Tag: Football
OUA football: Big crowd, big win for unbeaten Western Mustangs
They’re the only unbeaten team left in Ontario university football. The season isn’t even at the halfway point yet and they have already knocked off three foes expected to challenge them for top spot. Western’s 35-11 thumping of Queen’s before an orientation week crowd of 8,245 Saturday night at Haylor-Semotiuk Memorial Field doesn’t cement a […]
Teammate-turned-coach clearly working so far for Western Mustangs QB
Evan Hillock thinks about his old quarterback coach KJ Kenemy every day.
London’s Brown twins tabbed as top 2023 CFL draft prospects
London twins Chase and Sydney Brown of the Illinois FIghting Illini are ranked first and third respectively on the Canadian Football League scouting bureau’s fall list of top 2023 draft prospects.
Western Mustangs improve to 2-0 with victory in Waterloo
Evan Hillock threw four touchdown passes, including three in the first half to Savaughn Magnaye-Jones, in a 34-19 Western Mustangs win to ruin Wilfrid Laurier’s season opener before 3,099 Saturday night in Waterloo. The Mustangs quarterback went 15-of-20 for 249 yards – 145 of those yards to his old Hamilton St. Thomas More buddy Magnaye-Jones […]
Western Mustangs football: Can anyone stop the Fast Eddies?
Stop the Fast Eddies. That’s the only shot an Ontario university foe has to upset the Western Mustangs football team this season.
Unbeaten London Beefeaters, rival set to tangle twice for first place
There is a bus rental on the line this weekend at the Ontario Football Conference’s half-way point.
Western Mustangs thump Guelph in emotional season opener
Before the Mustangs football opener Saturday, the playing surface at Western Alumni Stadium was re-named for legendary coaches Larry Haylor and Darwin Semotiuk. Then the current crew honoured those late titans by hammering Guelph – a rich tradition they celebrated on many Saturday afternoons during their storied careers. In the 34-11 blowout, the Mustangs held […]
Season preview: Western Mustangs aim for Vanier Cup win on home turf
This week at Western football practice, Greg Marshall used a word he hadn’t in several years – normal.
CFL-tested stalwart eyes Vanier Cup repeat with Western Mustangs
In many circumstances, the trip back to university from the pro ranks can be a soul-searching journey.
Sports Notes: Maddie Szeryk; Charles Fitzsimmons; London Beefeaters
A roundup of local sports news from our Ryan Pyette: