When Nathan Jackman woke up one morning, he didn’t know if his dream of making semi-pro basketball would be over. “Without [basketball], I felt lost and that there was nothing I could do in life,” he said. Kind. Emotional. Hard-working. […]
Students who were participating in Laurier Brantford’s O-week had the chance to play a wheelchair basketball game, just like the Paralympics. The only difference was none of the students were disabled. Unlike the athletes in the Paralympics, every participant playing […]
Following a month of complete madness, the final four teams are set to face off on April 4. March 28 witnessed two games in the Elite Eight, beginning with the second-seeded Arizona Wildcats, who faced off against the number one-seeded […]
The tenth annual Outstanding Women of Laurier (OWL) banquet, hosted on March 25, 2015 at the Waterloo Conference Inn Hotel, was a huge success, with the largest turnout since 2008. The award for the Outstanding Women of Laurier is based […]
One of the best women’s basketball teams in Canada had their historic 2014-2015 season cut short on February 28 in a thrilling double-overtime upset at the hands of Queen’s University in the quarter-final of the OUA playoffs, 85-78. The Golden […]
On January 14 I had the opportunity of taking in my first live Toronto Raptors basketball game, which also happened to be my first live professional basketball game as well. I’ve been a Raptors fan for some time, and unlike […]
Laurier’s men’s extramural basketball team travelled to the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus this past Friday and left with little to show for it. After losing their two round robin games, they beat the University of Toronto Scarborough to reach […]
It is definitely going to be a different look team for the group of men on the Golden Hawks’ extramural basketball team. With their vocal team leaders Matthew Wright and Oje Izirein lost to graduation, it’s time for the team’s […]
It is always a treat on a Saturday night or Sunday afternoon to sit back, relax, and watch some of your favourite sports, but this weekend and what’s to follow in June surely takes the cake. It is one of […]
The extramural men’s basketball team is looking to get on track in what could be their final tournament of the year at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus on January 23. The biggest task for the Golden Hawks is to […]
It was the same story for the Laurier Golden Hawks men’s extramural basketball team in their tournament at UTM on Friday, as they were ousted in the semifinals again, this time at the hands of the Sheridan College Bruins 58-37.After […]
Mens Baseball: Head Coach: Scott Ballantyne After reaching the OUA final in 2009/2010, the mens baseball team at Laurier failed to make the playoffs by one game last season. When asked the reason for the step backwards, coach Steve Ballantyne […]
