Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School
(formerly Oshawa Catholic until 1976)

Saints

Address: 700 Stephenson Rd. N.,  Oshawa, L1J 5P1

School opened: 1965

 Enrollment / OFSAA classification: 1224 / AAAA

Paul Dwyer Sports Web Site


Senior Program

LOSSA Football Membership: 2001-present; 1973-1997; 1969

Titles: Six (1992, 1987, 1984, 1982, 1978, 1973)

2008 Players to watch:
none provided to date


Junior Program

LOSSA Football Membership: 2002-present; 1973-1997; 1968-1969

Titles: Three (2004 1996, 1986)

2008 Players to watch:
none provided to date
 


2008 Roster

Where Are They Now!

Player University / College Current Team
Baboulas; Adam Attending Saint Mary's University Saint Mary's Huskies (OT)
Rundle; Wes Attending Bishops University Bishop Gaiters (DB)
Zochodne; Geoffrey Attending Saint Mary's University Saint Mary's Huskies (OL)

Noteworthy: 

2007: The Senior Saints advance to the LOSSA Championship following a second place regular season finish.  They would lose the Championship game 20-16 to Donald A. Wilson, the only school to defeat them in the regular season.

2006: Junior team completes second consecutive perfect season with a 41-12 victory over the Brock Bull Dogs.  Senior team (in only their second year of operation) reaches the Championship final before losing to the Pickering Trojans (38-0).

2004: Paul Dwyer Junior team captures their third LOSSA Junior football title defeating crosstown rival Eastdale 49-28.  The Junior Saints finish the LOSSA season with a perfect record.  Participating in the Junior Metro Bowl, the Saints would win their quarter-final game against Belleville Centennial before falling to St. Michaels College in the semi-final.

2003: The Senior Saints reach the LOSSA finals for the first time since 1993.  Their efforts to end the Monarchs quest for a fifth straight LOSSA title would fall short as they were defeated  would lose to St. Mary by a score of 27-18.  This was the first LOSSA Senior Championship to involve two teams from the Durham Catholic School Board.

1996: The Junior Saints end a Championship drought of ten years by defeating the Uxbridge Tigers by one point 35-34.

1992: The Senior Saints capture the school's sixth LOSSA football championship as they defeat the Pickering Trojans 7-6.

1987: Paul Dwyer captures league title number five with a 7-0 shut out victory over the O'Neill Redmen.  The Senior Saints would then become the first school from LOSSA to participate in the Metro Bowl finals as they defeated the North York representative A.Y. Jackson 33-7 in Bowl semi-final play.  In the final, a 14-14 deadlock would be broken on a Quarterback keeper by the Central Tech. Blues with twenty seconds remaining until overtime.  The coaching staff included the legendary Mike Powers and Rick Townend, who would later convene LOSSA football for sixteen years.

1986: Paul Dwyer earns their first ever LOSSA Junior title when they defeat the Uxbridge Tigers 34-30.

1984: For the second time in three years, the Saints would deny the Dr. F. J. Donevan Blue Devils their first ever LOSSA Senior football crown as they shut down their cross town rivals 21-0.

1982: In the first all Oshawa LOSSA Senior final in eleven years, the Saints would down the Dr. F. J. Donevan Blue Devils 35-8 to capture their third Senior league championship.

1978: Now known as the Paul Dwyer Saints, the renamed Oshawa Catholic school, would earn their second Senior title as they downed the defending champion Henry Street Hawks 34-14.

1973: Participating within the LOSSA Senior Division for the first time, Oshawa Catholic would prevail in the thirteen team Senior loop by capturing the league title.  The Saints would dominate the Port Perry Redmen in the Championship final prevailing by a score of 37-6.

 

 

 

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