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Week 7

Weekly Top-10 high school football rankings

Oct 16, 2023 | 3:10 PM

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 2023 season.

These rankings come out every Sunday until November 6. At that time those will be the last rankings and teams will take this rank into Provincials

The teams are slotted into Tiers based on their estimated school size by the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association. Some re-sorting of Tier’s will take place after the final population numbers are recorded at the end of September. 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 #7 – 2023

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Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)

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

1(1) Raymond (3-0) Raymond lost to Green Canyon (UT) 0-35 (next week BYE)

2(2) Harry Ainlay (7-0-1) Edmonton beat Ross Sheppard 43-3 (next vs. Spruce Grove)

3(3) Ernest Manning (5-0) Calgary beat Centennial 58-0 (next vs. St. Francis)

4(6) St. Francis (5-1) Calgary beat Henry Wise Wood 30-0 (next vs. Ernest Manning)

5(7) George McDougall (8-0) Airdrie beat Bert Church 54-7 (next vs. Springbank)

6(8) Paul Kane (4-3) St. Albert beat Austin O’Brien 15-7 (next vs. Salisbury)

7(5) Notre Dame (4-3) Calgary lost to Holy Trinity Academy 0-36 (next vs. William Aberhart)

8(9) Foothills (3-2-1) Okotoks did not play (next vs. Western Canada)

9(-) Salisbury (4-3) Sherwood Park beat Bev Facey 27-4 (next vs. Paul Kane)

10(4) Bev Facey (6-2) Sherwood Park lost to Salisbury 4-27 (next vs. Ross Sheppard)

* 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) Chinook (4-0) Lethbridge did not play (next vs. Willow Creek)

2(2) St. Joseph’s (6-1) Grande Prairie beat Sexsmith 34-15 (next week BYE)

3(3) Holy Trinity Aca. (6-1) Okotoks beat Notre Dame (CGY) 36-0 (next week BYE)

4(-) Cochrane (5-1) Cochrane beat Chestermere 27-0 (next vs. W.H. Croxford)

5(4) Strathmore (6-0) Strathmore beat Cold Lake 34-9 (next week BYE)

6(5) Austin O’Brien (3-3) Edmonton lost to Paul Kane 7-15 (next vs. Jasper Place)

7(6) Hunting Hills (4-1) Red Deer beat Notre Dame (RD) 45-15 (next week BYE)

8(7) Medicine Hat (4-2-1) Medicine Hat beat Brooks 41-6 (next vs. McCoy)

9(8) Bishop Carroll (5-0) Calgary beat Bowness 24-22 (next vs. Our Lady of the Rockies)

10(9) Brooks (4-2) Brooks lost to Medicine Hat 6-41 (next vs. Crescent Heights)

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

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

1(1) Holy Rosary (6-1) Lloydminster beat Bonnyville 54-0 (next week BYE)

2(3) Olds (5-1) Cold Lake beat Carstairs 58-1 (next vs. Drumheller)

3(4) Whitecourt (3-2) Whitecourt did not play (next vs. Grande Prairie)

4(6) St. Albert (2-2-1) St. Albert beat Holy Trinity 56-16 (next vs. Fort Saskatchewan)

5(9) Cardston (3-3) Cardston beat Willow Creek 46-20 (next week BYE)

6(7) Sylvan Lake (1-5) Sylvan Lake lost to Lindsay Thurber 7-27 (next week BYE)

7(8) Bonnyville (2-3) Bonnyville lost to Holy Rosary 0-54 (next vs. Wainwright)

8(-) Crescent Heights (2-4) Medicine Hat beat McCoy 14-11 (next vs. Brooks)

9(-) Winston Churchill (2-4) Lethbridge beat Catholic Central 38-14 (next vs. W.R. Myers)

10(-) Stettler (0-6) Stettler lost to Lacombe 26-28 (next vs. Catholic Central)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

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

1(1) Drumheller (6-0) Drumheller did not play (next vs. Olds)

2(2) Sexsmith (6-1) Sexsmith lost to St. Joseph’s (GP) 15-34 (next week BYE)

3(3) W.R. Myers (5-1) Taber did not play (next vs. Winston Churchill)

4(4) Ardrossan (5-1) Ardrossan did not play (next vs. St. Joseph (EDM))

5(5) St. Paul (4-2) St. Paul beat Wainwright 68-0 (next week BYE)

6(6) Willow Creek (1-5) Claresholm lost to Cardston 20-46 (next vs. Chinook)

7(7) High Prairie (1-3) High Prairie did not play (next vs. Valleyview)

8(8) Valleyview (1-5) Valleyview lost to Peace Wapiti 0-50 (next vs. High Prairie)

9(9) Canmore (1-4) Canmore did not play (next vs. Highwood)

10(-) Highwood (1-4) High River did not play (next vs. Canmore)

6-a-side

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

1(1) Millwoods Christian(4-0)Edmonton beat Hinton 88-58 (next vs. J.C. Charyk)

2(2) J.C. Charyk (4-0) Hanna beat Holy Redeemer 87-30 (next vs. Millwoods Christian)

3(3) Holy Redeemer (2-2) Edson lost to J.C. Charyk 30-87 (next vs. West Central)

4(4) Hinton (2-2) Hinton lost to Millwoods Christian 58-88 (next vs. Breton)

5(5) Breton (3-2) Breton beat Parkland 84-28 (next vs. Hinton)

GAME OF THE WEEK:

Playoff Lives on the Line!

Tier I

#9 Salisbury Sabres at #6 Paul Kane Blues

7:30 p.m., Friday, October 20, Riel Athletic Park (St. Albert)

Based on the results from the wild and wacky world that was last week at the Tier I level the Salisbury Sabres are now back in the hunt for a Metro Edmonton Division I Playoff berth. Left for dead after two straight losses, including one to Tier II sized Austin O’Brien, they rose from the ashes and beat their crosstown rivals, the #10 Bev Facey Falcons, handily last Friday. This now puts the Sabres in a high stakes game of Musical Chairs with Bev Facey, Austin O’Brien and their host for this weekends game, Paul Kane, for the last three spots in the Metro Div. I Playoffs that will start the following week. Not sure of the math on what happens when who beat who, but both of these teams know that winning this game is the quickest and most direct way to securing that playoff spot. Should be fun in St. Albert this Friday.

BEST OF THE REST

TIER I

#4 St. Francis Browns at #3 Ernest Manning Griffins

7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 19, Hellard Field at Shouldice Park (Calgary)

This game had the potential to be a battle of the undefeated teams in Calgary Division I, but Notre Dames victory over the Browns on Oct. 6 put a wrench in that. It just goes to show how close the competition in the top division in Calgary. Can the Griffins stay undefeated or will it be the Browns night?

TIER II

Sturgeon Spirits at Bellerose Bulldogs

5:00 p.m., Friday, October 20, Riel Athletic Park (St. Albert)

It’s not for any Provincial ranking or qualification as both of these programs play in Division II in the Metro Edmonton Association, but it’s for bragging rights at that level in the Greater St. Albert area. Once upon a time you would see great clashes with full stands in St. Albert when Bellerose, St. Albert and/or Paul Kane would play each other in the regular season. Now with all three teams spread over three divisions in the Metro that doesn’t happen anymore. Enter the Sturgeon Spirits from nearby Sturgeon County who are led by former Bulldog head coach Chad Hill. Once combined with Bellerose to form a Tier I power they now sport their own team and a very competitive one at that. Both teams enter this game with winning records and this game will have definite playoff implications for Metro Edmonton Division II and bring back the passion of a rivalry game to St. Albert.

6-A-SIDE

#2 J.C. Charyk Hawks at #1 Millwoods Christian Royals

1:00 p.m., Thursday, October 19, Millwoods Christian H.S. (Edmonton)

Another long trip for the Hawks but this time for a rematch of the last two Alberta Bowl 6-a-Side Championship Games. A battle of the undefeated will feature lots of scoring for sure in an early game on Thursday.