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| 06/23/10
Huskies kicker lands spot with Tiger-Cats
Justin Palardy is abandoning his chase for Canadian Interuniversity Sport history.
After four years as the Saint Mary’s Huskies’ starting punter and place-kicker, Palardy found out yesterday he has cracked the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ season-opening Canadian Football League roster as a punter. |
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| 06/15/10
Stamps put faith in overlooked draft gem
Karl McCartney looks to bolster linebacking corps
CALGARY - It was shortly before the Canadian Football League draft, and Karl McCartney was at home in the Bahamas, surfing the Internet.
The 22-year-old linebacker was coming off a solid season with the Saint Mary's University Huskies, and despite not being invited to the CFL's Evaluation Camp, he fully expected to be picked on May 2, so he was checking out TSN's Duane Forde, quite rightly considered the authoritative voice on such matters, and his position-by-position rankings of draft-eligible players.
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| 05/03/10
Huskies’ Borhot selected 12th overall by Edmonton
Four SMU Players get named in CFL Draft
Saint Mary’s Huskies defensive back Saleem Borhot beat the numbers Sunday.
Unrated in the top 15 for Sunday’s CFL draft, Borhot became the top AUS player selected when the Edmonton Eskimos used their second-round pick, 12th overall, to snag the Calgary native. |
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| 04/13/10
CIS football
Rosters announced for 8th annual East West Bowl
SMU's Craig Leger, Jeff Hecht and Ryan King named to East Roster
OTTAWA (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Monday the 89 football players who will participate in the eighth annual East West Bowl, presented by Under Armour, on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at TD Waterhouse Stadium on the campus of The University of Western Ontario in London, Ont. |
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| 01/27/10
Huskies Football Release 2010 Recruits
The 2010 recruiting season is already in high gear and the Huskies have started to add to their roster. Locally Cody Lee an all-star linebacker from Sir John A MacDonald has committed to the program. |
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| 12/01/09
AUS-QSSF inter-conference games to continue through 2012
December 1, 2009 (MONTREAL, QC / HALIFAX, NS) - Atlantic University Sport (AUS) and the Quebec Student Sport Federation (QSSF) are pleased to announce the continuation of their inter-locking university football schedule through the 2012 season.
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| 11/27/09
CIS Football - Saint Mary’s Sumarah named coach of the year
Sumarah becomes the 3rd SMU Head Coach to win the award
QUEBEC CITY (CIS) – Saint Mary’s University’s Steve Sumarah is the 2009 recipient of the Frank Tindall trophy as the coach of the year in CIS football, presented by Coaches of Canada.
A first-time winner, Sumarah was honoured Friday morning during the CIS Coach of the Year Breakfast at Palais des arts. |
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| 11/21/09
Dinos run past Huskies, to face Queen's for Vanier Cup
The No. 2 Calgary Dinos are headed to their first national championship game since 1995 after dominating the Saint Mary's Huskies with a 38-14 victory Saturday in the Uteck Bowl.
Calgary (10-1) will play No. 4 Queen's (10-1), who upset top-ranked Laval 33-30 in the Mitchell Bowl, in the Desjardins Vanier Cup Saturday, Nov. 28 at PEPS Stadium in Quebec City, live on TSN and Radio-Canada (12 p.m. local, 10 a.m. MT). It will be the first meeting between the Dinos and Gaels since the 1983 Vanier Cup, which Calgary won 31-21 at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. |
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| 11/20/09
Rested Jones ready to run
The AUS may have done the Saint Mary’s Huskies a favour when they docked all-conference tailback Devon Jones two games for striking a St. Francis Xavier X-Men player in a regular-season game on Oct. 23.
Jones bit his lip and took his punishment, choosing not to give his version of events, but pledging to be the best teammate he could be through his two games on the sidelines, which included last week’s 31-22 Loney Bowl win over the X-Men. |
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| 11/17/09
2009 Atlantic University Sport Football Major Awards Announced
Hicks - Defensive Player of the Year, Sumarah - Coach of the Year, Murphy - Volunteer Coach of the Year
November 12, 2009 (HALIFAX, NS) - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2009 football major award winners as selected by the conference's four head coaches following regular season play. |
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| 11/15/09
Huskies win AUS title
SMU to meet Blake Nill’s Calgary Dinos in CIS semi
THE SAINT MARY’S HUSKIES are heading down the Vanier Cup trail once again thanks to the unrelenting legs of Salmon River’s Craig Leger.
And they’ve got their dream date in next weekend’s Uteck Bowl to boot. |
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| 11/11/09
2009 Atlantic University Sport Football All-Stars Announced
SMU Top's list with 10 All-Stars
November 11, 2009 (HALIFAX, NS) - Atlantic University Sport is pleased to announce the 2009 football offensive and defensive all-star teams as selected by the conference's four head coaches following regular season play.
The first place Saint Mary's Huskies (7-1) led the list of selections announced today, claiming a total of ten all-star positions while the second place StFX X-Men (6-2, 1-0 playoffs) had nine players named as conference all-stars. The Acadia Axemen (2-6) and Mount Allison Mounties (0-8) each took home four all-stars each. |
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| 10/13109
Huskies on a roll
Palardy sets record with four field goals in victory over Acadia
TRURO’S Justin Palardy has another AUS football record thanks to four field goals and the Saint Mary’s Huskies are rolling into the post-season.
The CIS No. 6 Huskies clipped the Acadia Axemen 21-7 Friday night before a drowsy 1,800 at Huskies Stadium for a 7-1 regular-season record and a seven-game winning streak. The Axemen enter the playoffs 2-6. |
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| 10/23/09
Into the snake pit
Big stakes tonight for X-Men, Huskies
IT’S THE BIGGEST game of the regular season in AUS football at a place that has been nothing more than a snake pit for the St. Francis Xavier X-Men for the past decade.
Gary Waterman’s X-Men visit Steve Sumarah’s Saint Mary’s Huskies at Huskies Stadium tonight in a clash of 5-1 teams. |
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| 10/18/09
Huskies take bite out of Redmen, feast on seven turnovers
SMU 39 McGill 23
MONTREAL – Sophomore running back Devon Jones of St. Albert, Alta., scored a pair of touchdowns and kicker Justin Palardy, a senior from Truro, N.S., contributed 13 points as No.8-ranked Saint Mary’s outlasted McGill 39-23 before a Homecoming crowd of 1,110 at Molson Stadium |
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| 10/07/09
Kicker makes his point
Huskies’ Palardy one boot away from AUS record for field goals
WITH HIS next field goal for the Saint Mary’s Huskies, likely Saturday night against the Mount Allison Mounties in Moncton, Truro’s Justin Palardy will stand alone in the AUS record book.
The Canadian mark is in view. |
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| 10/03/09
Huskies top plucky Mounties
Palardy ties AUS Career Field Goal Record with 56
It hasn’t all been pretty, but the Saint Mary’s Huskies are 3-1.
The CIS ninth-ranked Husk ies, behind in every game this year, rallied to overpower the Mount Allison Mounties 47-18 Friday night in AUS football be fore 3,200 fans at Huskies Stadi um. Mount Allison is winless in four. |
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| 09/27/09
In the nick of time
SMU beats Sherbrooke on last-second TD
IT’S HARD TO KNOW HOW GOOD the Saint Mary’s Huskies are in 2009 after three games. But it’s clear they are resilient.
The Huskies trailed the Sherbrooke Vert et Or twice on Saturday at Huskies Stadium before scoring a touchdown with six seconds left in the game for a 26-23 win in interlocking football with the Quebec conference. |
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| 09/24/09
At home on the road
Former Packers prospect settles in at Saint Mary’s
DEVON HICKS is just happy to be here — literally.
The defensive end for the Saint Mary’s Huskies has kicked around over the last few years — even attending training camp as an undrafted free agent with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers in 2007 — in a search for a safe harbour in and out of football. |
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| 09/20/09
Huskies get rolling
38 - 10 win over Axemen
The Saint Mary’s Huskies got it going on both sides of the ball Saturday and that spelled trouble for the Acadia Axemen.
The CIS No. 10 Huskies, with 515 yards of offence to 152 for Acadia, evened their AUS football record at 1-1 with a 38-10 win over the Axemen at Raymond Field in Wolfville. The Axemen are also 1-1. |
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| 09/14/09
X proves its worth
X-Men upset Huskies to open AUFC season
THE SAINT MARY’S HUSKIES believed the St. Francis Xavier X-Men would be good this year.
Maybe they just didn’t believe it enough.
The X-Men christened a refurbished Oland Stadium with a 24-19 AUFC season-opening win over the CIS fourth-ranked Huskies, signalling to the football nation that they are a legitimate threat to win their first league crown since 1996. |
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| 09/11/09
For Huskies it’s all about the ring
Nothing short of a trip to the Vanier Cup this November in Quebec City will satisfy the 2009 edition of the Saint Mary’s Huskies.
Ranked No. 4 in the nation entering their season opener, the reigning two-time conference champions believe they have some unfinished business after losing 28-12 in the national semifinals last November on the road against the Western Ontario Mustangs. |
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| 09/01/09
Keeping up with the Joneses
Huskies backfield bolstered by brother tandem
AUS FOOTBALL defences had better get used to keeping up with the Joneses.
Brothers Tristan and Devon Jones of Edmonton — the sons of former CFL star running back Milson Jones — are settling into the Saint Mary’s Huskies backfield and threatening to make one of the top run offences in the CIS even better. |
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| 08/27/09
New look for AUS football
Sophomore QB Jack Creighton gets No. 1 job with AUS-best Huskies
Much has changed in AUS football since the conference-champion Saint Mary’s Huskies lost on the road in a national semifinal last season to the Western Mustangs.
The Huskies will begin their chase for a conference three-peat with training camps around the conference opening Saturday. |
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| 08/26//09
Reigning champion Laval opens 2009 season at No. 1
SMU Comes in at #5
OTTAWA (CIS) – For the fifth consecutive year, the Laval Rouge et Or open the Canadian Interuniversity Sport season as the top-ranked football team in the nation.
The defending Vanier Cup champions, who led all nine CIS polls last fall and have topped 49 of the past 50 national rankings dating back to the start of the 2005 campaign, earned the 54 available first-place votes and 1,710 points in the inaugural Top 10 this season. The Western Ontario Mustangs, reigning OUA champs and Vanier Cup finalists last year, are ranked second with 1,543 points, followed by Calgary, the defending Canada West champs (1,168), Saskatchewan (1,125) and AUS champion Saint Mary’s (1,108). |
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| 08/28/09
Huskies to feature backfield of brothers
2009 Recruiting Class
The defending AUS champion Saint Mary’s Huskies have announced their 2009 football recruiting class, which includes former Canadian junior player of the year Tristan Jones of Edmonton.
Jones, the son of former CFL star Milson Jones, will join younger brother Devon in the Huskies backfield this fall. The brothers, both tailbacks, are former teammates with the Edmonton Wildcats. |
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| 07/13/09
Brown, Richardson stick in CFL
Former Saint Mary’s Huskies receiver Darcy Brown has cracked the opening-day roster of the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats as a fullback.
Brown, a surprise first-round pick in the April draft of Canadian talent, is one of two AUS graduates to crack the 46-man opening-day roster as a rookie. |
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| 05/28/09
AUS hangs tough, for now
Steve Sumarah should be focused on finding an extra piece or two to get his Saint Mary’s Huskies football team to the Vanier Cup.
But increasingly, like many of his compatriots in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport community, the coach has one eye on the bottom line. |
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| 05/19/09
AUS Football Skills Camp concludes in Wolfville
"Dream Team" coaching staff wrap up second annual Skills Camp
(Wolfville, NS) The second annual Atlantic University Sport Football Skills Camp wrapped up the May long weekend on Monday morning with a live scrimmage, observed by talented collection of AUS Football coaches including Head Coaches from all four AUS football programs and several guest High School coaches.
The camp that combines the coaching talents from all four AUS football schools including Mount Allison, StFX, Acadia and Saint Mary's is in it's infancy, yet has attracted more than it's inagural year last May. |
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| 06/07//09
Rogers TV to broadcast 2009 East West Bowl
Game will also be streamed live for free at www.westernmustangs.ca <http://www.westernmustangs.ca/>
LONDON, Ont. - The 2009 East West Bowl, presented by Under Armour, will be broadcast live in London, Ont., and streamed live online at www.westernmustangs.ca <http://www.westernmustangs.ca >
Rogers TV, Cable 13, will produce the game to be carried live in the London area and also by Rogers TV, Cable 22, in Ottawa. The game will also air on tape delay on Sunday May 10 in the Kitchener-Waterloo market via Rogers TV, Cable 20.
The 2009 East West Bowl features he top football players in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), with most of the players eligible for the 2010 Canadian Football League draft. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. |
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| 05/05/09
CFL Canadian Draft
SMU's Darcy Brown goes 6th in CFL Draft
OTTAWA (CIS) – University of Alberta offensive tackle Simeon Rottier of Westlock, Alta., was selected first overall in the 2009 CFL Canadian Draft on Saturday, part of a record day that saw 38 CIS players drafted including the top seven picks.
For all the information on the CFL Canadian Draft visit: www.cfl.ca <http://www.cfl.ca/>
The 38 selections – 79.1 per cent of the 48 players drafted – and the seven picks to open the draft are both records for CIS football since 1970. A previous high of 35 CIS student-athletes had been chosen in 2004, while the first six selections in 1983 were from CIS schools.
The seven players picked in the opening round rank third on the CIS list since 1970. Eight CIS athletes were drafted in the first round in both 1970 and 1972, when nine players were selected in every round.
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| 04/16/09
Rosters announced for 7th annual East West Bowl, presented by Under Armour
Huskies', Baboulas, Schutte and MacCartney on East Squad
OTTAWA (CIS) – Canadian Interuniversity Sport announced Tuesday the 88 football players who will participate in the seventh annual East West Bowl, presented by Under Armour, on Saturday, May 9, 2009 at TD Waterhouse Stadium on the campus of The University of Western Ontario in London, Ont.
Official website (including ticket information): www.eastwestbowl.ca <http://www.eastwestbowl.ca/>
Western is hosting the event for the first time, taking over from McMaster (2008), Laval (2007, 2006) and Wilfrid Laurier (2005, 2004, 2003). Kickoff for the 2009 game is set for 1 p.m. |
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| 11/16/08
Big plays on special teams, defence guide Mustangs to first Vanier Cup since 1995
Nov. 16: Mitchell Bowl – No. 3 Western (OUA) 28 No. 5 Saint Mary's (AUS) 12
LONDON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs have advanced to the Vanier Cup for the first time since 1995 winning 28-12 at TD Waterhouse Stadium in the Mitchell Bowl on Nov. 16.
With the win, the Mustangs advance to play Laval in the Vanier Cup on Nov. 22 at Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium. |
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| 11/09/08
SMU wins a squeaker
Huskies hold off X-Men 29-27, return to national semifinal
Even without Hec Crighton Trophy-winning quarterback Erik Glavic, the Saint Mary’s Huskies are kicking at the door of another visit to the Vanier Cup.
Rookie pivot Jack Creighton threw a pair of touchdown passes and the CIS No. 5 Huskies overcame a furious second-half rally from the St. Francis Xavier X-Men to win Saturday’s Loney Bowl AUFC championship game 29-27 before more than 4,100 fans at Huskies Stadium. |
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