Midget / NCAFA (U19)

The Midget level was introduced to the Ottawa area in March of 1980 with the birth of the Ottawa Trojans. Roster rules dictated that teams could include six 18-year-olds with the remainder of the team being 17 years old or less.

The Trojans, coached by Pat Billings, began in spectacular fashion by defeating the three-time Ontario Midget Football Association champion Scarborough Spartans 14-06.  Including playoffs, they achieved a 7-2 record and reached the league semi-finals, bowing out to the Scarborough Spartans 7-6.

The Trojans were joined in the Ontario Minor Football League by the Dukes of Gloucester in 1981, then the Nepean Norsemen in 1982. The Myers Riders program fielded a team in that league as well, winning seven championships during the 90's, until they moved to the Ontario Varsity Football League for the 2001 season.

In 2002, the Midget level was entered into NCAFA through a merger with the former OMFL.

Midget Level Champions

2023: Kanata Knights Def. Bel Air Norsemen 21-17


2022: West Ottawa Knights Def. North Gloucester Giants 21-14

Photography copied from Cyril Shingarov's Twitter account. I'm not certain who took the picture, but I believe it was Adam Gilmour

2021:
NCAFA: Nepean Broncos Def. Cumberland Panthers 28-08
Fall Cup: Essex Ravens 34 , Nepean Broncos 08

Photo Shared by Elijah St. John on Twitter


2020: No competition

2019:
NCAFA: West Ottawa Knights Def. Bel Air Norsemen 38-07
QMFL: Orleans Raftsmen Def. South Shore Mustangs 22-02

Note:
The Knights defeated the Raftsmen 28-14 in the Inter-Provincial Bowl.



2018: 
West Ottawa Knights   Def. Nepean Eagles 28-13

Note: The Knights were defeated 37-07 by the Sun Youth Hornets in the Inter-Provincial Bowl.

2017: Nepean Eagles         Def. Bel Air Norsemen 07-06

Note: The Eagles were defeated 18-10 by the North Shore Mustangs in the Inter-Provincial Bowl.

2016: Bel Air Norsemen      Def. Orleans Bengals

2015: Bel Air Norsemen      Def. Nepean Eagles

2014Nepean Eagles         Def. Orleans Bengals 35-28

2013: Orleans Bengals       Def. Nepean Redskins 56-39


2012: Bel Air Norsemen      Def. Nepean Redskins 04-03

2011: Orleans Bengals       Def. Nepean Redskins 21-00

2010: Nepean Redskins       Def. Bel Air Norsemen 14-07

2009: Canterbury Mustangs   Def. Orleans Dukes 14-11


2008: Canterbury Mustangs   Def. Orleans Dukes 19-11
Aug 31st: Mustangs 14 @ Dukes 27
Sep  5th: Mustangs 06 @ Norsemen 25
Sep 14th: Colts 20 @ Mustangs 26
Sep 26th: Redskins 26 @ Mustangs 34
Oct  3rd: Dukes 32 @ Mustangs 21
Oct  8th: Mustangs 26 @ Colts 12
Oct 13th: Norsemen 07 @ Mustangs 27
Oct 17th: Mustangs 19 @ Redskins 06
(05-03)

2007: Bel Air Norsemen      Def. Nepean Redskins 28-14
--All four Bel Air TDs were scored by Hugh Myers.


Notes: Norsemen defeated Kanata Knights 21-07 to reach the final while Nepean beat Orleans Dukes 22-15...Norsemen generated a 7-1 regular season record heading into the playoffs.

2006: Bel Air Norsemen      Def. Nepean Redskins 10-07


2005: Nepean Redskins       Def. Bel Air Norsemen 28-03
--Mike Donnelly had two touchdowns for Nepean

Aug 27th: Norsemen 00 @ Redskins 33
Sep  3rd: Colts 00 @ Redskins 43
Sep 11th: Knights 14 @ Redskins 21
Sep 18th: Redskins 24 @ Dukes 02
Sep 25th: Redskins 30 @ Mustangs 07
Oct  1st: Redskins 21 @ Norsemen 08
Oct  5th: Redskins 21 @ Knights 00
Oct 10th: Mustangs 07 @ Redskins 30
Oct 14th: Redskins 01 @ Colts 00
Oct 23rd: Dukes 07 @ Redskins 35
(10-00)

Oct 29th: Mustangs 00 @ Redskins 37
Nov  5th: Norsemen 03 @ Redskins 28

2004: Ottawa Colts          Def. Nepean Redskins 48-42(OT)



Notes: The Colts posted a 4-4 regular season record...Their head coach was Robert Dewar...They defeated the Dukes 13-04 in the semi-final. 

2003: Nepean Redskins       Def. Bel Air Norsemen 16-08  
Aug 30th: Colts 21 @ Redskins 49
Sep  6th: Dukes 18 @ Redskins 28
Sep 12th: Redskins 27 @ Knights 07
Sep 20th: Norsemen 21 @ Redskins 20
Oct 1st - Oct 5th: Redskins 35, Colts 15
Oct 8th - Oct 12th: Redskins 28, Norsemen 21
Oct 15th - Oct 19th: Redskins 24, Knights 07

Oct 25th - Oct 26th: Redskins 30, Knights 12 (semi-final)

2002: Gloucester Dukes      Def. Nepean Redskins 23-15


2001: Ottawa Norsemen       Def. Gloucester Dukes 20-17


2000: Ottawa Norsemen       Def. Myers Riders 10-00
--RB Joe Costanzo ran for 100+ to earn offensive MVP honours. The defensive MVP nod went to Nick Beaton of Myers...All the scoring took place in the second quarter...Robinson recovered a punt in the end zone for a TD while Brent Hill provided a field goal and a convert. 

1999: Myers Riders          Def. Gloucester Dukes 25-16


1998: Myers Riders

1997: Myers Riders


1996: Myers Riders          Def. Gloucester Dukes 27-03 (undefeated)


1995: Myers Riders          Def. Ottawa Colts 26-10


1994: Myers Riders          Def. Nepean Redskins 28-00
--Pat Woodcock scored on a 75-yard punt return. Tony Brown, Scott Boxall and Shane Woito scored the other touchdowns. They were undefeated on the season.


1993: Nepean Redskins       Def. Myers Riders 17-13


1992: Nepean Redskins

1991: Nepean Redskins       Def. Myers Riders 04-00

1990: Myers Riders          Def. Mississauga Wolverines 48-00
Myers was 10-00 on the season. The win above gave them the Ottawa Major Football Conference championship. That should have led to a game versus a Central Ontario Football team but I am unable to find a result for such a game as of yet.

1989: Nepean Norsemen       Def. Mississauga Wolverines 11-00

October 30th, Ottawa Citizen


The following weekend, Nepean defeated Myers Riders 24-22 to reach the league's championship game. Mississauga was a 3rd-seed in the Western division of the league. The top two teams were eliminated due to a brawl.


1988: Nepean Norsemen       Def. Myers Riders 35-00


The results of the game mentioned above, against the Raiders (not Rangers) was included in the November 14th Ottawa Citizen. 


1987: Nepean Norsemen       Def. Barrhaven Redskins 16-07
--The Norsemen beat the Dukes of Gloucester 21-00 to reach the final. Rick Lacelle scored twice on the ground, once from 19 and once from one yard out.

--The Redskins beat Ottawa Trojans 14-06 in the other semi-final. Ron Alberreli and Darren Joseph scored for Barrhaven.


The Norsemen would meet the Central Ontario champion Oshawa Hawkeyes for the provincial title but lose that game 17-08.

1986: Ottawa Trojans        Def. Barrhaven Redskins 20-07
--These same two teams played three times in the regular season with Barrhaven winning two of them. The Trojans did not score more than 12 points in any of those games.

--31 of the 40 players on the Trojans were said to be new to the team that season, according to head coach Dick Weber.

--For the Trojans, RB Gi Gi Costanzo ran for 132 yards on 20 carries, including a 47-yard score. FB Claude Chateauvert also scored a TD, in his case on a 6-yard run. Quarterback Robyn Ready hit Sam Ghadban for a 52-yard score. Costanzo was the league's leading scorer on the season with 10 TDs.

--All scoring plays for the Trojans came in the second quarter. 

--Ghadban collected four passes on the day for a total of 132 yards.


--The Redskins' TD was scored by receiver Courtney Treleaven late in the third quarter.

--The Redskins were 5-4 during the regular season, their first. They defeated the Nepean Horsemen to reach the title game, while the Trojans beat the Dukes of Gloucester 46-06.


1985: Ottawa Trojans        Def. Nepean Norsemen 24-10

Only the three Ottawa teams competed in the Ontario Major Football League this season.

Sep  8th
Ottawa Trojans 25, Dukes of Gloucester 15

Sep 15th 
Ottawa Trojans 21, Nepean Norsemen 08

Sep 22nd
Nepean Norsemen 17 , Dukes of Gloucester 09 

Sep 28th
Ottawa Trojans 46, Dukes of Gloucester 06

Oct  6th
Nepean Norsemen 30, Ottawa Trojans 27

Oct 20th
Ottawa Trojans 45, Dukes of Gloucester 08

Oct 27th
Ottawa Trojans 21, Nepean Norsemen 19

Nov  3rd
Nepean Norsemen 50, Dukes of Gloucester 00

Nov 10th


1984: Ottawa Trojans        Def. Durham Dolphins 31-08

Sep 2nd
Ottawa Trojans 22, Dukes of Gloucester 00

Sep 16th
Ottawa Trojans 22, Scarborough Spartans 14
Gloucester Dukes 16, York 00 
Burlington Stampeders 40, Nepean Norsemen 14

Sep 30th
Ottawa Trojans 27, Oshawa Hawkeyes 00

Oct 14th
Ottawa Trojans 12, Dukes of Gloucester 01

Oct 21st
Ottawa Trojans 23, Nepean Norsemen 10  



Oct 28th
Ottawa Trojans 17, Burlington Rams 10

Nov 4th
Ottawa Trojans 51, Burlington Rams 07
(semi-final)

Nov 11th
(Final)
 


1983: Gloucester Dukes      Def. Ottawa Trojans 18-09
--"The Dukes scored their first touchdown in the third quarter on a 70-yard pass-and-run play from Jean Bourassa to Daniel Galipeau, which Pierre Plante converted...Plante then picked up a fumble and ran it back 80 yards for the Dukes' second major and converted it himself." Eric Dowd, Ottawa Citizen. 

Sep 4th
Ottawa Trojans 27, Dukes of Gloucester 06 
Nepean Norsemen 14 @ Durham Dolphins 34

Sep 11th
Durham Dolphins 06 @ Dukes of Gloucester, 19
Ottawa Trojans 15, Nepean Norsemen 00

Sep 17th
Dukes of Gloucester 22 @ Scarborough Spartans 36

Sep 18th
Ottawa Trojans 16 @ North York Seahawks 03
Burlington Stampeders 23 @ Nepean Norsemen 21

Sep 30 - Oct 1st
Ottawa Trojans 09, Scarborough Spartans 08
Dukes of Gloucester 25, Toronto Steelers 13
Nepean Norsemen 28, North York Seahawks 20

Oct 9th
Toronto Steelers 19 @ Ottawa Trojans 30
Dukes of Gloucester 27, Burlington Stampeders 06
Scarborough Spartans 18, Nepean Norsemen 06

Oct 23rd
Ottawa Trojans 30, Nepean Norsemen 10
Dukes of Gloucester 13 @ Durham Rams 21

Oct 30th
Burlington over Ottawa Trojans by forfeit**
Dukes of Gloucester 55, North York Seahawks 13
Toronto Steelers 22, Nepean Norsemen 00

**Burlington changed the time and location of the game at the last minute and Ottawa was unable to adapt. The league, at least initially, ruled that a forfeit in favour of Burlington. Trojans planned to appeal on the basis that they were not given the league-mandated required time to modify their plans.

Nov 6th
Toronto Steelers 00 @ Ottawa Trojans 10
Dukes of Gloucester 32 @ Scarborough Spartans 22


1982:

Sept 19th
Etobicoke Colts 01 @ Ottawa Trojans 33
Ottawa Trojans 45 vs Nepean Norsemen 22

Sept 26th
Dukes of Gloucester 21 vs Ottawa Trojans 14

Oct 17th
North York Hawks 00 @ Ottawa Trojans 41

Oct 24th
Ottawa Trojans 13 @ Toronto Steelers 10
Nepean Norsemen 08 @ Dukes of Gloucester 13

Nov 7th
Ottawa Trojans 22 @ Scarborough Spartans 10
Nepean Norsemen 08 vs North York Hawks 07

Nov 13th (quarterfinals)
Dukes of Gloucester 21 vs Ottawa Trojans 14

Gloucester Dukes rallied from a 14-00 deficit to beat the Ottawa Trojans 21-14 in overtime in the quarterfinals. Murray Toll had three touchdowns in that game.

The following weekend, the Toronto Steelers knocked Gloucester out, winning 14-06.  


1981: Ottawa Trojans        Def. Toronto Steelers 29-21
--Said to be the first ever provincial midget crown for an Ottawa-based team.

Aug 29th
Gloucester Dukes 21 @ Brampton Satellites 06

Aug 30th
Ottawa Trojans 51 @ Grimsby Grizzlies 00

Sept 5th
Brampton Satellites 00 @ Ottawa Trojans 44
Scarborough Steelers 01 @ Gloucester Dukes 00

Sept 8th
Gloucester Dukes 00 vs Ottawa Trojans 22 


Sept 20th
Ottawa Trojans 53 @ Orillia Bears 15


Gloucester Dukes 14 @ Pickering Dolphins 15

Sept 27th
Toronto Steelers 15 @ Ottawa Trojans 14

Oct 4th
Pickering Dolphins 15 @ Ottawa Trojans 20
Etobicoke Colts 06 @ Gloucester Dukes 20

Oct 18th
Gloucester Dukes 13 @ Burlington Rams 10
Ottawa Trojans 44 @ North York 00

Oct 25th
Burlington Rams 02 @ Ottawa Trojans 36
Gloucester Dukes 08 vs North York 14
(Dukes final record was 5-4)
(Trojans final record was 8-1)

Nov 1st (quarterfinal)
Gloucester Dukes 14 @ Toronto Steelers 40

Nov 7th (semifinal)
Burlington Rams 06 @ Ottawa Trojans 33


Nov 14th: Ottawa Trojans 29 vs Toronto Steelers 21



1980: Ottawa Trojans were defeated in the semi-finals

Sep  7th: Scarborough Spartans 06 vs Trojans 14     W 
Sep 14th: Trojans 14 @ East York Steelers 41        L 
Sep 20th: Brantford Browns 06 @ Trojans 62          W
Sep 28th: Trojans 27 @ Richmond Hill Raiders 00     W


Oct  4th: Grimsby Grizzlies @ Ottawa Trojans        W
Oct 11th: Trojans 14 @ Etobicoke Colts 30           L 
Oct 19th: Trojans 38 vs North York Hawks 00         W 
Oct 25th: Brampton Satellites 00 @ Trojans 15       W
Nov  2nd: Trojans 32 @ Burlington Rams 17           W


Nov  9th: Scarborough Spartans 07 @ Trojans 06      L
Record: 7-2 (0-1)




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