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l WAmm-My.‘$ptember 1.20“! - It Off to a flying start ' I Golden Hawks get ready to kick ofi‘ OUA season as Waterloos only entry BvBonVrtmwv: v “\~ ' r... - '\.'.'...l "' ChromrIeStafl' g | 3 m)' it" _, 75 f S9 \ I T‘. 7::l ‘u' v . s ' ' , ~ ° l t he Golden Hawks are going to find out a 4 ' ‘ ~ I ‘ I I pretty quickly where they fit in the -. Q ‘ ., M .. I}. , .‘ t ‘ .' j _’ if .. ‘ fl, - pecking order of the OUA with three 9. “a“ u . .._. ' ' ' football games in ten days. J ’ __ _ ,/""\\ ~\ _ Two of those contests come on the road, t - ». _â€" 737 -. 7. c; ‘ "‘ ‘f hm: N against the Western Mustangs and McMas- 5â€"7- “3-4 2; ‘ " f l ‘ ' ' ter Marauders. before the Hawks play their \. . ‘ w _ . "- O: ) < I first home game Sept. it against the Univer- “ ,' . f “I" ‘*' :_; S ‘ ‘\ _ ‘ ) q’ ‘ /‘ sity ofToronto Varsity Blues. "‘ " Q ‘ 33 0 W lt starts today with a tilt against the Mus- Y I» N ‘ i p t tangs at Westerns TD Waterhouse Stadium , t 7" i. starting at 7 pm. before the Hawks travel to ‘ ‘j. ‘ - r Hamilton on Labour Day in what is the tradi- ' , ' ' tional start ofthe OUA season. ' & With that compact schedule, brought on f’ " -~ \ ' l by the suspension of the University of Water- ‘ loo Warriors football program for the season, \' t n r, J the Hawks depth and ability to stay healthy - _ v- . ‘ will be challenged. a y ' . a he . . 3 if Unfortunately for the Hawks. the club is ’ ‘ l , Jet? . ‘ i3- . , \", suffering from a fwv early injuries to the key- ‘3 ‘ as \ '~ T“ .. I: f‘ v offensive line, which is already in transition “Ms ' a , ‘ . , e j. ' ~ with the graduation gran-star Adam Bestard. N- _ ‘ ’ ’ ~ , ‘ 4» a. “ , - A condensed training camp and breaking . “Wt M . .’ in some new players had Golden Howls head N * ~- _ , RFC-h (31W leffrtes sounding worried about 05 record-setting punt returner Dillon Heap will lead the Wilfrid Lauder Golden Hawks \~. p dying ree games in 10 days. . . . . - A ‘ "We've got a number of kids out. just one new ajctftfon today as they take on the Western Mustangs. Right, Heap consults wrth coach _ A 7 _ 7 __ J _ . _ i for the whole season, and a number we hope ary e ries. "um“ ‘ - ’ w ;, _j;;:. i will retum at some point,“ said Jeffries_ “The Columbia University in New York City last returnees like St. David's grad Stephen Cor- A ‘ h ; offensive line is a key spot and it's a spot we year. The New Jersey product is used to han- mack fresher for most of the season, while thought we addressed in the off season, and dling highly complicated offensive forma- allowing the Hawks to apply pressure with l we were pretty happy about the depth. tions. just their line instead of having to bring at "Thank goodness for that depth, but we're With forward motion allowed, and a blitz package. ‘ starting to get a little thin. We're just going to strong right arm to chuck the ball. Kelly is “We won’t have to be as high risk." said l put the best 45 out there we can dress, and it expected to make the Hawks dangerous on leffries i will still be a pretty good group." that side of the ball. When the Hawks do blitz. they still have . That group will be lead by a dynamic "He's just a big kid with a strong arm who sack leader Giancarlo Rapanaro back for group of receivers â€"â€" record-setting punt runs well.” said lefiries about Kelly who will another season, while big-play specialist returner Dillon Heap, a WCI Vikings' grad, be studying for his MBA while at Laurier. Mitchell Bosch will play the other outside \ Shamawd Chambers and Speedster Alex “He's the total package. We just need to spot. i Anthony Protect him and give him some time.” The secondary also gets help from Water- The group will be bolstered by Dustin Evan Pawliuk will back him up. while Luke loo transfers Mitch Nicholson and Patrick Lender. the University of Waterloo Warriors Thompson, who returns from a knee injury McGarry. With the pressure up from, that leading receiver a year ago, one of a number that cost him most of last season, will be con- should make up for the departure of good of former Warriors who have made the jump verted to the safety position. cover men like Taurean Allen and Courtney to the Golden Hawks after the suspension of "He was too good of an athlete to leave on Stephen. their program. the sidelines." said leffries. "I know he’ll go The Hawks are ranked in the as top 10 to , “We're excited to see them go," said Jef. over there on defence and helps us." start the season. and some pres-season prog- ‘ fries. The strength of the Hawks' defensive unit nosticators have them picked to get back to He's not the only significant import on the this season will be its d-line, featuring an theYates Cup finals team. with the Hawks adding Shane Kelly as eighbman rotation for maybe the first time The next 10 days will tell if the Howls live the starting quarterback after he suited for in school history. That should keep key up to the hype. l ' V°""“’°°°“ w°'°"°° , DR IVE FIRST CLASS PAY FOR COACH fl), ' o o , - 3) A /. ~~~ Arriving in September ‘ k “ “ - :, flips“ » . l . All New 2011 Jetta “n was > _ _ , _. n a â€"» . “ it's big on everything but compromise. it got a little ,r‘ a; ' - ~ â€" ~ bigger and a lot better. from the assertive front and ‘ ‘ . 550 Weber St N Waterloo to the impressive amount of trunk space and all at . f ‘ 58 519-884-7470 soles©vwwoter|oo.com an amazungly low price. For all the details or to . . www'vwwo'er|oo.com pro-order your new Jena. please contact us. .. M, j ' l