By rdnewsNOW Staff

Week #9

Football Alberta Weekly Top-10 rankings

Oct 31, 2022 | 4:56 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 2022 season.

These rankings will come out every weekuntil 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 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.

Should you have any questions about the rankings or listed teams, please contact Football Alberta at (780)427-8108 or visit www.footballalberta.ab.ca.

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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 Spruce Grove 48-35 (next vs. Salisbury)

2(2) Raymond (6-1-1) Raymond, beat Foothills 51-7 (next vs. L.C.I.)

3(3) Salisbury (7-1) Sherwood Park, beat Austin O’Brien 49-7 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)

4(4) Notre Dame (5-1) Calgary, did not play (next vs. All Saints)

5(5) Ernest Manning (4-1-2) Calgary, did not play (next vs. St. Francis)

6(6) St. Francis (2-2-1) Calgary, did not play (next vs. Ernest Manning)

7(7) L.C.I. (6-1) Lethbridge, did not play (next vs. Raymond)

8(8) Spruce Grove (4-4) Spruce Grove, lost to Harry Ainlay 35-48 (next week BYE into Provincials)

9(9) Cochrane (7-1) Cochrane, lost to George McDougall 20-38 (next vs. Foothills)

10(10) Foothills (5-4) Okotoks, lost to Raymond 7-51 (next vs. Cochrane)

* 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. (7-1) Okotoks, did not play (next vs. George McDougall)

2(2) St. Joseph’s (7-2) Grande Prairie, beat Grande Prairie 50-14 (next vs. Sexsmith)

3(3) George McDougall (8-2) Airdrie, beat Cochrane 38-20 (next vs. Holy Trinity Academy)

4(6) Chinook (6-3) Lethbridge, beat Cardston 34-6 (next vs. Medicine Hat)

5(4) Austin O’Brien (4-3) Edmonton, lost to Salisbury 7-49 (next week BYE into Provincials)

6(7) Paul Kane (7-1) St. Albert, beat Strathcona 20-17 (next vs. St. Francis Xavier)

7(8) W.H. Croxford (7-2) Airdrie, beat Springbank 42-3 (next vs. Bert Chruch)

8(10) Medicine Hat (6-4) Medicine Hat, beat Crescent Heights (MH) 21-0 (next vs. Chinook)

9(-) Hunting Hills (5-3) Red Deer, beat Sylvan Lake 32-28 (next vs. Stettler)

10(9) Lady of the Rockies (4-3) Calgary, lost to Centennial 6-14 (next week BYE into Provincials)

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

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

1(1) Holy Rosary (8-1) Lloydminster, beat Lloydminster 42-21 (next vs. St. Paul)

2(2) Stettler (8-0) Stettler, beat Notre Dame (RD) 48-14 (next vs. Hunting Hills)

3(3) Sturgeon (8-0) Sturgeon County, beat Lillian Osborne 43-0 (next vs. St. Albert)

4(4) St. Albert (7-1) St. Albert, beat M.E. LaZerte 34-6 (next vs. Sturgeon)

5(5) Sylvan Lake (4-3) Sylvan Lake, lost to Hunting Hills 28-32 (next week BYE into Provincials)

6(6) Strathmore (4-3) Strathmore, played Holy Trinity Academy JV (next week BYE into Provincials)

7(7) Whitecourt (4-1-1) Whitecourt, beat Edson 24-14 (next vs. Valleyview)

8(8) Crescent Heights (4-5) Medicine Hat, lost to Medicine Hat 0-21 (next week BYE into Provincials)

9(9) Winston Churchill (2-4) Lethbridge, did not play (next week BYE into Provincials)

10(10) Bonnyville (1-6) Bonnyville, 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) W.R. Myers (5-1) Taber, did not play (next vs. Willow Creek)

2(2) Drumheller (6-2) Drumheller, beat Canmore 35-6 (next week BYE into Provincials)

3(3) Sexsmith (6-2) Sexsmith, beat Fort McMurray 15-8 (next vs. St. Joseph’s (GP))

4(4) St. Paul (4-2) St. Paul, beat Cold Lake 34-7 (next vs. Holy Rosary)

5(5) Ardrossan (4-4) Ardrossan, did not play (next week BYE into Provincials)

6(6) Willow Creek (3-4) Claresholm, did not play (next vs. W.R. Myers)

7(10) Valleyview (1-5) Valleyview, beat High Prairie 13-6 (next vs. Whitecourt)

8(8) Canmore (2-4) Canmore, lost to Drumheller 6-35 (next week BYE into Provincials)

9(7) High Prairie (2-3-1) High Prairie, lost to Valleyview 6-13 (season over)

10(9) Wainwright (0-6) Wainwright, did not play (season over)

6-a-side

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

1(1) Millwoods Christian(5-0) Edmonton, beat J.C. Charyk 52-38 (next week BYE into Provincials)

2(3) Rimbey (7-0) Rimbey, beat Harry Collinge 56-36 (next week BYE into Provincials)

3(2) J.C. Charyk (4-1) Hanna, lost to Millwoods Christian 38-52 (next vs. Breton)

4(4) Holy Redeemer (5-1) Edson, beat Westlock 67-0 (next vs. Our Lady of Mount Pleasant)

5(5) Breton (5-2) Breton, beat Frank Maddock 36-22 (next vs. J.C. Charyk)

GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:

100 Years of High School Football in Edmonton!

Normally, we don’t focus on one region or league during the first weekend in November as it is Championship Weekend for leagues all over the Province. But 2022 is a special year for the Edmonton area as it marks its 100^th Anniversary for high school football. In 1922, the first ever league was operated in Edmonton featuring teams from the “original six” schools which were Eastwood (precursor to Eastglen), Westglen (precursor to Ross Sheppard), St. Mary’s, St. Joseph’s, Strathcona, and Victoria. Only three of those schools still have teams but since that time the number has now grown to 24 schools in the Edmonton area with high school teams.

And, it will be celebrated next week with the conclusion at the Metro Edmonton High School Football Championships on Saturday, November 5, at Commonwealth Stadium.

10:00 a.m. – Division IV Final: St. Joseph’s Saints vs. Beaumont Bandits
12:30 p.m. – Division III Final: St. Albert Skyhawks vs. Sturgeon Spirits
3:00 p.m. – Division II Final: St. Francis Xavier Rams vs. Paul Kane Blues

5:30 p.m. – Division I Final: Harry Ainlay Titans vs. Salisbury Sabres