Tag: Vanier Cup
54 games! Easton Cowan extends stunning point streak in road win
The Ottawa 67âs are the only thing standing between Easton Cowan and Ontario Hockey League history. The London Knights starâs regular-season point streak reached 54 games with an assist in a wild 6-5 victory over the Saginaw Spirit before 3,865 Saturday at the Dow Event Center. He can match Maple Leafs legend Doug Gilmour (55 […]
Londoner Taylor Elgersma wins Hec Crighton trophy on eve of Vanier Cup
Taylor Elgersma is being celebrated as the best player in Canadian university football.
Yates Cup: Laurier Golden Hawks 51, Western Mustangs 31
WATERLOO â Laurier was too much. Or to put it another way, this Western team just wasnât enough. The Mustangs (9-2) looked like national-calibre contenders at times this fall, but they were blown out twice by the Golden Hawks â including a 51-31 beatdown in the 116th Yates Cup before 5,000 Saturday at University Stadium. […]
Yates Cup preview: Western Mustangs embrace ‘underdog’ role against Laurier
The first half of the Western-Laurier football encounter in mid-September couldnât have been worse for the Mustangs.
London native Taylor Elgersma named Ontario’s top university football player, again
The London native already faced his hometown Western Mustangs in the Yates Cup game last year â and it didnât end well.
Guelph Gryphons coach relishes another shot at Western Mustangs: ‘Main rival’
Mark Surya sounded the warning bell for his Guelph Gryphons football players this week.
Western Mustangs QB’s confidence high after putting up 161 points in 3 games
Evan Hillock wasnât completely sure how this Ontario university football season would turn out.
OUA football: Western Mustangs 61, Toronto Varsity Blues 6
The Western football teamâs road to the Vanier Cup will be a little longer this fall. The Mustangs pounded Toronto 61-6 Friday night at Varsity Centre, but wonât be able to catch Wilfrid Laurier for first place after the Golden Hawks outlasted the Lancers 33-26 in Windsor. The unbeaten Hawks (7-0) hold the tie-breaker over […]
Aussie linebacker brings special skills to Western Mustangs: ‘He’s an athlete’
Ryan Barthelsonâs football journey started at a watering hole out west.
PYETTE: Western Mustangs must put ultra-rare loss behind them, and fast
This isnât the season to fall short. The Western football team realizes that and itâs why a greater sense of urgency is expected after looking ordinary in a 43-28 loss to Wilfrid Laurier Saturday in Waterloo. When the Mustangs lost to Montreal in the national semifinal last fall, head coach Greg Marshall believed the 2023 […]