By rdnewsNOW Staff

Week 8

Football Alberta high school football rankings

Oct 24, 2021 | 11:12 AM

Here are the Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all four Tiers of 12-man high school football in Alberta and the 6-man rankings as well for the 2021 season.

These rankings come out every Sunday until November 7. At that time, those will be the last rankings and teams will take that rank into Provincials.

The teams are slotted into Tiers based on their estimated school size. Please note that games vs. US opponents, scrimmages, or tournaments are not taken into consideration for ranking or listed in the overall record of the schools.

WEEK #8 – 2021

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Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)

Rank*, School & Record, City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Harry Ainlay (9-0) Edmonton beat Austin O’Brien 50-0 (next vs. Spruce Grove)

2(2) L.C.I. (7-1) Lethbridge beat Medicine Hat 42-6 (next week BYE)

3(3) Salisbury (6-1) Sherwood Park beat Jasper Place 47-0 (next vs. Ross Sheppard)

4(4) St. Francis (6-1) Calgary beat William Aberhart 33-7 (next week BYE)

5(5) Notre Dame (5-1) Calgary beat Ernest Manning 29-14 (next week BYE)

6(6) Ernest Manning (3-2) Calgary lost to Notre Dame 14-29 (next vs. William Aberhart)

7(7) Raymond (3-4) Raymond beat Holy Trinity Academy 26-21 (next week BYE)

8(-) Ross Sheppard (4-3) Edmonton beat Bellerose 42-21 (next vs. Salisbury)

9(8) Spruce Grove (3-3-1) Spruce Grove tied Bev Facey 14-14 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)

10(-) Henry Wise Wood (2-3) Calgary beat All Saints 21-14 (next vs. All Saints)

* last week’s rank in parentheses.

Tier II (School Pop. 750-1249)

Rank*, School & Record, City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) St. Joseph’s (7-0) Grande Prairie beat High Prairie 52-6 (next vs. Peace River)

2(3) George McDougall (8-0) Airdrie beat Chestermere 50-14 (next vs. Cochrane)

3(2) Medicine Hat (8-2) Medicine Hat beat McCoy 39-14 and lost to L.C.I. 6-42 (next vs. Crescent Heights (MH))

4(4) Cardston (3-3-1) Cardston did not play (next vs. Chinook)

5(5) Leduc (6-0) Leduc beat Strathcona 46-0 (next vs. Archbishop Jordan)

6(6) Holy Trinity Aca. (4-3-1) Okotoks lost to Raymond 21-26 (next vs, Strathmore)

7(7) Strathmore (9-0) Strathmore won via forfeit (next vs. Holy Trinity Academy)

8(8) Chinook (6-1) Lethbridge beat Catholic Central 14-3 (next vs. Cardston)

9(9) Lady of the Rockies (5-0) Calgary* beat Bishop O’Byrne 23-14 (next vs. Scarlett/Central)

10(-) Lloydminster (4-2) Lloydminster did not play (next vs. St. Paul)

* – formerly known as Haysboro

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

Rank*, School & Record, City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Holy Rosary (7-0) Lloydminster did not play (next vs. Wainsright)

2(2) Cochrane (6-1) Cochrane beat Bert Church 41-13 (next vs. George McDougall)

3(3) Sylvan Lake (3-0) Sylvan Lake did not play (next vs. Stettler)

4(4) Crescent Heights (7-1) Medicine Hat beat Brooks 22-14 (next vs. Medicine Hat)

5(7) Stettler (4-3) Stettler beat Lacombe 16-10 (next vs. Sylvan Lake)

6(6) Sturgeon (6-2) Sturgeon County beat McNally 38-27 (next vs. St. Albert)

7(8) St. Albert (5-2) St. Albert beat Fort Saskatchewan 20-8 (next vs. Sturgeon)

8(5) Brooks (4-3) Brooks lost to Crescent Heights (MH) 14-22 (season over)

9(-) Peace River (4-3) Peace River beat Valleyview 39-0 (next vs. St. Joseph’s)

10(9) Cold Lake (2-4) Cold Lake lost to Wainwright 15-38 (season over)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

Rank*, School & Record, City/Town Last Weeks Result and Upcoming Opponent

1(1) Sexsmith (6-1) Sexsmith beat Fort McMurray 28-0 (next vs. Fort McMurray)

2(2) Drumheller (6-3) Drumheller beat Olds 49-0 (next vs. Canmore)

3(3) St. Paul (4-3) St. Paul beat Bonnyville 21-6 (next vs. Lloydminster)

4(4) Canmore (2-3) Canmore did not play (next vs. Drumheller)

5(9) Wainwright (2-4) Wainwright beat Cold Lake 38-15 (next vs. Holy Rosary)

6(6) High Prairie (3-4) High Prairie lost to St. Joseph’s (GP) 6-52 (next vs. Peace Wapiti)

7(7) W.R. Myers (2-4) Taber beat Winston Churchill 56-9 (next week BYE)

8(5) Ardrossan (1-6) Ardrossan lost to M.E. LaZerte 15-38 (next week BYE)

9(8) Willow Creek (1-5) Claresholm did not play (next week BYE)

10(10) Valleyview (1-5) Valleyview lost to Peace River 0-39 (next vs. Grande Prairie)

6-Man

Rank* School & Record City/Town Last Week Result and Upcoming opponent

1(1) J.C. Charyk (5-0) Hanna did not play (next vs. Camrose)

2(2) Breton (4-0) Breton did not play (next vs. Holy Redeemer)

3(3) Millwoods Christian (4-0) Edmonton beat Frank Maddock 71-12 (next vs. Harry Collinge)

4(4) Rimbey (4-1) Rimbey beat Buck Mountain 48-22 (next vs. Sedgewick)

5(5) Buck Mountain (3-2) Buck Lake lost Rimbey 22-48 (next vs. Provost)

GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:

Tier III

#5 Stettler Wildcats vs. #3 Sylvan Lake Lakers

1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 30, H.J. Cody High School Field (Sylvan Lake)

It’s been a long year for the Rural Division of the Central Alberta League. Normally this Division sports seven high school teams but with four of them unable to field 12-Man teams due to difficulties returning from an entire year off because of COVID-19, that has left the league with three. The remaining teams have had to rely on games vs. each other and as many exhibition games as they can find. With the tragedy Thanksgiving weekend on the highway near Wetaskiwin that claimed the life of one of the student athletes who played football and injured two other players effectively ending the season for the Sabres, that has left just two teams to compete for the Rural Championship and a berth in the ASAA Provincials at the Tier III level. Fortunately, these are two very good teams, so with all of the things they have had to face this year and last year behind them now, they can finally leave it all on the field for a true Championship game.