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Week 2

Football Alberta weekly high school rankings

Sep 14, 2021 | 3:09 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.

Officials say these rankings will come out every Sunday until November 7. At that time those will be the last rankings and teams will take their rank into Provincials. Teams are slotted into tiers based on their estimated school size, which may change once official counts are known 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. Should you have any questions about the rankings or listed teams please contact Football Alberta at (780)427-8108 or check out our website at www.footballalberta.ab.ca.

WEEK #2 – Sept. 12, 2021

Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)

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

1(1) Harry Ainlay (3-0) Edmonton beat Ross Sheppard 54-0 (next vs. Spruce Grove)

2(2) Notre Dame (1-0) Calgary beat Raymond 28-20 (next vs. All-Saints)

3(4) Salisbury (1-0) Sherwood Park beat Bev Facey 35-0 (next vs. Bellerose)

4(6) L.C.I. (2-1) Lethbridge beat St. Francis 21-6 (next vs. Catholic Central)

5(5) Henry Wise Wood (0-0) Calgary did not play (next vs. William Aberhart)

6(3) St. Francis (0-1) Calgary lost to L.C.I. 6-21 (next vs. Ernest Manning)

7(8) Raymond (0-2) Raymond lost to Notre Dame (CGY) 20-28 (next vs. Cardston)

8(9) Ernest Manning (0-0) Calgary did not play (next vs. St. Francis)

9(-) Notre Dame (3-0) Red Deer beat Crescent Heights (CAL) 24-3 (next week BYE)

10(-) Spruce Grove (1-0) Spruce Grove beat Austin O’Brien 37-0 (next vs. Harry Ainlay)

* 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 (3-0) Grande Prairie Whitecourt forfeits (next vs. Sexsmith)

2(2) Medicine Hat (3-0) Medicine Hat beat Cardston 18-0 (next vs. McCoy)

3(-) Bellerose (1-1)** St. Albert beat Jasper Place 44-0 (next vs. Salisbury)

4(5) Cardston (1-1) Cardston lost to Medicine Hat 0-18 (next vs. Raymond)

5(6) Leduc (2-0) Leduc beat Stettler 35-3 (next week BYE)

6(-) Catholic Central (2-0) Lethbridge beat Foothills 34-13 (next vs. L.C.I.)

7(3) Hunting Hills (0-1) Red Deer lost to Holy Rosary 6-29 (next vs. Holy Trinity Academy)

8(8) George McDougall (2-0) Airdrie beat E.P. Scarlett 28-7 (next vs. Bert Church)

9(10) Holy Trinity Aca. (1-2) Okotoks beat Paul Kane 35-9 (next vs. Hunting Hills)

10(-) Lacombe (1-0) Lacombe beat Lloydminster 28-27 (next week BYE)

** – newly declared Tier II this week

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

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

1(1) Cochrane (2-0) Cochrane beat Bow Valley 54-1 (next week BYE)

2(2) Holy Rosary (2-0) Lloydminster beat Hunting Hills 29-6 (next vs. Lloydminster)

3(3) Sylvan Lake (1-0) Sylvan Lake did not play (next week BYE)

4(4) Crescent Heights (2-0) Medicine Hat did not play (next vs. Brooks)

5(5) Bonnyville (0-0) Bonnyville did not play (next week BYE)

6(6) Strathmore (3-0) Strathmore beat Chestermere 28-27 (next vs. Drumheller)

7(7) Brooks (1-1) Brooks did not play (next vs. Crescent Heights (MH))

8(9) Sturgeon (1-1) Sturgeon County beat St. Albert 38-10 (next vs. Ardrossan)

9(10) Peace River (1-1) Peace River beat Grande Prairie 45-20 (next week BYE)

10(8) Peace Wapiti (1-1) Grande Prairie lost to Fort McMurray 15-49 (next vs. Whitecourt)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

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

1(1) Sexsmith (1-0) Sexsmith did not play (next vs. St. Joseph’s (GP))

2(2) W.R. Myers (1-0) Taber beat Willow Creek 54-6 (next vs. Chinook)

3(3) Drumheller (2-1) Drumheller beat Lindsay Thurber 21-13 (next vs. Strathmore)

4(4) Cold Lake (0-0) Cold Lake did not play (next week BYE)

5(5) St. Paul (0-1) St. Paul did not play (next week BYE)

6(7) Canmore (0-0) Canmore did not play (next vs. Olds)

7(8) Ardrossan (0-1) Ardrossan lost to Fort Saskatchewan 7-19 (next vs. Sturgeon)

8(9) Stettler (0-1) Stettler lost to Leduc 3-35 (next vs. Wetaskiwin)

9(6) Willow Creek (0-2) Claresholm lost to W.R. Myers 6-54 (next vs. Lindsay Thurber)

10(10) Olds (0-0) Olds did not play (next vs. Canmore)

6-Man

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

1(1) J.C. Charyk (0-0) Hanna did not play (next vs. Sedgewick)

2(2) Rimbey (0-0) Rimbey did not play (next vs. Buck Mountain)

3(3) Breton (0-0) Breton did not play (next vs. Vegreville)

4(4) Millwoods Christian (0-0) Edmonton did not play (next week BYE)

5(5) Harry Collinge (0-0) Hinton did not play (next vs. Vermilion)

GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:

Tier IV

#10 Olds Spartans vs. #6 Canmore Wolverines

1:00 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 18, Millennium Field (Canmore)

Honorable Mentions:

Tier I – #10 Spruce Grove at #1 Harry Ainlay, Friday, Sept. 17. 4:30 p.m., Foote Field (Edmonton)

Tier I – #6 St. Francis vs. #8 Ernest Manning, Thursday, Sept. 16, 4:30 p.m., Stampeder Field at Shouldice Park (Calgary)

Tier II#7 Hunting Hills at #9 Holy Trinity Academy, Friday, Sept. 17, 7:00 p.m., Knights Field (Okotoks)