Weekly Top-10 high school football rankings

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October 22, 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 did not play (next vs. Foothills)

2(2) Harry Ainlay (8-0-1) Edmonton beat Spruce Grove 42-0 (next vs. Austin O’Brien)

3(3) Ernest Manning (6-0) Calgary beat St. Francis 51-14 (next week BYE)

4(5) George McDougall (9-0) Airdrie beat Springbank 55-20 (next vs. Cochrane)

5(6) Paul Kane (5-3) St. Albert beat Salisbury 22-10 (next vs. Bev Facey)

6(7) Notre Dame (5-3) Calgary beat William Aberhart 42-7 (next week BYE)

7(4) St. Francis (5-2) Calgary lost to Ernest Manning 14-51 (next vs. Centennial)

8(8) Foothills (4-2-1) Okotoks beat Joane Cardinal-Schubert 49-14 (next vs. Raymond)

9(10) Bev Facey (7-2) Sherwood Park beat Ross Sheppard 24-0 (next vs. Paul Kane)

10(-) All Saints (4-2) Calgary beat Henry Wise Wood 16-0 (next vs. Henry Wise Wood)

* 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. Catholic Central)

2(2) St. Joseph’s (6-1) Grande Prairie did not play (next vs. Peace Wapiti)

3(3) Holy Trinity Aca. (6-1) Okotoks did not play (next vs. Strathmore)

4(4) Cochrane (6-1) Cochrane beat W.H. Croxford 34-0 (next vs. George McDougall)

5(5) Strathmore (6-0) Strathmore did not play (next vs. Holy Trinity Academy)

6(6) Austin O’Brien (4-3) Edmonton beat Jasper Place 31-22 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)

7(7) Hunting Hills (4-1) Red Deer did not play (next vs. Lacombe)

8(8) Medicine Hat (5-2-1) Medicine Hat McCoy forfeits (next vs. Crescent Heights (MH))

9(9) Bishop Carroll (6-0) Calgary beat Our Lady of the Rockies 18-7 (next vs. Western Canada)

10(-) Bellerose (7-1) St. Albert beat Sturgeon 14-9 (next vs. St. Francis Xavier)

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

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

1(1) Holy Rosary (6-1) Lloydminster did not play (next vs. Bonnyville)

2(2) Olds (5-2) Cold Lake lost to Drumheller 35-46 (next vs. Canmore)

3(3) Whitecourt (3-3) Whitecourt lost to Grande Prairie 20-42 (next vs. Valleyview)

4(-) Ardrossan (6-1) Ardrossan beat St. Joseph (EDM) 62-0 (next vs. Lillian Osborne)

5(5) Cardston (3-3) Cardston did not play (next vs. Winston Churchill)

6(6) Sylvan Lake (1-5) Sylvan Lake did not play (next vs, Stettler)

7(7) Bonnyville (3-3) Bonnyville beat Wainwright 20-6 (next vs. Holy Rosary)

8(8) Crescent Heights (3-4) Medicine Hat beat Brooks 14-8 (next vs. Medicine Hat)

9(9) Winston Churchill (2-4) Lethbridge did not play (next vs. Cardston)

10(10) Stettler (0-6) Stettler did not play (next vs Sylvan Lake)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

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

1(1) Drumheller (7-0) Drumheller beat Olds 46-35 (next week BYE)

2(2) Sexsmith (6-1) Sexsmith did not play (next vs. Grande Prairie)

3(3) W.R. Myers (5-1) Taber did not play (next week BYE)

4(5) St. Paul (4-2) St. Paul did not play (next vs. Cold Lake)

5(6) Willow Creek (1-5) Claresholm did not play (next week BYE)

6(9) Canmore (2-4) Canmore beat Highwood 36-24 (next vs. Olds)

7(8) Valleyview (1-5) Valleyview beat High Prairie 24-14 (next vs. Whitecourt)

8(7) High Prairie (1-4) High Prairie lost to Valleyview 14-24 (next vs. Fort McMurray)

9(10) Highwood (1-5) High River lost to Canmore 24-36 (next vs. Carstairs)

10(-) Wainwright (0-7) Wainwright lost to Bonnyville 6-20 (next BYE into Provincials)

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 64-24 (next vs. Rimbey)

2(2) J.C. Charyk (4-1) Hanna lost to Millwoods Christian 24-64 (next vs. Hinton)

3(3) Holy Redeemer (3-2) Edson beat West Central 52-18 (next vs. Breton)

4(5) Breton (4-2) Breton beat Hinton 36-31 (next vs. Holy Redeemer)

5(-) Frank Maddock (5-0) Drayton Valley beat J.R. Robson 61-22 (next week BYE)

GAME OF THE WEEK:

Provincial Qualifier!

Tier II

#5 Strathmore Spartans at #3 Holy Trinity Academy Knights

7:00 p.m., Thursday, October 26, Cobra Field (Cochrane)

It’s that time of year again. Time for Zones to sort out who will be their reps to the ASAA Provincials starting on the Nov. 11th weekend. Usually, it is done through League Playoffs with little fuss…and then there is the South Central Zone. The ASAA’s South Central Zone stretches from Canmore in the west to Hanna in the east and from High River in the south to Olds in the north completely encircling Calgary. For football it also encompasses two separate leagues and three independent teams. Quite a mess to sort out in a short period of time. At Tier II its particularly touchy since eight teams can qualify for the two berths into Provincials.

This Thursday is how it starts. HTA will play Strathmore to determine the seeding for the “Independent” teams. As well this week, W.H. Croxford will play Springbank for the second seed out of the Rockyview since Cochrane already has the #1 seed locked up out of that league. Then the Nov .3/4 week there will be two crossover games featuring Independent #1 vs. Rockyview #2 and Rockyview #1 vs. Independent #2 to determine the two South Central Zone Reps. Who gets which spot and goes where after that? Well, we’ll worry about that later.

BEST OF THE REST

Take your pick! With the exception of the Foothills vs. Raymond game, all of the listed above games are playoff games of one kind or another. Win or go home for most of them makes this a very exciting time of the year!