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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Sep 2008, p. 23

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i7ii , W .. . WA” HUN 1 CHRONICLE. ' Wednesday. September 5, 2% ~ 23 Golden redemption WLU Golden Hawks get their revenge over Guelph t t t th BYBOBVRBANM *- - w . W . 4' ’41 ball all da *. . w 0 c: “it. . ,1 .p . (It c. ) 7 ~/ ( [ironic/4’ stuff gw i“ ‘ ' {V . -, . . , » is I, . Stephen, a communications major out of i ,. j 7 . 7 , f k“ . V , 7 ,. , l , ‘ :7 Brampton, said the biggest crowd he played j Insttat p k game 0 (gjiciulgiyattl was a 5 . ‘ in front ofjbetore was a couple of hundred game 0 ta eaways as t e ”i n aurler , ~ people an not the 2,600 fans he faced in his Golden Hawks opened the start of their . ' 7 first official game with the Hawks. ! ()UA season with a razorâ€"thin l5«l3 win over ‘ ’0‘, . He admits he was a little nervous in the thetiuelph (iryphons labour Day Monday. . ‘ ~. 7 4 - warm«upst “it was nerve-wracking when l The Hawks went into the contest with ' j ' HH' ‘1. saw all those people piling into the stands" something to prove after blowing :1 2+0 lead ’ ' ; ‘ But those opening-game jitters were in last year‘s ()UA playoffs against their :74. k-» . 5‘: H x quickly shaken ofiwhen the opening whistle Highway 7 rivals from Guelph. and getting ‘ 7 5, i » ‘ blew. ' knocked out in the second round. , 7 H i ’7 . ' /( 7 H ' “After the first hit it was just back to doing In that contest the Hawks had a hard time 7 a; 3., .,, 7 ‘ 7 what 1 love a playing football." said containing scrambling quarterback Justin if f; ', , it ‘.7_ is; 1' Stephen. “The noise was something i had to Dunk and his big-play connection Nick f“ ;7 7 ' :5 H V at . . '53:... 'i adjust to, but i loved it. Fitzgibb‘on as they propelled the (lryphons ’7 ' . ,_ " f; f» , . “ a. “it only gets bigger and better from here." toa 38“ 1 upset win, "a '_ , ,5 2.353“ s: ,1 7‘ H"? It doesn't get any easier for the No. 5~ And with a long off-season behind them. ' it 7’ 3 $7 ‘ 5' Y "1.3.? , 7 A N ranked Hawks as they host the No. 10 West- and Guelph on the schedule in the first week 7” 1'.» 7., 7 6.1:: 3):.” _ > , em Mustangs this Saturday at 7 pm. at Uni of play, the Hawks put a lot of preparation 7 “' R 9 “7 . Q , s ,,. Versil.V Stadium By that time head coach into controlling that dynamic duo. And for 1 WU k ”0,. ' ' I,“ . 4. , « z. < :77 ’ ' Gary leffries hopes this offence will work out the most part they did a good job of it hold- ,5", a / g 7' ’9 “4:51;,3 #3 :1 ,5“ some of its kinks, and plays a much more mg the (;ryphons high-flying offence to just » It. A 33‘ ‘5 or” m . 4-: 7 , confident and controlled game. it) points and picking off Dunk three times. .. x a"? 3:7“. 1‘55 a»; {51“ 2‘ But he gave full credit to the (irwhons for that“: l::l2":(8(:‘:l“vfi‘:’f Nip)??? a largo: 1: ' : fit" G :5 “if: pit‘m'fi {:31 keeping the ping? on. and for his defence , .'l i ie x ‘ sa e .' on e,‘ », ' .5 ’s a 7: New: ,.«. 3- ,7 in answeringt ec’ . Stephen, who had the biggest pick of the 7 775‘ -- ' >- t;t\?‘:‘i;fl“« “if“ -',’ 1:231} "That's a good team we just played," said game with just t:4t)to play. “We were schemr a???” I ' a1.;*:;:?‘.’.fg ’2, if {.52. leffries. "Both teams made a number of ing against them and tried to beat him with «Vii; . ' ’53: ~.,-}"~H‘ ff" 2 s ’ 12:21:: - errors which is why it was as close as it was. mg] brains because he {Dunk} is a very good $1335 5» 4mgfl‘l‘5‘ ’. '- g 44.7; Hug?“ ' “But it was the first game of the season at ete. .r :1. ' ’46; ’ 43% ’f: “ .4 Z and there were alotof new people and that's “You can'thhold him to zero yards but you at“; '79ij ' ’~ 5; 1‘ . I. 5‘; j ”a. “ ~_..9 going to happen. A lot of that stuff can be can contain Im.’ ' -L '5’, 1.“ , ‘-.."“"‘ ,' ' . . 7‘ “‘ eliminated." . Not that it was easy, livery time the 437' '71s M. 7?- “V7: ' ' " Asked if he felt lucky after the win, leffries Hawks looked like they were going to ice the _ it}. ’1 M11? a“ a)” A. the?!“ ' said no win islucky. game in the final two minutes they managed "‘3‘ "E; -“ «‘1 *‘ 5313?.“ 'Jfi‘fi. ‘ “i never feel lucky," he said. “You get to give the ball back. including an intercep» % I ‘5" if?” . 9,7 ail-cg, lucky when vou work like heck and when . tinn and fumble by starting quarterback tan “7 "Z // ' ‘0» .323“ - . J. .5.“ you compete like heck. and that's what we Noble. It was a nervous start to the season 7 7’ " E Ski‘wh‘ . g: 35. H',‘$§, do, for the Hawks third-year pivot who had ‘7 «a 7." if“. “’5'”? ~-§-ta’ 77:3 t “We got it and we deserved it," three interceptions and two tumbles to the 367:3: HER £§£fi;;“3§ There was a scarv moment in the contest win. but he managed a big first»down tun Eff-f; ff" H 9.; if: 533% when third~year linebacker Luke Bendus. mth less than 30 seconds to play to preserve 9335*: _ - . -’ .“ g‘$§$“‘5s:’<h & from Cambridge, went down early in the the win, 2": $3715; 5/ . :3?» fixed-37}. .7}?! third quarter and stayed down on the field the Hawks got the ball back when see J53: : f“ , he. ~35 -' a at»: firfigfili after being hit by a teammate in the back of ond»year defensive hallback Shane Herbert 5;; ft; t, I y W: 7' Hui-"H" the heads sacked Dunk for a lE-yard loss with less than 3: "eti‘kski‘j '_;, H" “Zhfiffy "f. -: ' t He was down for about 15 minutes before a minrujte to play gg‘force a thirdhdgwn and 5:357 . f if?“ ’1 j .. g --'§.§;_?Q§‘;t<_5 being sent to the hospital in an ambulance 22*ya situation, 0 (iryphons a to punt 15.2â€" 1‘73.“ f. 7 , 4' ‘ *3 s attached toaspinal backboard. :nddthefydnever gotlgliekballback into the :31”: ‘7‘. e! , “Sateg-g:_' .. a! [:3 gist-ti let’fries said the hospital visit was for pre- an so angerous n a ain. r‘.-'v;_H' 5"- ft; x ‘ ' . - " ~ " .. - .,".’ -.--“." ut' .Be d d “He was scrambling arsund back there I. ' "7‘H'Hw’ . .7 1'. H87}: (‘7'?Hr7: ‘ 7 '. 4i\* hiaovfmzrmrfrfmrs‘sextrgnfiii'e‘: wit!rirz‘ll'xi‘eg‘lle‘hf 1 and turned back to the sideline.” said Her ‘7'. it _ 13‘, '_,g. '7;,‘ .. ‘ jg. fin ‘3 F ' ‘ if" L “f: ' '; the field, but may have suffered a c0ncus. hert. ”i just needed to come down the field Y} 57131:“ . A ‘ I. 3’ . . «A ‘1‘ “a“; ‘ '. -' _ T r 7- _ sion_ ‘ and make a big play." ‘ 7 ‘ 7 ‘ ‘ "' “ '~ ’ 7 'x' '7‘“. ' " "'7‘ “That‘s the most important question.” i it was one of the few big hits delivered to \lerid Laurier University‘s Jim Martyniuk hauls in a pass from quarterback tan Noble in the said leffn‘es when asked about Bendus' star 1 the Guelph pivot and capped off a solid Golden Hawks 1513 win over the Guelph Gryphons Monday at University Stadium. ms “He was knocked out for a good couple H i defensive effort for the Hawks. .0.me of minutes but he seems to be fine. and “He had us running around all over the The funny thing about it all, it was the Dunk pass and mtuming it 57 yards for the they're going to keep him in (the hospital) place like chickens with no heads last year.” players with no memories of last year's play- touchdown. for a bit. said Herbert. "We had a lot of motivation ottloss that really stepped up for the Hawks. And in addition to his lastâ€"minute inter» “it was pretty hard to go back out there I over last year‘s loss and we came hard and Rookie linebacker Mitchell Bosch opened ception. Stephen's almost added one a few after that and get back to where you were. j played our best game." the scoring for the. Hawks intercepting 3 plays later and seemed to be around the butboth teams had to work through that." j } LAURIER GOLDEN HAWKS f " ' V ‘ ‘ . . I a; '. 7 I / Q ‘ .. _" \ VS. WESIERN MUSIANGS »- s .7 _ , . ;, a ' v ’ j Saturday, September if“ (It 7:00 pm. 6 r . Knight-Newbrough Held, University Stadium ¢ , ‘77 I II In [N v ( liiltlrt-n l rider I: in. “I l Students int r Seniorsbtutlents * \dults si ‘ (”our litkt‘t Rates \‘ NW" i " WW“ .V i.’<.""r1:i~it 'i“\1 ii‘iiiil l’urtlmse titkt-ls .it the gate or online .it: \\ is \\.l.iutit'i.itlili-tiis.toiii l - ., , i _ _ _ ____________

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