Tag: sports
A break from your studies
The start of the school year has begun and it seems as if classes are already dragging along. Luckily, with the start of classes comes another fall season of intramural sports beginning at Laurier Brantford. This fall semester, the Athletic…
The end of a season: The beginning of an era?
With less than a month of Toronto Blue Jays baseball left to be played, another season is coming to a close. Although, to say that this season was a disappointment is difficult to argue. Yes, the Jays will finish somewhere…
Laurier OUA preview
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…
The Fit File
Although called “starving students”, us university students do a pretty good job appearing well fed. We should really be giving thanks to the calorie gods for saving us all from malnutrition via the “freshman 15” phenomenon. Those 15 extra pounds…
Red Sox celebrate 100 years
While baseball may be America’s pastime, its history in the city of Brantford is a strong one. And perhaps no name is more synonymous with Brantford ball than that of the team’s semi-pro team, the Red Sox. This year is…
Laurier Brantford athletics make giant leap: Plan to join OCAA in 2014
On May 1, 2011, Laurier Brantford became the 31st school to join the Ontario College Athletic Association. By doing so, Wilfrid Laurier University has become just the fourth university in Ontario to compete in both the OCAA and Ontario University…