Ontario playoff preview: 48 playoff games and 10 ranked teams go for 5 bowl victories

Ontario high school football saw almost 400 teams compete in senior/varsity levels this season (almost 300 junior teams).  Erroneously reported in some newspapers that football is declining (yes, in some demographically challenged areas it has declined) in the province, the game has never been stronger.  Just under 50% of the senior/varsity football played in Canada is in Ontario.

Here are some of the match ups to look forward to this week:

Picture: running back Aaron Veltri from CFC #3 Corpus Christi Longhorns

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WESTERN BOWL

PLAYDOWNS

Northern (Sarnia) CFC #19 vs. Ursuline College (Chatham) – Saturday November 10th

 

REGIONS

Bluewater

Finals – Owen Sound @ Saugeen – Friday November 9th 2:00pm

Brant

Finals – St. John’s @ Assumption CFC ‘HM’ – Saturday November 10th 3:00pm

Guelph (District 10)

Finals – Guelph @ John F Ross CFC ‘HM’ – Friday November 9th

Waterloo

TIER 1 – Semi-Finals (Wednesday November 7th)

Preston @ Jacob Hespeler CFC ‘HM’ –  5:00pm / Resurrection @ Sir John A Macdonald 7:00 pm

Tier 2 & 3 – Semi-Finals (Wednesday November 7th)

Kitchener @ St. Benedict / Glenview Park @ Elmia / Forest Heights @ St. Mary’s / Huron Heights @ Grand River

Kent

Finals – Wallaceburg 30 vs. Ursuline College 0 (Note: Wallaceburg is AA team and Ursuline College is AAA)

Lambton

Finals – Northern 24 vs. St. Christopher 1

Windsor-Essex

Newman (Tier 1) Thursday November 8th

Cardinal Carter @ Herman CFC #10 4:00pm / Sandwich @ Holy Names CFC ‘HM’ 7:00pm

Wilson (Tier 2) Thursday November 8th

St Anne @ Brennan / Kennedy @ Villanova / Catholic Central @ Essex / General Amherst @ Belle River

Arnott (Tier 3) Thursday November 8th

L’Essor @ St. Joseph’s / Riverside @ Leamington

Thames Valley (London)

Tier 1 – Friday November 9th (Semi-finals)

Banting @ St. Thomas Aquinas CFC ‘HM’ / Lucas @ Catholic Central CFC #11

Tier 2 – Thursday November 8th (Semi-finals)

Saunders @ Clarke Road / Laurier @ Oakridge

Thames  Valley South East (Semi-finals – November 9th)

Tillsonburg @ St. Joseph’s 12:30pm / East Elgin @ Parkside 12:30pm

Thames Valley South East Varsity

Halidmand-Norfolk (Quarter-finals – November 9th)

Cayuga @ Waterford / Holy Trinity @ Delhi / Hagersville @ McKinnon Park / Simcoe @ Valley Heights

 

GOLDEN HORSESHOE

Halton Tier 1 – Thursday November 8th (Finals)

MM Robinson @ Corpus Christi CFC #3 11:00am

Halton Tier 2 – Friday November 9th (Quarter-finals)

Georgetown @ St. Thomas Aquinas / Iroquois Ridge @ Oak Trafalgar

Halton Tier 3 – end of regular season this week

Hamilton Catholic – Wednesday November 7th (Semi-finals)

Bishop Tonnos @ St. Thomas More CFC #6 12:00pm / St. Jean de Brebeuf @ Cardinal Newman CFC ‘HM’ 2:00pm

Peel Tier 1 – Friday November 9th (Semi-finals)

Notre Dame @ St. Marguerite d’Youville CFC #22 1:00pm / St. Joan of Arc @ St. Edmund Campion 2:00pm

Peel Tier 2 – Thursday November 8th (finals)

Robert Hall @ Erindale 11:00am

Hamilton Public Tier 1 – Wednesday November 7th (Semi-finals)

Waterdown @ Westdale CFC ‘HM’ / Westmount @ MacNab

Hamilton Public Tier 2 – Wednesday November 7th (Semi-finals)

Saltfleet @ Glendale / Highland @ Ancaster

Niagara Tier 1 – Friday November 9th (Finals)

Lakeshore Catholic @ Saint Paul CFC ‘HM’ 2:00 pm

Niagara Tier 2 – Wednesday November 7th (Finals)

Holy Cross @ Stamford

Niagara Tier 3 – Thursday November 8th (Finals)

West Park @ Thorold 2:00pm

 

METRO BOWL

Independent – Wednesday November 7th (Finals)

Upper Canada @ St. Andrew’s CFC #12

Durham Tier 1 – Saturday November 10th (Finals)

Holy Trinity @ Donald A. Wilson CFC ‘HM’  3:00pm

Durham Tier 2 – Thursday November 8th (Finals)

Sinclair @ St. Mary

Toronto Catholic – Thursday November 8th (Finals)

Senator O’Connor @ Don Bosco

Toronto Public Tier 1 – Friday November 9th (Finals)

Northern @ Central Technical

Toronto Public Tier 2 – final week regular season

Toronto Varsity – Playoff Finals

York Tier 1 – Saturday November 10th (Finals)

King City CFC ‘HM’ @ Huron Heights CFC #21  6:00pm

 

NATIONAL CAPITAL BOWL

Playdowns

Thousand Islands 28 St. Joseph’s 13

Thousand Islands @ Frontenac CFC ‘HM’ – Friday November 9th

 

Regional Finals

Bay of Quinte Finals – Moira 21 vs. Centennial 0

Kawartha Tier 1 Finals – Crestwood 13 Adam Scott 8

Kingston Tier 1 Finals – Frontenac 15 Holy Cross 4

Kingston Tier 2 Finals – La Salle 25 Ernestown 3

Lanark Finals – St. Johns 13 Almonte 10

Renfrew Finals – Arnprior 22 Renfrew 6

Lanark-Renfrew – Tuesday November 6h (Finals)

St. John’s @ Arnprior 1:00pm

Leeds & Grenville Finals – Gananoque 21 St. Mary’s 0

Seaway Valley Finals – St. Joseph’s 57 Glengarry 7

CSDCEO Semi-finals – Friday November 9th

Embrun @ Cornwall 1:00pm / Rockland @ Casselman 1:00pm

Simcoe Tier 1 – Tuesday November 6th (Semi-finals)

St. Joan of Arc @ Eastview / Bear Creek @ Banting

Simcoe Tier 2 – Saturday November 10th (Finals)

Central @ Park Street 11:00am

Ottawa Tier 1 – Tuesday November 6th (Semi-finals)

St. Matthew’s @ St. Francis Xavier CFC #23 1:00pm / St. Mark @ St. Peter’s 1:00pm

Ottawa Tier 2 – Wednesday November 7th (Semi-finals)

Franco Cite @ Colonel By 2:00pm / Sir Wilfrid Laurier @ St. Pius 2:00pm

 

NORTHERN BOWL

Playdowns

Lo-Ellen (Sudbury winner) CFC ‘HM’ @ St. Mary’s (Sault winner) CFC ‘HM’ – Saturday November 10th

 

Regional Playoffs

Nippissing Finals – Scollard Hall CFC ‘HM’ 14 West Ferris 4

Sault Ste. Marie Finals – St. Mary’s 17 St. Basil 10 (OT)

Sudbury Finals – Lo-Ellen 28 St Charles 17

Thunder Bay (Semi-finals) Friday November 9th

Westgate @ Hammarskjold / Sir Winston Churchill @ St. Patrick