Nobody should go winless; nobody did, not Malton

Mt. Olive regains mojo, pluck Ravens 13-0

Woodbridge stops Hamilton in its track

Agape and T-West roll towards showdown Aug. 20

And, surprise, glorious surprise, Malton wins

There is a reason they call the consolation round of the playoffs the Redemption Bowl. It gives you a chance of, er, redemption.

Just ask Malton Victory.

After a trying season where the team lost all 8 regular season games -- including a defeat at the hands of Meadowvale, Malton shocked the league with a 21-0 whitewash of Meadowvale in the wildcard playoff game.

Glory, Hallelujah. And all Malton broke out into song, "Victory is mine, O, Victory is mine . . ." 

So while Meadowvale is sent to the sidelines, Malton goes on to play Toronto East in one of two semi-finals Aug. 20 at Northview. The other Redemption Bowl semifinal will see Kanisa play Ghana. Winners of the two contests will play on Championship Sunday August 27 for the Redemption Bowl, the consolation prize that keeps teams coming back for more.

Meanwhile the top 4 teams in the league have been decided and they are Mt. Olive and Woodbridge in the West; Agape and Toronto West in the east. The games in the east went according to form. Toronto West demolished a weakened Philadelphia squad (missing star Jayde Rowe) by a 33-13 score. Agape easily dispatched the Spartans, 21-0. Spartans played without QB Joel Knight, leaving them little chance of success.

The Eastern conference showdown is a rematch of a mid-season game -- the only close one that Agape played all year (15-14) on their way to an unbeaten season. Agape are the prohibitive favourites as their team boasts 12 or 13 all-stars. The team's defence gives up fewer than 5 points per game. 

In the west, defending two-time champions Mt. olive showed that rumours of heir demise were greatly exaggerated. They blotted out Mississauga by a 13-0 score to set up a third straight appearance in the western finals. There they will meet the second year team from Woodbridge for a chance to get back to the title game.

Woodbridge spanked Hamilton 26-10 in a game that presented Hamilton as an over-confident bunch who got ambushed.

Woodbridge now has the opportunity to get to the league championship after winning the Redemption Bowl inits first season last year. To that they will have to take down the champs, no easy task. That game goes August 20 at Northview.

All games for the rest of the season are at Northview.  Four games run on August 20, starting at 10 a.m. The two championship games will be played Aug. 27, tentatively slated to start at 10.