Metro Bowl: 30 years of history (all-time winners)

Donald A. Wilson (Whitby) won the 30th Metro Bowl final this week. The overtime victory marks the second time a Metro Bowl was tied after regulation. St. Michael’s College holds the record for most Metro Bowl victories with 7 in 9 appearances. Six teams are tied with 2 wins each, while 11 teams have won the Bowl once.

The current format features the league champions from Durham (LOSSA), Independent Schools (CISAA), Toronto (combination of TDCAA and TDSSAA schools) and York (YRAA).
This format has been in place since 2003 with one exception. In 2006, with the Central Bowl being discontinued, the Simcoe County league champion (GBSSA) competed. They met the Independent League Champions in a Quarter-final game. In 2007, GBSSA moved to the National Capital Bowl playoffs.

The formula being used to determine, which league plays which league is as follows: From 2005 through 2008, the two leagues who won the semi-final games in the previous season meet in one semi-final game while the two who lost meet in the other semi-final. This ensured that there was at least one new league in the final each season. This changed in 2009 and apparently the leagues now rotate opponents in the semi-finals.

Prior to 1999, the suburban Toronto based teams competed within borough divisions and the schools whom advanced to the Metro Bowl from those divisions have been credited with representing that league. Both the Catholic and Public board within Toronto now compete in one combined division broken down by region. Schools advancing have been acknowledged by their school board.

St. Michael’s College moved from the TDCAA to the CISAA division. For a few years, they actually competed in both leagues. Their last Metro Bowl representation on behalf of the TDCAA was in 2002.

Files from “Onthesideline”

2011 LOSSA Donald A. Wilson 21 CISAA St. Andrew’s College 14 OT
2010 LOSSA Holy Trinity 28 YRAA King City 3

2009 YRAA Markham 19 TDSSAA Birchmount Park 0
2008 CISAA St. Michaels College 42 LOSSA Donald A. Wilson 12
2007 CISAA St. Michaels College 16 YRAA Huron Heights 14
2006 CISAA St. Michaels College 18 LOSSA Pickering 0
2005 LOSSA Pickering 24 YRAA Huron Heights 19
2004 CISAA St. Michaels College 22 LOSSA Pickering 15
2003 TDSSAA Cedarbrae 25 TDSSAA Northern 21
2002 TDCAA St. Michaels College 42 TDSSAA Etobicoke 6
2001 TDSSAA Richview 37 TDSSAA Central Tech 0
2000 ROPSSAA Lorne Park 11 GHAC Notre Dame 0

1999 GHAC Nelson 22 TDSSAA Central Tech 20
1998 TDCAA St. Michaels College 43 TDSSAA Agincourt 6
1997 GHAC Nelson 14 TDSSAA Cedarbrae 7
1996 ROPSSAA Clarkson 27 TDCAA St. Michaels College 0
1995 SWOSSAA St. Patrick’s 37 ROPSSAA Mayfield 34 Overtime
1994 TDSSAA Northern 30 SWOSSAA St. Patrick’s 21
1993 SWOSSAA St. Patrick’s 20 TDCAA St. Michaels College 14
1992 TDSSAA West Hill 24 YRAA Markham 6
1991 TDSSAA Richview 42 TDSSAA Central Tech 24
1990 TDSSAA Northern 14 YRAA Markham 11

1989 TDSSAA MacDonald 27 TDCAA Michael Power 8
1988 TDSSAA Central Tech 16 LOSSA Pickering 10
1987 TDSSAA Central Tech 20 LOSSA Paul Dwyer 14
1986 TDSSAA Victoria Park 21 YRAA Markham 12
1985 TDSSAA Woburn 33 TDSSAA Victoria Park 12
1984 TDSSAA Vanier 36 TDSSAA Northern 5
1983 TDSSAA Woburn 21 TDSSAA East York 14
1982 TDCAA St. Michaels College 13 TDSSAA Woburn 0