelia 2000 Rohan Thompson 2000 2002 Jeff Melis 2001 2003 Josh Alexander 2001 Justin Shakell 2002 2003 Ryan Jeffrey 2003 2004 Ian Logan 2003 2004 2005 2005 Kevin MacNeill 2003 Conor Healey 2004 Jesse Alexander 2004 2006 Andrew Baechler 2004 2006 Ryan Pyear 2004 2005 Brian Devlin 2005 Mitch Zappitelli 2005 Brandon Keks 2005 Nick Cameron 2005 Joel Wright 2005 Adrian Houwer 2005 Kyle Weston 2005 Jeff Smeaton 2005 Scott Evans 2006 2007 Justin Phillips 2006 Yannick Carter 2006 Josh Maltin 2006 Tyler Felber 2007 Steve Turner 2007 Ryan Lynch 2007 Taurean Allen 2007 Anthony Maggiacomo 2007

2nd Team OUA All Star Tony Wilson 1990 Hugh Lawson 1990 1991 John Tavares 1990 Brent Stucke 1990 Fred Grossman 1990 Bill Kubas 1990 1992 Martin Peric 1991 Glenn Ferguson 1991 1992 Tim Bisci 1991 Pat O’Leary 1991 1994 Jim Burkitt 1991 Spiros Anastasakis 1992 Lonny Taylor 1992

2nd Team OUA All Star Dan Tosello 1993 Mark Ferguson 1993 1994 Andrew Scharschmidt 1993 Paul Dietrich 1994 Craig Sweeney 1994 Zach Treanor 1994 1996 1997 Paul Stoppenbrink 1994 Jeremy Rakowsky 1995 Rob Allan 1995 Wade Sergeantson 1995 David Sguigna 1995 1996 Jason Gundy 1995 Kevin McDonald 1996 Harvey Stables 1996 Craig Mellow 1996 Rob Symons 1997 Kevin Taylor 1997 Mark-Miles Levine 1997 Jason Jacyno 1997 Scott O’Hara 1996 1998 Dino DiMarino 1998 Ed Becker 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Eric Schwab 1998 1999 Rob Vickers 1999 James Hitchen 1999 Tom Longhurst 1999 Justin Praamsma 1999 Adam Lane 1999 John Katsauoni 1999 Ed Palasz 2000 Alex Torrie 2001 Matt Babel 2001 Lee Cond 2001 Kevin MacNeill 2001 Ryan Jeffrey 2002 Josh Alexander 2002 2003 Derek Medler 2002 David Agro 2003 Mitch Zappitelli 2003 2004 Tony Bretney 2003 Andrew Agro 2004 Adrian Houwer 2004 Bryon Hickey 2004 Justin Phillips 2004 Andrew Baechler 2004 Gavin Cond 2004 Brian Devlin 2005 Yannick Carter 2005 Joel Wright 2005 David Montoya 2005 Kyle Weston 2006 Ryan Lynch 2006 Chris Mamo 2006 Luke Pinder 2006 Dante Luciani 2007 Jahmeeks Beckford 2007

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OUA Coach of the Year Dave Knight ‘72,’79,’80 Rich Newbrough ‘85 Gary Jeffries ‘03 ‘04 ‘05

OUA MVP Jim Reid ‘77 Ken Evraire ‘87 Bill Kubas ‘91

OUA Defensive Player Rich Payne ‘80 Alex Troop ‘84 Clive Tharby ‘90 Fred Grossman ‘91 Donnie Ruiz ‘99 Jesse Alexander ‘06 Anthony Maggiacomo ‘07

OUA Lineman John Miller ‘77 Veron Stiliadis ‘88 Reinhardt Keller ‘93 Kojo Millington ‘99 Ryan Jeffrey ‘04 Scott Evans ‘07

OUA Rookie of the Year Jim Reid ‘76 Phil Colwell ‘77 Dave Shouldice ‘80 Kris Keillor ‘82 Paul Nastasiuk ‘83 Ken Evraire ‘85 Andy Cecchini ‘87 Bill Kubas ‘91 Corey Grant ‘95 John Katsaouni ‘99 Ryan Pyear ‘01

HALL OF FAME

GOLDEN HAWK HALL OF FAME The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawk Hall of Fame was established to recognize those persons who have made significant contributions as athletes, coaches and administrators to the tradition of Golden Hawk athletics and, in doing so, have enhanced the image and reputation of Wilfrid Laurier University.

The following is a list of former members of a Golden Hawk Football Team who have earned this prestigious honor.

Teams

Players

Year Inducted Team

The 1966 Football Team The 1968 Football Team The 1973 Football Team The 1991 Football Team The 1978 Football Team The 1987 Football Team Builders

Builders

Dave “Tuffy” Knight Rich Newbrough Rick Zmich

1996 1998 1999 2001 2006 2007 Year Inducted 1986 1998 2005

David “Tuffy” Knight is a legend in the history of OUA football. For many years, Tuffy held the all-time CIAU record for most wins by a coach.

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Players Wayne Allison Tim Bisci Brian Breckles Gary Brohman Andy Cecchini Rob Etherington Ken Evraire Ted Favot Peter Gisborn John Glassford Jon Graffi Fred Grossman Jerry Gulyes Terry Harvey Reinhardt Kellar Dave Knetchel John Kruspe Bill Kubas Bill Madden Paul Markle Fred McLean Mike McMahon Chuck McMann Kojo Millington Joe Nastasiuk Paul Nastasiuk Rich Ott Wally Parker Ted Passmore Rich Payne Rod Philp Stefan Ptaszek Jim Randle Jim Reid Donnie Ruiz Doug Smith Veron Stiliadis Andre Talbot Rohan Thompson Gord Taylor Alex Troop Ed Turek John Watson Mike Wilson

Year Inducted 1993 2003 2002 1996 1996 1988 1993 1986 2001 1991 2005 1996 1992 1999 1998 1987 1986 1999 2007 1993 1992 1987 1991 2007 1994 2000 1991 2002 1989 1989 1994 1999 1987 1986 2006 1988 1994 2006 2008 1990 1991 1986 2001 1992

CHAMPIONSHIPS Churchill Bowl/Mitchell Bowl (renamed in 2001) 1966

1968

1972

1978

1987

1991

Yates Cup 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1985 1987 1988 1991 1994 1995 1999 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006

Waterloo Lutheran St. F.X. Waterloo Lutheran 37 Saint Mary’s 7 Waterloo Lutheran 50 Saint Mary’s 17 UBC 25 Laurier 16 UBC 33 Laurier 31 Laurier 42 Queen’s 22

Atlantic Bowl/Uteck Bowl (renamed in 2003)

1973

2004

2005

Saint Mary’s 19 Laurier 17 Laurier 11 Laval 30 Laurier 31 Acadia 10

The Mitchell Bowl was first awarded in 2002, replacing the Atlantic Bowl, after the CIS voted in 2001 to change the permanent site of the Atlantic Bowl in the interest of competitive fairness. During that year, the Mitchell Bowl played opposite to that of the Churchill Bowl. However, with the introduction of the Uteck Bowl in 2003, the Mitchell Bowl replaced and assumed the history of the Churchill Bowl.

Waterloo Lutheran (defeated Western) Laurier (defeated Ottawa) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Windsor) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (defeated Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (defeated Guelph) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (defeated Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Western) Laurier (lost to Waterloo) Laurier (lost to McMaster) Laurier (lost to McMaster) Laurier (defeated McMaster) Laurier (defeated Western) Laurier (lost to Ottawa)

NOTES: Championships won are denoted by bold text.

In 1973 Waterloo Lutheran changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University

Golden Hawk Quarterback Bill Kubas takes a snap from John Palmer at the 1991 Vanier Cup at Skydome in Toronto.

The Hawks beat Mt. Allison 25-18 to capture their first National title.

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CHAMPIONSHIPS Vanier Cup 1966

St. F.X. 40 Waterloo Lutheran 14

1991

St. Francis Xavier quarterback Terry Dolan marshalled a 40-14 victory over Waterloo Lutheran (now Wilfrid Laurier) in the second and final invitational Vanier Cup Game.

Dolan completed 12 out of 19 passes for 4 touchdowns and 284 yards. Receiver Terry Gorman caught 6 of them for 131 yards and 3 TDs, setting a Vanier Cup record and earning the Ted Morris Trophy.

1968

Queen’s 42 Waterloo Lutheran 14

Queen’s rambled to a 42-14 romp over Waterloo Lutheran, utilizing powerful aerial and ground attacks. On the ground it was Keith Eaman running for 93 yards and 2 TDs and Don McIntyre was on the receiving end of two of three Don Bayne TD passes. Bayne finished the game with 250 yards passing and was selected MVP. 1972

Alberta 20 Waterloo Lutheran 7

The Cup went West again as Alberta defeated Waterloo Lutheran 20-7. The Golden Bears used three quarterbacks to secure the win with appearances by Gary Weisbrot, Terry Cairnes and Roy Beechey. Waterloo Lutheran’s Gerry Blacker scored a touchdown and rushed for 134 yards in a solid performance as the Golden Hawks suffered their third Vanier Cup loss.

The Hawks won their first Vanier Cup in 1991. They beat Mt. Allison by a score of 25-18 to give them the title of National Champions.

Laurier 25 Mt. Allison 18

The Laurier Golden Hawks took home the Vanier Cup for the first time with a 25-18 victory over the Mount Allison Mounties before more than 30,000 fans at the SkyDome.

Laurier running back Andy Cecchini carried 22 times for 130 yards and tied a Vanier Cup record with three touchdowns.

The Golden Hawks, OUA and Churchill Bowl champions, jumped out to an early 11-0 lead in the first quarter as Cecchini ran one yard for his first touchdown. Laurier took a large lead in the third quarter on a two-yard run by Cecchini and a 19-yard pass from QB Bill Kubas to Cecchini to make the score 24-4. The Mounties, however, staged a spirited comeback as Grant Keaney ran 27 yards for a touchdown and slotback Mark Huys caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Sean Hickey. The Laurier defense tightened up late in the game and preserved the victory. Cecchini won the Ted Morris Trophy as the game’s outstanding player.

2005

Laurier 24 Saskatchewan 23

With just 19 seconds left on the clock, Brian Devlin connected on a 32-yard field goal, giving the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks a 24-23 win over the Saskatchewan Huskies and their second ever National Title. The game was played in front of 16,827 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton.

The majority of the raucous crowd clad in Purple and Gold.

Golden Hawks supporters didn’t leave disappointed, as the Hawks became only the 10th team in Canadian University history to finisImage 1 from Golden Season, Golden Finishh a season undefeated (12-0). Quarterback Ryan Pyear took home the Ted Morris Trophy as the game’s MVP; finishing 20 for 30 for 254 yards and 3 touchdowns.

NOTES: Championships won are denoted by bold text.

In 1973 Waterloo Lutheran Changed It’s name to Wilfrid Laurier University

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WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY

WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY Laurier offers a high quality undergraduate education in the Liberal Arts, Science, Business and Music. We pride ourselves on the strength of our graduates, which we feel reflect the quality of our university and its programs. Laurier grads get jobs, with 95% of our recent graduates securing employment within six months after graduating, Laurier’s employment rates are among the highest in the province.

Our innovative programs attract the best and brightest students from across the world. Last year, 85.37 % of our first year students had an incoming average of 75% or higher. Our co-op programs within the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science, and the School of Business and Economics, present students with the opportunity to pair quality work experience with their academics.

The University Stadium which seats 6500 people is the home to many Golden Hawk Varsity Teams.

Laurier is in top spot among Ontario’s universities in the Primarily Undergraduate category of the Maclean’s Annual Rankings of Universities, and is second overall in the country in the reputational ranking.

Laurier finished fifth overall in the Primarily Undergraduate category, up two spots from last year’s seventh place ranking. The university is Ontario’s top performer in key student-related categories such as Average Entering Grade and Proportion of Students with (entering averages of ) 75% or higher. Laurier also improved in Student Services as a Percentage of Budget, and retained its second place finish overall in Scholarships and Bursaries.

Laurier is known across the country as an institution with high quality students and professors, and a community environment that fosters academic and personal growth. We consistently come out strong in reputational surveys such as Maclean’s Annual Rankings of Universities and the Globe and Mail Rankings.

The university had its best-ever showing in reputation, finishing second overall in the country. In the individual reputational categories, Laurier finished third in Highest Quality, third in Most Innovative, third in Leaders of Tomorrow, and second in Best Overall.

The John Aird Center, which acts as the main entrance to the campus, was built in 1988. Visit the Robert Langen Art Gallery for a touch of art and stop by the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall to hear the internationally renowned Penderecki String Quartet.

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HISTORY OF WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY In 1910 the Canada Synod and Synod of Central Canada of the Lutheran Church entered into an agreement to establish a Lutheran Seminary. Though the location first proposed for the Seminary was Toronto, Waterloo was selected when its citizens offered a tract of land on the boundary of the town. The choice of location was affected, too, by the fact that the majority of Lutherans in Ontario lived in the vicinity of Waterloo and Berlin (Kitchener). In 1911 the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada opened its doors.

Facilities for pre-theological education were established in 1914 with courses leading to senior matriculation given in Waterloo College School.

In 1924 the Waterloo College of Arts, providing courses in post-secondary education in a four year program, was established. In 1925 the Faculty of Arts, under the name of Waterloo College, affiliated with the University of Western Ontario. Waterloo College soon began to offer Honours degree programs in the arts.

The affiliation with the University of Western Ontario ended in 1960 when the Seminary obtained a revised charter changing the name of the institution to Waterloo Lutheran University.

On November 1, 1973, Waterloo Lutheran University became Wilfrid Laurier University, one of Ontario’s provincially assisted universities after Bill 178 was given Royal Assent by the Lieutenant Governor, former Wilfrid Laurier University Chancellor William Ross Macdonald.

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GOLDEN HAWK ATHLETICS Wilfrid Laurier University Offers 22 varsity teams through 15 different sports including: Baseball (M) Basketball (M) (W) Cheerleading Cross Country (M) (W) Curling (M) (W) Figure Skating (W) Football (M)

Golf (M) Hockey (M) (W) Lacrosse (W) Rugby (M) (W) Soccer (M) (W) Swimming (M) (W) Volleyball (M) (W)

GOLDEN HAWK CHAMPIONSHIPS CAPTURED 10 National Championships, 50 Provincial Championships Soccer 1980 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1987 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1989 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 1990 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 1992 (Women’s) - National Championship 1993 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 1995 (Women’s) - National Championship 1995 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2000 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 2000 (Men’s) - National Championship 2001 (Men’s) - National Championship Basketball 1965/1966 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1966/1967 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1967/1968 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1967/1968 (Men’s) - National Championship 1969/1970 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1970/1971 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1971/1972 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship Football 1961 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1962 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1966 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1972 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1973 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1978 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1987 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1991 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1991 (Men’s) - National Championship 2004 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 2005 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 2005 (Men’s) - National Championship

Hockey 1982/1983 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1988/1989 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1989/1990 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1998/1999 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2001/2002 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2003/2004 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2004/2005 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2004/2005 (Women’s) - National Championship 2005/2006 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2006/2007 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2007/2008 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship Curling 1985 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 1991 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1994 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1995 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 1996 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 1998 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2002 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 2005 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 2008 (Men’s) - Provincial Championship 2008 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2008 (Men’s) - National Championship 2008 (Women’s) - National Championship Field Lacrosse 2000/2001 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2003/2004 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2004/2005 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2005/2006 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2006/2007 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 2007/2008 (Women’s) - Provincial Championship 114

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CONTENT INDEX

Punt Returns Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Pyear, Ryan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Alexander, Josh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 All-Canadians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 All-Stars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 All-Time Rankings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-43 Athletic Department Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Receiving Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Record Book, Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-90 Record vs. Opponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Rosters, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Rushing Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Biographies, 2008 Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . 41-43 Biographies, 2008 Freshman Players . . . . . 29-37 Biographies, 2008 Veteran Players . . . . . . . 11-28

Schedule, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scoring Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80-81 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-46

CFL, Current Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Championships, Bowl Games . . . . . . . . . 109-110 Championships, Vanier Cup . . . . . . . . . . 109-110 Championships, Yates Cup . . . . . . . . . . . 109-110 CIS Major Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Team Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 VanMoerkerke, Ron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Website Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Wilfrid Laurier University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Wilfrid Laurier University, History. . . . . . . . . 113

Defensive Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-90 East West Bowl Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Final CIS Rankings, 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Final Regular Season Statistics, 2007. . . . . . 70-73 Final Playoff Statistics, 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74-77 Final Regular Season Statistics, 2008. . . . . . 56-59 Game Summaries, 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-69 Game Summaries, 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-55 General Information, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Golden Hawk Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 History of WLU Football . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-103 Identification Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Jeffries, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-40 Kickoff Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Kickoff Return Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Media Coverage (Game by Game) . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Media Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 OUA Major Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Outlook (vs Opponents), 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Passing Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81-82 Player Pronounciation Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Punting Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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