2018-19 Acadia Football News
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Axemen's Cius named 2nd team All-Canadian in U SPORTS re-award.
February 07, 2019TORONTO (U SPORTS) – U SPORTS announced Thursday that five football All-Canadian honours have been re-awarded by the national office for the 2018 season. -
Football's Grant named All-Canadian
November 23, 2018QUEBEC, QC - U SPORTS announced its Football Major Award winners and All-Canadians at the Vanier Cup Gala in Quebec City. Acadia's Thomas Grant, who was the AUS nominee for Outstanding Lineman of the Year, was named to the second team All-Canadian squad.
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Axemen conclude regular season with 31-2 win over Huskies
October 27, 2018WOLFVILLE, NS – In their final home game of the regular season, the Acadia Axemen toppled the previously undefeated Saint Mary’s Huskies in a 31-2 victory.
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Axemen eliminate Mounties from postseason with 27-11 win
October 21, 2018SACKVILLE, N.B. - The Acadia Axemen defeated the Mount Allison Mounties 27-11 on Saturday on a blustery afternoon at Alumni Field in Sackville.
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Guenard & Kelly named AUS Football Players of the Week
October 16, 2018HALIFAX, N.S. - Congratulations to football's Hunter Guenard and Rory Kelly who were named the AUS Football Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week respectively.
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Axemen improve to 3-3 with 31-9 win over Gaiters
October 13, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. – A 60 yard Dale Wright rushing touchdown at the six-minute mark of the third quarter was the game’s turning point as the Axemen delivered a 31-9 Homecoming win on a third-quarter outburst.
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Burnham nails 41 yard field goal for the win
October 05, 2018WOLFVILLE, NS – Keiran Burnham’s 41 yard field goal with 2 seconds remaining in regulation time was all the StFX X-Men needed to pull off a 33-30 win over the host Acadia Axemen in the Thanksgiving Day Subway Turkey Bowl. Burnham, who was named the Subway Player of the Game, was three for three on field goal attempts including the game winner.
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Football Axemen drop to 2-2 with 26-16 loss to Huskies
September 21, 2018HALIFAX, N.S. — The fourth-year quarterback Kaleb Scott from Mount Albert, ON powered the U SPORTS No. 7 ranked Saint Mary's Huskies to a 26-16 victory on Friday evening over the visiting Acadia Axemen from Huskies Stadium.
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Axemen hand Mounties 38-26 loss in Acadia home opener
September 15, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. – In their home opener against the Mount Allison Mounties, the Acadia Axemen posted a 38-26 win over the visiting Mounties. In a game that was contested battle until the final two minutes of play, where third-year defensive back Rory Kelly scored a touchdown from an interception, guaranteeing the Axemen’s home-opening win.
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Team success main motivation for Axemen receiver
September 11, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. - By John DeCoste '77 - Acadia football Axemen receiver Glodin Mulali wants to succeed at his chosen sport, but a lot more important to him is that the team enjoys success as a whole.
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Football's White-Frayne named AUS Football Specials POW
September 11, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Congratulations to Axemen Football's Jadin White-Frayne named this week's AUS Football Special Teams Player of the Week. His performance included a 97 yard kick off return for a touchdown vs Bishop's.
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Football Axemen improve to 1-1 with win over Gaiters
September 08, 2018SHERBROOKE, Que. – Acadia Axeman quarterback Hunter Guenard connected twice with Cordell Hastings for touchdowns and five times total on the day on route to a 39-9 victory over the Bishop's Gaiters on Saturday afternoon on Coulter Field in AUS Football action.
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X-Men post come-from-behind OT win over Axemen
September 01, 2018ANTIGONISH, NS – StFX freshman quarterback Bailey Wasdal (Calgary, AB) led StFX to a 30-24 come-from-behind victory in overtime over the defending AUS champion Acadia Axemen Friday night.
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Football Preview: Defending an AUS Championship
August 29, 2018WOLFVILLE – With a 15-4 win in exhibition play versus St. Francis Xavier last weekend, Acadia University’s Axemen have taken the first step in defending their 2017 AUS championship.
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Defending AUS champs Axemen defeat X-Men in exhibition
August 18, 2018ANTIGONISH, NS – The Acadia Axemen played to a 15-4 victory over the StFX X-Men Saturday afternoon in a wet AUS exhibition game at StFX Oland Stadium.
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Cummins & two Axemen in Mexico for World Jr. Championship
July 12, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. - Football Canada’s U20 Team Canada will begin their defence of the gold medal at the 2018 IFAF World Jr Championships this Saturday, July 14, as they take on Sweden at 4:00 pm CDT at Olympic Stadium in Mexico City.
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Football's Feltmate re-awarded second team All-Canadian
June 20, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. – Acadia University’s Department of Athletics is pleased to announce the addition of Axemen football’s Bailey Feltmate to this past year’s U SPORTS All-Canadian list.
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Football's Bagnell picked up by Edmonton in CFL draft
May 04, 2018WOLFVILLE, N.S. - The thought of playing in the CFL started in Junior High School for Truro, N.S. native Gabriel Bagnell. A quarterback during his formative years of football, Bagnell was recently chosen in the seventh round (57th overall) of the CFL draft as a defensive lineman.
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Heide & Grant named to U SPORTS East-West Bowl
May 02, 2018ORONTO (U SPORTS) – With the 2018 Canadian Football League (CFL) draft two days away, all eyes will turn next week to the next generation of top Canadian football prospects. Laval will host the 2018 U SPORTS Valero East-West Bowl for the second consecutive year, which features U SPORTS football players heading into their CFL draft year. Included on the roster of the East team are Axemen linemen Nathan Heide and Tommy Grant.
