By Football Alberta

WEEK #4

Football Alberta high school football rankings

Sep 26, 2022 | 1:36 PM

Football Alberta has announced 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 2022 season.

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

Officials say the teams are slotted into Tiers based on their estimated school size over a three-year average by the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association. 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.

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Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)

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

1(1) Harry Ainlay (4-0) Edmonton, beat Spruce Grove 59-21(next vs. Austin O’Brien)

2(2) Salisbury (4-0) Sherwood Park, beat Bellerose 49-6 (next week BYE)

3(6) Raymond (2-1-1) Raymond, beat L.C.I. 50-0 (next vs. Cardston)

4(7) Ernest Manning (3-0-1) Calgary, beat Henry Wise Wood 42-2 (next week BYE)

5(4) Notre Dame (2-1) Calgary, beat All Saints 29-7 (next vs. Henry Wise Wood)

6(5) St. Francis (1-1) Calgary, did not play (next vs. All Saints)

7(3) L.C.I. (3-1) Lethbridge, lost to Raymond 0-50 (next vs. Catholic Central)

8(8) Spruce Grove (1-2) Spruce Grove, lost to Harry Ainlay 21-59 (next vs. Bellerose)

9(-) Grande Prairie (2-2) Grande Prairie, beat Fort McMurray 28-26 (next vs. Edson)

10(9) Foothills (2-2) Okotoks, lost to Cardston 0-17 (next vs. Medicine Hat)

* 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) Holy Trinity Aca. (5-0) Okotoks, beat Highwood 40-20 with JV squad (next week BYE)

2(2) W.H. Croxford (5-0) Airdrie, beat Strathmore 26-14 (next week BYE)

3(3) St. Joseph’s (3-2) Grande Prairie, beat Medicine Hat 27-9 (next vs. Valleyview)

4(4) Cardston (3-1) Cardston, beat Foothills 17-0 (next vs. Raymond)

5(6) Lady of the Rockies (3-0) Calgary, beat Bishop O’Byrne 36-29 (next week BYE)

6(7) Austin O’Brien (2-0) Edmonton, beat Ross Sheppard 41-3 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)

7(8) Chinook (4-1) Lethbridge, beat Catholic Central 21-13 (next vs. Winston Churchill)

8(5) George McDougall (3-2) Airdrie, lost to Cochrane 21-35 (next vs. Bow Valley)

9(-) Leduc (3-0) Leduc, beat Archbishop O’Leary 36-3 (next vs. St. Francis Xavier)

10(9) Medicine Hat (3-2) Medicine Hat, lost to St. Joseph’s (GP) 9-27 (next vs. Foothills)

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

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

1(1) Cochrane (4-0) Cochrane, beat George McDougall 35-21 (next vs. Springbank)

2(2) Holy Rosary (4-1) Lloydminster, beat Cold Lake 48-7 (next vs. St. Paul)

3(3) Sylvan Lake (3-0) Sylvan Lake, beat Notre Dame (RD) 33-23 (next vs. Lacombe)

4(4) Stettler (3-0) Stettler, beat Lindsay Thurber 69-1 (next vs. Hunting Hills)

5(5) Sturgeon (3-0) Sturgeon County, beat M.E. LaZerte 37-0 (next vs. St. Albert)

6(6) St. Albert (3-0) St. Albert, beat Fort Saskatchewan 52-0 (next vs. Sturgeon)

7(7) Crescent Heights (3-1) Medicine Hat, beat McCoy 53-0 (next week BYE)

8(8) Strathmore (1-3) Strathmore, lost to W.H. Croxford 26-14 (next vs. Bert Church)

9(9) Peace Wapiti (1-1) Grande Prairie, did not play (next vs. Sexsmith)

10(-) Whitecourt (1-0-1) Whitecourt, beat Valleyview 44-7 (next vs. Fort McMurray)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

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

1(1) Drumheller (3-1) Drumheller, did not play (next vs. Brooks)

2(2) Sexsmith (1-1) Sexsmith, did not play (next vs. Peace Wapiti and High Prairie)

3(3) W.R. Myers (2-1) Taber, beat Brooks 51-14 (next vs. McCoy)

4(4) St. Paul (2-1) St. Paul, beat Lloydminster 28-22 (next vs. Holy Rosary)

5(5) Willow Creek (1-2) Claresholm, beat Winston Churchill 44-6 (next week BYE)

6(6) Ardrossan (1-3) Ardrossan, lost to Lillian Osborne 10-30 (next vs. Holy Trinity (EDM))

7(7) High Prairie (0-0-1) High Prairie, did not play (next vs. Sexsmith)

8(8) Canmore (1-2) Canmore, beat Olds 40-16 (next vs. Carstairs)

9(9) Wainwright (0-2) Wainwright, lost to 20-37 Bonnyville (next vs. Lloydmisnter)

10(10) Valleyview (0-2) Valleyview, lost to Whitecourt 7-44 (next vs. St Joseph’s (GP))

6-a-side

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

1(1) Millwoods Christian(2-0) Edmonton, beat Vegreville 85-22 (next week BYE)

2(2) J.C. Charyk (2-0) Hanna, beat J.R. Robson 87-8 (next vs. Vegreville)

3(3) Rimbey (2-0) Rimbey, beat Holy Redeemer 62-60 (next vs.Westlock)

4(4) Buck Mountain (2-0) Buck Lake, beat Frank Maddock 38-14 (next week BYE)

5(5) Holy Redeemer (1-1) Edson, lost to Rimbey 60-62 (next vs. Harry Collinge)

GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:

Tier III

#5 Sturgeon Spirits at #6 St. Albert Skyhawks

6:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 28, Riel Park (St. Albert)

With leagues squeezing games in earlier in the week to leave Truth and Reconciliation Day alone on Friday, there are a few mid-week games of note, but none more interesting than the Tier III battle brewing in St. Albert. The Skyhawks used to have a standing reservation in Provincials out of the Metro Edmonton League at the Tier III level. That is, until the program at Sturgeon was formed in 2018. Within a year of their founding, the Spirits blasted past the Skyhawks into Provincials and have been the Metro Edmonton rep ever since (excluding the pandemic year of 2020).

Now, here we are with both programs up to speed post-pandemic, and undefeated to boot. This game will not determine who goes to Provincials as that will be decided through the Gilfillan Conference playoffs of the Metro league in late October.

But it will send a message to the rest of the province as to who is the king of the hill for now. Again, a warning there will be limited seating available in St. Albert with the phenomenon of large high school crowds continuing, we’d recommend getting their early for this one.