{"id":16966,"date":"2017-04-05T12:33:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16966"},"modified":"2017-04-05T12:33:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:33:10","slug":"st-maxs-langlois-signs-with-golden-gaels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/st-maxs-langlois-signs-with-golden-gaels\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Max\u2019s Langlois signs with Golden Gaels"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Queen\u2019s Golden Gaels football program just gained an exceptional Aurora talent.
\nBen Langlois, slinging footballs for the St. Maximilian Kolbe Mustangs in consecutive YRAA Championships, officially signed his letter of intent to attend Queen\u2019s University in Kingston in the fall.
\n\u201cFollowing my experience attending Queen\u2019s football camp and my visit and tour of the campus, I instantly fell in love with the sense of community at Queen\u2019s,\u201d said Langlois, who also spent years with the York Region football program. \u201cI was drawn towards Queen\u2019s over all my university options because of their high academic standards and their football program\u2019s rich history and winning tradition.\u201d
\nA dynamo on the field, his work inside the classroom may be even more impressive. A 93-percent average in his senior year led Langlois to compare engineering programs at five different universities, all with high-level football programs.
\nAthletically, he hopes to use what he learned as a Mustang at St. Max to help the Gaels to another Vanier Cup.
\n\u201cMy experience playing football at St. Max was indescribable,\u201d said Langlois. \u201cLike no other experience I have had in sports. My relationship with my teammates and coaches is a brotherhood – we are a family. My teammates have become my closest friends and my coaches have become mentors for life. I owe a lot of my successes to my amazing teammates and coaches as I wouldn\u2019t be the quarterback I am today without them.\u201d
\nSt. Max head coach Joe Gaudio has spent years working with his star QB, saying he is \u201cone of the smartest and toughest\u201d high school QBs he has ever coached.
\n\u201cHe has a tireless work ethic on the field, in the weight room, in the film room and he is constantly working hard to perfect his craft and get an edge on his opponents. That is the reason that he is one of the best high school quarterbacks in the province, in my opinion. He is the heart and soul of our team and is a complete team leader, not just in our football program, but for the greater SMK community.\u201d
\nThe Golden Gaels football program is one of the longest-lived and storied in Canadian university sports, having won the Vanier Cup as the nation\u2019s top team four times. They were also one of the few university squads to compete for the Grey Cup, winning in three consecutive years in the 1920s.
\nLanglois, the only player recruited at the quarterback for the Gaels\u2019 2017 season, will be competing with three other QBs for a spot on the roster at this summer\u2019s training camp.
\n\u201cHe sees the field very well and is able to pick up defensive coverages very quickly, he is very accurate and he possesses a very quick release with great pocket sense and movement,\u201d said Gaudio. \u201cHe is also not afraid to make a play with his feet if the situation calls for it. Queen\u2019s University just got a great player and an even better person!\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Queen\u2019s Golden Gaels football program just gained an exceptional Aurora talent.
\nBen Langlois, slinging footballs for the St. Maximilian Kolbe Mustangs in consecutive YRAA Championships, officially signed his letter of intent to attend Queen\u2019s University in Kingston in the fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-4pE","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 17:53:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}