Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite the loss of super-stars Wendel and Baines, the future still looks bright for the Gees going forward, with a big recruiting class this year.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesBaines’ great numbers and awards earned him some recognition professionally, since he was recently signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders and will attend training camp in May.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeven Gee-Gees were recognized in total, with Derek Wendel and Mitchell Baines, the dynamic duo of the 2016–17 season, being named first-team all-stars.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe depleted and demoralized Garnet and Grey squad was unable to get any sort of momentum.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe ninth-ranked Gee-Gees football team rebounded and made light work of the York Lions in a 54–20 win.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the third consecutive year, the Carleton Ravens football team entered the annual battle for Pedro as the underdog, only to find a way to come up victorious.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWendel continued his pursuit of a Hec Crighton Trophy, the award for most outstanding player in the nation, with 403 yards and three touchdowns in the win.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe win gave the Gee-Gees their first 3-0 start to the season since the 2010 season, one that ended in a Yates Cup loss.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith a 30-8 dismantling of a bitter rival and high quality team, the Gees appear to be for real.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFifth-year quarterback Derek Wendel was at the top of his game in the Labour Day matchup, slinging 389 yards and five touchdowns before resting for the majority of the second half.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwice every school year, the Fulcrum gives out Cavalry Awards for the best Gee-Gee athletics have to offer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the Gees’ swan song, veteran quarterback Derek Wendel had another defining performance, highlighting a record-shattering season that has become easily overlooked due to the team’s struggles.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe expectations were low going into the game and despite the team putting up a somewhat valiant effort in the first half, they couldn’t hold off the Mustangs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany thought the Gee-Gees could do serious damage in the playoffs—but after facing off against Laurier, they’ve only damaged their pride and any shot at contention.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDerek Wendel’s special day was overshadowed by the defeat. Breaking the record for most passing yards in a game in school history is a pretty special achievement, but it was also good enough to tie for 11th all time in Canadian university football history.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite a disappointing start to the game, the Gee-Gees are still one of the stronger teams in the country. Unfortunately, with the difficulty of their schedule, the team just couldn’t pull off a win.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite the steep margin of victory, it still doesn’t do justice to the Gees’ performance as they came out firing on all cylinders and didn’t ease up until the fourth quarter.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs thousands of fans packed into Gee-Gees Field, the team prepared to live up to the hype after an entire offseason of work. The tunnel inflated and smoke machines billowed as Jay Z & Kanye West’s ominous “No Church in the Wild” blared, leading the Gees onto the field. It was only a matter of minutes until the team would impose their will on the Gaels.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe highly anticipated Panda Game will be back at its historic homeland as the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group announced a multi-year agreement to host the football classic at TD Place.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Fulcrum’s Cavalry Awards
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou could describe the Gee-Gees’ 2014 football season in many ways, but you couldn’t say it was disappointing.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees football team made the long trek to Windsor on Nov. 1 to not only win their first playoff game, but also get reparations for a match they needed to win weeks ago
Reading Time: 2 minutesComing into the final weeks of the regular season, the Gees football team was in a position to lock down a playoff spot and potentially get an easier matchup in the first round.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gees now have a 3-2 record going into the final three games of the regular season.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEntering the game with a 2-0 record and sitting at number eight in the Ontario University Athletic (OUA) standings, the Gee-Gees had a disappointing game against the number seven Guelph Gryphons in Ottawa on Sept. 13.
