Tech's Big Streak

I've made a few updates to the high school page over the past couple of weekends. Starting from the bottom (so 1927) and working my way up, I've added more information about the city champions each year and some photography when I've been able to land a semi-clear image from a newspaper.

So if you see a heading in a different font size, that was done deliberately. That is a place holder for myself. At the moment, I'm done up to 1951, inclusive.

I've also added some information beyond the city title. From 1927 to 1942, Ottawa teams would meet other schools from the region for the Eastern Ontario (EOSSA) championship, be it Perth, Pembroke, Kingston, etc. I've added the results of those contests, most of which were won by teams from Ottawa.

In doing this, I came away impressed with Ottawa Tech's record of the late 40s and early 50s (well, 1950 specifically).

Ottawa Tech's 1947 Senior Championship Team

Glebe won four titles from 1937 to 1941 until Tech stopped that streak by taking the 1942 crown. Glebe and St. Patrick's then swapped out the next four.

But then Tech put together a four-year streak of it own, starting with the 1947 team above which, going into playoffs, had allowed only one point in six games.

In the playoffs, they beat Lisgar 28-05 then got a scare from Glebe but defeated them 03-02 for that year's title.

The 1948 edition lost a game to Glebe to notch a 4-1 regular season record but had a points differential of 100 to 10 nonetheless.

In the playoffs they soundly beat Nepean 23-00 to earn the right to face Glebe again in a two-game series. They won the first game 18-00, and lost the second 06-05, but obviously won the overall series.

The 1949 team was ridiculously dominant and can make a strong argument for being the all-time best in the city.

Those are similar numbers to what the 1947 squad put together but the 1949 team would continue that dominance in the playoffs. They handled a normally strong Glebe team 19-01 to set up a two-game series again, this time against St. Patrick's. Tech took the first game 23-00 and the second 16-00. So all told, they surrendered two points over the course of eight games while scoring 179.

Ottawa Tech's 1949 Senior Championship Team

On to 1950. They were undefeated but gave up a whole five points (while scoring 99)! They defeated a pesky Nepean team 15-12 in the semi-final, then Glebe 12-2 for their fourth straight championship.

Ottawa Tech's 1950 Senior Championship Team

Glebe put an end to Tech's dominance the following year when they knocked them off in the championship game. Tech would not win another championship until 1957 and that would be their last of seven overall.

They may not be the most decorated high school program (they currently are 5th in that department), but for those four years they were undeniably the class of the circuit.