The All Saints Bowl may only be four years old, but it has quickly turned into a rivalry game on par with the annual Panda Game played between Ottawa's two universities. The All Saints Bowl pits Orléans' two Catholic high schools, St. Matthew and St. Peter, against each other with the winner earning bragging rights for the rest of the year.

The 2025 version of the All Seniors Bowl was played this week in front of more than 400 people at Millennium Park including former teachers and players from both schools. Since the first All Seniors Bowl was won by St. Peter in 2022, the trophy has changed hands every year, with the Knights winning it last year. With that in mind, the Tigers were determined to win it back this year.

The first quarter was relatively uneventful until the final few minutes when St. Matthew quarterback Anastasio Deller found receiver Jack Miller for an 75-yard gain down to the Knights' five yard line. An unnecessary roughess penalty for facemasking at the tail end of the play would give the Tigers a first down on the one. Deller then ran the ball into the end zone on a quarterback keeper, but the Tigers were called for a tandem buck which refers to when a teammate is caught assisting in the play by pushing the ball carrier from behind.

Undaunted, the Tigers regained the five yard penalty on the very next play to give themselves a second down from the one. The Knights stuffed the first attempt for a two yard loss and then Deller threw an incompleted pass to end the threat as the ball was turned over on downs.

St. Matt's would eventually score two series later on a drive that included a 31-yard run by Deller that set up a 20-yard touchdown run by Will Ellard.

St. Peter then responded with a nine play, 94-yard drive orchestrated by quarterback Logan Perrault that was culminated with a 14-yard touchdown run by Garlency Riviere to tie game at 7-7 late in the second quarter.

The first half should have ended with the score tied, but the Tigers had other plans. With just over a minute left on the clock, St. Matt's managed to put together an improbable drive that included passes of 25 and 35 yards from Deller to Miller and Zain Alhalabi respectively to set up a two-yard touchdwn plunge by Miller to give his team a 14-7 lead at the half.

St. Matt's then opened the second half with a 47-yard kick return by Charles Nwadike Dim to give the Tigers a first down on St. Peter's 38 yard line. It took St. Matt's just four plays to find the end one on a two-yard run by Noah Kiwan that was set up by a late hit call against the Knights that cost them 15 yards and gave the Tigers a first down on the five yard line.

Trailing 21-7, the Knights were on the verge of narrowing the deficit to just touchdown when Riviere made a spectacular 34-yard run into the end zone but it was called back for holding. As it turns out, that would be as close as they would get.

After neither team scored in the remainder of the third quarter, the Tigers would add two more majors in the fourth to make the final score 35-7. The first touchdown was scored on a 18-yard pass from Deller to Ethan Burns, and the second one came on another 18-yard pass between the two teammates.

Dellar would end the game with 182 passing yards after completing seven of eight passes, two of which were for touchdowns, and he ran the ball five times for 44 yards including a touchdown, giving him three touchdowns on the night. For his performance on the field he was named as the game's MVP.

Ellard also had a big game, carrying the ball 16 times for 119 yards and scoring a touchdown.

On the other side of the ball, Perrault completed 13 of 17 passes for 161 yards and he ran the ball three times for 28 yards.

The two teams must now prepare for the playoffs which get underway next week.