Laurier Football Update – Week 8 – Win Every Day, In Every Thing We Do

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:

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 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