By rdnewsNOW Staff

WEEK #6

Football Alberta high school football rankings

Oct 12, 2022 | 3:10 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 week until 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.

WEEK #5 – 2022

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Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)

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

1(1) Harry Ainlay (6-0) Edmonton, beat Ross Sheppard 70-0 (next vs. Bev Facey)

2(2) Salisbury (5-0) Sherwood Park, beat Bev Facey 49-7 (next vs. Austin O’Brien)

3(3) Raymond (4-1-1) Raymond, beat Medicine Hat 45-0 (next vs. Henry Wise Wood)

4(4) Ernest Manning (4-0-1) Calgary, beat All Saints 33-13 (next vs. St. Francis)

5(5) Notre Dame (4-1) Calgary, beat St. Francis 41-27 (next week BYE)

6(6) St. Francis (2-2) Calgary, lost to Notre Dame (CAL) 27-41 (next vs. Ernest Manning)

7(7) L.C.I. (4-1) Lethbridge, lost to Timberlake (ID) 28-66 (next vs. Chinook)

8(8) Spruce Grove (2-2) Spruce Grove, did not play (next vs. Ross Sheppard)

9(9) Cochrane (5-0) Cochrane, scrimmaged vs. Holy Trinity Academy (next vs. W.H. Croxford)

10(10) Foothills (4-2) Okotoks, beat Crescent Heights (MH) 20-0 (next vs. Catholic Central)

* 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. (6-0) Okotoks, scrimmaged vs. Cochrane (next week BYE)

2(2) W.H. Croxford (6-0) Airdrie, beat Bert Church 35-7 (next vs. Cochrane)

3(3) St. Joseph’s (5-2) Grande Prairie, beat Sexsmith 41-7 (next week BYE)

4(4) Cardston (4-2) Cardston, beat Chinook 14-7 (next vs. Holy Trinity Academy)

5(5) Lady of the Rockies (4-0) Calgary, beat Scarlett/Central 21-14 (next vs. William Aberhart)

6(6) Austin O’Brien (3-1) Edmonton, beat Bellerose 45-7 (next vs. Salisbury)

7(7) Chinook (5-2) Lethbridge, lost to Cardston 7-14 (next vs. L.C.I.)

8(8) George McDougall (5-2) Airdrie, beat Chestermere 38-0 (next vs. Bert Church)

9(-) Paul Kane (5-1) St. Albert, beat St. Francis Xavier 38-3 (next vs. Leduc)

10(10) Medicine Hat (3-4) Medicine Hat, lost to Raymond 0-45 (next vs. Crescent Heights (MH))

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 Wainwright 44-0 (next vs. Bonnyville)

2(2) Stettler (5-0) Stettler, beat Lacombe 28-7 (next vs. Sylvan Lake)

3(3) Sturgeon (5-0) Sturgeon County, beat Holy Trinity (EDM) 41-0 (next vs. Lillian Osborne)

4(4) Sylvan Lake (4-1) Sylvan Lake, beat Lindsay Thurber 63-14 (next vs. Stettler)

5(5) St. Albert (4-1) St. Albert, beat Ardrossan 37-14 (next vs. M.E. LaZerte)

6(6) Crescent Heights (3-3) Medicine Hat, lost to Foothills 0-20 (next vs. Medicine Hat)

7(7) Strathmore (3-3) Strathmore, beat Drumheller 15-10 (next vs. Canmore)

8(9) Whitecourt (2-1-1) Whitecourt, beat Edson 57-43 (next vs. Peace Wapiti)

9(8) Cold Lake (2-3) Cold Lake, lost to St. Paul 15-40 (next vs. Lloydminster)

10(10) Peace Wapiti (1-3) Grande Prairie, lost to Fort McMurray 7-47 (next vs. Whitecourt)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

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

1(3) W.R. Myers (4-1) Taber, beat Willow Creek 27-19 (next week BYE)

2(1) Drumheller (4-2) Drumheller, lost to Strathmore 10-15 (next vs. Carstairs)

3(2) Sexsmith (3-2) Sexsmith, lost to St. Joseph’s (GP) 7-41 (next vs. Valleyview)

4(4) St. Paul (3-2) St. Paul, beat Cold Lake 40-15 (next vs. Wainwright)

5(8) High Prairie (1-1-1) High Prairie, beat Valleyview 52-6 (next vs. Grande Prairie)

6(5) Willow Creek (2-3) Claresholm, lost to W.R. Myers 19-27 (next vs. Highwood)

7(6) Ardrossan (2-4) Ardrossan, lost to St. Albert 14-37 (next vs. McNally)

8(7) Canmore (2-2) Canmore, played Holy Trinity Academy JV (next vs. Strathmore)

9(9) Wainwright (0-4) Wainwright, lost to Holy Rosary 0-44 (next vs. St. Paul)

10(10) Valleyview (0-4) Valleyview, lost to High Prairie 6-52 (next vs. Sexsmith)

6-a-side

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

1(1) Millwoods Christian(3-0) Edmonton, beat Our Lady of Mount Pleasant 63-8 (next vs. Provost)

2(2) J.C. Charyk (3-0) Hanna, did not play (next vs. Sedgewick)

3(3) Rimbey (4-0) Rimbey, beat Buck Mountain 64-6 (next vs. Frank Maddock)

4(4) Holy Redeemer (3-1) Edson, beat Frank Maddock 49-34 (next vs. Breton)

5(5) Breton (3-1) Breton, beat Westlock 57-27 (next vs. Holy Redeemer)

GAME(S) OF THE WEEK:

THREE TIER SPECTACULARS

Tier I

#4 Ernest Manning Griffins vs. #6 St. Francis Browns

5:00 p.m., Thursday, October 13, Hellard Field at Shouldice Park (Calgary)

Yes, another Div. I game out of Calgary for the second week in a row, but this one is very interesting. For the last decade it’s seemingly been all St. Francis and Notre Dame in Canada’s toughest high school division. Henry Wise Wood has chimed in from time to time but the two big Catholic High Schools in northwest Calgary have been the big dogs for quite some time. Now here comes the Ernest Manning Griffins, who when you consider overall records – including exhibition play – are Calgary’s only undefeated Division I team to date. The next two weeks will tell a significant tale as they get the traditional powers back-to-back starting with St. Francis. The Browns are sitting at .500 in mid-October, which is a rare thing indeed and can’t sit well with them. A lot will be learned on Thursday.

Tier II

#1 Holy Trinity Academy Knights at #4 Cardston Cougars

6:00 p.m., Friday, October 14, Walker Field (Cardston)

As an independent team, the search for quality games is a tough grind each year, yet the Holy Trinity Academy Knights always seem to find them. They are definitely in the discussion for who could be the “Unicorn” team this year as possibly the best team in any Tier, and their record shows that for now. Playing the Cougars is never an easy task but it’s even harder when you go to Cardston. A terrific high school football atmosphere awaits the Knights at the foot of the Rockies. This game potentially could be a preview of the first round Provincial Tier II game between Region’s 1 and 2 in four weeks’ time but for now its must-see in Southern Alberta next Friday.

Tier III

#4 Sylvan Lake Lakers at #2 Stettler Wildcats

7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 13, William E. Hay High School (Stettler)

Having both played in the Rural Division of the Central Alberta League for the past decade, these teams did quite well and always had entertaining games against each other. They never had to worry about playing the big Tier I and II teams from Red Deer and Lacombe in the City Division and could prepare for Provincials accordingly. Now with the Rural Division on hiatus as the other four rural Central Alberta teams play 9-a-side, still recovering from the pandemic disruption, both the Lakers and Wildcats were entered into the City Division. Not only are they competitive but they are a collective 8-1 against the much larger opposition so far. And now they face off against each other in a game that will give us a hint as to who will be the Tier III rep out of the Central in Provincials. Under the lights on a crisp fall night in Stettler – no finer place to be this Thursday.