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Analyzing the York Lions 2023 roster

Photo: York University Athletics Jacob Smith York Women’s Basketball has had two cornerstones on each team for years that have powered the team through the season while putting up all-star numbers. Whether it was Katrina Collins-Samuels and Lindsay Shotbolt or Kiara Leveridge and Lauren Golding, the Lions have always had a high scoring guard with…
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Analyzing the Laurentian Voyageurs 2023 roster

Jacob Smith The Laurentian Voyageurs women’s basketball team finished the 2022 season with a record of 9-13, fourth in the OUA East. Playing in the division of the 21-1 Queen’s Gaels, 19-3 Carleton Ravens and 18-4 Ottawa Gee-Gees, Laurentian found themselves scrapping for a playoff spot where they lost to the Gee-Gees in the first…
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Summer Pahl making her presence felt

Jacob Smith There are few things that get me as fired up as seeing someone who seemingly takes as much pride in the defensive side of the ball as they do the offensive side. When you get that player who brings the passion and toughness it can energize a whole team, and the Warriors have…
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Analyzing the 2023 McMaster Marauders roster

Jacob Smith It’s been no secret what the McMaster Marauders women’s basketball team have wanted to do going into games. They put up the most threes out of any team in the OUA and last year they were third in percentage. You know going into a game against the Marauders that they were going to…
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Analyzing the Guelph Gryphons 2023 roster

Jacob Smith Whether you call it rebuilding or retooling, the Guelph Gryphons women’s basketball team is going through some substantial changes this summer. After a 16-6 season that ended with a quarterfinal loss to the McMaster Marauders, the Gryphons are losing 4 leaders and there’s going to probably be an adjustment phase throughout the 2023-2024…
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Gaels relentless to 3-0 victory

Photo: Queen’s University Athletics Jacob Smith The fourth ranked Queen’s Gaels women’s soccer team travelled to Oshawa this afternoon for a match against the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks. Ontario Tech coming off a record 12-0 victory over the RMC Paladins, came in at 3-1 and the Gaels 3-0. Queen’s had won seven and lost eight of…
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Forecasting the Windsor Lancers

Jacob Smith Under head coach Chantal Vallée, the Windsor Lancers women’s basketball team went 12-10 last season with a playoff loss to the Brock Badgers at home. They’ve made the playoffs every year dating back to before their historic championship dynasty a decade ago, and this year the goal is the same in a division…
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Quick takes from the first NFL Sunday

Jacob Smith Let’s talk about the week one Sunday slate of games. Here’s a few short takes from teams and games around the league. Scrappy Saints I don’t know if I expected the Saints to look more flashy or if I just undervalued the Titans defence but the Saints win was just kind of ugly.…
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Ravens repeat? Looking at their 2023-2024

Jacob Smith The Carleton Ravens women’s basketball team swept the banners last season, taking the OUA Critelli Cup and the Bronze Baby U SPORTS national championship back to Ottawa to hang on the wall beside their 2017-2018 championship. In a stacked OUA East, the Ravens pushed past the 1-loss Queen’s Gaels to defeat them in…
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Give them the Lions

Jacob Smith The NFC North can be described as wide open with the departure of Aaron Rodgers and everything the Vikings lost on offence with Adam Thielen and Dalvin Cook going separate ways. Justin Fields will have to take a step forward for the Bears to contend in the NFC, which leaves one team left,…
