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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 […]