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Western Mustangs clinch second seed, lose key starters in blowout win

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A year ago, the Western football team entered the playoffs without their top two running backs. Untimely injuries have returned. The Mustangs clinched second place in the Ontario conference by crushing Windsor 46-5 Saturday at Western Alumni Stadium, but lost explosive tailback Ethan Dolby and top receiver Seth Robertson early in the regular-season finale. Western […]

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Western Mustangs beat Queen’s for bounce-back homecoming win

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They’re back. The Western football team moved past the pain of their disheartening Laurier defeat by squashing Queen’s 39-14 at Mustangs Homecoming on Saturday at Alumni Stadium. “The (loss) really flipped a switch within the guys,” said running back Keanu Yazbeck, who accounted for 72 of Western’s 197 ground yards and a determined late touchdown […]

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Western Mustangs lose first conference game since 2021 – to London-raised QB

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WATERLOO – That wasn’t anywhere close to good enough. The Western football team fumbled and bumbled their way through an awful first half before ultimately taking it on the chin 43-28 against fellow heavyweight Wilfrid Laurier before 2,943 Saturday at University Stadium. Kiss good-bye their national No. 1 ranking, the shot at a third straight […]

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SEE IT: 101-yard opening kickoff return paces Western Mustangs to 52-21 win

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Roman Campanaro called fielding the opening kickoff in front of a big home football crowd “nerve-wracking.” Sixteen seconds and 101 yards later, he was celebrating in the end zone. “I just tried to calm myself down,” the Mustangs fill-in return man said after his first U Sports score in a 52-21 victory over winless Carleton […]