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There was a time when football fans across the country pegged Mustangs quarterback Will Finch as the next great Canadian quarterback, destined to make it big in professional football. Those dreams are now gone. On Thursday afternoon, the Burlington, Ont., native announced his retirement from the sport.
Strength, precision and above all, confidence. This is what you see when you're at a Western cheerleading practice. It's Tuesday, Dec. 1 and most of the male and female athletes of the co-ed cheerleading team have already arrived at the Power Cheer Gym located across town at 580 Quebec St.
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Every upper-year Western student knows how frustrating course registration can be, especially if you lose the lottery and end up with the last possible time slot. The months of June, July and August induce students' stress far before the school year even starts, and while the chaotic song and dance that is course registration has become common to you now, the normality of it is still frustrating year after year.
If you're a fan of Western's women's hockey team, then the names Kendra Broad and Kelly Campbell are definitely ones you've heard before. But they were also close to being names you wouldn't see again on the Mustangs roster after they were offered contracts to play in the National Women's Hockey League earlier this summer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unD1xm-TZO4 By Hala Ghonaim and Serena Quinn It's been four days since Canada wrapped up one of the most successful sporting events to ever take place in this country. In total, we welcomed over 1.35 million people to 52 games.
There are a few things you agree to when you accept your offer of admission to Western University. First, if you're choosing to live on-campus, you agree to be tossed into a lottery system that could have you spending the next eight months of your life in Saugeen-Maitland Hall.
Game Recap: Women's Ice Hockey | | By Serena Quinn LONDON, Ont. - The Mustangs women's hockey team are known to don the colours of purple and white but they added a little bit of gold to their ensemble on Saturday afternoon when they hoisted the Judy McCaw Memorial Cup for the first time in program history with a 2-0 shutout win over the Guelph Gryphons at the OUA Championship hosted at Thompson Arena.
Poise, positioning, patience, and knowing what move to make and when to make it - these are all characteristics of a great soccer goaltender. For Western's Tori Edgar, that last characteristic - knowing when to make the right move - has defined her entire intercollegiate career and allowed her to debut her skills on the international stage.
After hoisting the 106th Yates Cup last Saturday, the undefeated CIS No. 1 Mustangs now continue their quest to the 2013 Vanier Cup as they head out to Calgary to take on the CIS third-ranked Calgary Dinos on Saturday, November 16 at McMahon Stadium.
The top two teams in Ontario university football, the Western Mustangs and the Queen's Gaels, will take the field this weekend to determine which team will be the 106 th Yates Cup Champion this Saturday at Western's TD Stadium. Although both teams have seen each other before this season, the stakes are much higher for Saturday's game as the CIS No.
Mustangs defeat Gryphons 2-1 to claim an undefeated regular season
The Western Mustangs are back for the 2013 campaign and are looking to build on a 2012 season that saw the Mustangs fail to qualify for the Yates Cup final for the first time in six years, after falling to McMaster 42-28 in the OUA Semi-Finals.
LONDON, Ont. - A team effort helped propel the Western Mustangs men's soccer team to a 5-1 victory over the Guelph Gryphons this afternoon at Huron Flats Field. The Mustangs and the Gryphons faced off once this season already with Guelph taking the match 3-2.
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