Golden Hawk alumni & friends of the football program,

This newsletter is brought to you by our great friends and the best movers AMJ Campbell.

The highs and lows of an OUA season were felt within one week! One week we are excited to say that we have won our third straight game in the Battle of Waterloo, which was a 53-50 three overtime thriller and a week later we lose to Carleton 22-10, ending our season at 4-4. Some years 4-4 and even 3-5 will get you into the playoffs, but that is not the case this season. Laurier, Waterloo and Carleton are all 4-4, but based on tiebreaking procedures/rules we are out, while the other two teams live to play at least another week.

This is a disappointing end to our season, but there is no one to blame but ourselves as we let very winnable games slip away early in the year. The two that really come to mind are the 17 point lead we had on Toronto way back on September 7^th only to lose and the 19 point lead we gave up to Ottawa on September 14^th. The OUA is now too deep and competitive to allow those things to happen and not feel the sting for a long time.

There is no raw raw speech to the team…the message is that this is life! In their lives there will be many moments of absolute excitement and jubilation and at the snap of the fingers there will be moments of adversity and complete horror. What’s important is finding the strength to pick yourself back up and move on. The sun comes up every day and every day we have a choice to attend class, make our workouts, eat healthy, get sleep, be a good family member and be someone that the greater Laurier Community can be proud of. We will spend the extra time with the season behind us doing all these things better!

To the sixteen 4^th & 5^th year seniors we cannot thank them enough for their incredible efforts on and off the field. They truly will be missed, but we know they will be back on campus for frequent visits wearing their Purple & Gold proudly. For those not in attendance on senior day I think its important to list them exactly how the great Public Address Announcer Chris Povey introduced them to the crowd one last time:

1. FROM WATERLOO – KICKER – #37 – NATHAN MESHER
2. FROM LONDON – DEFENSIVE BACK – #18 – DAISHANE JOHNSON
3. FROM BARRIE – DEFENSIVE BACK – #11 – CHRISTIAN HUTTER-COPPIN
4. FROM WINDSOR – DEFENSIVE BACK – #22 – ADEM IREYOMI
5. FROM WINDSOR – DEFENSIVE BACK – #8 – MALCOLM THOMPSON
6. FROM KITCHENER – DEFENSIVE BACK – #16 – WILL AMOAH
7. FROM TORONTO – DEFENSIVE END – #91 – ZACH HOUGHRON
8. FROM WHITBY – DEFENSIVE TACKLE – #69 – TREVAUGHAN JAMES
9. FROM BRAMPTON – DEFENSIVE TACKLE – #96 – SAM ACHEAMPONG
10. FROM BURLINGTON – OFFENSIVE LINEMAN – #64 – JD RICHARDSON
11. FROM DENFIELD – OFFENSIVE LINEMAN – #63 – DREW MAIRLEITNER
12. FROM OAKVILLE – RECEIVER – #2 – ENTE EGUAVOEN
13. FROM TORONTO – RECEIVER – #5 – BRENTYN HALL
14. FROM KITCHENER – RECEIVER – #17 – BRENDAN McCRACKEN
15. FROM MISSISSAUGA – RUNNING BACK – #1 – LEVONDRE GORDON
16. FROM HAMILTON – FULL BACK – #30 – OSAYI IGINUAN

Rossy Pasternak Waterloo Game Photos: https://laurierfootball.com/battle-of-waterloo-2019/

Charity Matheson Waterloo Game Photos: https://laurierfootball.com/battle-of-waterloo-2019-2/

Mike Veltri Carleton Game Photos: https://laurierfootball.com/october-18-2019-week-9-vs-carleton/

Waterloo Game Recap: https://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=10344

Carleton Game Recap: https://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=10372

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We did it!! Our 2019/20 Adopt-A-Hawk campaign has reached 123% of our team goal of $40,000, currently we have an impressive $49,556 and counting.

Let’s keep it going! To adopt one of our players today simply follow this link:

https://www.laurieralumni.ca/s/1681/15/adoptahawk-interior.aspx?sid=1681&gid=2&pgid=1565

If you would like to find a player from a specific hometown, in a specific major or one that plays your favourite position, just simply email mfaulds@wlu.ca and I can help you find the perfect match for you.

A big THANK YOU to our Donors!

Chris Ackie Andrew Agro		Sarah Herr		Andy Nicolaidis
Jonah Allison		David Hill		Glenn Nixon
Kyle Armour		Lidia Hodur		Ian Noble
Jude Armson		Cheryl Hudson		Gregory Nyhof
John Asma		Dwight Hudson		Colleen Oliphant
Barbara Baggio		Scott Hutter		Jim OReilly
Ewa Banasik		Chima Ihekwoaba		Nick Orton
Alexis Banks		Integrated Quality Solutions		Erin Patrick
Gregory Bell		Adeolu Ireyomi		Ron Patrick
Ambrose Belcourt		Donald Irwin		Harrison Pensa
Margaret Bird		Derek Irwin-Lewis		Tanner Philp
Kwaku Boateng		Sandi Jasper		Helen and Ted Pickett
Vince Borzellino		Wyatt Jull		Anthony Pizzuti
Brampton Brick		Leslie Kaduck		Christopher Povey
Kayla Brooks		Bradley Katsuyama		Thea Preston
Ruth Brown		Geoffrey Keen		Les Protopapas
Jason Burke		George Kempff		Roadside Paving Ltd / Joe Gallo
Brandon Calver		Katelin Kimball		Lou Rocca
W. Canton		Terry Kohuch		Nicholas Rockell
Adam Caron		Joseph Lafleur		David Romeo
Joe Carusello		Jamie Lalonde		Alex Rosa
Jose Chagui		Gina Lamb		Aaron Rudland
Shamawd Chambers		Winville Larcher		Donnie Ruiz
Kevin Clay		Michail Laskis		Madison Sage
Lynne Cowan		Hugh Lawson		Anne-Marie Sajecki
Hal Cowie		Luke Lillicrop		Nicholas Samis
Kyle Craig		Weston Flooring Limited		Brent Scott
cindy crea		Brady Loenhart		William Scott
Dave Cumber		Ian Logan		Laura Sears
Robert Dalley		Shannon Loken		Darcy Segin
Jack Davis		Peter Longarini		Stefanie Slavik
James De Angelis		Jose Lourenco		Stuart Smith
Lori DeAcetis		Dave Lovegrove		Taylor Smith
David Decker		Dante Luciani		George Somerville
Giampiero Del Rizzo		Jack Lumsden		Rashari Somerville-Henry
Isaac Dell		Paul Lymer		Giuseppe Spinella
Danielle Di Maio		Edward Lynch		Derek Stalkie
Patrizio Diodati		Brianne MacDonald		Courtney Stephen
Sean Dodds		Deborah MacLatchy		Charlie Stepic
Ray Di Donato Dranco Construction Ltd		Megan Madaus		Mark Surya
Cindy Dunn		Fernando Malabet		Alan Talbot
Nina Eckert		Gisela Malabet		Andre Talbot
Jane Erinmwingbovo		Jennifer Martins		Justin Talbot
Michael Faulds		Andrea Matthews		Patrick Talenti
Sandra Faulds		Samuel McAlpine		Rohan Thompson
Jane Ferguson		Daniel McBride		Sheila Tielli
James Fracas		Rosalind McKoy		Sara Tielli-Mitchell
Gord Gallimore		Bradley McMillan		Ron Van Moerkerke
Linda Garcia		Michelle Melnichuk		Matthew Varlow
Massoud Ghahremani		Stephen Melnichuk		Michael Veltri
Jennifer Gilmour		Myles Methner		Joseph Vernon
Lois Gilmour		Dante Mitchell		Susan Virtue
Stephen Gilmour		Sonya Mitchell		Robert Wannack
John Graffi		Daniel Montagner		Ross Webley
Karen Green		Luca Montanaro		Jeff Weddig
Joanne Guarasci		Bryan Monteith		Stephen Wenn
Donald Hamilton		John Morias		Susan Werden
Tom Heighway		Barry Musselman		Patrick Wong
Shane Herbert		Brandon Nasevski		Jackson Yanchus
Leonardo Hernandez		Marcus Nese		David Yurincich

More Laurier Football Headlines:

Recruiting

• • Our focus now completely shifts to us having recruiting as the number one priority. Our coaches and scouts will use the extra time to get out and see as many high school football games as we can.
  • We currently have 3 outstanding commits for the 2020 recruiting class and we will continue to have full updates in future newsletters.
  • Local Defensive Standout Keyon Gratton commits! Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=HfxLOxfb1Gg
• Players of the Week vs. Waterloo

• • Offence – 5 OL: Bryce Bell, Drew Mairleitner, JD Richardson, Braydon Noll, Isaiah Adams
  • Defence – DB Malcolm Thompson
  • Special Teams – DL Alfred Green
  • https://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=10364

Players of the Week vs. Carleton

• • Offence – WR Brentyn Hall
  • Defence – DL Trevaughan James
  • Special Teams – K Nathan Mesher
  • https://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=10386

Congrats to Men’s Baseball & Golf teams that won OUA Championships this fall

• • Baseball: https://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=10359
  • Golf: https://www.laurierathletics.com/createarticle.php?ID=10336

Go Hawks Go!

Michael​