By rdnewsNOW Staff

Week # 9

Football Alberta high school football rankings

Nov 2, 2021 | 1:56 PM

Football Alberta has released its Weekly Top-10 Rankings for all four Tiers of 12-man high school football in the province 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 #9 – 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 (10-0) Edmonton beat Spruce Grove 50-7 (next vs. Salisbury)

2(2) L.C.I. (7-1) Lethbridge did not play (next vs. Raymond)

3(3) Salisbury (7-1) Sherwood Park beat Ross Sheppard 70-7 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)

4(4) St. Francis (6-1) Calgary did not play (next vs. All Saints)

5(5) Notre Dame (5-1) Calgary did not play (next vs. Ernest Manning)

6(6) Ernest Manning (4-2) Calgary beat William Aberhart 20-0 (next vs. Notre Dame)

7(7) Raymond (3-4) Raymond did not play (next vs. L.C.I.)

8(-) Lindsay Thurber (3-3) Red Deer beat Notre Dame (RD) 24-17 (next vs. Lacombe)

9(-) All Saints (2-4) Calgary beat Henry Wise Wood 24-0 (next vs. St. Francis)

10(8) Ross Sheppard (4-4) Edmonton lost to Salisbury 7-70 (next week BYE)

* 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 (8-0) Grande Prairie beat Peace River 47-7 (next vs. Sexsmith)

2(2) George McDougall (8-1) Airdrie lost to Cochrane 21-28 (OT) (next vs. Holy Trinity Academy)

3(3) Medicine Hat (9-2) Medicine Hat beat Crescent Heights (MH) 42-7 (next vs. Cardston)

4(4) Cardston (4-3-1) Cardston beat Chinook 14-0 (next vs. Medicine Hat)

5(5) Leduc (7-0) Leduc beat Archbishop Jordan 42-14 (next vs. Paul Kane)

6(6) Holy Trinity Aca. (5-3-1) Okotoks beat Strathmore 50-26 (next vs. George McDougall)

7(9) Lady of the Rockies (6-0) Calgary beat Scarlett/Central 32-15 (next week BYE)

8(7) Strathmore (9-1) Strathmore lost to Holy Trinity Academy 26-50 (next vs. Drumheller)

9(10) Lloydminster (5-2) Lloydminster beat St. Paul 25-10 (next vs. Holy Rosary)

10(8) Chinook (6-2) Lethbridge lost to Cardston 0-14 (season over)

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

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

1(1) Holy Rosary (8-0) Lloydminster beat Wainsright 56-0 (next vs Lloydminster)

2(2) Cochrane (7-1) Cochrane beat George McDougall 28-21 (OT) (next week BYE)

3(3) Sylvan Lake (4-0) Sylvan Lake beat Stettler 41-21 (next week BYE)

4(4) Crescent Heights (7-2) Medicine Hat lost to Medicine Hat 7-42 (next week BYE)

5(5) Stettler (4-4) Stettler lost to Sylvan Lake 21-41 (next week BYE)

6(6) Sturgeon (7-2) Sturgeon County beat St. Albert 41-6 (next vs. Lillian Osborne)

7(7) St. Albert (5-3) St. Albert lost to Sturgeon 6-41 (season over)

8(8) Brooks (4-3) Brooks did not play (season over)

9(9) Peace River (4-4) Peace River lost to St. Joseph’s 7-47 (next week BYE)

10(10) Cold Lake (2-4) Cold Lake did not play (season over)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

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

1(1) Sexsmith (7-1) Sexsmith beat Fort McMurray41-15 (next vs. St. Joseph’s)

2(2) Drumheller (7-3) Drumheller beat Canmore 36-0 (next vs. Strathmore)

3(3) St. Paul (4-4) St. Paul lost to Lloydminster 10-25 (next vs. Wainwright)

4(6) High Prairie (4-4) High Prairie beat Peace Wapiti 32-19 (next vs. Grande Prairie)

5(4) Canmore (2-4) Canmore lost to Drumheller 0-36 (next week BYE)

6(5) Wainwright (2-5) Wainwright lost to Holy Rosary 0-56 (next vs. St. Paul)

7(7) W.R. Myers (2-4) Taber did not play (next vs. Willow Creek)

8(8) Ardrossan (1-6) Ardrossan did not play (next week BYE)

9(9) Willow Creek (1-5) Claresholm did not play (next vs. W.R. Myers)

10(10) Valleyview (1-6) Valleyview lost to Grande Prairie 26-46 (season over)

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 at OLMP)

2(3) Millwoods Christian (5-0) Edmonton beat Breton 98-8 (next vs. Harry Collinge)

3(4) Rimbey (5-1) Rimbey beat Buck Mountain 60-14 (next vs. Sedgewick)

4(2) Breton (4-1) Breton lost to Millwoods Christian 8-98 (next vs. Holy Redeemer)

5(5) Buck Mountain (3-3) Buck Lake lost to Rimbey 14-60 (next vs. Provost)

GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:

Brian Fryer Qualifying

Last year the ASAA announced the creation of an upper level of Tier I playoffs they named the Brian Fryer Tier I Division after the long-time former Football Alberta Executive Director and Canadian Football Hall of Famer. This essentially pulls the top four Tier I teams out of the traditional regional representation Tier I Playoffs and has them playoff similar to the College Football Playoffs in the NCAA.

For the first time, qualifying for Provincials at any level will be based on rankings from a committee rather than regional representation (which is still in place for all four Tier’s of 12-Man football. Note: This is an ASAA committee that will decide this, NOT the Football Alberta rankings.

At the moment there are several teams vying for inclusion in the Brian Fryer playoffs and most of their fate will be decided this upcoming week. Standards like Harry Ainlay, L.C.I., and St. Francis probably need only to win to punch their ticket. But what of Salisbury, Raymond and Notre Dame who play those teams (or All Saints and Ernest Manning who play Calgary Div. I Semi-Finals vs. St. Francis and Notre Dame respectfully on Monday and are perfectly capable of pulling an upset). If the favorites win, it should be cut and dried to see who advances. But if the underdogs prevail…chaos! You gotta love sports!