Friday Night Lights

If you’ve lived in East York, you’ve heard about the historic Friday Night Lights game. 


 For the past 8 years East York Colligate Institute and Leaside High school have held an annual football game on a Friday night, usually a key game in each teams season. The Leaside Lancers come to EYCI’ Memorial Field to face off against their arch-rivals, The East York Goliaths, with the Junior game Kicking off at 5pm, and the Seniors squaring off at 7pm. 


 On October 5th, 2012, the Leaside’ senior team won 14-7 tying the 8 year contest at 4-4.


Video Credit to the "Kalytta" Youtube channel


Some game-play of the 2008 Game between the Two rivals. The video also illustrates the unity and atmosphere that the game brings to the community every year.

*NOTE*: Its best if you start the video off at the 3:33 mark.


After nearly a decade of play, the annual competition between the two rival schools has attained legendary status, not just among the thousands of alumni of both schools, but among the tens of thousands that live within both communities. 

 East York football in particular has been a tradition in the East York community since the 1940s. “The games were on the radio, on CKEY,” said Ken Hills a linebacker for East York in the late 1940s, “So that team became the centre of attention in the East York community". per The Toronto Observer.

 East York collegiate as a football powerhouse back then, so it became a tradition that they would play every Friday night. 


 It is a tradition in the East York community that is popular annual event, and won’t be undone anytime soon.