By Football Alberta

Week 4

High School football Top 10 rankings

Sep 25, 2023 | 2:57 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 will come out every Sunday from now up until November 6. 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 by the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association. Some re-sorting of Tier’s will take place after the final officials 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 #4 – 2023

September 24, 2023

be smart on the roads

Much of Alberta, including Red Deer, under snowfall warning

52m ago

emotional debate as cuts made

Red Deer city council approves "absolutely necessary" 10.5% property tax increase

7h ago

a case of identity

Trial for teens accused of assaulting Red Deer senior concludes

10h ago

Tier I (School Pop. 1250 +)

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

1(1) Raymond (2-0) Raymond beat LC.I. 54-6 (next vs. Crescent Heights (MH))

2(2) Harry Ainlay (4-0-1) Edmonton beat Salisbury 39-0 (next vs. Jasper Place)

3(3) Ernest Manning (3-0) Calgary did not play (next week BYE)

4(6) St. Francis (3-0) Calgary beat Centennial 35-0 (next vs. All Saints)

5(7) Bev Facey (4-1) Sherwood Park beat Austin O’Brien 28-14 (next vs. Spruce Grove)

6(9) Notre Dame (2-2) Calgary beat All Saints 26-21 (next vs. Henry Wise Wood)

7(4) All Saints (3-1) Calgary lost to Notre Dame (CGY) 21-26 (next vs. St. Francis)

8(8) Foothills (3-1) Okotoks beat Cardston 12-0 (next vs. Medicine Hat)

9(10) Paul Kane (2-2) St. Albert beat Jasper Place 47-9 (next vs. Ross Sheppard)

10(5) Salisbury (2-2) Sherwood Park lost to Harry Ainlay 0-39 (next vs. Austin O’Brien)

* last week’s rank in parentheses.

Tier II (School Pop. 750-1249)

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

1(4) Chinook (3-0) Lethbridge beat Holy Trinity Academy 21-20 (next vs. Cardston)

2(2) St. Joseph’s (3-1) Grande Prairie did not play (next vs. Grande Prairie)

3(3) George McDougall (5-0) Airdrie beat Bow Valley 41-6 (next week BYE)

4(1) Holy Trinity Aca. (4-1) Okotoks lost to Chinook 20-21 (next vs. L.C.I.)

5(5) Medicine Hat (3-1) Medicine Hat did not play (next vs. Foothills)

6(6) Strathmore (4-0) Strathmore beat Crescent Heights (MH) 41-0 (next vs. Chestermere)

7(7) Hunting Hills (2-1) Red Deer beat Sylvan Lake 43-7 (next vs. Lacombe)

8(8) Springbank (2-2) Springbank lost to Cochrane 14-47 (next week BYE)

9(9) Austin O’Brien (1-2) Edmonton lost to Bev Facey 14-28 (next vs. Salisbury)

10(10) Bellerose (4-0) St. Albert beat Beaumont 47-0 (next vs. Strathcona)

Tier III (School Pop. 450-749)

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

1(1) Cochrane (3-0) Cochrane beat Springbank 47-14 (next week BYE)

2(2) Holy Rosary (3-1) Lloydminster beat Cold Lake 41-3 (next vs. St. Paul)

3(6) Brooks (3-1) Brooks beat Winston Churchill 27-16 (next vs. Canmore)

4(3) Whitecourt (2-1) Whitecourt lost to Peace Wapiti 28-44 (next vs. Valleyview)

5(4) Bow Valley (3-2) Cochrane lost to George McDougall 6-41 (next week BYE)

6(5) Sylvan Lake (1-2) Sylvan Lake lost to Hunting Hills 7-43 (next vs. Notre Dame (RD))

7(7) Cold Lake (1-2) Cold Lake lost to Holy Rosary 3-41 (next vs. Bonnyville)

8(8) Bonnyville (1-1) Bonnyville did not play (next vs. Wainwright & Cold Lake)

9(10) St. Albert (1-2) St. Albert lost to Lillian Osborne 13-41 (next week BYE)

10(9) Stettler (0-3) Stettler lost to Notre Dame (RD) 28-36 (next vs. Lindsay Thurber)

Tier IV (School Pop. 449 or less)

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

1(1) Drumheller (4-0) Drumheller beat Olds 35-10 (next vs. Carstairs)

2(2) Sexsmith (4-0) Sexsmith beat Grande Prairie 36-27 (next vs. Fort McMurray)

3(3) Ardrossan (4-0) Ardrossan beat McNally 41-6 (next vs. M.E. LaZerte)

4(4) W.R. Myers (3-1) Taber beat McCoy 39-0 (next vs. Catholic Central)

5(5) St. Paul (2-1) St. Paul did not play (next vs. Holy Rosary)

6(6) Willow Creek (1-2) Claresholm lost to Catholic Central 17-20 (next vs. Winston Churchill)

7(7) Olds (2-1) Olds lost to Drumheller 10-35 (next vs. Highwood)

8(8) High Prairie (1-2) High Prairie did not play (next week BYE)

9(9) Valleyview (1-2) Valleyview won by forfeit (next vs. Whitecourt)

10(10) Canmore (0-2) Canmore did not play (next vs. Brooks)

6-a-side

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

1(1) Millwoods Christian(2-0)Edmonton Holy Redeemer 78-50 (next week BYE)

2(2) J.C. Charyk (1-0) Hanna beat West Central 58-14 (next vs. Rimbey)

3(3) Holy Redeemer (1-1) Edson lost to Millwoods Christian 50-78 (next vs. Hinton)

4(-) Breton (1-1) Breton beat Rimbey 27-18 (next vs. West Central)

5(5) Hinton (1-0) Hinton did not play (next vs. Holy Redeemer)

GAME OF THE WEEK:

The Yellowhead Game!

6-a-Side

#3 Holy Redeemer Rebels at #5 Hinton Wolfpack

4:30 p.m., Thursday, September 28, Harry Collinge High School (Hinton)

During every season you tend to get lost in the big programs playing each other. Packed stands watching high octane games between rival schools drawing from thousands of students is a wild experience indeed.

However, sometimes we forget that rivalries can come in small packages as well. Take the kids from Hinton and Edson. It’s not their fault they grew up in smaller communities, but they are fortunate that someone recognized the need for football in their towns and formed 6-a-side teams at their high schools. Now these two natural rival communities down the Yellowhead Highway can have their own rivalry game that will have just as much importance to them as any Harry Ainlay vs. Salisbury or Notre Dame vs. St. Francis. With the added fun of 6-a-side that is essentially fast break football, this game will have all the spills and thrills of any rivalry game with a lot of points thrown in to book. Should be fun this Thursday.

BEST OF THE REST

TIER I

#7 All Saints Legends vs. #4 St. Francis Browns

5:00 p.m., Thursday, September 28, Hellard Field at Shouldice Park (Calgary)

Fresh off of their first loss of the season, the Legends hope to bounce back against the undefeated Browns.

TIER I & II

(Tier I) Grande Prairie Phoenix at #2 (Tier II) St. Joseph’s Celtics

5:30 p.m., Friday, September 29, Hansen Lincoln Field (Grand Prairie)

The Phoenix may not be ranked at Tier I, but there is no denying that this “Grande Game” between these two rival schools in the City of Grande Prairie is a northern treat not to be missed.