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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 16 Nov 2005, p. 28

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ith penalty tlags walling like leaves. the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks' defence did their best impression of a vuu‘uum and sucked up everything the Western Mus- tangs could throw at them in Saturday's 29-ll Yates Cup victory. Golden Hawks repeat as Yates Cup champions ”mm were a total of 37 penalties called on a fabu- Inns fall day at University Stadium, leaving some of the 5.915 in attendarwe looking for ll rake. But it was the Hawks' swarming defence that helped WI.U repeat as' Yates Cup champions. setting the tune early in the contest. They stopped the Mustangs" running game on the first series before it could even get out (If the corral, and held Western to only 37 total yards rushing on the day. That allowed the defence to pin hack their ears and pressure Westerris dynamic duo of quarterback Michael Faulds and OUA MVP receiv- er Andy Fantuz. Fantuz was WLU one game from Vanier Cup as they take onAcadia in "tekiptyt/l, The Hawks' David Agro tries to make a finger-tip catch 166 Park St., Kitchener y And winning the one-on- one matchup with the league's best receiver was the Hawks' Joel Wright, no slouch himself when it comes to catching the ball. Wright is one of those teammates you love to have on your team, but hate to play against. But he backed up his talk against the Mus- mugs. and even hauled in a second-half interception in the endzone In keep the Mustangs from gaining any momentum. What else would you wiper: from a communica, nuns major? "With me playing more than one game of defence before playing the fsest {waiver in the country kind (If helped." said Wright, who got burned " a touchdown against l'antuz in their only other meeting of the 593ml]. .. ilrat helped mo read their offerwe a little honor. and we were prt'ppvd sn well all week wv felt we krww their offvnce almost as well as lht'ydn. SPORTS BRING IN THIS COUPON FOR LIGHT FIXTURES 15% OFF ALL lN-STOCK "We stepped it up as a defence today and proved to the country that we can play with anyone" Regularly Priced 30 did Wright, who is known for catching touch- downs. prefer playing defence over doing his own touchdown dance. "I would have loved to score a touchdown: that's where my heart is - an offence." said Wright, who had two touchdowns in last year's Yates Cup final before being asked to help out on the defensive side of the ball this year. "But the intercep- lion on defence was just as Nweet. "It stopped them from getting any sort of momen- tum. and I think our entire defence played fantastic" Leading the charge an the quarterback was the Hawks' linehacking tarps of lush Alexander and Yannick Carter. who hoth registered sarks on the day. sarks on the day. "Our first focus was In shut down the run game" said Alexander. "After that we wmv alu" to put a lot of pm» Expires Nov 20. 2005 Nick Cameron breaks a big run on his way to a three -TD day. (GGanewaterkto.eom CUCK HERE Volkswagen In & (emlled he owned (an Volkswagen Waterloo arent satisfied with auother Yates Cup tide, l‘hvy'll have a chance In advance In the Vanier Cup a! Hamiltnn's Ivor Wynne Sunli- um Der. 3, First they'll have In defeat the Acadian Axe- men in the Ulek bowl Satur- day in Halifax. N.S.. "Acudia's going to be tough." said Alexander. after hearing the Amman won 69- 6 over Fit. Francis Xavier, the Hawks have their own high-powered offence to worry about. especially nmningback Nick Cameron who had three touchdowns against Western. the Hawks have featured a power running game all season that nobody in the OUA has been able to stop. And new " time It) sie if the Atlantic representative can do the job. "We're firing on all cylirr ders now." said Cameron. "Our team can be unstop- pable when we're playing thatway." Cameron, who gave the credit for Saturday's Yates Cup win to the defence. said the Hawks will be ready.

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