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 7th only to lose and the 19 point lead we gave up to Ottawa on September 14th. 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 4th & 5th 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:
- FROM WATERLOO – KICKER – #37 – NATHAN MESHER
- FROM LONDON – DEFENSIVE BACK – #18 – DAISHANE JOHNSON
- FROM BARRIE – DEFENSIVE BACK – #11 – CHRISTIAN HUTTER-COPPIN
- FROM WINDSOR – DEFENSIVE BACK – #22 – ADEM IREYOMI
- FROM WINDSOR – DEFENSIVE BACK – #8 – MALCOLM THOMPSON
- FROM KITCHENER – DEFENSIVE BACK – #16 – WILL AMOAH
- FROM TORONTO – DEFENSIVE END – #91 – ZACH HOUGHRON
- FROM WHITBY – DEFENSIVE TACKLE – #69 – TREVAUGHAN JAMES
- FROM BRAMPTON – DEFENSIVE TACKLE – #96 – SAM ACHEAMPONG
- FROM BURLINGTON – OFFENSIVE LINEMAN – #64 – JD RICHARDSON
- FROM DENFIELD – OFFENSIVE LINEMAN – #63 – DREW MAIRLEITNER
- FROM OAKVILLE – RECEIVER – #2 – ENTE EGUAVOEN
- FROM TORONTO – RECEIVER – #5 – BRENTYN HALL
- FROM KITCHENER – RECEIVER – #17 – BRENDAN McCRACKEN
- FROM MISSISSAUGA – RUNNING BACK – #1 – LEVONDRE GORDON
- 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
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
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
Go Hawks Go!
Michael